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Amish Mapling, the Purist Route

So, I was talking to my brah Etokapa (so you know this is legit) and we were talking about how over-saturated Maplestory now is with cubes, familiars, 100 classes, a zillion buffs, NX everywhere, DPS wars and everyone maxing out DPS and all that BS that is just flooding this game. And yet you also notice that not as many people play anymore too.

I suspect that it's because of a lack of party-reliance. This game used to revolve around a mix of characters and their different roles coming together and working hard to acomplish goals. You needed a cleric for heals, a thief for haste, and archers/warriors bringing up the DPS. Somewhere along the line we lost that. Maplestory has become an increasingly 1-player game with people obcessed over DPS and making godly items.

THAT SAID, I propose a guild of purists. The Amish Maplers so to speak. Going back to the basics. Using different classes to utilize skills and having roles in the party. We need clerics. Ditch that self-healing nonsense. Ditch the familiars. Don't cube your equips if you're a support class! You don't need all that attack if you're just holding down one button - HEAL! (also the occassional HS) Assassins, get good DPS but don't go crazy! Lose the NX, wear cool thief clothes, and HASTE YOUR TEAM! They're gonna need it.

Warrriors, TANK IT OUT BROTHER!

Archers, hang back and stay near the healer.

Does anyone else agree with me? I feel like this game would be more fun if we went back to the original stuff. Ditch the things that make the game easy or one-player. It's like a Nuzlocke run, but Maplestory style. LETS MAKE THIS GUILD!