Kang Wonki has recently been promoted as a producer/overseer for all the different Maplestory servers. Basically, what he says goes for all Maplestory players. In the GMS Q3 Roadmap, Buff Freezers being removed (and no longer needed) was confirmed to be coming. However, other changes such as the cube tier up forgiveness system and the secondary pendant slot being permanently free is not a part of the roadmap.

Kang Wonki has said today in a Q&A that the free secondary pendant is not coming to Western servers and they will consider it if there is enough interest. Sounds like a load of bull to me. I know everyone with any playtime in Maplestory would want this change. Is it because of the permanent Pendant Slot being sold in Marvel Machine? Who cares? The Buff Freezer change affects Battle-Roids and Nexon is still going through with the change.

GMS management has said that they want the future of GMS to be more streamlined with KMS in future updates. But, does that only apply to nerfs? Why is Nexon so stingy on changes that may benefit GMS? This is my personal tinfoil hat theory, but I believe that Nexon knew well in advance that the Tier Up forgiveness system is coming to KMS. That is why GMS got the new cubes, so that the Tier Up forgiveness system applies to "Red, Black, Meister, etc" cubes but not the "Glowing, Bright, Hard, etc" cubes.

It is interesting that the last time we got a "special" cube sale, it was right when Kalos was killed for the first time (Feb 2023) and Eternal gear was going to soon enter the market. That means players would need to spend more money on regular cubes to make Eternal gear. For the last few years, we got some kind of special cube sale every few months. But, now it has been 6 months since Violet cubes and cubes that come on a yearly basis (on the same month) have not been seen. Makes you wonder.

Let's show Wonki that we want all these changes.

I'm betting Wonki already knows Western players want the secondary pendant permanently, but he made up a quick excuse on the spot to shoehorn an answer in.

• Cube Tier Up forgiveness System: A system that tiers up an item 100% after using X amount of cubes. Not mentioned in the roadmap.

• Free permanent secondary pendant change. Not mentioned in the roadmap. Confirmed today that it isn't coming.

• Removal of Defense lines from Cubes: An overall 25% in cost savings. Not mentioned in the roadmap.

VOTE HERE

This post is the official declaration of a boycott for Nexon's neglect of the GMS region and especially the Reboot server.

All players are requested to stop paying Nexon untill changes in game quality and stability start to take place.

why? A new year has come. and with it, alot of dissapointed players...

Lots of players didnt get the DMT at 25/12, servers are still unstable, lots of content is missing from the winter update, Starforce prices are unreal, Yet ANOTHER Kishin Nerf, no vac pets in reboot, no new years package for GMS, no frequent cash transfer event, RNG related system's rates still weren't published to this day, legion wealth and drop coupons dissapear on DC while exp coupons do not, no mention of a 64-Bit client!!

And the worst part is that there's Zero communication from Nexon's side regarding those matters.

all those and many other fundamental flaws in game quality are ruining player experience, and Nexon dosen't seem to care, probably because most of Maplestory's income comes from the KMS region , and therefore GMS related matters are getting swept under the carpet.

but it shouldn't be like this...

Maplers have had enough Bebe boxes, Apologies, and Compensations. We just want you to fix your game Nexon!!

"Getting Nexone'd" should never have been a thing to begin with, And were all acting like throwing away our time and money is a normal part of the game, and needs to accepted by everyone deciding to play this game.

It is time for the GMS community to unite and boycott nexon untill major changes to game quality and stability take place in GMS.

ALL Maplestory GMS players are requested to NOT charge NX untill things Change. I Repeat, DO NOT FUND NEXON untill changes start to take place in GMS! NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT!

Spread the word Reddit, upvote, comment, tell your guilds and alliances, tell your friends and Discord servers, post Youtube videos, it IS happening, no more Yearly Shitposts. This Is IT.

Dear Maplers, We Had ENOUGH

Been watching this man's videos for nearly a decade now even through breaks from the game. Feels like watching a friend grow up 🥲

Anyway, Amoria PQ when, need more Onyx apples.

UPDATE: 30K NX A MONTH BOOSTER! The Sol Erda cap is confirmed. You pay about $500 overall to shorten your 6th job max grind by around 25% to 30%. It will still take a year and a half to max out 6th job when paying 2 win. Deplorable.

