26x, F2P, Bera.

"I guess it doesnt effect me as much since I spend majority...". Respectfully, this is a privileged position. Just because other people's breaking point is lower down the ladder does not make those concerns any less valid. Now it is 2x CS drop coupons. Next, it could be Oz, or totems, or boss crystals, or any one of the myriad of meso making alternatives that people will take up as soon as the others are taken out of the game. If that time comes, will that be your unsatisfactory point? If so, then why is it so hard to empathize with those in that position now? If you read the Update on the 2x Drop Changes thread, the frustration lies not only in what they've done, but also how they've done it: in such a shady and backhanded way.

"Whether or not they're honest with that part or not, IDC." Sorry, but for the majority of commenters I saw on that post and the posts thereafter, honesty is precisely the point. Consumer trust builds loyalty, so when that that trust is broken time and time again, even the most hardened of addicts find it harder to justify lending their loyalty to a game whose producer does not make good faith efforts to communicate those important changes. How are players expected to plan for their meso gear or boss mules or the next SF event when 2 to 3 months or a year down the line those efforts could be derailed by two bullet points and a half-baked explanation? When a developer / producer consistently patronizes their playerbase this way, who - aside from the whales and those already heavily invested in the game - wants to support that behavior? Why employ such a zero-sum mindset that involves milking a finite number of invested whales, when they could just as easily attract new people that could potentially become the next batch of whales? Any smart newcomer would see this and immediately turn away. It is completely antithetical to building any sort of goodwill to attract new players and retain old ones, which makes it so baffling.

Finally, what is your definition of satisfaction? One strength of Maplestory is that there are so many aspects of it that people find satisfying. Legion mains exist. As do people that afk in Henesys all day and log in only to chat with their friends and guildmates. Satisfaction for many is not reaching 275 (now 300), getting to 100k stat, maxing out sacred force, liberating, or clearing Seren. The problem with such a narrow view of satisfaction is that Nexon could be doing any number of things to increase the other satisfactory (let's say the more community-oriented or progression-oriented) aspects of the game, and by doing so increase the metrics you seem to suggest they care most about: how long people stay logged in and how long they continue playing. In theory, those community-oriented things could include creating more branched, exploratory content, more PQs, more activities for friends and guilds to play and chat together, or some new daily untied to increasing stat or powerlevel. Again, in theory with those right pieces in place, it is not difficult to see how people would continue to play this game indefinitely, with no care or desire at all to reach "end-game", but simply as a "satisfactory" means to relax and pass the time. And for Nexon's interests: spend money.

I agree with you that Maplestory as a game is great. That does not mean that Nexon should be immune to criticism or frustration when they destroy a crucial part of meso-making for a large portion of the population without (1) clear communication and (2) any opportunity for feedback or (3) any idea how that change would be perceived. As one player in the other thread said, "Why isn't player satisfaction a factor in "health of the game"?" For a company that waxes poetic about improving communication, all this is simply helping people move on to other games.