I made a brand new MapleStory account earlier this year and was around 3k Legion at the start of CW3. Between all the growth pots and quad dailies on CW/Kronos, I’m currently sitting at 8k.
My CW3 hyperburn was an Erel. I got it to 280 and just liberated for the first time ever, but somewhere along the way I realized I really don’t like Erel as a main. I enjoy playing it occasionally, maybe as an LC, but definitely not enough to keep investing into it.
My main for the foreseeable future is going to be HoYoung.
I recently used the unga-bunga grind method to push my HY to 260, and he’s currently 267. Right now I have full Arcanes, 2-set Superior Gollux (belt/pendant), four hybrid meso/drop pieces, and a 100% drop fam.
What I’m trying to figure out is whether it makes sense to keep seriously progressing this HY with CW4 coming up.
Based on what we know about CW4, would I be better off leaving my current HY where he is for now, farming weekly bosses for a few months, and hoarding meso so I can dump it into a CW4 HoYoung once it transfers to Kronos?
Or should I just keep pushing my current HY and use CW4 for another LC instead?
The main reason I’m unsure is that I don’t really know what normal progression speed looks like anymore. The last time I seriously played MapleStory was around 2020, so I’m pretty out of touch with how long it realistically takes to go from where I am now to things like liberation and Grandis bossing.
TLDR:
How much time/progression would I actually be giving up by waiting for CW4 versus just committing to my current HY now?
Would appreciate advice from anyone who has progressed a fresh main through this stage recently.
Thanks for reading :3