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Current No. Players Online

GevyGevy
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edited September 2019 in General Chat
I've always wondered this for a while now,

Why doesn't Maplestory show the current amount of players online ? It's a common practice by a lot of MMO's and I think would be a feature a lot of Maplers would appreciate.

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  • darikdarik
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    edited September 2019
    I think theres a place to check it since someone mentions the amount of players on every now and then but idk where is it though
  • FuhreakFuhreak
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    edited September 2019
    One place you can check is Steam, though since the game is also playable with the Nexon Launcher results are far from accurate.
    https://steamcharts.com/app/216150
  • HuskyDMHuskyDM
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    edited September 2019
    Gevy wrote: »
    I've always wondered this for a while now,

    Why doesn't Maplestory show the current amount of players online ? It's a common practice by a lot of MMO's and I think would be a feature a lot of Maplers would appreciate.

    So that we don't find out we are at most 3000 players and counting down? Or maybe there are so many bots and inactives that the number comes off incredibly inflated?

    Still since (I assume) most players play from the Nexon Launcher the only real way to know for sure is if by the owners themselves, every other number would not be completely accurate then.
  • FuhreakFuhreak
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    edited September 2019
    HuskyDM wrote: »
    Gevy wrote: »
    I've always wondered this for a while now,

    Why doesn't Maplestory show the current amount of players online ? It's a common practice by a lot of MMO's and I think would be a feature a lot of Maplers would appreciate.

    So that we don't find out we are at most 3000 players and counting down? Or maybe there are so many bots and inactives that the number comes off incredibly inflated?

    Still since (I assume) most players play from the Nexon Launcher the only real way to know for sure is if by the owners themselves, every other number would not be completely accurate then.

    I've seen way more Nexon Launcher players than Steam players. So I think it's safe to assume we have at least 5x~10x the number of players as steam suggests.
    There are probably around 5-10k players on at any given time. If the numbers aren't much higher.
    The problem is there are so many maps and servers within MapleStory, that it can feel empty if there aren't 10s of thousands of players per server.
  • rizariza
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    edited September 2019
    Gevy wrote: »
    I've always wondered this for a while now,

    Why doesn't Maplestory show the current amount of players online ? It's a common practice by a lot of MMO's and I think would be a feature a lot of Maplers would appreciate.

    the thing is it wouldn't be a good idea cause if the game is doing well or not doing well, not showing the numbers distract people from seeing the population. Most games show it cause they know they have a high player base. Maplestory has gone down a bit and went up a bit during the years so not showing numbers actually helps them.