Broa

Note: Korean MapleStory also has a world named Broa. This article is for the MapleGlobal Broa, and should not be confused with the Korean world.

Broa is the third world to have been implemented to MapleStory Global. Most people never have problems getting on this world, even during peak times, except for perhaps channel 1.

Economy in Broa is very stable, and most items sell for an average, if not cheaper price than other servers. It suffers no major problems aside from the run in of being Kill Stolen by a foreigner who doesn't understand English. Besides LoOpEdd and Korwyn, Broa isn't a very high ranked server in terms of player levels (Scania being the best). But most Broans aren't really bothered by this fact and consider it good enough that they've been able to play for several years without server congestion.

History

Since the release of Broa in 2005, it has generally been seen as an alternative to Scania and Bera, the first two servers. Most found the new server to be attractive, because it allowed escape from the constant problems of Scania, and the (then) beginning problems of Bera. Throughout late 2005, the server's population rapidly exploded, and by 2006, it had begun to tie Bera. The late 2005 release of Windia was believed to have prevented this, but it didn't work originally as planned. However, Windia was at one point tied with Broa as the third most active server, and sometimes even eclipsed the server in peak activity (in 2008/2009). As of 2010, Broa is the fourth most popular server, behind Windia, Bera, and Scania. Players in Broa are usually friendly, which is caused by the stable economy and stable server.

Problems

Please note, most of these problems all began or occured in 2006, as that was the beginning of Broa's influx into monstrosity, and submersion into (at that time), the worst server on MapleStory. One of Broa's most famous players, "LAPD" (at the time, a top ten ranking overall on Maple - sometimes tied with xenawarrior1), was banned in 2006 after he was caught vaccing at Aqua Road. His banning caught the entire server's attention, and it is to this day remembered as a historic event.
Throughout the summer of 2006, following the release of the NX item "Super Megaphone", many users saw them as a tool to gain fame, and thus earn a status symbol. Various maplers (some who were high leveled {"pro"} , others who were just regular maplers), would buy them in bulk, and discuss Broan culture (which at the time was varied). Sometimes this resulted in guild wars (which also began in 2006), or attention was brought to the severe hacking problems that plagued Broa (throughout that year). Speaking of the hacking, around summer of that year (2006), the problem with hacking exploded on Broa (as well as other servers, but Broa was hit the hardest). Frequent targets of hacking included:
Victoria: Zombie Mushroom, Henesys Hunting Ground, Drake, and Tauromacis/Taurospear.
Orbis: Lucida, "the big kitty trio": Cellion, Lioner, and especially Grupin (for they dropped Tobi Throwing Star - worth upwards of 2mil at that time).
Ludibrium: "Chrono Family" - Chronos, Platoon Chronos, and Master Chronos, "MTDs" Master Death Teddy, Spirit Viking and Giant Spirit Viking.
Around mid 2007, a huge approach was taken, and the hacking community was thus weakened and ultimately brought to near extinction. The downfall of various hacking communities and sub-communities were nullified, and Broa began to regain itself. Although many argue that the problems just moved to other servers (ie: Kradia and Bellocan - both heavily effected and nearly destroyed by hacking).
In late 2006 and into summer 2007, the server began to experience peak capacity during various events. These have since been alleviated, but do return on occasion. Like other servers though, Broa suffers heavily from guild drama and self-proclaimed "Hene hoars", people that linger around Henesys, gloating their NX items. These also came out of 2006, and at a time were seen by many as a nuisance for their rude behavior, and off-putting remarks to newer users (at the time, Henesys was sought as the ultimate Beginner greeting spot as well). With the release of Amoria in late 2006, some of the problems ceased, as they vacated Henesys and took refuge in Amoria. But around February 2007, they returned, and have since caused frequent problems. However, many are also very nice users, and some of Broa's most famous maplers have come out of the Henesys/NX-hoe scene, and emerged as Broan legends.

Top 5 Players in Broa

Each world has a top five ranking. The top five players for Broa are:

Rank	Name	Class	Level	EXP
1	Korwyn	Warrior	200	0
2	LoOpEdd	Thief	200	0
3	Philzor	Bowman	200	0
4	OneLimit	Magician	200	0
5	XRecharge	Magician	200	0

MapleGlobal Worlds
Standalone Worlds
Scania - Bera - Broa - Windia - Khaini
CMYK World Alliance (June 11, 2012)
Chaos - Mardia - Yellonde - Kradia
Bellocan/Nova World Alliance (July 6, 2012)
Bellocan - Nova
GAZED World Alliance (July 6, 2012)
Galicia - Arcania - Zenith - El Nido - Demethos
Test Server
Tespia