Cheez:
The economy is just fine, to Nexon at least. That's the difference between a fee-driven game, such as WoW and a pay-to-play game such as Maple Story. Nexon has a product, (Maple,) which it tweaks in ways that generate it more and more profit. They ran out of major ways to make money long ago.
So now, they unbalance the game increasingly with the aim of further increasing their profits. 2x cards were unnecessary but a huge source of profit. (Though some might counter-argue that the sped-up XP is necessary to properly enjoy Maple.) Marriages were mostly worthless until APQ, which through Onyx Apples completely changed the game. Dark Scrolls redefined what is considered godly. White scrolls again redefined what is considered godly. iTCG, through SC gloves, C. Ilbies, Facestompers, etc., redefined what is considered godly. And now, Chaos Scrolls have done so again.
If you really think about it, NONE of the stuff I just listed was ever necessary. All it's really done was bring profit to Nexon. And its introduction was not to bring fun to the players, but to make them spend. This content's impact on the actual gamers is irrelevant to Nexon so long as they continue to spend.
Hero: Don't assume all Gachers are lazy or spoiled. I personally did Gach because I was severely uncomfortable at going to a person with a 15 million meso scroll and buying it from him for 3 million, while actively misrepresenting that scroll's price as 3 mil. Merchanting gets a lot of mesos, but it's not for everyone. Had I stayed on Maple, I would have gotten money from APQ, but accumulating a fortune through apples takes a long time, and is fairly boring.
The economy is just fine, to Nexon at least. That's the difference between a fee-driven game, such as WoW and a pay-to-play game such as Maple Story. Nexon has a product, (Maple,) which it tweaks in ways that generate it more and more profit. They ran out of major ways to make money long ago.
So now, they unbalance the game increasingly with the aim of further increasing their profits. 2x cards were unnecessary but a huge source of profit. (Though some might counter-argue that the sped-up XP is necessary to properly enjoy Maple.) Marriages were mostly worthless until APQ, which through Onyx Apples completely changed the game. Dark Scrolls redefined what is considered godly. White scrolls again redefined what is considered godly. iTCG, through SC gloves, C. Ilbies, Facestompers, etc., redefined what is considered godly. And now, Chaos Scrolls have done so again.
If you really think about it, NONE of the stuff I just listed was ever necessary. All it's really done was bring profit to Nexon. And its introduction was not to bring fun to the players, but to make them spend. This content's impact on the actual gamers is irrelevant to Nexon so long as they continue to spend.
Hero: Don't assume all Gachers are lazy or spoiled. I personally did Gach because I was severely uncomfortable at going to a person with a 15 million meso scroll and buying it from him for 3 million, while actively misrepresenting that scroll's price as 3 mil. Merchanting gets a lot of mesos, but it's not for everyone. Had I stayed on Maple, I would have gotten money from APQ, but accumulating a fortune through apples takes a long time, and is fairly boring.