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Silento
Feb 16, 2012



Old thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3591648


:pusheen::frogsiren:With the December 2nd, 2015 update, Reboot, a new server called Reboot has been released! This server has many modifications to make playing for free even more possible than it has become on the classic servers. For more details, click here! Or, if you're more interested in playing on the classic servers, those have also been heavily revamped to make them more playable for free players. For more details, click here!:frogsiren::pusheen:


:siren:Come join us at #maplegoons on SynIRC! link:siren:
In-game or not, we all hang out in the IRC. Come chat or ask questions. Its also the best way to get a guild invite!


MapleStory is a free-to-play, 2D, sidescrolling MMORPG developed by Nexon (North America). Other games in Nexon's repertoire include Vindictus, Mabinogi, and Dragon Nest.

Most players of MapleStory fondly remember the game as a stereotypical grindfest. It used to take weeks to get to level 30 (second job) and months, if not years, to reach a level in the triple digits. In 2010, however, the entire game changed drastically. Here are a few of the things that happened:

  • Lower experience curve - Second job can be done in an hour, third job in a day. Fourth job can be done in a day if you poopsock, in a week if you're a casual player. Gone are the days of grinding nonstop for 24 hours before leveling up once. See handy Nexon-provided graph.
  • Map redesign - They have completely redesigned all the continents so that you aren't stuck wandering from map to map looking for your particular monster or quest. They have also made town maps much smaller and easier to navigate.
  • New menus/interface - 1366x768 resolution support, new UI.
  • Boss/monster stats and accuracy changes - They have altered the levels and HP of all mobs, changing leveling hot spots and spreading players out among different monsters. There is now a 5% miss penalty for every level below the level of the mob, rendering the accuracy stat (and DEX for warriors) useless.
  • Now way less pay2win! There are now both a new server with modified rules (Reboot) and many good changes to the classic servers as well. Check the following posts for more details!

Every content patch since the monumental one (named "Big Bang") has only continued to change and improve the game, such as revamping the crafting system, adding new classes, revamping older ones, and much more. If you have not played MapleStory since before Big Bang -- or never played at all -- now is a great time to join us, punch the poo poo out of some small pixelated animals, and have fun with goons!

Download it through the Nexon Launcher, which can be found on Nexon's website.
:steam:Or, heres the new Steam version! US-only right now, but its got Steam integration which is cool. http://store.steampowered.com/app/216150/

Most goons who play the classic servers play on El Nido-- or GRAZED, to be more precise. Any character from Galicia, Renegades, Arcadia, Zenith, El Nido, or Demethos will be able to play with any other character from any of the aforementioned servers. There's only one Reboot server, so any character on Reboot will be able to play with any other character on Reboot (obviously).

Also, GoonSquad is full of KSers and hackers.


:siren: If you were in the OLD GoonSquad (now renamed GoonSquad_E thanks to the alliance), GoonPlatoon, GoonSlice, GoonSwarm, GoonFleet, or (the non-goon-guild) Passion, you need to contact someone to get into the new guild! :siren:

To apply, search for GoonSquad in the guild menu and then apply to the highest level one.

Your friends can join too! As long as they are intelligent, sociable, and no goons object.


MapleStory is also notorious for its microtransactions, processed through the Cash Shop and NX currency. Unless you 1) care about how pretty you look, 2) care about how fast you level/how much damage you do, 3) want to get married, 4) want to sell things in the free market, or 5) are too lazy to heal yourself/pick up items/walk, you do not need to invest money into this game.

However, many people find at least one of the above criteria is very important to their gameplay. If you are one of these people, but do not want to actually spend money, you can take surveys on the Nexon website for NX. You can also buy NX items for meso, although there is no official way to trade the two items (yet) so you run the risk of getting ripped off. There are also NX clothing items that you can put up for sale in shops, that only become untradeable once worn, so look for those in the FM if you want to look fancy.


The above is mostly no longer relevant, especially on the Reboot server! You still can't get married without paying money, although it's much cheaper now if you are interested. Free pets are available from events on a somewhat frequent basis, and may at times be found in the Maple Rewards Shop as well.

