[Suggestion] More exp from quests?

Lmao what? I'm a quest hoe and 4x or 5x would be gamebreaking. You're just not used to leveling according to old nostalgic times.

It'd be gamebreaking. Fine as it is atm because the grinding for the quests also gives exp.

 

Hmm the problem is propably that questing exp decreases in relevance the further you level.

1st job
Questing gives huge chunks of exp.
Admittedly, everything gives huge chunks of exp at this level but you can easily breeze through to 2nd job just by exploring the world.

2nd job
You can still advance your character pretty well by questing and exploration still feels very rewarding.
Most of the partyquest action also happens during 2nd job.

3rd job
Here it really starts to slow down...
during those levels onwards the reward for completing a quest will be barely noticeable on your exp bar.
Luckily there are some quests that are still worth doing, but most of them don't pay off.

4th job
Unfortunately I don't have any experience there myself, but maybe someone else can confirm my suspicions that you could just as easily remove quest rewards at this level and it would make absolutely no difference.

The 3x exp works great on lower levels and no buff is needed there.
But the further you go the more the gameplay changes from "quest-oriented" to "standard grinding slog" and some additional incentive for questing would be very welcome there.
Don't get me wrong, I still love doing quests from time to time and explore new places.
It's just that there is always that nagging feeling that all I get for completing some comlicated, hour-long quest could have been just as easily accomplished by 10 minutes of grinding.

I actually hope that somebody can prove me wrong.

 

i too fear the day when i will be forced to join this evil machinery we call 'grinding'.
inb4 someone tells me that its my fault for being lazy

 

To be honest I think that's part of the game. On higher levels you'll have to make yourself 'relevant' by doing bosses. Bosses and grinding will be the main source of exp.

I think if you're willing to do all quests up untill level 100, you've already done a shitload of useless quests. Maplestory has never been good with quests for higher levels and never will be. 4/5x exp won't solve this problem tbh. You'd have to invent complete new quests and that'd take way too much time.

 

Some quests are just for lulz shits 'n giggles though, like said quest above. It's for the diehards. UNITED WE STAY STRONG

 

I've gone all the way from lvl 1 to 80 from questing. It only gets slow in 3rd job in my experience.

What would I do about it:
Let lvl 69 and below quests stay 3x exp.
Buff lvl 70+ quests to 5x exp.

 

This seems like a good suggestion, maybe pushing the viability of questing to 9x or even 10x.
v62 propably wasn't designed with people in mind who are dedicated enough to push their chars to mad levels. so it's fine if a level 19x doesn't gain all that much quest exp anymore.

I must admit that it isn't such a bad thing that the focus of the game is shifting several times during a character's career.
questing/dicking around -> party questing -> grinding -> bossing -> optimizing
However it would be a nice thing to have multiple viable options for advancement at each level.