New Mechanic Videos

We know that mechanic is coming out in kMS. Here are some videos I found about them so you can decide how to get ready!

Peanut Machine

After the July 28th server check, we will be receiving the peanut machine. This will be an event and will not last forever.

The peanut machine is simple. The peanut machine gives two items everytime you use it!

To open a peanut, you need to obtain 1 peanut which is dropped from monsters and a peanut machine which can be bought from the cash shop 1.4k nx.

+  > Click the peanut machine then drag the peanut into the slot to open it. Each Peanut Machine can only crack open 1 peanut!

The UI should look like this after click the machine.

What are the prizes? Well, you can get scrolls, mounts, chairs, and certain new exclusive items.

Dual Blade 4th Job Skillbooks and Mastery Books

This is a quick post to inform you of how to get your skill books and mastery books for your Dual Master ( Level 120+). The Dual Master has a different set up in terms of skills that any other job, so read carefully.

First of all, when finishing the 4th job advancement which is the same as any other thief class, you start with not 3 skills and Maple Warrior, but 4 skills and Maple Warrior.

The 4 skills you start with are:

• Venom Stab [Mastery Level: 10] – When attacking an enemy, there is a chance of poisoning them.
• Sudden Raid [Mastery Level: 10] – Summons ninjas to attack up to 15 monsters with flaming arrows.
• Stack Effect [Mastery Level: 10] – Creates a copy of yourself to draw your enemies.
• Thorns [Mastery Level: 10] – Gives you and your party a chance to deal critical damage.
• Monster Bomb [Mastery Level: 10] – Sticks a bomb to a certain monster then explodes a few seconds later to deal damage to surrounding monsters.

All skills for Dual Masters are Master Level: 30, but some of the ones above just start at 10 and require mastery books to allow you to get them to 30.

Here are the drops for the other skill books. Skill books allow you to get a whole new skill. These are only available for Dual Masters.

• [Skill Book] Chains of Hell – This skill book unlike other jobs immediately raises the mastery level to 30 instead of 10. Dropped by Zakum.
• [Skill Book] Final Cut – This skill book also unlike other jobs immediately raises the mastery level to 30 instead of 10. Dropped by Zakum.

These are the drops of the mastery books to raise your mastery level for certain skills to 30. These each have a 50% chance of working. If failed, the mastery level stays at 10.

• Sudden Raid 30 – Dropped by Lyka. A cash shop version can also be obtained for 8.9k nx. It works at a 100% rate and adds 1 SP to Sudden Raid.
• Thorns 30 – Dropped by HornTail. A cash shop version can also be obtained for 8.9k nx. It works at a 100% rate and adds 1 SP to Thorns.
• Venom Stab – Dropped by HornTail.
• Monster Bomb 30 – Dropped by HornTail.
• Stack Effect 30 – Dropped by Oblivion Guardians.

Mechanic Job Skills and Equips

So, in kMS, they are getting the 3 new resistance jobs, Wild Hunter, Battle Mage, and Mechanic!

The Mechanic is a pirate who rides in his own “machine” which fights for him. Slightly like Evan. The machine can wear equips like the Onyx Dragon.

You can see the new equips released for mechanic here.

And the skills it will have here.

Credits to Fiel of SouthPerry.

This is the selection for resistabce jobs in kMS. As you can see, the middle character is a mechanic.

And here is what the machine equipment looks like. This is from a previous post of mine.

I will look for videos and more information later.

And..When will this come out in gMS?

No one knows, but I am guessing September or October. Please don’t keep asking.

Hob PQ Coming Out Soon?

I was rummaging through the v88 extractions and saw these.

