Leeching.

NOTE: This assumes that the person you are paying to level you up is not using hacks, the money you used to pay for leeching services is not from illegal methods, and that both characters are legit.

How do you all feel about the practice of leeching off of someone at places like Newties and Skeles?

Personally, I would pay for such services as long as the fees are reasonable because of the way NEXON/Wizet made grinding into a chore instead of a game.

i think its for lazy people who cant train themselves. now if you leech your own chars, i dont give a damn, paying, thats lame. i voted i dont care though since it doesnt affect me anyways.

I don't really care, people can do what they wish.

Also, a chore is something that must be done. Leveling and gaining skills/level requirements for clothes, isn't a chore, it's done from your free will.

I leech my own character, and sometimes have friends leech me. I don't pay people though.

I'm mainly against hackers being considered legitimate not because they're using 3rd party programs, but because of why the programs give them an advantage.

Someone can use a cheat engine to bot their character and go afk, gaining exp the whole time.

Someone can pay an archmage/bishop for services so they can go afk, gaining exp the whole time.

I don't see what makes a leecher so much better than a botter, from a moral standpoint.

I don't care because I'm going to end up doing it in the end.

If you don't want to train, don't train. Wasting a map that other people that enjoy the game could be using is extremely selfish. This is a videogame...you're supposed to play it for entertainment, if you're not having fun don't force yourself to play and ruin everyone else's fun in the process.

I'm mainly against hackers being considered legitimate not because they're using 3rd party programs, but because of why the programs give them an advantage.

Someone can use a cheat engine to bot their character and go afk, gaining exp the whole time.

Someone can pay an archmage/bishop for services so they can go afk, gaining exp the whole time.

I don't see what makes a leecher so much better than a botter, from a moral standpoint.

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It's different if you are leeching your own character. I can go solo some Death Teddies on my priest but why the hell would I do that when I can go use my Arch Mage to leech it for 10x more experience? I'm not breaking any rules.

In my eyes it is fine.[/COLOR]

When I refer to leeching, I speak of people who go AFK and let their friends or people they pay get them experience.

I feel that leechers are cheating themselves of any pride in levelling their character, or fun they might have developing a character. This is an RPG, after all. 90% of these people quit shortly after they reach 4th job, because they never had the attention span or the interest to level in the first place. They simply assumed the game would be more fun if they weren't low levelled. I don't think these people should be filling up the rankings.

Leeching your own characters is also lame, but I don't really care that much about it. I feel that as long as you're actually at your computer and making some effort to train your own character, anything goes.

I wouldn't leave my char considering I'm a priest and people want me for the HS.

On that note.... S> HS, HEAL, DISPEL, AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT FROM ME

P.S. I'm on Bellocan =)

If they've earned their mesos legit Why not? I wouldnt do it myself though. I could leechmyself or get friends to leech me

im ok with it, but i have one friend who absolutely will not train unless its 2X, he has a 2x card, or he is leeching X_X

Priests depend on leech EXP to level up. Their purpose is pretty much support till they get Genesis. Leeching is prefectly fine as long as we earned those mesos legitly. It's not like we're hacking. The person on the map gains EXP regardless, so it's not a waste of a map since both are technically training.

Priests depend on leech EXP to level up. Their purpose is pretty much support till they get Genesis. Leeching is prefectly fine as long as we earned those mesos legitly. It's not like we're hacking. The person on the map gains EXP regardless, so it's not a waste of a map since both are technically training.

I agree. It's kind of like, I'm giving you what you want and you are giving me what I want.

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It's different if you are leeching your own character. I can go solo some Death Teddies on my priest but why the hell would I do that when I can go use my Arch Mage to leech it for 10x more experience? I'm not breaking any rules.

In my eyes it is fine.[/COLOR]

And I don't think it breaks the Terms of Service to afk with a character gaining exp from a party member, but that's what we're discussing right?

Anyways, what you are doing is simply benefitting from either your ability to play Maplestory on two computers or someone else logging into your priest. Whether that's an unfair advantage is between you and your conscience, though I'm sure there are people out there who find it unfair to benefit from that second computer.

I don't hold an opinion on leeching a secondary character with a primary, and didn't state that I did in my post. o.o

I think it's pathetic and a lazy ass way of leveling your character. More like letting other people level your character.

I think it's like paying someone to play Megaman for you, get all the weapons and leave you against Dr. Wily. Or getting someone to clear a Zelda game for you and you getting to beat Ganondorf at the end.

I'm against it, the only way it affects me is on rankings and possibly prices on skillbooks for when I finally get to 4th job. Of course, there aren't many Chief Bandits that get to 4th job, but a couple I know will only "play" if they're able to leech.

I'm generally against it, there are specific cases where I'm ok with it but in the general sense of "player is gaining exp while afk" I am definitely against it, and I'd rather not play at all than have to leech from someone.

If you leech your own characters it's not quite as bad, I'd still frown on it unless it's a support type character that you can't solo on (eg. pure HP warrior) but in the end only your own characters are affected.

lol, like who DOESN'T know what leeching is ...?
ehh to be honest, I really don't mind leechers...

Leech all you want, I dont give a damn. Me personally, Im too old school to leech. Though I train slow, I still do it myself and Im proud of it.

What annoys me is when people leech their asses to 13x and then go around flaunting "zomg, look at me, Im soooo pro" and whatnot. No you're not. Go train your character yourself, then talk. If you cant train when its "easy" during your 10x days when its reasonable to level once a day still, how will you train when you're 13x/14x and it takes multiple days of grinding to level?

Go figure. In the end, I cant control what others do, but I can control what I do.

im partially against it. it just doesnt feel right to not be sitting on ur ass grinding ur char away. and instead like reading a book or w/e while it leeches. maybe its the new way of lvling. but it just seems wrong.