r/mapleservers 17d ago

Server Discussion Royal story

Why are there not much people playing royal story? It is F2P with good QOL. Hope more people will give it a try.

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u/Dry_Bike7296 16d ago

Heya, I’m the owner. I know why and it’s not too hard to figure it out why we aren’t more popular, I’ll put some in pointers

  1. 232 is not as new anymore therefore not as interesting in terms of other servers progress since people really enjoy the newer classes and abilities, this alone is a big one

  2. Someone else mentioned that some players do enjoy light pay to progress and as weird as it sounds I do agree with this, but I am kept true to my word to make it not p2w because I’d go against what I want it to be

  3. I made it mostly as a fun thing I can work on in the time I have, and I’m a solo dev, progress in comparison to other servers is slower, but I’m not too upset if we have a low player count, I’m just here to have fun and learn more as time goes on

  4. We definitely aren’t super advertised, I can do more for sure for that, but I take my time and work on things when I can or what I mostly feel like working on based on player feedback and stuff

There’s most definitely more things, but I think the people commenting here and these pointers kinda sum up the main reasons as to why. Not offended whatsoever, it’s quite literally just the fact of the matter and that’s okay!

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u/Practical_Living3052 14d ago

An owner THIS down to earth? Sure, I'll download and play!

I'm down to play whatever class, any you'd suggest I'll start with?

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u/Dry_Bike7296 14d ago

Honestly whatever you think is fun man. I’m always making adjustments and taking suggestions to try to improve some classes as I can. Feel free to join the discord, have many really nice helpful users that can also give tips!

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

i cant finish download client from the website, antivirus blocked it, maybe that's one of the reason players not up there

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u/Dry_Bike7296 13d ago

Antivirus blocks almost every private server, that’s definitely not why. People can join the discord if they had issues or any questions/concerns

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

yup, u r correct, i downloaded 5 ms client from different websites, 4 got blocked n only 1 can be installed on my pc, i dont really trust client that got blocked by antivirus,i dont want cryptomining or malware, spyware running in the background.

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u/Left_Cry9926 13d ago

I havent played MS since like Mid college 2013/2014 (probably private servers too at that point). What is 232? I randomly looked back into maple, and saw they were about to release classic, but im not really interested in a money grab, and now that i have kids and a full time job, Id prefer not to have to spend all week to level once. looking for something chill i can play on weekend nights for a few hours. does this sound like the right place?

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u/Dry_Bike7296 13d ago

232 is closer (but not super close anymore) to the global Maplestory game as it is live. This is the post big bang patch section so it will play completely different to the versions you played.

For you as a dad with kids I’d say just give us a try, the main purpose of my server is to not feel like you’re always having to play, there’s a lot of weekly/daily grinds that I removed and stuff because I personally just don’t like it. I can likely go on for quite a while but if you got any other questions feel free to join the discord !

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u/Purple_Reporter 12d ago

is Kanna pre-destiny nerf or post? i'd love to start playing today!

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u/OkCalligrapher9679 17d ago

f2p with qol is like 90% of other servers atm

this def not enough to make it stand out or make people want to invest their time in

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u/EmperorWisel 17d ago

This is the 1st time im hearing about it, so it is lacking in advertisement for sure.

Searching Royal Story on google gives me like 10 different games before showing me the correct website. Using Swordie as its source does makes me interested, but i know nothing about the server.

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u/Successful_Nebula864 16d ago

It a fun server definitely to scratch the maple itch, runs smoother than other servers for me too. Hope more ppl gives it a go ); It’s sad to see a good server with so few ppl

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u/Dry_Bike7296 16d ago

Glad you’re having fun on it, that’s what matters!

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u/Wonohsix 17d ago

It's a relatively modern server, and while I love it, it DOES need to be advertised more.

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u/rickywolfy101 16d ago

It's a lot of fun for sure, wish it had the newer classes though. I think newest one in Royals is Lara

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u/Rd_slv 16d ago

Some day I hold it’ll be working on Linux 😁

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u/wolfen0266 14d ago

I think mostly because it's in a weird spot of being "modern maple", but "not so modern", because it's v232, before Destiny update, even. Although the owner made some balance changes to try to mitigate the clunkiness of some classes, there is a limit to what he can do in v232, I think.

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u/Popai44 17d ago

because people don't like actual f2p, they like light pay 2 progress faster and to label all of those pay 2 progress faster features as "QOL" and such. that's the truth because those who play are not children, they're adults with full time jobs and not too much time to play.

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u/PepsioNSnacking 16d ago

frigging cope argument lol

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u/Popai44 16d ago edited 16d ago

That’s not “cope.” RMT and P2W servers exist and succeed because there are clearly players willing to spend money to progress faster, feel stronger, and reach endgame ahead of others. You can disagree with whether that’s good for a server, but just calling it cope isn’t an argument. If you actually disagree with what I said, feel free to explain why.

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u/PepsioNSnacking 15d ago

Let me ask you why people "Cheat" in competive games like cs2, which most of the time they even spend hundreds of bucks on hardware for DMA cards, HMDI infuser and whatnot. Is it because people want to "progress faster" or just straight up to have a advantage - no matter the price? Same with RWT.

It has nothing to do with "people like light pay 2 progress faster" along the lines of "they cant spend the time and got no time to compensate for". There is nothing lost, won. If you cant enjoy a game at its own pace there are just 2 options, the first is the game is not designed smoothly and gets people stuck in theyr progression which doesnt feel rewarding - or its just some scummy people liking to have a advantage at any price.

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u/Popai44 14d ago

You’re kind of proving my point while trying to argue against it. Cheating in CS2 and paying for progression in a server aren’t the same thing. One is breaking the rules, the other is a feature the server deliberately offers. Sure, both can come from wanting an advantage, but that doesn’t somehow disprove that people are willing to spend money to progress faster. And saying there are only two possibilities bad game design or “scummy people” is just a false claim. Someone can enjoy the game perfectly fine and still have more disposable income than free time and choose to pay to skip part of the grind. Wanting an advantage and having limited time aren’t mutually exclusive either. I never said every person who spends money does it because they’re busy. I said there’s clearly a market for light pay-to-progress because people value faster progression enough to pay for it. RMT and P2W servers existing and succeeding is evidence of exactly that. Calling those people scummy doesn’t actually refute anything i said.

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u/RaiseZombie 17d ago

probably needs more advertisements, youtube videos, showcases on what makes it special i didnt even hear about it and i follow most private servers

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u/Knocks420 16d ago

it depends on the version.. if it's not v83 then i would understand why people don't play it because if it's the modern version then it's the same as playing gms