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You spend plenty of time leveling your character solo in MapleStory, but I think it's also a great online RPG for picking a goal with friends and getting stronger together.

Even bosses that gave you trouble solo are worth a shot with a friend~ (Please, bring some combat power to the table...)

Once you've each powered up, you can tackle harder bosses and see firsthand just how much stronger you've both gotten.

MapleStory makes teaming up easy, with features for everything from creating a party to recruiting boss party members—perfect for setting a shared goal with a friend and building up your characters.

EX. "I'm busy this time, so I'm just doing bosses below Black Mage and calling it a day."

In this post, I'll give you a quick rundown of my picks for MapleStory content that's great for getting stronger with friends.

| Table of Contents |

① Party Grinding with Friends

② Boss Content for Getting Stronger Together

③ Give 차원의 전장 a Try, Too!

④ Who I'd Recommend Party Play To

1. Party Grinding with Friends

Want to play with friends? Check out the community menu's party feature.

You can find other players through Party Search. Already made plans to play with a friend?

Just create a party and invite them.

That's what I usually do whenever I'm playing with friends.

Racking up party EXP feels good compared to grinding and leveling separately,

and being on the same map makes it feel like we're really playing together, so the grind gets a little less lonely and boring.

2. Boss Content for Getting Stronger Together

My top pick for getting stronger with friends has to be boss content.

You can team up against bosses that are tough to beat solo, and upgrading your gear and powering up your characters for the next boss gives you a shared goal to work toward.

Recommended Content	Why It's Better Together
Bosses	A boss that's tough solo becomes doable when everyone handles 1/N of the work! You've got this!
Boss Party Recruitment	Easy to find the extra members you need
Party Play	See firsthand how much stronger you've each gotten

I especially like having a specific goal, like “Let's hit the damage requirement for this boss next.”

Say a boss gives you trouble even as a team. You each power up your characters, come back, and finally beat it.

Now it's more than a higher combat power number—you can actually see how much stronger you've gotten.

└ Just look at that boss HP bar dropping faster

Bossing with friends is a different kind of fun from going solo, too.

You're all dealing damage and dodging attacks, and when even one person hangs on long enough to secure the clear, there's that sense of accomplishment from pulling it off together.

That's what makes party play so good, if you ask me.

3. Give 차원의 전장 a Try, Too!

Need at least 2 more people to beat that boss?!

Then give 차원의 전장 a try...!

차원의 전장 is cross-world boss content (that's the in-game wording), a system that lets you take on bosses with friends and other players from different worlds.

If you and your friend are in different worlds, try creating a party through 차원의 전장~!

I use 차원의 전장 whenever I'm doing party runs with friends on other servers like Luna and Croa. I'm on Scania, and my friends are on Luna and Croa... We're practically a family scattered across servers. ㅋㅋㅋ

4. Who I'd Recommend Party Play To

Party play lets you get stronger with friends in MapleStory, and I'd especially recommend it if you're one of these players:

• Players who started or returned around the same time as a friend

• Players who find taking on bosses solo a bit daunting

• Players who need a clear goal for building up their characters

• Players who usually play solo but want some co-op fun now and then

You don't have to do every bit of MapleStory content with friends.

You can each power up at your own pace, then meet up for a challenge when you have a shared goal, like taking down a boss. To me, that's exactly what makes it so easy to play with friends.

If you're playing MapleStory with friends, why not pick a boss to take down together next

and get stronger together as you work toward that goal?

That's a wrap for this post!

I'll be back next time with more gaming talk.

달냥 signing off!