What's going on?

The long awaited New Age patch is coming Wednesday, Nov. 15th. On Friday, Nov. 10th, Nexon held a New Age preview livestream as well as having Pink Bean Brigade members stream the test server to preview content. What has come up from the test server and livestream in the last 24 hours is appalling and shows that Nexon NA is purposefully nerfing GMS content.

This isn't a Reg vs. Reboot server issue. This is us (as paying customers) vs. Nexon's greedy practices.

The Nerfs

• Sol Erda Daily Cap: With 6th job comes a new currency that players need to farm to level up their 6th job skills. In the GMS test server, it is shown that through grinding you can only get 400 Sol Erda energy per day. That combined with the daily, you can only get 1000 Sol Erda energy per day (20 minutes of farming) and that's it. This means that GMS players will take 1 year 8 months of dailies to max out 6th job if you miss ZERO days. KMS does NOT have this restriction. KMS players can farm 1000+ Sol Erda Energy per hour unlimited times just by regular farming. REMOVE THE CAP.

• Meso Shop Price Inflation: Earlier this year, Nexon decided to double the price of items in the Meso event shops. The fairy heart is still an absurd 4b meso price (compared to 2b in KMS). Flame costs are more expensive than KMS. Why is this the case still? REVERT THE MESO PRICES

• White Jade Ring Box Nerf: The Tower of Oz no longer can give you rings. Killing bosses for ring boxes are now the only way in New Age to obtain Oz rings (Ring of restraint, weapon jump, etc). It was revealed that the White Jade Ring Box was nerfed in GMS. In KMS, it is supposed to drop a ring between level 3-4, instead of level 1-4. GIVE US THE CORRECT RING BOXES This is confirmed by Nexon to be a typo. We will get the correct level 3-4 rings from White Jade Ring Boxes.

• Frenzy Totem/Instanced Maps: In New Age, instanced maps will be coming. Two players can share a map and have their own set of monsters spawn, essentially making it impossible to killsteal one another. This is a great and needed change in Reboot. In regular server however, this change is COMPLETELY unneeded. If Grandis instanced maps functions like other instanced maps in the game right now, Frenzy Totem spawn won't work in Grandis maps. NO ONE IN REG WANTS INSTANCED MAPS DUE TO FRENZY. REVERT THIS.

  • UPDATE: It seems like Frenzy Totems won't work whatsoever in instanced maps. Also, Frenzy Totem has been changed so that the caster has to stay in the map for the spawn boost effect to stay. The worst outcome possible seems to be Nexon's answer.

• 100% icogs and White Cubes: KMS got an update to their daily gift system where at the end of the month, they get white cubes instead of bonus glowing cubes. GMS never got this change. In the New Age update, the KMS event shops contained 100% success rate icogs (incredible scroll of goodness) but we see in the GMS shops that it only contains 60% success rate icogs. Why the shop nerf? GIVE US THE KMS SHOP ITEMS

• Maplestory Censoring: In the Friday livestream, the moderators censored "Frenzy Totem" and "Red Familiar Cards" in its different forms (FZ totem, Red Fams cards, etc). All four livestream hosts could 100% see that the community wanted answers to Frenzy Totem or Red fam cards, but actively avoided the topic the entire 1 hour live stream. Invites to the Official Maplestory Discord is currently paused (probably due to this outrage).Nexon is aware of the potential backlash but is hoping to wait out the outrage.

EDIT - 9:00PM EST Nov 11.

• Sol Erda Fragments in Reg are UNTRADABLE: Sol Erda Fragments are the tradable 2nd currency in the 6th job system. They are combined with Sol Erda to level up skills. In KMS, these items are fully tradable in the Auction House, but it was shown today in the GMS Test Server that they are only tradable in the account. Another kick in the balls to the players.

Nexon's Goals Are Anti-Fun and They Are Floundering Their Second Wind

Did Nexon truly learn when it came to light that their items were literal scams (flame/cube/honor scandal of 2021)? Was Nexon paying attention when their direct competitor (Lost Ark) lost players due to implementing similar content time gates? Maplestory is as popular as it has ever been in the past decade due to listening to player feedback after their big player outcry and protests. They are on the eve of one of the greatest content launches in recent years, but they are killing all the hype with nerfs and ignoring our wants.

