Ah, Broa is lagging a lot, too, actually. Or it may just me be, I don't know. It wasn't this bad a couple of weeks ago... I only get about 10 minutes of play in at a time and then it goes kaput.
I feel like the source of my issues in Scania right now are coming from the 2x EXP & Drop Event. Just when the event goes on my ping spikes up and when it ends my ping goes lower.
I would suggest to carry some "Return Scroll - Nearest Town" or "Maple Guide" as a temporary solution or general advice in case you somehow can't make it back to town.
We all know the current max mesos is 10 billion. However people nowadays still do high value trades regardless due to the massively inflated market by hackers where the permanent unrecoverable damage has been done.
Some people use Permit/Hired Merchant Shops requires to have the item set at it's max value but with some mesos with it so it cannot be bought so then possible players will bid on the item.
However, the potential problem with setting a high value item above the mesos cap in is when they clean out shop or forget to put some mesos aside allowing the item to be unintentionally purchasable.
In order to combat this there should be a "Not for Sale" option when using Permit/Hired Merchant Shops which allows the seller to display the item but not actually sell the item.
There are reasons such as addiction, holding onto nostalgic memories, or simply that it's just the game that's worth coming back to (content wise, not stability).
I've made similar threads in the past on the older forums which are probably now gone. This game is constantly being driven into the ground again, again, and again. Most of the players who would either come back from a break or join quit the game due to the severe mass of bugs that hinders game play of functions or stability. It's to the point where it's either massively lagging, or certain content is harder/impossible than it should be.
Most of these "suggestions" are literally repeats of what many others have said in the past.
My honest opinion is that there needs to be change for this game that helps out the community and company. At this point even the Cash Shop disgusts many people. That's pretty pathetic if even the shop doesn't attract people.
My point isn't the amount of posts that I've made, but how little has changed because of these posts. It's quite a disappointment that this game has been a mess for the past decade. If Nexon wants Global MapleStory to survive, they need to at least to put a decent amount of effort into not only compensating us for downtime.
They need to make the game better so things such as this doesn't happen again, and neither does the poor sense of game/server stability.
These threads I've linked aren't comprehensive either. This is just the tip of the ice berg. Things such as bugs for Dragon Rider Party Quest, Event Hall, and lesser bug reports exists. Same applies to suggestions such as increase from 15 to 25 Star Force, Additional Options/Flames of Rebirth, safety nets for RNG events and scrolling, royals, cash shop, etc.