true, most of the time, it is not simply a matter of just speeding up level up, the money aspect have to be taken into account, like the current maplestory, back then, by the time you are level 15, you will be self-sufficient in that you can just npc and collect junk and you will have more than enough money to buy your next gear.
Now? From level 10 onwards, i have to start saving up, and if i don use potion and be a cheapo, i will have just enough money for my level 30 gear and maybe some extra money for potions, but it's barely enough, i will still have to do suicide training more frequently, which i don mind, but for others, it is an artificial pain in the ass, since that is the only way that you can survived enemies at your level instead of argh, enemies are hard to kill, my damage is too low and their damage to me is too high..
And i cant visit the free market cos somehow before that there was some event of sort where they managed to earn lots of money, which means that the market is too expensive to buy anything and for those who cant be ass to study the market, all it means that they wont be able to earn a lot of money and even then, cos of all these high prices at all the stores, guys like me will assume that everyone is a bloody cny vendor and stop visiting there, so we end up have to farm our own equip which by the way, is still low as hell.
Anyway, i probably expect the required exp graph to be as crazy as it, so probably this time round, for me to be rich enough for future stuff, i probably have to grind till 50+++