Removing the Free Market teleport

Personally, I disagree. The community is still relatively small and removing the function will make it even smaller. FM is the only way to interact with others and removing that interaction will make a dead server. People will walk to FM but most won't. I think removing the FM warp will break the server community.

 

Agreed. The trade button alone can turn 20 players online into a community. There definitely are some drawbacks, as thetavi points out, but I think the benefit vastly outweighs the cons.

 

I agree 100%. The community interacts just fine on the forum, the fm button is redundant and abusable.

 

but not everyone uses the forum ^

 

I agree with the mule part. IMO the ease of interaction that the Trade button brings is the important factor, and not the trading capabilities (to some extent). I would have liked a social map where we could freely warp to for chatting and playing mini-games only (no trading/dropping items/using skills etc). But there is the question of coding that, and while the server is still new it might have undesirable effects on the economy if the FM is not too accessible yet. Since there is no such map intended/yet, the FM is the next best alternative.

 

I agree. I've never been a fan of the FM warp. There will always be people in the FM regardless. Like you said, it's not GMS-like. People used to hangout in the FMs all the time in GMS and guilds had fm rooms and stuff. There's plenty of people that play this server that will supply the community feel in the FM you guys are bringing up. The only difference is you'll have to use a return scroll to nearest town, and actually walk to the FM. Then walk back later when you wanna train again. How is it now, everyone just parks their character in their training map and goes between that and the FM. Plus, you can make mules to give yourself pots so essentially you never have to leave your training map ever. Also, it makes any buff you want just a button away. All you gotta do is ask a priest to party with you for HS or a 4th jobber for MW or whatever you want and simply hit the button to warp to FM and have it.

 

Are you able to restrict trading and dropping of items in the map? One of the main points for removal of FM tele is that it makes it super easy to transfer pots from mules and meet up to trade stuff with each other.

 

I think keep FM teleport is a good thing. Some people say that is not GMS-like but it's a good for the community. Disable skills, specially HS and HB will be a good thing against HS/HB mule.
But please, dont disable trade, young account (less than 15 days-old) can't buy a merchant. So if you disable trade on FM, all young accounts can't participate at the economy, I don't think it is a good point.

I agree restrict HS/HB mule, but disagree on stuffs mule, and in my opinion disable FM button is the worst thing to do.

 

They can use the forums as a free alternative before they get merchants if you're talking about trying to sell stuff, or just yell manually in FM/social map. Young accounts also wouldn't have much to sell unless they hit 45 and gach within that time, which is very possible but there is forums to bridge the waiting time.

 

Is it possible to disable, trading/dropping for those who use the teleport button to gain access to the FM?
and block them from entering FM's

that way they can enter the FM to chat but not to trade

just a thought

 

The thing about warp to FM is that the notion has been set in stone by so many servers- such as CMS, Royals. General human behaviour tends to object against change, and this would unavoidably lead to a negative backlash.
A key factor to why FM is so successful is that it is so useful and convenient- you can buy and scroll stuff, trade and transfer items, and socialize with players.
In the new socializing map, people only can socialize, which truth be told does not always occur as most of the time people AFK. Transactions will be much more troublesome. Without such easy access to FM, people would turn to the forums to sell their stuff. Not many people will actually walk towards a void FM, when there is a faster way to reach out to the community. The only reason why FM was a success in GMS is because it was the primary and largest way of selling and buying stuff.
Cutting off the FM would lead to more participation in the forum free market. But is it worth it destroying such a fundamental feature of so many private servers, just because it is un-GMS like? We do not have to be 100% GMS- we are MapleLegends. You decide.

 

This will really suck when there is a gm buff event. Going to have to leave map, go to FM, get buff, spend 10 mins getting back to the map and hope no one has taken it.