The following applies to classic servers only: Shops are mostly still limited to those who spend money, but if you need to sell something there's usually a goon with a shop permit who will be willing to help out.

If you do want to spend money, feel free.


http://www.southperry.net/ - Fiel extracts patches from all the versions of MapleStory here and provides the data for you to view. They are very mad about everything, try not to be bothered.
http://www.hidden-street.net/ - Useful item/monster/quest database, but heavily out-of-date.
http://orangemushroom.wordpress.com/ - A blog that translates Korean MS updates into English.
http://spadow.tumblr.com/ - A tumblr that sometimes posts info about things from KMS.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Spadow/videos - Videos of KMS classes.
http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php?t=50003 - A list of all the familiars, sorted by tier.
http://ayumilove.net/ Another site for guides.




The original set of classes, plus Pirates which were added later. They have job advances at 10, 30, 60, and 100, and max out at 250. Explorers can share Cash Shop inventories (if you buy a thing from Cash Shop, you can use it on all Explorer characters). As of the RED update, each explorer class has a Specialized Skill which further enhances their gameplay. In addition, RED introduced the Free Advancement System, which allows 4th job explorers within a meta-class to switch to other 4th job explorer classes within their meta-class. For instance, a Dual Blade could use the Free Advancement system to become a Night Lord. This system can only be used once per day, and it costs a variable amount of mesos each time.


Highest HP, highest defense. Uses melee weapons.

Fighter/Crusader/Hero
This class uses 1H/2H swords or axes. Their specialized skill is Combo Attack, which makes them gain Combo Counters when they attack enemies. They can utilize these Combo Counters to use powerful skills or enhance their damage.


Page/White Knight/Paladin
Paladins use 1H/2H swords or blunt weapons. Paladins have the ability to use elemental attacks, which ties into their specialized skill Elemental Charge. Elemental Charge gives a Paladin improved tanking, damage, healing, and status resist when they use their elemental attacks.


Spearman/Berserker/Dark Knight
Dark Knights use spears or polearms. Their specialized skill allows them to summon a Beholder (not a D&D one, sorry) to heal and buff themselves. They also have a very useful party buff that increases max hp of party members by a large amount.



Medium HP, long ranged attackers.


Hunter/Ranger/Bowmaster
Bowmasters use bows (duh). Their specialized skill is Quiver Cartridge, which allows them imbue their arrows with special properties. Bowmasters attack very quickly. They also have one of the most important party buffs in the game, which raises critical chance and critical damage.


Crossbowman/Sniper/Marksman
Marksmen use crossbows. Their specialized skill is Distancing Sense, which increases either their damage or their critical chance depending on how far away they are from the monster they are attacking. They share a very important party buff with their bow-wielding counterparts.



Medium HP, incredibly high avoidability and mobility.


Assassin/Hermit/Night Lord
Uses claws and throwing stars. Their specialized skill is Mark of the Assassin, which gives every attack a chance to mark enemies. When activated with a second hit, the marks explode into stars which home into nearby enemies. Has a party buff that increases party member's speed and jump.


Bandit/Chief Bandit/Shadower
Uses daggers. Shads are excellent melee fighters, especially now that they have Shadow Partner post-BB (originally an NL-only skill). Their specialized skill is Growing Critical, which causes their critical strike chance to increase over time as well as when they attack. When it reaches 100%, it resets back to the base amount. They share the mobility boosting party buff with Night Lords.


Dual Blade
A Dual Blade is an Explorer thief that has strayed from the normal path. Like their name implies, they use two blades; a dagger and a katara. They are limited creation characters.



Low HP but highest MP, good AoE class. All use wands or staves.


Fire & Poison Wizard/Mage/Archmage
Fire and poison elemental attacks. F/Ps' specialized skill is Elemental Drain, which increases their damage for each damage-over-time effect on nearby enemies.


Ice & Lightning Wizard/Mage/Archmage
Ice and lightning elemental attacks. I/Ls' specialized skill is Freezing Effect, which causes monsters hit by their ice spells to accrue counters above their heads. An I/L's maximum critical damage is increased for each counter on a targeted enemy.