렉스의 그린 이어링
Level Required: 75
M.Def: 30
INT Bonus: 3
LUK Bonus: 3
Job: common

렉스의 레드 이어링
Level Required: 75
M.Def: 30
STR Bonus: 3
DEX Bonus: 3
Job: common

렉스의 블루 이어링
Level Required: 75
M.Def: 30
DEX Bonus: 3
LUK Bonus: 3
Job: common

These are the earrings that come from Hob PQ in kMS. These apprently are suppose to have 10% hp too, so if this comes out that would be great for Dual Bladers. Also, they have +3 to two stats clean. I think they might come out 2 patches from now. Pretty sure not this patch since some of it is still in Korean! They don’t say +10% hp yet, but same thing happened in kMS. At first they were just like this, then after an update they gained the +10% hp bonus!

Here’s a quick video of Hob PQ and some Dual Blade Action! Hob PQ is levels 70+.

v88 FAQ ~ A Few Questions You May Be Asking

Here is just a few answers to certain questions I hear a lot

If I made a level 30 Dual Blade, can I get a Explorer Ring at level 50?

No, in fact, no dual blades can get an explorer ring even if you started at level 1.

Where do potential and enhancement scrolls drop from?

Currently, I am not sure, but it seems like they drop from all monsters. The advanced version I believe drop from Zakum and HT, but I have no proof of that yet.

What are Kataras and these Katara scrolls?

Well, Nexon basically changes Blades into Kataras. So now, Dual Bladers wield 1 dagger and 1 katara. All your previous Blade scrolls should have turned into Katara scrolls.

If I use a Miracle Cube on a rare item, do I have to use another potential scroll to identify it again?

No, a miracle cube turns an item from an identified state back to its unidentified state (same as just passing a potential scroll). You can immediately use a magnifying glass afterward.

Are the Dual Blade Sets Permanent?

The Dual Blade Basic, Advanced, and Master looks contain all permanent equips. The tiger mount is a coupon, click it to receive a 7-day tiger coupon that is untradable. The Blade sets and mastery books are NOT permanent, so do not buy them before hand since they will never be out of the cash shop and you don’t want to risk them expiring.

Do I have to complete all the Dual Blade Quests?

No, the Dual Blade Quests do not give SP and are not required for the job advancement. The only required ones are the first few if you started from level 1. Also, there is a level 54 quest that you must meet Arec in El Nath which is required for the lvl55 job advancement. Other than those, no other quests are “required”. Also, at level 120 of course there are quests to get skill books and new skills.

Other questions will be added later.

Magnifying Glasses and How They Work

In v88 of gMS, we will be receiving magnifying glasses! When a character reaches level 10, each character will receive a magnifying glass.

So, magnifying glasses are somewhat like scrolls except they work 100%, don’t use a slot, and give random stats. Here is a quick guide I found to magnifying glasses. It also has info about enhancement scrolls, but we are not sure if that will be out in gMS yet. The direct link to the guide can be found here: http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthread.php?p=10201036, but for now, here is the exact guide. It is NOT made by me! All credit goes to Sum_Punk (LumberMill)

Explanation of the Item Rating and Enhancement system

• Item Rating System
  1. Required Knowledge
  2. Item Rating process
  3. Item Rating FAQ

• Enhancement System
  1. Required Knowledge
  2. Enhancement process
  3. Enhancement FAQ

Item Rating System

A. Required Knowledge
Before I explain how this system works and how to use it, you will need to know about these items and general information;

70% Potential Scroll;
This scroll is used to make your item “unidentified”, and it can drop from any monster. The only thing potential scrolls do is give your item the “unidentified” status, nothing else. This scroll has a 70% success rate, if it fails will blow up your item, consumes no scroll slots, and is trade able.

90% Potential Scroll;
This scroll is used to make your item “unidentified”, and only drops only from Zakum, Horn Tail, and Pink Bean. This scroll does the same thing as the 70%, except at a 90% rate. There is no other difference. This scroll will also blow up your gear at a 100% rate if it fails, consumes no scroll slots, and is trade able.

Magnifying Glass;
This is an item sold by NPCs in game for mesos, I wont list which NPC’s sell them in this guide because this system is not in GMS yet and everything is subject to change. This item is used on a “unidentified” item to determine what rank and what bonus stats it will have. The stat bonuses the item can give depends on the type of gear. This consumes no scroll slots, cannot fail, and cannot break your item.

