Hello,

I’m Jaymer, and I’m active as a Nexon Picker 😊

MapleLand really brings back pre-Big Bang MapleStory just the way it was.

It’s been quite a while since it launched on MapleStory Worlds, but even now, there are still plenty of players enjoying it regularly.

I’m not on all the time, but whenever I have a little free time, I still log in here and there to play.

I’ve always been the type to enjoy games more through quests than grinding or party play.

Even now, I’m leveling up by clearing quests one by one while looking back on those old memories.

It’s definitely not the most efficient way, but since I kept stubbornly sticking to quests anyway, I thought I’d share a few little episodes that really stayed with me.

Meeting kind MapleLand users!

About a month ago, I was hard at work hunting monsters to collect Poison Poopa’s Poison Spikes.

Then a high-level player came over and asked what quest I was doing.

So when I told them I was collecting Poison Spikes, they immediately handed some over and quietly went on their way.

Since they drop from Aquarium monsters, it took quite a while to farm them, so thanks to that, I was able to wrap it up much more easily.

I couldn’t get a screenshot at the time, but as you can see from the item count, I received a lot ㅎㅎ Thank you so much!

And that wasn’t the only time either—while questing, quite a few people stopped to chat and left me equipment or potions.

Sadly, I didn’t take many screenshots...!

It was one of those moments that really warmed my heart, thanks to the MapleLand players who looked out for a newbie.

I need to grow stronger soon too, so I can help other people as well!

An unexpected lucky drop while questing!

Before I had even made my 2nd job advancement,

I was in the middle of a quest that had me defeating 300 Stone Masks and 200 Wood Masks.

While I was just mindlessly grinding, a scroll suddenly dropped right in front of me.

And it turned out to be Earring for INT 60% Scroll.

Later, I looked it up, and apparently the drop rate from Stone Masks is 0.004%.

Getting an item like that in such an unexpected moment made it feel even better!

Thanks to that, I was able to save up a decent amount of mesos for gear too. It was worth a whopping 1 million mesos!

Memories brought back by party quests

These days, most of MapleStory’s content is something you can enjoy solo.

But back then, I remember there being so much content that was meant to be enjoyed together in a party :)

Out of all of it, the Kerning City Party Quest was something I used to play a lot when I was younger.

And since I happened to be within the level range, I decided to try it out before hitting level 30!

We played together for around 30 minutes to an hour!

Since it had been such a long time, I wandered around a bit and made a few mistakes here and there,

but maybe because it was such a relaxed party, everyone told me it was okay, and they kindly explained things too, so I could just enjoy it without feeling any pressure at all!

It was only a short time, but it was really fun being reminded of that sense of cooperation old MMORPGs used to have!

Of course, if you want to level up quickly, there are plenty of more efficient methods too.

Still, I like taking it slow and enjoying the game mainly through quests a lot more.

At the moment, I’ve made it to level 49!

Before long, I’m thinking of briefly trying Ludibrium PQ too, and then moving on to some new quests 😆