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After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's definitely not a publicity stunt. I don't know if you've ever played the game, but it is soul-crushingly grindy because leveling is the game. It's been around for almost 20 years and every year they make it more and more pay to win.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So why didn't he stop playing at level 100 or 200 or whatever but waited with this rant until almost level 300 in a stream with large attention? Pure coincidence? To me it looks like he wanted to go out with a bang and rage bait.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The game has exponential level growth. The amount of time it takes to go from level 1-250 is like the same as the time it takes to go 298-299...everyone has a breaking point.

Edit: The article specified that he was leveling at about .065% per hour at the end. That's over 1500 hours to go from level 299 to 300.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Per 2 hours even! Makes that 1500 hours

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

187 days of playing 8 hours a day. That's insane.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Oh damn, that's even worse! Thanks for the correction, I edited my edit 😝

[+] [email protected] -8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Exponential growth means that you would level up faster and faster at an ever increasing rate.

Perhaps you mean logarithmic growth, where the rate of increase keeps slowing down?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The exp required to level up increases exponentially, not the amount you earn

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I see.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No, I dont and if you truly need to be pedantic a logarithmic curve makes even less sense. It's a generally linear experience curve with each level being about 20-30% more than the previous, but the number get exceptionally large after a while. Level requirements aren't scaled based on time required, they're scaled on number of experience points required.

Edit: Sorry for the Reddit link but the image is too high res to attach in a comment. Exp Curve Visualization