Black Friday Is Coming! BOYCOTT! Spread the Word!

We need to show Nexon that this game is for us to enjoy first and THEN Nexon reaps the rewards with profit. Black Friday is coming in the United States. If these changes stay, it is simple what we must do as a community.

MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD IN THE OFFICIAL NEXON FORUMS. (And link this thread as reference)

DON'T SPEND YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T RESPECT YOU OR YOUR LOYALTY. BOYCOTT THE BLACK FRIDAY SALES. DON'T PLAY. DON'T RENEW REBOOT VAC PETS. HURT THEM WHERE IT COUNTS, THEIR QUARTERLY EARNING REPORTS.

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Hey there, folks! It's time for a much-needed guide! As a preface, I'd like to say that finding an up-to-date guide for this content proved to be quite traumatizing for me. Most of what I found was from right after the release, when bugs were rampant and the players were quite perplexed as to how it got released as such. The few guides I found that were released after that time just weren't detailed enough or included extraneous quests that absolutely are not needed to complete the content. With this in mind, I set out to create a detailed, concise guide that, if followed in order, will have you finishing the content within 30-40 minutes (my fastest time was around 25 minutes). With that being said, I'll get on with it!

The Afterlands is content that is available to all classes starting at level 75 via the light bulb notifier. The rewards for this content are four permanent totems, each giving +20 to a single stat and 7 M/ATT, as well as a set bonus of 10 M/ATT for equipping three of the totems (total stats are 20 main stat, 20 secondary stat and 31 M/ATT). If you detest obtaining totems that expire in 30 days, or are playing a character without event totems, this is a worthwhile investment of your time as the rewards are permanent. The content also gives decent exp if you are below level 100.

A couple of notes that will expedite the completion of this content:

• It is recommended to hold down the space key or spam the NPC chat key, depending on the type of dialogue box. There are two exceptions that will be noted in the guide!

• It is possible to transfer most ETC items that are needed for the quests in the Afterlands, meaning that you can farm them on another character (Kanna recommended for Kishin) and transfer the needed amount to the character completing the content.

• DO THESE STEPS IN ORDER. I have completed this content on 40+ characters, and using this method results in no bugs or glitches in the quest line, as well as making the most of your time by completing quests instead of waiting 10 minutes while doing nothing that other guides suggest.

• Items needed will be denoted in brackets

Upon accepting the quest, you will be transported to one of four maps with an NPC. Complete the NPC's task to be transported to the Land of Beginnings.

Land of Beginnings

• Upon gaining control of your character, attack the brush until you reveal a door with many locks

• Turn in the quest above your head to be transported to the next area

Land of Warriors

• Complete the minigame by fighting three rounds of warriors

• Lower the sun

• Accept the quest from Beodog

• Speak to three other warriors, accepting or turning in their quests

• Go two maps to the right and defeat the Balrog, collecting the key that it drops

• Accept the quest over your head. NOTE: Do NOT click through the text, as you will be unnecessarily transported back to the Land of Beginnings. Choose the second option instead, then move back to the main area

• Accept the quest from Arsan Lupen

• Raise the sun

• Choose the first option, "Last Warrior Standing"

• Complete the minigame by fighting three rounds of warriors

• Turn in the quest above your head and you will be transported to the next area

Land of Riches

• Accept and turn in two quests from Joel [60 Food Baskets]

• Accept and turn in quest from Mansa and you will be transported to the next area

Land of Contemplation

• Go three maps to the right and turn in the quest over your head, then accept another quest over your head

• Kill 50 ravens

• Turn in the quest over your head and you will be transported back to the main area

• Accept and turn in the quest from Adler to obtain your first key.