Miracle Cube;
This is a Cash Shop item. You use this cube after you have identified your item but want to reset the stat bonuses on it and return your item to unidentified status. This consumes no scroll slots, cannot fail, and cannot break your item.

Item Ranks;
Items come in several different ranks. An “unidentified” item will have a red border around it, this means it is ready to be “identified” with a magnifying glass. After you have identified your item with a magnifying glass, the border color around it will change to reflect the rank it’s been assigned. The color of the item name has nothing to do with it’s rank. Here is a quick summary of what color corresponds to the item’s rank;

Common item: Transparent Border (ie. everything you Maker, or already exists)
Unidentified item: Red border (item drops after patch, or potential scrolled items)
Rare item: Blue border
Epic item: Purple border
Unique item: Yellow border

Item level bonuses;
Now depending on the level of the item you want to identify, you get increased benefits for the higher level your item is. Here is a quick summary of the increased benefits in relation to what rank the item is;

Lvl 1 to 30: Rare = 1%, Epic = 2%, Unique = 3%
Lvl 31 to 70: Rare = 2%, Epic = 4%, Unique = 6%
Lvl 71 or higher: Rare = 3%, Epic = 6%, Unique = 9%

You can gain a higher percent of a certain stat depending on the rank of your item. You can also gain multiple stats depending on the rank of your item.

B. Item Rating upgrading process
Now that you know about the items and information involved, I will outline the process itself.

• 1. Get a piece of gear you want to scroll using the Item Rating system. If you got the piece of gear from a monster, it has a chance to come unidentified. If your item is not considered unidentified, you will need to use a 90% or 70% potential scroll on it to make it unidentified before you can proceed. If the scroll worked, your item will be outlined in red.
• 2. Now that you have your unidentified piece of gear, you will need a Magnifying glass to change your item from unidentified to identified, assign it a rank, and assign it some stats. As of now in KMS I believe these are sold by certain NPCs for mesos, but this could change in GMS.
• 3. Use the magnifying glass like a scroll on a piece of unidentified gear(an item outlined in a red border). The magnifying glass will reveal 2 or 3 stats, and will assign your item a rank. Refer to the above table of rank explanations. You will recieve no less than 2 stats, but no more than 3 on your identified item. Higher leveled pieces of gear have a higher chance of revealing 3 stats and having a higher rank assigned.
• 4. At this point you will be happy, sad, or going wtp concerning the stats or rank that were identified on your item. If you got a crap stat or rank, fear not! Nexon has offered a solution to reverse the effects via a Cash Shop item called a Miracle cube. The compan-err Miracle Cube will revert the items post-magnifying glass identified status back to unidentified and erase the identified bonuses. When you use the cube, an interface similar to the one viscous hammers use will come up. You place the item in the box, and the bonuses will be erased and rank reset to common.
• 5. If you’re happy with the stats and rank that were identified on your gear, congratulations on your cool new piece of equipment! If you are not satisfied, go back to step 4. I have included a picture to visually illustrate the steps in this process.

*Click to Zoom In*

As you can see in the first item picture, the item is considered Common, in that it has no colored border yet.
You can also see once it’s been unidentified using a scroll, the border outlines in red, meaning it is ready to be identified.
In the final picture the border around the item is blue, meaning it is a rare item.

C. Item Rating FAQ

Q: OMG IS THIS SYSTEM GUN MAKE MY GEAR USELESS?!?!
A: Not completely useless, no.
Godly higher leveled gear will be more desirable, though. The system places more emphasis on using high leveled class gear, and is shying away from low leveled common class gear. Is this going to kill godly saunas or brown work gloves? No, it wont. A 27 atk BWG is still a 27 atk work glove, a 50 Dex sauna is still a 50 dex sauna, 10 atk stomper is still a 10 atk stomper…and I could go on. All this system does is make sure that you can finally start using your cool looking class gear and not be gimped =]

