generally agree w the thesis and would like to add that

- majority of the community is still NOT pleased
- there are still hackers and botters
- very discouraging for f2p players in terms of progression
- first month is always good due to hype, but if current issues aren't fixed soon then the player base will slowly decline
- currently players are also bored (even myself) due to lack of content, team needs to roll out more content to sustain attention (context: maple N is almost 15years behind normal maple in terms of content)
- currently, majority of active accounts still seem to be bots
- fusion/fission likely to be a permanent sink imo

upcoming:
neso and item rate reduction -> should see lesser sell pressure -> supply shock into a more competitive marketplace -> more trading, more fees
however, that also means f2p players will have a slightly tougher time (they already do now even with boosted rates)

still looking forward to see what marketplace stabilization looks like, afterall mapleN is new and a lot of systems are experimental rn

i believe if web3 gaming is to thrive, Maple will be one of them

Whatever you spend in web2 Maple, you might walk away with 10-15% of what you spent when you quit / decide to sell. Within MSN, it's likely 80%+ or even profitable, considering the demand for the limited number of rare items. - some whale I met in-game

i agree w this i think its pretty cool

might be a pull factor for some, granted MSN quickly catches up to regional servers in content

or maybe even have exclusive content just for MSN like different regions do

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