Yes, this can all be achieved on a private server, no, it's not as 'satisfying'. It's pretty much for more numbers, if I had a gun put to my head. I'm actually on the lower-end of the spending curve, I've met people who have spent more than $10k on the game. There's a ton of things wrong with this, but that's how it was (and how it still is, even more-so today). The game was free-to-play, but around 2010 or 2009 it went pay-to-win, essentially forcing you to gamble on stats if you wanted to be in the 'top' percentage of players. Idk if that counts as a 'whale' but it's certainly a ton of money more than 90% of the population of Maplestory spends on the game. Note that this was a long-term project and I was saving up for a Cash Shop sale that would allow me to make the weapon at 0 risk to myself (ie, no risk of the weapon breaking). If you know about scrolling/equipment enhancing, it's still 2 slots away from maxed out, and 12 stars away from perfect. For reference, a few months ago I dropped $500 on making myself a so-called 'perfect' weapon (ie, perfectly enhanced), which isn't even complete. Lots of hiatuses and breaks, but in the past ~4? years I've spent probably $2-3k+ USD on the game (probably more, never bothered to track how much I spent). I've been playing Maplestory since kMS beta (like 2003? 4?) and have been playing since the global release in 2007, I believe. So I put it to you, Reddit: How much do you spend on free-to-play games? Are there are 'whales' on Reddit who would be happy to share their story? Is there anyone who has been sucked into the free-to-play cycle, and found themselves stuck in a dangerous situation money-wise?ĮDIT: I should add that I'm one of the editors over at and I'm looking into the spending habits of 'whales' as part of an article. I'm more interested in those people who could potentially be sucked into the free-to-play spending cycle, but perhaps cannot afford to be.

The spending habits of 'whales' have been covered before in the press, but the people that are talked to are always those who have six-figure salaries and can actually afford the lifestyle. In particular, it worries me that the approach to free-to-play game design is becoming more and more similar to gambling, in that it purposely hooks players in by devious means, to the point where some people cannot help but put large amounts of cash into what is, in all honesty, very thin gameplay. For a while now I've been worried about some of the implications of the free-to-play approach in games, that don't appear to be given much thought by either developers or the press.

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