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Maple Story population

Is it growing or is it declining? I haven't played in a while and I was wondering if i should come back. Love you <33333333333333333333333

April 6, 2015

12 Comments • Newest first

awesomeness9

I thought it was dying, but lately, its been getting really hard to get a spot in FM. There are stores in Ch 2, not sure if its players who got a free 3-day granny buying a store or b/c of summer o.o

Reply April 7, 2015
PointyPubes

It depends how long a "while" is for you. If you're talking a couple months then I'm not sure, but most people seem to be saying it is increasing slightly. But if you're talking years? It's definitely dead compared to back then.

Reply April 6, 2015
betaboi101

[quote=pizzaboy]The game is actually thriving right now. When people say that it's unpopular compared to it's peak, or that the population is decreasing; they're forgetting that there's many, many, more servers than what there were at it's "peak". For a long time, there were only a couple of worlds. Now, I know that only a handful are truly popular, but there's a large number of players spread across every world.[/quote]

Nexin disproved this theory back when they combined all of the dead worlds into super worlds (Bellenova, YMCK) though </3. Actually, with the super worlds included, Nexin has LESS servers than it did around the time of its peak 2009-10 ish (Yellonde and Dementhos were out as well).

Ps, the super worlds are literally dead

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pizzaboy

The game is actually thriving right now. When people say that it's unpopular compared to it's peak, or that the population is decreasing; they're forgetting that there's many, many, more servers than what there were at it's "peak". For a long time, there were only a couple of worlds. Now, I know that only a handful are truly popular, but there's a large number of players spread across every world.

Reply April 6, 2015 - edited
nickyownzu1

[quote=betaboi101]Maple = dead in comparison to its prime.[/quote]

I'm legitimately curious as to why you consistently speak badly of and try to deter people from, a game that you apparently have no interest in, on a forum specifically dedicated to that game.

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icey542

It seems like more and more people are coming back gradually~

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Duzz

In the long run, decreasing.

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betaboi101

Maple = dead in comparison to its prime.

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TheQueen

It increases when people have breaks then goes back down as usual.

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Creeper

Feels like it's increasing. Also, lots of college students finishing up classes this month

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Repentant

The population nowadays isn't as large as it used to be, however I've noticed more and more people making "coming back" threads on BasilMarket - there's at least one every two days. It's nice to see people are taking a renewed interest in Maple, so maybe things aren't as bad as they seem. There could be hope for the future.

Reply April 6, 2015 - edited