Cleric/Priest/Bishop
The support class with holy-based attacks. Everyone wants this class in their party because they provide the only experience-boosting party buff in the game. They also have a multitude of other useful buffs. Their specialized skill is Blessing Ensemble, which increases their damage for each party member buffed by them. They also gain bonus experience for each additional Cleric/Priest/Bishop in the party.



Came out about 3-4 years after the first 4, medium HP.

Gunslinger/Outlaw/Corsair – Corsairs use guns and bullets.Their specialized skill is Summon Crew, which allows them to summon an NPC ally to fight alongside them. In later job advancements, these allies can absorb status effects that would have affected the Corsair.


Brawler/Marauder/Buccaneer
Buccaneers use knuckles. Their specialized skill is Energy Charge, which causes them to gain energy while attacking enemies. When their energy meter is full, it will provide a power-up and slowly drain. While powered-up, some skill will use energy instead of MP and have increased effects.


Cannoneer
Cannoneers use cannons and monkeys. Firing unlimited cannon balls, they have a great range and are very mobile. They have a link skill that provides a small boost to every stat as well as HP and MP. Cannoneers also get bonus inventory slots, making them a great class to use as a mule or merchant. They are limited creation characters.


Jett is a space pirate class, exclusive to GMS. Jett plays very similar to a corsair, shooting guns, with elements of a few other classes thrown in (such as Mercedes). It is a very mobile class. Jett has a link skill that allows you to buff another character on your account at the same time as your Jett. The buff given varies in stat and numeric value. They are limited creation characters.

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All of the Cygnus Knight classes have been revamped in the last few years, so they now play very differently from other classes. They also cap at 250 now, the same as every other class.

Dawn Warrior
Dawn Warriors use 2-handed swords. This class is based around a "Sun and Moon" stance system. Very flashy, quite fun.

Thunder Breaker
Thunder Breakers use knuckles. This class can combo some of their attacks after one another with no delay, and doing so gives them buffs that allow them to deal more damage.

Wind Archer
Wind Archers use bows. They shoot lots of arrows.

Blaze Wizard
Blaze Wizards primary attack is called "Orbital Flame". It can be shot up, down, left, or right, and it will fly out and then return to you. They will hit enemies for a second time on the way back if they have not yet reached the cap of monsters hit per cast. You can have more on the map at once as you get to higher levels (2 in 2nd job, 3 in 3rd, 4 in 4th).

Night Walker
Night Walkers use claws. They are somewhat similar to Night Lord, but have a darkness theme (lots of bats!). Their bats function differently from a Night Lord's Mark of the Assassin.

Mihile
Mihiles use 1-handed swords. This class came out before the Cygnus revamps happened, and thus plays similar to the old Dawn Warrior in early jobs. Later jobs, they get lasers. Lots of lasers. They are limited creation characters.
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These classes have backstories explaining their origins as Heroes of the Maple World way back when the Black Mage was threatening to end the existence of all life. For whatever reason, they've managed to revive themselves into the current world today.


Mercedes
Mercedes is an elf who uses dual bowguns and unlimited magic arrows to attack. She is focused on mobility and crowd control. At later levels she can attack people with unicorns, and has great sustainability from a beginner. After level 70, you gain a link skill which grants a 10% experience bonus to another character on your account.
They are limited creation characters.


Aran
Aran is a warrior who wields a polearm and uses combos to deal damage. Their job advancements are at the same levels as Adventurers. They are limited creation characters.


Evan
Evan is a magician who casts spells indirectly through a dragon. The spells have different elements, although the end-game spell is fire-based. Their advancements are very different from regular Adventurers; they have one at levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 120, and 160. They are the only class other than Bishop with the ability to resurrect other players, although the skill required is not obtainable until the final advancement. Evan requires NX to buy 2 of its skill books, so if you are absolutely opposed to spending money on the game, or doing surveys online for free NX, this is not the class for you. They are limited creation characters.


Phantom
Phantom is a thief-based melee class with new weapons. Phantom uses a cane to attack and cards as its subequip. The Phantom class is most known for its ability to swipe skills from other characters (with restrictions). Only active skills can be swiped, and only Explorer classes can have their skills swiped. Phantom also has a self-resurrect skill, on top of being able to steal Bishops resurrect. They are limited creation characters.