Q: What gear slots can you scroll with this new system? What stats can you scroll your gear with?
A: Ah, I’m glad you asked. All slots except Medal and shoulder can be scrolled with this new system. I will paste the gear slot and stat list here;

Hats – Stat %, Self-Mystic Door(the skill), Chance of showing an Emotion when hit, Stats(static numerical stats), Accuracy, Avoidability, W.DEF, M.DEF %, Chance of recovering HP/MP), Ignore monster’s attack/damage.
Face accessory – Stat %, Accuracy, Avoidability, W.DEF, M.DEF %, Recover HP/MP per second, Max HP/MP
Eye accessory – Stat %, Accuracy, Avoidability, W.DEF, M.DEF %, Max HP/MP
Tops/Bottoms/Overalls – Stat %, Self-Hyper Body(the skill, but for any class), Chance of Invincibility when hit, +1 ~2 of a skill, Chance of recovering HP/MP, W.DEF, M.DEF, Avoidablility, Accuracy %, Chance of Autosteal (No idea what this is though), +% of a potion, Reduction of a curse’s duration (Seal, slow, etc.), Max HP/MP
Shoes – Stat %, Self-Haste(the skill, but for all classes), W.DEF, M.DEF, Avoidability, Accuracy %, Chance of avoiding an attack, Max HP/MP
Gloves – Stat %, Self-Sharp Eyes(the skill, but for all classes), W.DEF, M.DEF, Avoidability, Accuracy %, Chance of recovering HP/MP when attacking, +% of a potion, Max HP/MP, Chance of Autosteal
Cape – Stat %, W.DEF, M. DEF, Chance of avoiding an attack, Max HP/MP, +1~2 of all skills
Earrings – Stat %, W.DEF, M.DEF, Avoidability, Accuracy %, Max HP/MP
Belt and Rings – Stat %, W.DEF, M.DEF, Avoidability, Accuracy %, Max HP/MP
Weapons – Stat %, W.ATT, M.ATT, Total W.ATT %, Total damage %, M.ATT %, Ignore monster’s W.DEF/M.DEF at a certain percentage, 20%~30% bonus damage when attacking a boss monster, Chance to recover HP/MP, All skills +1~2, Max HP/MP, Critical damage, Chance to freeze/poison/seal/slow/blind monster

Q: Do the Percent bonuses from gear apply to your base stats (like Maple Warrior), or all stats (stats after maple warrior and gear bonuses)?
A: The percent bonuses from gear apply after Maple Warrior and numerical gear stat bonuses.

Example; You have 100 base luk. You use lvl 20 maple warrior. Now you have 110 luk. 100 base luk and +10 bonus luk. You equip two pieces of gear with 9% luk on each of them. The percents from gear combine to 18% to increase the your stats. So, 18% luk of 110 luk is 19. So you would have 129 luk total.

Q: So can potential scrolls be used on ANY items? Or only items dropped from monsters?
A: Potential scrolls can be used on any piece of equipment (aside from medals/shoulders). It doesn’t matter where the piece of gear came from, if it has been scrolled, has 7 slots, 2 slots, or is painted pink with polka dots; potential scrolls don’t care.

Q: What do the “+Skills” on top/bottom/overalls mean?
A: The skill that you have on your gear will act like it had 1 or 2 more points put into it. It will work the same way Combat Orders works, and the two do stack.

Q: Well what should I do about my gear? Should I sell it or keep it? Should I be investing in other stuff?
A: Another good question. With these new systems, more emphasis will be placed on higher level gear. In general, you will want to sell items that are not 70 or higher. 70+ items will yield a much bigger increase in stats than low level gear will, and the worth of godly low level gear will decrease as more people start scrolling godly high lvl pieces.

You may want to start buying godly gear that do not have high level pieces available for their slot. Eye Accessories, Face Accessories, and Rings fall under this category. Because there are no high leveled items of these categories(save for Goggles for eyes, but they only have 3 slots opposed to raccoons 7), the items that are currently released will still hold their value after the patch hits. Plus, the raccoon maskes are lvl 45+ items, so they get a decent bonus from the new system.

