[Feature Request] Removal of "Catch your breath and try again"

TLDR at bottom

Hi all!

I would like to preface this by saying this is my first post on maplelegends forum so I apologize if I'm not going through the correct channels for requesting the implementation of a feature.

As the title suggests, I want to talk about

1. Quick description of the current feature's behavior
2. Why I would like to remove the "catch your breath and try again" feature
   
3. Possible alternatives to the current implementation

Quick description of the current feature's behavior
For those who are not familiar, this feature is a scenario where a character "in-combat" can not perform certain actions including but not limited to "equipping gear, changing channels, going to FM". Characters enters the "in-combat" state when they attack or are attacked.

Why I would like to remove this feature
When I want to find a cds map, I find it difficult to quickly change channels when arriving at a map that is fully occupied already. Most of the time, I find myself having to climb to the top platform, catch my breath, and then quickly cc before an aggro-ed mob starts blasting me. I end up spending a couple honsters per channel because of a feature which I see no value in. In addition, the act of changing channels on cds map consistently sends me to the middle platform, from where I have to climb back up to the safe platform before attempting to cc again.

When I want equip INT gear right before I level, I need to catch my breath before putting on my Heart Wand or my Yellow Adventurer Cape. I have to find a safe spot on the cds map and either equip it right there OR head to FM, equip it, and then head back to the map.

While being battered by cds, I may realize that I forgot to equip my precious money looter (Pet) and come to the second realization that I must "catch my breath" before equipping it

Conclusion: our time and money is not well spent catching our breath before performing an action

Possible alternatives to the current implementation
Reduce the time it takes for players to "catch their breath". I personally haven't tried to measure it since my qualms have only surfaced in life threatening situations. In terms of modifying the source code, it may be easier to just reduce the "in combat time" to one second, versus completely removing the feature all together

Or just delete the feature entirely. That would make me happy too

TLDR: The "You can't do that right now. Catch your breath and try again" feature in maplelegends is a detriment to enjoyable gameplay and we can mitigate its effects by reducing the amount of time it takes to catch your breath

Thank you for reading! Apologize for typos. Happy Mapling

 

This is a good point and something I had not considered. I could see it affecting the gameplay of maplelegends to the point where it becomes an abuse of the system
I'm sure you have other examples where my suggestion falls short. But for this scenario, I will try to measure the trade-off between training at a suitable place for your skill level vs entering a map with high level mobs and deploying what you described as hit and run tactics.

The scenario may be the following: I enter a map with high level mobs and do a decent amount of damage (possibly killing the mob) and quickly cc to avoid incurring damage from that injured mob or from impending mobs. My goal here is to avoid contact with a mob as I enter this new channel. Success! But now I have to guarantee I won't be immediately hit on the next channel's map. I haven't visited every single map in maplelegends, but I can reasonably surmise that I would have no way of knowing the spot I enter the map on would not already have a mob. In which case, I have merely delayed the inevitable.
I'm not sure how to quantitatively measure the exact outcomes of HP loss but unless you had killed that mob before switching channels the first time, it may have been less hassle to just stay on that current map and keep farming.

My next point is not exactly a counter-argument: the hit and run tactic can already be deployed by staying near a portal to the next map as you kill mobs. As the mobs creep closer, you can immediately move back or forward a map to evade their advances.