• Accept another quest from Adler

• Speak with Ashkaya to move to the next area

Land of Innocence

• Accept and turn in quest from Tina [30 Frozen Treat]

• Accept (but do NOT turn in) another quest from Tina [30 Child's Toy]

• Before turning in this quest, go to first map with mobs in this area and accept and turn in the quest from the Broken Tree, which will give you your second key

• Turn in Tina's quest to Riley, then accept another quest from Riley

• Accept Billy's quest

• Go to the first map of this area and obtain colored marbles from mobs until you reach 100%, as well as gathering at least one Magic Eyepatch

• Turn in Billy's quest

• Continuously speak to the Silent Boy until you receive a key

• Speak with Lonnie while you have a Magic Eyepatch, proceed to the cutscene, then complete Lonnie's quest to receive a key

• Move to the next area

Land of Warriors

• Lower the sun

• Accept the quest over your head

• Accept a quest from Vulcanelli

• Kill 50 Battle Balrogs and Marauder Mushrooms

• Turn in the quest above your head and return to main area

• Raise the sun and complete the cutscene

• Lower the sun

• Turn in the quest over your head

• Move to the next area

Land of Riches

• Move to the next area

Land of Contemplation

• Accept a quest from Nameless Soul

• Move three maps to the right and kill the raven, then pick up the key it drops

• Accept quest over your head to obtain a key, then return to the main area

• Turn in the quest to Nameless Soul

• Accept a quest from Adler

• Speak to Unfulfilled Soul, Nameless Soul and Oblivious Soul respectively to donate your colors

• Turn in the quest to Adler

• Stand beside the man sitting on a bench and press the NPC key, accept the quest and you'll be transported to a new location

• Kill the Yellow Mage, complete the cutscene and then you'll receive a key and be transported back to the main area

• Move to next area

Land of Innocence

• Accept a quest from Tina

• Obtain a book from any mob in the area

• Turn in quest to Tina

• Accept quest from Tina

• Purchase a Brand New Teddy Bear for 10,000 mesos

• Turn in quest to Tina

• Accept another quest from Tina

• Double click the book in your inventory to receive a key

• Move to the next area

Land of Warriors

• Raise the sun

• Choose "Last Warrior Standing"

• Complete minigame by fighting three rounds of warriors

• Turn in the quest above your head

• Turn in quest to Beodog

• Move to the next area

Land of Riches

• Enter the portal on the far left and accept a quest from Old Tombstone Maker

• Attack the rock on the far right until a stone drops, then take the stone to the Old Tombstone Maker. Notice the time you complete this step, as you can only turn in this quest after 10 minutes

• Return to the main area, then accept both quests from Joel. One quest, "A Tasteful Flavor," is a repeatable quest that gives you an important item called Delicious Gold Piece. The other quest asks you to gather [10 Food Baskets]. Once you gather these, turn the quest in and accept another quest that tasks you with eliminating 100 Treasure Thief Moustrocity. Complete both of these quests, then accept another quest from Joel

• Move Joel's chest outside, then turn in the quest to Joel

• Continue completing Joel's repeatable quest "A Tasteful Flavor" until you have a total of 6 Delicious Gold Pieces. This quest asks you to either gather [20 Food Baskets] or eliminate 50 Treasure Thief Moustrocity, so it is wise to gather extra Food Baskets in the second map of this area while killing Treasure Thief Moustrocity in this map as well

• Accept a quest from Ben and choose the last option

• Accept a quest from Mansa

• Click on the bag of coins in the top right corner to accept a quest

• Talk to Horemheb

• Accept quest over your head

• Turn in the quest to Louie the Average

• Move to the next area

Land of Contemplation

• Move to the next area

Land of Innocence

• Click on the bowl of sweets in front of Tina to make it rain (do NOT accept or turn in any quests in this area)

• Move to the next area

Land of Warriors

• Click on the statue on the far right to accept a new quest

• Turn in the quest to Edgar Tetch

• Click on the statue again to accept another quest

• Consume three Delicious Gold Pieces, then speak to Vulcanelli to obtain a key

• Move to the next area

Land of Riches

• Speak to Horemheb to obtain a key

• 10 minutes should have passed by now, so enter the portal to the far left and accept the quest from Old Tombstone Maker and receive a new key NOTE: Do NOT click through the text here. You will be presented with three options to change the color of your tombstone when you die. This is a permanent change, so be careful which option you choose. If you click through the text, you will choose the gold tombstone