Recommended skills to steal
First Job (4 max): Haste, Magic Guard, Magic Armor, Dark Sight
Second Job (4 max): Rage, Hyper Body, Charma,
Third Job (3 max): :siren:Holy Symbol:siren:, Combo Attack, Dispell
Fourth Job (2 max): Sharp Eyes, Rapid Fire (only if Impeccable Memory is maxed), Cross Over Chains


Luminous
A mage that uses a combination of Light and Dark powers. In other versions you need to balance your use of both, but in GMS its dumbed down to using whatever you want. Has voice acting. They are limited creation characters.

Shade
A 6th hero whose existence was erased from history as the cost of the spell used to seal the Black Mage. Uses knuckles, and fights by channeling the guardian spirits of some weird animal people from another dimension.
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Nova Classes
Nova classes are basically Dragon-people from another dimension. They have horrible voice acting and will occasionally yell the names of skills when they're used.


Kaiser
Kaiser uses two-handed swords, but attacks very quickly regardless. It has great range and HP, along with doing lots of damage, making it a good tanky class. Also has a transformation mode that charges up through attacking, and turns you into a larger, glowing, armoured dragon knight that does ridiculous damage. Good all around class. They are limited creation characters.


Angelic Burster
Everyones favourite anime pop idol! This is a pirate class that uses "Soul Shooters". Has a wide variety of skills and a "recharge" system that limits skill spamming. Female-only.They are limited creation characters.

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Resistance

This group of classes originates from a steampunk-esque town obsessed with driving an evil organization called the Black Wings out of their area.


Mechanic
A pirate that rides around in a gigantic robot suit, uses guns with no bullets, and transforms into a tank to shoot gigantic lasers.


Battle Mage
A magician that uses fast-speed staves to do melee damage. Think of the old school “STR mage” build except in a legit class. They can be very strong, very flashy, and are often sought after in parties for their damage-boosting auras. Has a Grim Reaper theme.

Wild Hunter
A crossbowman that rides around on and attacks from a jaguar. They have some of the highest mobility in the game and can do solid damage with their fast attacks. They have the same party buff as Adventurer archers.


Demon Slayer
A very agile, but beefy character who relies on his health and “force” instead of mana. Force is replenished by the souls of dead monsters. He uses one handed axes and blunt weapons. His link skill at level 70 gives extra boss damage to another character. They are limited creation characters.


Demon Avenger
An alternate version of Demon Slayer. This class uses HP as its primary stat, and also as the resource for its skills. Continuous use of their skills will cause them to enter an overdrive of sorts, where their skills will cost more HP but do more damage. They are limited creation characters.


Xenon
Xenon is a thief/pirate hybrid with 3 mainstats: STR, DEX, and LUK. He gains bonuses for getting each stat to certain thresholds. Some of his skills have a function called Modal Shift; essentially, there are 3 versions of those skills that you can switch between at will. Xenon can also fire rockets and fly. Beep boop, I am a robot.

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Sengoku classes
These are previously JMS-only classes, and as such are themed around Japan. Art style for the skills is also great, traditional Japanese style. Both start with what is essentially an ultimate skill.


Kanna
A shrine maiden with a fox spirit familiar. Mage class, uses Fans as a weapon. Has a skill that boosts the amount of monsters on the map at one time (as you can probably deduce, more monsters=more exp!). They are limited creation characters.

Hayato
A warrior class using Katanas. Fast attacks and good range. They are limited creation characters. Katanas may or may not be made of GENUINE HANZO STEEL

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Miscellaneous Classes
These classes are one-and-done, so-to-speak.


Beast Tamer
A mage class that has 4 different skill trees instead of job advancements(well, not really trees. There aren't any branches, each one is just straight down). Uses Scepters (no, not the same weapon you get when you job advance as a Demon Slayer), and can switch between it's animal modes (the aforementioned skill trees) at will. The 4 different animals are Bear, Leopard, Bird, and Cat. You can only max 2 of the 4 skill trees, choose wisely. The bear has fire farts, and the cat has an exp boosting skill and some great party buffs. That's about all you need to know.


