Travel (Yes, this thread again!)

Hear me out.

I want to suggest a better way to travel throughout the maplestory world. I'm talking about craftable untradeable Tickets. This is how i think it could work.

You can accept the quest from any of the ticketing ushers (those npcs that sell tickets) They will ask for some items and a bit of mesos, and depending on your level those amounts will be different.

example:

Level 10~20 would have to gather 100 green tickets only dropped from green slimes and 10k mesos

Level 20~30 would have to gather 100 blue tickets only dropped from bubblings and 20k mesos

Level 30~40 Would have to gather 100 yellow tickets only dropped by teddies. (brown and pink) and 30k mesos

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Level 110+ would have to gather 100 puple tickets only dropped by kents (any color) and 100k mesos.

The quest tickets should be regarded as quest items so they will only drop/appear when the quest is active. This way they wont clutter the ground. The drop rate could be 1/2 (50%). The quest would give you 5 untradeable tickets that can be used at any station to instant travel to the next station. You can only do the quest once a day.

I know when i speak for most players when i say that the boat rides are only nostalgic feeling the first few times and then it just becomes pain and suffering and a waste of time that drains motivation and passion. This little addition to the game wouldnt take anything away from those who wish to spend 30 minutes getting from elinia to ludi.

This way you spend those precious minutes gathering items for the quest and maybe teaming up with other players and chatting while you gather items instead of sitting on the boat doing nothing but watching your life candle burn even faster until there is nothing left.

Daily quests are fun and essential to any game in my opinion. I know this server tries to be as vanila as possible and this change wouldnt change anything because those who wish to ride the boats can ignore the quest entirely and it wouldnt affect their gameplay in the slighest.

Tying ourselves down to something that isnt fun makes no sense!


Thanks for reading my wall of text. Would love to hear your opinions.

 

Thanks for all the replies, i will try to answer most of the concerns regarding an addition like this.

Yes 5 is definitely excessive now that i think about it. 2 is definitely better!

24 hour expiration is a very good idea!

This server is by no definition 100% vanilla i.e as it was back then. Custom flash travel already exist on this server. The FM flash travel "Trade" is NOT nostalgic but a custom feature on this private server, and the players wouldnt want it any other way. Why do you ask? Because it improves the gameplay.

Ultimately we are all here to enjoy ourselves and have fun. In my opinion that is more important than not having fun. It seems that the community is split on this addition. I want to remind everybody that this addition is not actually "instant travel" because you still have to do a quest. I repeat this is NOT a change but an addition to improve the gameplay.

This thread is now not only a suggestion, but a reminder to people that new features are what keeps people coming back. Nostalgia is great and all but it doesn't last forever and then you quit unless something new comes out. i.e events and maps/zones.

In my opinion this suggestion is immensely small compared to other luxurious custom features that we take for granted. Such as free nx and FM instant travel.

I realize an addition like this wouldn't be possible to make over night and that it probably takes alot of code. Still! I want to remind people that custom features and additions to the game improve gameplay should be welcomed with open arms!

Any constructive criticism is welcome!