• Leave the map and re-enter; the Old Tombstone Maker will have moved to the far right, so accept his new quest

• Move right and attack all five tombstones to make them fall to the area below, then move left and speak to Old Tombstone Maker

• Turn in the quest to Old Tombstone Maker to receive a key

• Exit to the main area, consume the last three gold pieces while outside of the walls, then attack the wall until a cutscene occurs

• Turn in the quest to Mansa

• Turn in and accept a new quest from Ben

• Move Ben and his chest outside

• Move to the next area four times, cycling through all of the lands until you arrive back in the Land of Riches

• Accept a quest from Mansa

• Turn in the quest to Mansa's Pile o' Treasure Puke to obtain your last key!

• Move to the Land of Beginnings, click on each lock and complete the content

As always, please contact me if you run into issues. If you have already started the content before reading this guide, I recommend following the steps loosely as you may be missing a necessary item or quest.

In a followup to this post initiating the boycott, I have consolidated most of the key complaints that are affecting the community. I have not included every minor issue, as I believe that sticking to a handful of the major topics will get our message across more clearly.

At the end of the day, the singular message is this.

We, the playerbase, feel like we are looked at as a piggy bank and NOT as customers/players. We are NOT being heard. We WANT to spend money on this game, if it works! But, we are ignored after a “promise to communicate”. Times have changed. Nexon, look at your competition like Lost Ark with their great communication skills sucking the KMS playerbase dry. The player and developer relationship works both ways. Hear us out.

Communication

The single biggest source of frustration from GMS players above all else.

KMS, to their credit, has been increasing the amount of communication ever since the cube/flame controversy.

• This communication has also been backed by action.

• Player and developer conference to discuss problems.

• Community boards to ask for opinions and solutions.

• This communication resulted in patches that contain long requested content and quality of life changes.

• The Community Managers in GMS have limited ability to communicate with us. They try their best to communicate our issues to higher ups and the majority of us sees them trying. But, many times the CMs only able to acknowledge the problem without the ability to give answers back as they are effectively silenced by their management, or they simply do not have an answer to give.

The Pink Bean Bulletin

• Created as a way for Nexon to communicate more frequently with the playerbase “community focused topics”.

• Since then, the Pink Bean Bulletin has been used 4 times to discuss game bugs/performance issues and 1 time to talk about a ban wave.

• There have been a number of topics the community has discussed since the creation of the Pink Bean Bulletin, but no communications have been made.

• Examples: Reasons behind Netherlands players getting left without recourse. Reasons that this most recent Winter patch had missing content.

Server Instability

• The game simply is unplayable for many players, especially in Reboot.

• During November, some communication and attempts were made by Nexon to fix the servers.

• SavageAce communicated November 30th that they are aware of the server instability issues and are working on a fix for an upcoming maintenance. That fix doesn’t seem to have come yet, and the game is still unstable going into the new year.

• A stable server for an MMORPG is the MINIMUM requirement.

Cube Rate Reveals

• In the Flame scandal that happened in the Spring of 2021, both KMS and GMS released their rates and system logic on flames and inner abilities. In an effort to gain player’s trust, KMS also released their cubing rates/statistics. However, GMS did not. We can only assume that the GMS and KMS cube rates are the same (besides the tier up rates), as the flame and inner ability systems were identical. But, this is not 100% confirmed to be the case. GMS players should at the very least also be shown what the rates are to the items that we spend money on.

• Reminder: KMS only revealed their rates initially because they were required to by a new Korean law. We players should hold Nexon accountable as much as we can, because Nexon will get away with as much as it can for as long as possible.

KMS Content Roadmap

• The GMS population as a whole already knows what content we are getting just by looking at KMS. There is no surprise for GMS players to be had. It is what it is. Players read the KMS patch notes and expect certain things 4-6 months down the line.

• SavageAce regarding future content: "I do want to mention that we’ve heard some of you have been excited to see things like a 64-bit client and Yeti x Pink Bean World released in other services. While we can’t 100% confirm these things will be coming to Global MapleStory, we have been actively discussing the possibility of releasing them in a future update."

