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After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 6 months ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] 45D@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I feel like this is how any MMO must be for the top players. Once you've learned game mechanics to the point that every aspect of the game turns into an efficiency simulator, it's easy to get frustrated at details of the game that few notice.

Add micro transactions to the mix and there's an awful concentration of the sunk cost fallacy. Good on him for being able to pull the brakes.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

At some point you see the matrix for what it is. Pull out