Zero
A special warrior class that starts at level 100. Zero is trapped in an alternate dimension for story reasons until its quests are completed at level 180; don't worry, though, because the quests are great exp and a fun read. Has many convenient features, such as free weapons, and cubes for those weapons, virtually free mastery books, and easy profession leveling. Uses a unique resource called Time Force, and allows you to play two different characters at once with the Tag system. It's pretty cool.

Kinesis
A very unique mage class that uses psychokinesis to attack. Uses a special resource known as PP.

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Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Reboot Server

The Reboot Server is a new addition to Maplestory. It has modified rules that affect how you upgrade your gear. The major points:
  • On Reboot, all characters start with 48 slots in each inventory tab, and all accounts start with 6 character slots. More of each can be purchased with Mesos you earn in-game.
  • On Reboot, there is No Trading! Additionally, equips cannot be transferred through your account storage. You have to find them yourself! To make acquiring items easier, only equips for the job you're currently playing will drop when you kill monsters.
  • On Reboot, cubes are not sold for NX! Instead you buy them with Mesos you earn (at enhanced rates!) by killing mobs and bosses or selling items and equipment that you don't need/can't use on Reboot.
  • Monsters in Reboot have higher HP, but give more experience when killed. They also drop way more Mesos!
  • Scrolls and bonus potential do not exist in Reboot! Instead your character naturally gains more power as it levels. You can still use the Star Force Enhancement system to upgrade your equips, and they will still have potential, but as mentioned above, cubes are sold for Mesos in Reboot. Spell traces can be sold to NPC stores for Mesos since they are not usable for scrolling.
  • Lots of useful Cash items can be bought with Mesos! To list a few, Cubes, Hyper Teleport Rocks, Inventory Slot (and Storage!) expansions, Extra Pendant Slot, and Safety Charms are all available for purchase entirely with Mesos on Reboot! Things not available for purchase with Mesos on Reboot: Pets, appearance-altering items.
  • In Reboot, all classes are available (except Zero)!
  • Be aware that you cannot transfer characters to and from Reboot during World Leap events, and other events may function differently in Reboot than they do in the classic servers, or may be unavailable completely.
  • Monster Life (Maple farmville) is not available in Reboot, if you care about it for some reason.

TL;DR
In Reboot, you can progress your character while spending no money! It might be helpful to buy a pet, though. Upgrading gear is less of a hassle, too! Come check it out! :)

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

So, you might have played Maplestory in the past and been turned off by its pay2win nature. In today's Maple, though, there are lots of ways to improve your gear and earn meso without spending real money. Here are some of the biggest changes that have been made to the classic servers (for more :
  • Elite Monsters and Elite Bosses: When you kill enough mobs in a map that is not too far above or below your level, you will spawn an Elite Monster. They spawn with a prefix that gives them a special ability; for instance, they might seal your skills, or maybe they'll boost their own defense. Elite Monsters will give you a message on death about how there's a grim feeling in the air, and once you've killed enough of them on the same map the message will change to say that "You feel something in the dark energy..." This is a signal that tells you an Elite Boss will spawn soon. An Elite Boss is created from one of 5 templates, each based on a primary class (Warrior, Archer, etc.), and a few of the same prefixes that appear on Elite Monsters. When an Elite Boss is killed, each person who dealt damage to it will see a green bubble it dropped on the ground. These green bubbles have very good drops, so make sure to pick yours up and open it before it expires! The person who did the most damage will get an additional, second bubble, unless they're too high of a level compared to the map level, in which case no one will get a second bubble. Don't be greedy! On top of the green bubbles, when an Elite Boss is killed a bonus stage will be activated. There are 3 kinds of bonus stages: bubbles may rain down from the sky across the map, bubbles may be dropped in a random pattern by flying monsters, or there may be treasure chest mobs that spit out bubbles when you whack them with a normal attack. Picking up the bubbles (by colliding with them if they're raining down, or by using the pickup key if they're from a chest) will give you small rewards such as potions or equips with epic potential.

