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 Old thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3591648   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! Come join us at #maplegoons on SynIRC! linkIn-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:
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.  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.  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! 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.  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. ---   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. ---  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): Holy Symbol, Combo Attack, DispellFourth 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. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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 --- 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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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:
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! 
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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 :
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silento will you teach me to maplestory ive barely ever played it but it sounds fun
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Eonwe posted:silento will you teach me to maplestory 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.  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! 
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gonna try to make a bowmaster on the reboot server when I get home, it's going to feel weird coming back to this game after so many years.
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The reboot server is almost tempting enough to make me play this drat game again, but then I remembered that having 350+ ping sucks pretty badly. I wonder if wtfast works with this...
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I haven't played since the beta, except for that short stint when Aran came out. I'm gonna make me another pole arm dude, this Reboot server is making me nostalgia so hard.
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Dec 2, 2015 23:25
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Reboot looks pretty awesome, maybe I'll try it out again after exams. I tried again a few months ago and the lack of fullscreen windowed mode really pushed me away from the game. I'm constantly tabbing out out normal fullscreen and it lags like crazy and sometimes crashes, and then the windowed mode is just to tiny.
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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?
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Dec 2, 2015 23:35
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Silento posted: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. ill do that friend
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Dec 2, 2015 23:36
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Dammit Nexon! Just when I thought I was done with you, you bring out the Reboot server... Here goes nothing! 
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Dec 2, 2015 23:40
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I haven't played MS since my account got hacked a few years back. I made a new account for Reboot. I think I'll start with as an Assassin again.
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 10 year old South Park memes? Maple is back, baby!  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!
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ill play tonight, friend
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Dec 3, 2015 00:52
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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?
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  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. My main on Nido is a BaM and I really love it! They have a cool reaper theme now. 
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Dec 3, 2015 01:16
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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
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Dec 3, 2015 01:42
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:Oh god why am I doing this post/username combo
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Dec 3, 2015 01:51
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Is there a guild in reboot yet? currently downloading. e: game is not launching on Windows 10, welp. Fano fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Dec 3, 2015 |
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Dec 3, 2015 01:53
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Fano posted:e: game is not launching on Windows 10, welp. servers are down for unscheduled maintenance, i.e: they broke due to load
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Dec 3, 2015 02:09
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Fano posted:Is there a guild in reboot yet? currently downloading. They just took the servers down for maintenance. edit: Reboot broke the game.
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Dec 3, 2015 02:10
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I figured the game will at least launch or show an error message? Or do servers being overloaded/maintenance now means that literally nothing happens when I click Play?
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Dec 3, 2015 02:12
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the game will not even launch if it's in maintenance mode, no
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Dec 3, 2015 02:26
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Fano posted:I figured the game will at least launch or show an error message? Or do servers being overloaded/maintenance now means that literally nothing happens when I click Play? Basically. The only way you can know MS is down is by checking the website, although warning signs include: your client not opening or doing jack poo poo, or it being any day of the week ending in a y. (Aka, this happens all the time now.)
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Dec 3, 2015 02:26
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Ah, good old Nexon.
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Dec 3, 2015 02:30
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Maintenance the night after a patch, some things never change 
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Dec 3, 2015 02:36
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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? 
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Silento posted:Hey sm.gif, long time no see. How ya been? i'm good, reboot has intrigued me but fuckin hell was it crowded
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Dec 3, 2015 02:47
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yall weird
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgfybCivh8U
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Dec 3, 2015 03:42
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I'm too busy playing DFO to play Maple but I'll be damned if I can't stop paying attention to it. Don't forget you're playing a game that funds the shadowy puppetmasters pulling all our strings https://nexonexposed.wordpress.com/
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Never understood the hype for this game, but new flashy server adding more goon hype has me intrigued. I am gonna create a character to see what all the hoopla is about. Which class is closest to a dark magic caster? (Warlock/Necro theme)
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Obscurity posted:Never understood the hype for this game, but new flashy server adding more goon hype has me intrigued. I am gonna create a character to see what all the hoopla is about. Which class is closest to a dark magic caster? (Warlock/Necro theme) the game's a little light-hearted for proper necromancy, and I don't think there are many pet classes outside of like Evan, but animationwise they've got some neat looking dark magic stuff. I always liked the way Kanna turned out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WMb0T3z2Fg but the only way to choose is really to go through youtube videos and see if there are any animations you like and don't skip out on the warrior type classes. I'd say start with kanna, kaiser, luminous, maybe evan, and the devil classes
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Kanna definitely has a lot of spooky looking spells, including one that lowers mob respawn time on a map. I get the feeling it will come in handy if the servers ever come back up
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I love that this new ruleset server has hosed all of the servers for like 7 hours now
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I played this for a few days a billion years ago. Trying it again out of sheer morbid curiosity, and the reboot stuff sounds interesting. Holy hell is there any way to make the controls better? Creating an interface where you need to float your right hand between the keyboard and the mouse with regularity is basically a design crime that you should go to jail for.
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not really. the best you can really do is bind interact with npc to a button but it doesn't change inventory management/point allocation.
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Silento posted:Even the easy bosses like normal Zakum It really has been a long time since I've played...
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Good news! They'll be making Zakum harder in the future, by giving it insta-kill attacks, positioning attacks, and mobility. http://orangemushroom.net/2015/10/14/kms-ver-1-2-247-zakum-update-hunting-changes/
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