• What does this mean? Does this mean there is a possibility that we never see content that the community has been waiting a long time (in 64 bit client's case, years) to get?

• Where are the frequent cash item transfer events that KMS gets?

• Missing content in patches with no explanation. This most recent patch only had half the content compared to the KMS patch. Why is this the case?

• 64-Bit client communication. This point is self-explanatory.

• VAC Pets in Reboot.

• This is an impactful meta gaming change to Reboot, but no word from GMS on its implementation.

• New Years package.

• This is a small point, but KMS players received a number of cool items from KMS as thanks during New Years. It's a small token of gratitude that goes a long way, why didn't GMS get anything like it?

Patch Bugs

• Patches going live are now the “test” for if everything works.

• Every major patch seems to have some kind of game breaking bug(s). Players are sometimes stuck for days at a time in bugged maps while other players cannot play due to their games crashing constantly.

• The only time GMST server is used is for promotional purposes for the Pink Bean Brigade.

• Perhaps have a way for more players to test the client to catch bugs before launch.

• Counter-point: Players don’t generally “test” for bugs and instead just look at the new content briefly before leaving.

• The point stands though. Is there anything to be done to launch this content without game breaking bugs?

Starforce

• Starforce prices originally were doubled due to spawn enhancers. Meso prices were affected heavily by bots in the past.

• It is to be said though that GMS players generally make much more meso per hour than their KMS counterparts.

• In the past year or so, Nexon has attempted to cut down the bot population. The meso price has since risen from a 1b to 1k NX price to around 1b to 8k NX today due to the removal of illegal meso from the market.

• Where is the current stance of GMS on the meso economy and the double starforce cost as a meso sink?

Kishin Nerf and Spawn Enhancers

• GMS has stated that they are planning on some kind of nerf to the Kanna Kishin skill. If GMS follows the Kishin nerf of TMS, Kishin will no longer enhance spawns but instead give a 10% exp buff during its duration.

• Kishin nerf has huge implications for Reboot players. A significant portion of the player base has invested large amounts of time into Kanna.

• What is Nexon’s philosophy on spawn enhancers and the Kishin/2PC meta in general? NexonNA has opened the Pandora’s Box that is spawn enhancers, and the general playerbase feels like there is no going back to regular spawn rate.

• Give us more access to totems/spawn enhancers to justify the insane starforce prices OR match KMS starforce prices.

• If it has been set that level 300 content maps will disable Frenzy Totem, then there is an effective cap on Frenzy Totem’s utility in the end game content moving forward. Why not introduce Frenzy Totems back into the Marvel Machine?

• Players have been asking for more flexibility with Wild Totems. Ex: 1 hour Wild Totems.

Netherland Players

• Regular server Netherland players largely screwed over by this change. Players understand the changes were required by law. But, the compensation or action to mitigate the damage was poorly managed.

• It’s obvious that Nexon does not understand the magnitude of impact this kind of change has to an account’s playability. Regular servers are balanced around the fact that players can trade with each other. This is why Reboot is balanced the way it is for F2P/untradeable accounts. A regular server's character being stuck as a F2P/Reboot style character is essentially telling the player to quit the game.

• The compensation is a slap in the face for the vast majority of players.

• Is a server transfer to Reboot truly not possible for affected accounts?

• If Nexon already knows what accounts are flagged to be non-tradeable, they can also flag those accounts for a free server transfer. Good PR for Nexon and players can still play on the characters they invested time in. Win-win.

Nexon Account Recovery Exploit

• According to this post, there currently exists a way that allows players to recover accounts that do not belong to them.

• This allows players players to BYPASS two-factor authentication and gain access to another's account.

• This post was created a month ago and had 600 upvotes, but there hasn't been an answer from Nexon yet.

Although I have not covered every issue that are affecting GMS players, I believe this is a solid list of the huge problems facing players at the moment.

I encourage you all to do what you can in this boycott to hopefully better the game that we all love. Spread the word, send it to whoever. Thank you.

Just happened, he decided not to level to 300 and ended his stream. His cause is noble, go Niru!

extreme growth potion handouts be blowing my eardrums out

Caugh me off guard 😂 Somewhere In Puerto Montt, Chile