If you are the investing merchant type, I suggest scooping up all the White Scrolls, 50% scrolls, 30% scrolls, and above average maker’d equips that you are able. These items will be in extremely high demand when people are beginning to scroll their new gear. This is your chance to make a huge profit.

If I find anymore good questions, I will put them here =]

:shine:Enhancement System:shine:

A. Required Knowledge
This system will require a little bit of explaining as well. This system is not the same as the potential system. Each of these methods of upgrading have nothing to do with the others (this includes the classic way of scrolling). The Enhancement system is a bit more simple and straightforward than the potential, so there are only two items you need to know about.

Equip Enhancement Scroll 100%;
This scroll in particular drops only from bosses. It’s success rate starts off at 100%, but the chance of success it has decreases depending on the number of stars the item it’s scrolling has. This scroll can only be applied to items with 0 scrolling slots left. You can still use this scroll on items with 0 slots even if they have 2 Vicious Hammer slots available. This scroll is trade able.

Equip Enhancement Scroll 80%;
Now this scroll can drop from any monster. It does the exact same thing as the 100% version, except has a smaller chance of succeeding. This scroll is also trade able.

These new scrolls act exactly like a chaos scroll, save for a few things. I have outlined what these scrolls will do and what they dont do;

What these scrolls do;
Can add an entirely new stat to an item
Can increase the amount of stats an item has
Can be used on any piece of equipment (except medals and shoulders)
Chances to work decrease depending on the amount of stars your item has
Blows up your item at 100% rate if it fails

What these scrolls do not do;
Take away item slots
Take away stats

Everytime either of these scrolls work, they add one star to your item. The star only indicates that the scroll worked and doesn’t do anything else. If you use another Equip Enhancement Scroll on the item, the chance of success decreases depending on the amount of stars your item has. But, the amount of stars your item has also increases the benefits you get when a scroll works. Here is a picture of the 80% common monster scroll in game outlining the Star to Chance ratio with the amount of stars being on the left and success rate being on the right;

B. Enhancement system upgrading process
The process itself is very simple.

1. Get an item that has 0 upgrade slots left. Nothing else about the item matters. Even if you have vicious hammer slots available, as long as it says Upgrade Slots Left:0 you can use either of the scrolls on your item.
2. Use the scroll on your item. If it worked, you will see a star above your item’s name and some of the item’s stats will have increased. If not, your item broke. Here is the process in a picture;

As you can see, a star appeared above the item’s name, and the DEX and W. Def increased. Now if he uses another 80% enhancement scroll on this overall, the chances of success goes down to 70%; but the benefits will increase should the scroll work again.

C.Enhancement FAQ

Q: Where do these scrolls drop from?
A: As far as I know, the 100% enhancement scrolls drop only from bosses. The 80% scrolls drop from all monsters. What are the exact drop rate of these scrolls? Not sure.

Q: Are the stats gained using these scrolls based on the item rank like the Potential System?
A: No, nothing will increase the amount of stats gained or the chance of success of this scroll.

Q: What stats can this scroll grant?
A: It can increase the amount of stats already on your gear, or add an entirely new stat to your gear. I don’t believe this scroll can add percentages like the potential system can, but new evidence is springing up all the time. I could be wrong

If I find anymore good questions, I’ll post them here =]

Credits
Spadow for information on these systems and for the pictures I used.
Friends of mine who helped make this guide better! (you know you guys are, you chinchilla lovers )

Explorer Event Extended For One Week

As you are now probably well aware, MapleStory had an unscheduled maintenance on July 14th during which the Explorer Rings you earned on July 11, 12, or 13 were lost.

Though we cannot retrieve the lost rings, we are reopening the Explorer’s Ring event for a week from July 21st to July 27th to help make up for your loss.
We wish to see you earn back your ring and hope that the ongoing 2x EXP and Drop event helps you get it back faster.

Thank you for being patient with us throughout the ordeal.

