Pot prices for new players

At the moment the promotion that's running will give you pots, 50k mesos and some rare untradeable items to start your journey with. it's great if you haven't made an account to get it.

 

On my oss lock character i dont necessarily make money grinding but i wouldnt say i lose it either. Who exactly is this change aimed for?

 

Good thing my NLC mule is level 20.

 

i don't even bother leveling them above 10, just transfer via storage

 

The proper way to implement a lower level Potions NPC would be to make the pots untradeable. Edit: Just saw that this was mentioned in the OP.

 

Back in the days WS was lower than 100m and other scrolls was almost half of the price than nowdays, so pot costs were ways higher than the actual patch, and literally no one complained about that, just because pot prices become adjusted to match the actual economy people still saying that, potions for new players still the same price, actually is cheaper than before.


ML isn't even challenging to a point where a new player don't have funds to pots, you can easily get 150m+ without rng till level 80
But i can agree with another review about hornster pot cost, while i understand why they got nerfed it stills another thing capping bosses, any mage have 30k mp, 75% of the bossers don't have and bossing becomes more obsolete with this (less people doing bosses, more ppl farming, less coins on market, more inflation blahblah blah)

 

most new players lack the same access to information and should they quit, ws and cs will be even more expensive in the future

 

Every game has their own charms and does not appeal everyone. A new player who likes ML will put in efforts to learn the nature of this server and ways to get around obstacles. Even if pots are free, many new players are still going to leave because this server or game is just simply not compatible with them and that's totally fine. I've given new players meso for pots they still poofed within days (because I care for them, they're like my kids and totally not stalking). Even new players who got lucky with cs/ws can poof within a week or 2 because this game genre is simply not for them.

I noticed many objections are coming from stubborn players who refused to accept viable solutions and chose to continue suffering with their ineffective superior methods. Or World-Class Economists who protest in the name of "new players" in hope to change the game to their favor. Like: "Oh no! I've already got hundreds and thousands millions of meso so it doesn't affect me at all! Although I'm earning 500k less(i'm in pain pls help) from my usual 200mil(at my worst, mind you!) per hour, think about the the new players!"

From what I see, the NLC pot price change is affecting a certain demographics but definitely not the new players because they're not suppose to touch them early in the game anyway. If you're able get to 3rd job you're not exactly a new player anymore. The issue is that from somewhere around lv75-80 is where you'd hit the first power spike after skilling up the first 3rd job spell. Thereafter you're not getting that much stronger every level unless you upgrade your gears significantly. That's where leveling slows down and you'd choose between pot usage rate and EXP gain rate. The decrease in options and slower rate between 3rd and 4th job is what's burning people out as they were so used to the faster rate till then.

This is actually a good time to progress your character in aspects other than level. Because there're always places that nets positive meso gain for lower but still meaningful EXP gain. Also a good time to start hunting some monster card sets for a change of pace and in the process, get pot drops and gacha tickets, all which contributes to your character's overall progression and prep yourself to gear up for 4th job. You can do quests that rewards expensive scrolls as well. Start saving up for items that are good value for their prices, like scarlion/targa helm, MoN/HTP. And also services for skillbooks and boss certs. The remaining into a decent weapon and the rest of the equipment. This will help 4th job grinding much easier as well to lv140, getting 2 of your important 4th job spells up.

 

if you're talking about me, as a disclaimer, my mesos per hour is unchanged by pot costs.

 

It's probably not if those statements don't resonate with you.

 

With the 5 eyes of fire they'd have gotten anyway, it should cover most of the cost for the zak helm. A simple genin doll quest gives you shoe jump 30% which currently sells for 4m+.

EDIT: added some quests you can do before zak for valuable scrolls
Shoes Jump 30%
lv30 - https://bbb.hidden-street.net/quest/world-tour/maplestory-basic-knowledge
lv40 - https://bbb.hidden-street.net/quest/world-tour/sakura-the-kitty-and-the-orange-marble
Gloves ATT 70%
lv40 - https://bbb.hidden-street.net/quest/masteria/reversal

share with your guildmates for their zak helms

 

It surprises me whenever people bring up an argument of "Well, when I follow <high exp low meso strategy> I struggle to afford pots after a while"
Sometimes you're gonna have to switch it up and consider more profitable grinds, this is true for new and experienced, rich and poor alike.
If you're not getting gach/good drops in PQs? Interleave your pq sessions with grinding in some profitable maps (of which there are plenty)
If you're burning too many pots grinding at cds? Switch it up, go try out some other maps. You might get less eph, but you'll be able to stock up on potions for your next high-eph grind.

Don't be afraid to experiment with new maps. Asking around is often going to get people to tell you the fastest map, not the most sustainable one.

 

PQ rewards alot of potions, unless you only do EPQ you're fine with potions, also iirc these players don't use hornsters and manabulls