  • Spell Traces: Spell traces are a common drop from all monsters and a common award from many events that can be used to scroll any item, regardless of type or level. The amount of Spell Traces needed and amount of stats given vary by item level, but there is never a chance to boom equips while scrolling with Spell Traces. The stat gains are much better than traditional scrolls, and are around on par with the most expensive event scrolls in the game.

  • Star Force Enhancement: The equip enhancement system has been massively overhauled, and you no longer use enhancement scrolls to enhance equipment. Gone with enhancement scrolls are the high chances of booming your equipment; instead of destruction, equips below the safe limit (12 stars) will drop a rank on failure. All you need to enhance an item in this new system is the equip to have 0 slots and an amount of mesos scaling with equip level and number of enhancements passed. Enhancements now give fixed stats: 2 all stat each star for the first 5 stars, and 3 all stat per star for stars 6-15. The attack given by enhancements still scales with the amount of attack already on the weapon.

  • Maple Rewards Shop: This is the big one! The Maple Rewards Shop is a section of the Cash shop that lets you buy a limited amount of cash items (the limit is reset monthly) with an in-game currency known as Reward Points. You can earn Reward Points a few ways, but the two most basic ways involve either killing bosses like Zakum or Von Leon, or playing minigames in Star Planet, which is a new area which contains minigames from past events. The minigames include, but are not limited to, Maplestory's version of Uno, Maplestory's version of Monopoly, and Yut. You can earn 1500 reward points a day through Star Planet and 3000 reward points a day through bosses and miscellaneous source (such as events). Things you can buy:
    • 2 of all the Cash Shop scrolls, that means Shield Scrolls (white scrolls), Shielding Wards, and others!
    • 2 Vicious Hammers!
    • :siren:5 Red Cubes and 5 Black Cubes!:siren:
    • Pets! And speaking of pets, all pet equips have been replaced by equivalent pet skills that serve the same function and are permanent. They are also much cheaper now! And in addition, all pets come with the autoloot skill, even the ones from the Reward Shop or events! -- Pets are currently unavailable in the Rewards Shop; they will hopefully return at a later date.
    • 2 1-day auto venders!
    • Water of Life, in case you want to revive and old pet and not get a new one!
    • Scissors of Karma and Platinum Scissors of Karma, for selling old gear!
    To reiterate, the limit is reset monthly!

  • Cube drops from bosses: As of March 2015, Nexon has greatly increased the rate at which bosses drop Master Craftsmen and Meister cubes! These are roughly analogous to the Miracle Cubes and Super Cubes of old, respectively. Even the easy bosses like normal Zakum or Ranmaru drop cubes; it's not just the ones you need to spend money to kill! It's now rare that I go a day of killing bosses without seeing a cube drop or two, which is a welcome change from how it used to be.

  • Owls of Minerva: Owls of Minerva used to be a Cash Shop only item that could be used to search through the Free Market. Now you can buy unlimited amounts of them for 10k mesos each! They are available from most general stores.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Eonwe posted:

silento will you teach me to maplestory

ive barely ever played it but it sounds fun

It's a really simple game, especially with scrolling taken out. Just pick a class that looks cool and play it! There's like 40 of them now, plenty to choose from. :aaa:

It's not grindy anymore (at least until past 200...), and I find the grind that remains a chill and relaxing thing to do once in a while. I'm a big fan of kMMOs though, so I'm probably not the best judge of grind! :cheeky:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012



10 year old South Park memes? Maple is back, baby! :unsmigghh:

Urban Wizard posted:

I told myself a couple of months ago I was done, but this is tempting... are you making new characters for Reboot or are you sticking on the current servers, Silento?

I'm totally gonna play on Reboot!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012



:captainpop: :pusheen:



Krakatoah posted:

Huh...I thought I was done with maple but then this Reboot server comes along and whispers it's siren song into my ear and HOW MANY CLASSES NOW SWEET MUSHMOM HOW DO I EVEN CHOOSE.

Welp, worse case scenario I can just keep up with my old workhorse the battle mage...wonder if that's changed?