Seems like Nexon will be letting us have another Explorer Ring Event for 1 week. Problems are that it doesn’t start til the 21st, the Dual Blade Patch. So, you won’t be able to start now. The main question now is whether or not leveling a Dual Blade would count for this event now.

Meso Exploit and Dual Blade Launch Date Change

New Dual Blade Launch Date
Unfortunately, addressing this issue impacts our game development schedule, and so we’ll be pushing the Dual Blade launch date to Wednesday, July 21st. The additional time ensures that we are able to fix the current issue, and fully prepare for the Dual Blade update. We know how much our players have been looking forward to the launch of Dual Blade. We’ve had a lot of fun working on the update events, the Q&A and other activities, and we’ll continue to work to ensure a smooth release next week.

Compensation
We know that the downtime, the update delay and the bug itself is bad for our players, and so we’ll be offering a mix of compensation and events that all players can participate in.

– Cash item extension
– 5,000 Maple Points for users that logged in between 7/11/2010 and 7/13/2010.
– The Golden Temple will be available for one extra week. Golden Temple ticket items will also be on sale for 20~25% off.
– Vega’s Spell will remain on sale for one extra week.
– One A Day Sale will also be extended for a week. Make sure to check out the daily item!
– 2x EXP and Drop events on the following dates:
a. Wednesday, July 14th  12 PM – 6PM Pacific Time (3 PM – 9 PM Eastern)
b. Thursday, July 15th  12 PM – 6PM Pacific Time (3 PM – 9 PM Eastern)
c. Friday, July 16th  12 PM – 6 PM Pacific Time (3 PM – 9 PM Eastern)
d. Saturday, July 17th  10 AM – 10 PM Pacific Time (1 PM – 1 AM Eastern)
e. Sunday, July 18th  10 AM – 10 PM Pacific Time (1 PM – 1 AM Eastern)

Meso Exploits

So what seems to be happening is that certain hackers have found a way to “generate” mesos. You can see an example of it here which I easily found just searching youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVFkaDgjelk. I remember yesterday seeing people in the FM randomly saying “Buying Rash’s Furballs”. Now I understand. Basically, these hackers have been buying up items and NX with their generated mesos and the FM has been a mess. Prices have gone up and random equips are being bought like crazy.

The server check recently seems to be trying to fix this. They seem to have just “rolled-back” all the server. If you search your character on the rankings, I bet you will find all your recent training has been lost. If you log in, Nexon should have refunded all your Nexon that has been spent. Hopefully, when we get back everything will be fixed, but all our work for the last few days would still have been wasted.

I think the rollback is about 3-days. So, the server will be restored to a time during Sunday. That is because I know what level I was that day and because if you go to the Dual Blade Launch site, notice it says D-3, 3 days until the Dual Blade Launch. Obviously it hasn’t been updated or else it would be D-7 since the new patch is on the 21st. So, the servers not are set to 3 days before the supposed patch, July 11th.

Explorer Event

Many people are curious whether or not the explorer event is still going on. Unfortunately, the event is detailed as , as you can see at the post. Also, they did not mention that event being extended in the compensation. Many of my friends got to level 50 yesterday and now on the rankings, they are still level 2x. Sadly, I am not sure if you will still be able to get the explorer rings. Hopefully, they will extend that too.

The one thing that annoys me the most is that all the extended events are NX-Related. Golden Temple Tickets…you have to pay Nx Cash to enter. Vega’s Spell Scrolls, another Nexon Item. One A Day Sale, another cash shop event. Doesn’t seem like Nexon is really trying to help us, just trying to get more money from us.

Chaos Zakum and Horntail Coming Out July 14th

For Chaos Zakum and Horntail stats and info on spells and summons click here!

It’s true! Chaos zakum and horntail will be coming out in gMS on the July 14th patch.

These are the stats of the new items that will be dropped. %HP and %MP add that much % HP and MP.

For the more info and the stats of the new chaos zakum and horntail go to my previous post here.