2011-03-03, 12:16 PM
The question is extremely vague and kinda goes nowhere, but I'll give a little input anyway. Nexon says they are "bad" and that they "ruin business" for them, but in the long run I highly doubt it really affects them much if at all. The whole appeal behind a private server is boosted exp and drop rates, and being able to test out a class without putting in any of the actual "work", or rather, time. In the end, these private servers don't get very many people to play, can't sustain themselves, and end up failing. Or people just get bored and go back to the official servers anyway because that's where the real deal is; Friends, "competition", boss runs, etc.
Nexon should think of the existance of these private servers as a message towards them that they are doing SOMETHING wrong on their end, otherwise people would have no reason to move to private servers and stay there. Private servers get boring after all of 2 hours anyway.
Others might disagree with me, and there ARE servers out there that can sustain themselves and have many players on them, but in the end, they end up going back to the official servers one way or another anyway.
(Yes, the question is directed towards private servers in general, but I'm referring solely to maplestory, meh.)
Nexon should think of the existance of these private servers as a message towards them that they are doing SOMETHING wrong on their end, otherwise people would have no reason to move to private servers and stay there. Private servers get boring after all of 2 hours anyway.
Others might disagree with me, and there ARE servers out there that can sustain themselves and have many players on them, but in the end, they end up going back to the official servers one way or another anyway.
(Yes, the question is directed towards private servers in general, but I'm referring solely to maplestory, meh.)