Maple Island Chain Game Launches After One Week: Is Farming Still Worth It? How Should Web3 Players Decide?
Since its launch on May 12, the Maple Island chain game has attracted a large influx of players, but the coin price has plummeted from a high of over $4 to below $1.85, a drop of over 50%, leading many farming players to start questioning: Is it still worth entering now?
Current State of Farming in Maple Island: Can’t Grind, Can’t Earn? Based on real feedback from players in the group and those playing on X, here are the current core pain points and opportunities in farming:
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Slow Leveling, Low Farming Efficiency
New players generally get stuck around level 110, with almost no gold to farm before level 70. The drop rate of $NESO (in-game currency) to $NXPC is 100,000:1. For example, a Fire Poison Mage (level 150) drops about 9,580 $NESO per hour, equivalent to 0.0958 $NXPC. Even grinding 24 hours a day yields only about 4 $NXPC, which, at the current rate of $1.85 per coin, results in daily earnings of less than $7.5.
Want to farm high-level bosses for equipment? The chance of rare equipment dropping below level 125 is extremely low, and most players earn nothing from farming for a week, relying purely on “faith.”
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Friendly to Free Players, No Shortcut for Spendings
Maple Island is relatively friendly to zero-spending players, and the gap between spending and free play is currently not large. The core gameplay relies on time investment, and spending cannot directly “buy earnings,” which is friendly to casual players but also limits the efficiency for high-investment players.
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Web2 Core, Web3 Shell
The gameplay leans towards traditional MMORPGs, with combat feel and rhythm more akin to Web2 online games, while Web3 elements mainly reflect in the trading and economic model of $NESO/$NXPC. X players have commented that its “Ponzi feel” is not strong, but the official team is fine-tuning the values (such as gold drop rates and enhancement costs), and future updates may optimize farming earnings through the Reactor mechanism or other changes.
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Betting on the Future, Opportunities to Enter at Low Points?
Current farming earnings are low, and the coin price has halved, but some players believe this is an opportunity for newcomers: the FOMO in the newbie village has subsided, and competition for monsters has decreased. Players are betting that the Reactor mechanism (which may optimize gold output or introduce new gameplay) will improve farming efficiency, and the coin price is expected to rebound.
In summary:
The current state of farming in Maple Island yields low returns and high grind, but the low coin price and expectations for the Reactor mechanism provide a window for newcomers to enter; bet on the narrative, invest cautiously.
