Let's talk about washing too

Hey,

For this topic I want re-attempt to bring a discussion on the extremely sensitive and game-breaking topic...

Washing.

In the recent month or two, washing has reached next level of hate, or publicity. Servers arrive that tackle this game 'mechanic' down, and as usual there are still two sides on the whole thing. Some see it as part of GMS, and some see it as a mistake, or something Neckson kept on purpose for monies.

Personally, I highly dislike washing, mostly because of flaws in the system. For example, if someone creates a high level character while being unaware of washing, you have a character you can barely wash, which some see as a permanently handicapped character.

For the past week or two, I've been thinking if there is something I could introduce to MapleLegends that will help with washing. I wanted something that would keep the game mechanic identical, due to what kind of server we are. After a lot of thinking I had some ideas that I wanted to share to the public. Do note however that this is just an idea, and not confirmed to be added. In end of the day I am just a normal player as well with my own opinion. The point of bringing it up is to see what others think, or if there are flaws in my ideas.

To summarize, my personal biggest issues with washing is the following:

• If you do not have base INT, you cannot wash
• If you find out about the system too late, you cannot wash
• If you are level 200 and didn't wash, you can never wash

The goal with my idea(s) is to:

• Keep the washing system identical, meaning you still have to wash
• Keep players that did wash still have a benefit
• Give players that didn't wash still a chance to wash anyway (priority)

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The thought is as following:

As some may know, you need a certain amount of max MP to wash in MapleStory. If you have 10 base INT you get +1 MP each level up. That is basically where the whole flaw of 'wearing INT equipment before level up' stuff kicks in. What I was thinking about is to reward people with max MP for doing certain activities.

Activities sounds very vague. One of these possible activities could be a boss drop from Horntail or Zakum. This drop would permanently add max MP to your character. With this max MP you could wash an extra time without the need of having base INT.

The max MP increase would be job specific. The following MP is required to wash for each job for each "wash":

So let's say you're a warrior and you pick up this ''boost'', you'll gain 4 MP on your warrior, which means you can use that to wash an additional time.

I also thought to put a limit on it, so not everyone can use this to farm to 30,000 HP. This way people that did wash normally still have a benefit, while people that didn't wash at all still have a way to wash a little. Of course, with only the concept in mind these numbers have not been perfected yet.

Now, I am completely aware that there is another server out there that does something similar, but with max HP. The problems I personally have with their method is that they got rid of washing completely, which makes it so that users can never get more HP than the HP limit their staff decided on. However, my idea would keep the normal washing system, while giving users that didn't wash a way to still be able to wash, as well as giving a small bonus for those that do both.

With this idea, I believe the following gets accomplished:

• Washing stays intact - MapleLegends will still have GMS-like mechanics.
• Users that currently feel in a permanent 'handicapped' state have a way to wash a bit now.
• Users that already washed still have benefits, while being able to improve their character (they can have the bonus wash as much as other non-washers do, so still end up with the more HP).
• I don't think this has any unfair advantages with the very rare exception of someone with 30,000 HP currently already, since it will be useless for that person.

Do note that the item being a drop is a concept idea, and is purely used as example. It could also be a quest, an event reward, anything, really. Maybe even collecting Monsterbook cards?

The discussion more or less is here about washing and the concept. We haven't really openly talked about washing for a while, so I hope this topic gives users another chance to do it, as well as giving feedback on my concept idea. If you see any possible flaws in the idea, let me know.

Feel also free to bring up your own thing, and try to not have fights over this very sensitive topic, please

I am also not a washing nerd, so if any information or even a lot of information is incorrect please let me know