Is it even possible to make money anymore?

Spending months of not playing just to play is just a horrid design flaw and one of Maple's biggest turn-offs to me. That's why i never enjoyed merchanting. How bad is that when drop hunting sucks so much, you pretty much have to go drop hunting in FM instead, in the form of low or errored pricing? Its pretty much do or die before you have a character strong enough for farming though, in a neccessary evil sort of way.

I am pleased that potential system makes farming worthwhile again though. Farming should be what it takes to be average in a MMO, and merchanting should only apply for players who aspire to be 'godly'.