As such, I'm reviving this topic. Just please keep the spam/flaming to a minimum, which is why the original topic was closed.
With that said, here is Wind Dude's original post from that topic.
Wind Dude, on Dec 9 2004, 08:29 PM, said:
The game revolves around fighting and leveling, called level grinding, which gets a little bland after a while. You can also quest, but that alot of times revolves around getting items dropped by monsters, which gets you right back to battling. It's very repeatitive.
Like most RPGs, you gain experience points from killing monsters and questing, eventually leading to a Level up. When you level up, you gain Ability Points you can use to increase your Dexterity, Strength, Luck, and/or Intelligence. When you reach level 10, you can get a job (or class). The classes are Warrior, Wizard, Theif, and Bowman. After you get your job and level up, you get Skill Points you can use to learn new skills to aid you in battle.
KSing (kill stealing, to finish off a monster someone else is fighting) is a big problem in MS. It's worse than any other MMORPG I've ever played. In fact, you should become a mage just so you can stay away from it all... It's true, mages aren't the only KSers, but let's face the facts people, there are far more mages in the game than other classes and many of them seem to be arrogant and don't give a #%@& about other people. The community in general really aren't that nice either, it's obvious the players are all about 8-12.
Anyway, on the bottom line, most of what you do in the game is level grind and level grind to get to high levels. You can also team up with friends if you have any... to make the game a little more interesting. The game is fun to play now and again when you've got nothing to do; but it's dangerously addicting and will take you away from real life. No matter how much you say "I won't let that happen, pshaw" it will if you're not careful. Trust me. Only a select few managed to keep away from addicting-ness the game.
As long as you're sure to manage your time you play on the game, the sheer simplicity of this game will make it fun for you. Just make sure not to stay away from the game for too long... or everyone on your buddy list will delete you.
Maple Story is FREE. Here are the different sites for it:
Global Version: http://www.mapleglobal.com/
South East Asia Version: http://www.maplesea.com/
I'm re-retired from this game.
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