Is Maplestory "Cheaper" then before?

To have godly damage you need to buy like $1000-3000 worth of cubes depending on your luck.

But you don't need godly damage. Erebus asks if he can get into boss runs without spending a lot of money, and you can. Except maybe Pink Bean and in the future (lol, pun) The Empress but those don't count for except for the 180+ players in the first place. And even then I am sure if you make good friends you can get in on Pink Bean runs even if your damage "sucks".

Sure, you can drop 1000 on the game and have damage like that Dual Blader, but, what is the point? You can do the same thing in a private server. And no matter what anyone says there is no difference.

So, yes, the game is cheaper for the normal players. For the players that just have to have overbearing damage? No, it costs more than ever.