My main on Nido is a BaM and I really love it! They have a cool reaper theme now. :krad:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:

Oh god why am I doing this

I have a friend playing through the secret world for the first time, I just picked up elite:dangerous and lords of the fallen, but here I am

downloading maplestory

post/username combo

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

sword_man.gif posted:

the game will not even launch if it's in maintenance mode, no

Hey sm.gif, long time no see. How ya been? :coffeepal:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

I should be able to make it sometime this weekend, you need to be level 100 + use 5m Mesos.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:

It's that plus maplestory 2 is already in beta testing and will be released soon, so maplestory is definitely going to be on the back burner. It'll probably get some updates just because poo poo like lineage 1 still makes more money for ncsoft than anything else they make, but sweeping code changes probably won't happen. I wouldn't be surprised to find out reboot is their way of trying to turn maplestory into a diablo 3 style game with seasons and different rulesets and such, and really that's kind of awesome.

Maplestory 2 came out in Korea on July 7th. KMS1 is getting a big new update right now, containing the second blockbuster, which is about the Heroes. Also, Aran and Evan got complete remakes in a patch last month and both look great. Supposedly there's a new resistance Warrior class coming out later this or next month, presumably Damien or a new Demon branch?

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:

Is it going to be the kinesis? I see a lot of people talking about it, and I think it's already out in kms.

It helps when I mention that, for MS, I don't consider a new class as a huge change, but I do consider things like big UI changes and that maple life minigame thing to be huge changes. With the art assets for maplestory being 2d it's much easier to make really good looking spell effects and things like that, so I expect them to keep making cool classes and story updates for a long time. It's actually in a pretty good spot for something like the reboot server, I really hope they keep doing more things like it.

edit: although now that I think about it, I would consider Reboot's new server a huge change too, and they'd be nuts not to do things like it again.

I should have been more clear, but the new Resistance Warrior class is for KMS.

GMS is getting Kinesis later this month, and that looks really cool, so I'm excited for it! Don't forget to reserve your gift box!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Guild is up! Search for GoonSquad in the guild menu. It's led by OfIceAndMen, if you need more details to tell which one it is.


Stool Sample posted:

Is anyone else having trouble logging in? I get to the world selection screen, but there's no worlds on the list, and I get booted out after a minute or so. I'm using the steam client if it helps.

Try again after x2 when servers aren't exploding? Or launch from the folder instead of through Steam. Bio, help!!!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

KittyEmpress posted:

Reboot is fun. I got from 1 to 93 on a cannonneer with no idea what I was doing in about... 5-6 hours? My highest level character was a 105 demon Slayer so its pretty different an experience.

The Sizzling Santa event isn't permanent, and it can only be applied to one character to event period, but regular burning events aren't rare. They go from 1-100 instead of 33-150, but still good for Link Skill mules!

Later on, I assume the lack of triple levels will be somewhat mitigated by the lack of 5 people in every best-in-level range leveling map.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Electric Lady posted:

I'm having a good time shredding through enemies as a Kanna. I really like the flavor of the class. It's weird, Reboot is a default server but it feels like it has the pace of some private servers I've played on. Really glad a lot of the cash-shop bullshit is gone, but I'm still gonna have to setup a controller...You can find me in game as AkiraHokuto if anyone wants to level before the guild is made. I also have a Cannoneer KairiHojo but I haven't leveled her yet.

Am I doing the right thing opening up those santa boxes? It seems like all they do is give me buffs and amazing items.



Silento posted:

Guild is up! Search for GoonSquad in the guild menu. It's led by OfIceAndMen, if you need more details to tell which one it is.

Okay guys, guild is like 80% full now prob! So go kill Zakum and Hilla and poo poo in a party! Thx!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012


:toot:


:confuoot:


Not a bad start! Add in my 15% int emblem and things are going well! :unsmith:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

We can almost expand!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Check out the soon-to-be latest KMS class, EXPLODEMcPunchmans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr7f0yGqYuw :ssj:
Hopefully Max will have info up soon, and I'm sure a 4th job video will be on Spadows before long.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Maybe like... Thunder Breaker? I'm not sure how they work. Dawn Warrior will use one skill key but it switches between two skills! A bunch of classes will use different skills when they come off cool-down but yeah, usually its 1 skill most of the time from what I can think of off the top of my head? Try making an Aran, though it involves a lot of spamming buttons. She's getting revamped in a few (read: 3-5) months, and should be cool then.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Yaaaay, patch notes! Sweet hot time event coming up on the 19th! http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/5450/v-169--kinesis-patch-notes

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Sorry, but had to kick a few people out of the guild to make space. If you got kicked and want back in, just apply again! We'll have a second guild up at some point but we'll have to make do until then.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012



im hella swole af

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

More double miracle time on Saturday! http://maplestory.nexon.net/news//5610/

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

You can get versions 1-4 from Emperor Toad in Ninja Castle, but the quests are a pain and the boss is level 180. I think you can get 5-8 from Crimsonwood Keep PQ but it might still be broken? It was on Reboot's launch, anyways. Also it takes a minimum of 10 characters to run so it would probably be difficult to find a party.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Mill Village posted:

When are we going to fight bosses and other party stuff? The guild doesn't seem to be very active.

When Gollux is fixed we should definitely try doing hard mode! The set effect for Reinforced Gollux equips is really good. Other than that we could do RA for GP, but it's easy. I'm up for grinding in a party but my two characters are 192 and 145, dunno where everyone else is at.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

You can turn off autoloot in the pet tab of the equip window! But yeah, we need to get swole.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

The upcoming hot week that starts tomorrow has a free pet on Saturday the 9th! It only lasts 30 days, though. If you log in every day of the week you can get it on two different characters! More info here: http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/5658/hot-week-1-4--1-10

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

In other news:


Thanks Krexel love u too bb :wink:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Don't forget, today's hot week reward is a free 30-day pet! Also, Ursus and KFT revamp next week!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Try sending in a ticket and asking to be unbanned, apparently Nexon is willing to unban pretty much anyone the first time they're banned, for better or worse. :v:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Yeah, I've just been playing on alts. I finished Tynerum but never started Commerci, I'll get on that!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Some sweet new damage skins in the latest KMST patch: https://twitter.com/Spadow/status/692572426673229825

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

https://twitter.com/Spadow/status/695008685731479552

:perfect:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

JMS just got an updated Mushroom Shrine, I guess it's a theme dungeon-like now? It uses the new skeleton animation system like KFT apparently. I hope they revamp NLC and Masteria the same way!

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

I'd recommend one of the Cygnus Knights (other than Wind Archer and maybe Thunder Breaker), one of the base Resistance (Mech, Wild Hunter, BaM), or one of the newer released/reworked classes like Mihile, Kinesis, or Shade. Thunder Breaker is fun but kind of awful to play later on. Most of the adventurer classes are good, and none of them are worse than average. Don't play a Jett. Beast Tamer is cool and has great buffs but is terrible at bossing. Aran and Evan are getting updated in the coming months, Evan needs it way more than Aran. Just play whatever! Other than a Wind Archer or Jett.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

I logged into Maple last night because I was bored, but I ended up having a lot of fun so I've been playing today too. I guess I'm active again, at least until iToS comes out. In other news, new GMS exclusive content coming out soon, and from the 3 screenshots that have been released it looks probable it's related to New Leaf City! If it's not, I hope it's Dawnveil content.

I went to Scrapyard on my I/L and apparently even Scrapyard mobs are affected by the Reboot ruleset. They have a shitload of hp, but even the weakest ones give 200k exp each! The spawn is great, so I'ma try grinding there today during x2.

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

http://maplestory.nexon.net/micro-site/7225

:aaaaa:

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Pigs are flying and it's snowing in hell. :stare:

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news//7663/

Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Pladdicus posted:

I accidentally used a beauty icon and my character is horrifying, am I stuck rouletting to fix this

If you find a hair you like but not a face, or vice versa, just save it in the beauty salon! You can access it by clicking the salon button at the bottom of your equip menu. You get slots 3 slots of both hair and face for free, and can switch to any of your saved styles at any time for just 100k mesos! Pretty good deal imo. It doesn't save skin color, so make sure you are happy with that aspect before the event ends!

Edit: Also, apply to GoonSquad if you haven't already, I'll accept you tomorrow. Leader is OfIceAndMen if you can't tell which guild.

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Silento
Feb 16, 2012

Um, I don't think it's full, but it might be. I'll check when I get home.

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