MapleStory

[MarlonX]

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Woo, they got third job. -_- I'm a priest. Half of my skills don't work.

Anyways, unless yesterday was a crappish day, I lagged out every 5 minutes, and the server is extremely unstable. The lag is unbearable. And some NPCs don't even work.

Tespia beats Local anyday. =\

And they could at least have storage working. I'm thinking about starting over my priest. Now I need someone to transfer for me.

[Squeek]

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The server usually stays up for an hour or two at a time. Not five minutes. It's not unstable. There's no lag. The only NPCs that don't work are the pointless ones.

Tespia sucks because you have to spend all your time doing the bull**** work. They only bring you to 162 and say "here's 50x EXP, go do the rest of the work yourself!". I'm 162 on my Bishop there, spent several hours grinding for Dragon Hearts to max Bahamut, and got 2%. Yeah, seriously! Not even a level up! Not even a tenth of a level up. I grind on my spearman for 30-60 minutes and I level. With 2nd job skills. And I need 2 billion EXP to level up once.

[MarlonX]

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Yesterday was an extremely crappish day in local - even so... the server being up for an hour or two isn't impressive.

And I agree, tespia wasn't as easy because they didn't gift you the advancements or skills (I'm assuming when 4th job is released in local they'll just GIVE you all the skills). But it was fun. Not for you - because you don't want to do any work, you just want to level up to 200, and kick everythings ass, then get bored of the game a few weeks from now.

There is lag. Unless the 2-3 second kill delay, and 3-5 second pick up delay is just me... there's lag. And it wasn't hard to level on Tespia. I got to 165. Only about 5% of the time I spent on Tespia was training, the rest I was too busy getting skills, or helping other people get skills.

Spamming blizzard at jr. newties would easily get me a few % every 10 minutes. So it wasn't hard.

They could at least have storage working. D: That's just one of the things that really ticked me off.

[Squeek]

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That's just you.

There's zero kill or pick-up delay in Local. The server is right here in the USA. The lag is on OdinMS, which houses the server in Germany. In Local, I can kill 100 monsters, then run across their remains holding pick up and get every single thing they dropped.

Who needs storage? Seriously? Get a friend or go to Amoria with both characters. Nobody ever goes to Amoria. You can drop trade to your heart's content. I've been drop-trading everything from ilbis to scrolls and perfect work gloves. No problem at all.

And yes, I will get bored of the game. That's the point. I want closure. I've been playing Maple for almost five years now. I want to get to the point in the game where I can legitimately say "I've beaten this game."

To me, the fun of Maple is taken away by all the bull**** the official game does to extend its longevity. Every major necessary quest in the game requires so many hoops you have to jump through for a minimal reward. I mean, let's go for Bahamut. That was the skill I found the least retarded to earn. And what do I have to do? Get 150 rare drops from monsters that do 3,000+ damage and take 10-15 hits to kill. That's the LEAST retarded. If you think games where you get things for little to no work at all suck, look at World of Warcraft! You just BUY skills from an NPC! And they're cheap as hell!

[MarlonX]

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I can't even kill 100 monsters. I disconnect before I could even hit the 50 kill mark.

It's not just me because I've noticed that some people are complaining about how unstable the servers been lately. That even the admins don't know what's causing it.

That was yesterday though. I don't know how the game is today because I haven't had the chance to login.

I'll try again today. And I'm gonna restart my priest, make it luckless. Is there any NPC that warps you to NLC? I'd like some pots. Also, if you get any spare level 64 maple item (the staff), let me know, I'd like to buy (or have ) it.

EDIT: Played it. F***ing sucks. So much lag.

[tsugomaru]

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And suddenly, I'm bored of my Cleric and Bandit. I think it has something to do with hitting 70, I just don't feel like leveling anymore because I'm expecting something, it's just I'm not getting it.

~Tsugomaru

[Squeek]

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I can't even kill 100 monsters. I disconnect before I could even hit the 50 kill mark.

It's not just me because I've noticed that some people are complaining about how unstable the servers been lately. That even the admins don't know what's causing it.

That was yesterday though. I don't know how the game is today because I haven't had the chance to login.

I'll try again today. And I'm gonna restart my priest, make it luckless. Is there any NPC that warps you to NLC? I'd like some pots. Also, if you get any spare level 64 maple item (the staff), let me know, I'd like to buy (or have ) it.

EDIT: Played it. F***ing sucks. So much lag.

I have the sneaking suspicion they kept the servers down today on purpose. In any event, it finally came back up at 1:00.

My spearman is 200 now.

Gonna delete my Cleric (because Holy Symbol doesn't work and that's the only reason to have a Priest anyway) and make a Ranger (because Archers suck until third job so now it's worth it). I got experience with Rangers on the gms test server and they're so much fun. I can't wait.

Oh, and you talk to "The Ticketing Gate" to get to NLC from Kerning.

[Afrobean]

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Archers suck until third job so now it's worth it

wait...

Archers suck until third job

No... I'm not mistaken. Squeek actually is saying that Archers suck in 2nd job but don't suck in 3rd. I am vastly confused.

[ckj846]

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Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Archers blow in 3rd job compared to everyone else. It's all about 4th job. -_- Which I will never get to. Still 99 I think? 98? Don't even remember -_-

O_o

[Squeek]

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wait...



No... I'm not mistaken. Squeek actually is saying that Archers suck in 2nd job but don't suck in 3rd. I am vastly confused.

Oh right because getting two AOEs, a skill that allows them to avoid all damage, a skill that allows them to shoot close-range, a skill that does insane one-target damage, and a summon that stuns anything for you to basically destroy without any effort is terrible.

Yeah that's a lot better than what amounts to basically Mastery you deserve but still doesn't do much for your damage and using first-job attacking skills.

Third job is the prequel to getting everything Archers need to do insane damage without taking any damage. Fourth job is the clincher on that. The only thing second job gets you is a skill that slightly boosts your leveling speed (Bomb/Iron) but is never used later, a buff everyone else gets (Booster), a KB skill that doesn't do much and is never used later (and eventually gets replaced), Soul Arrow, which is basically just a slightly helpful skill, and your Mastery, which every one else also gets.

And yes, Archers still aren't that great compared to everyone else, but they're leagues ahead of their 2nd job selves. It's more than can be said for Clerics, who excel at 2nd job and really only get Holy Symbol in the third job. Sure the other skills are useful, but most of them get replaced or have little use.

[Fimbulvetr]

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Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Archers blow in 3rd job compared to everyone else. It's all about 4th job. -_- Which I will never get to. Still 99 I think? 98? Don't even remember -_-

O_o

Well we have crap HP, but pretty good damage/support, strafe, rain, puppet, hawk, MB. Explain how archers blow compared to every other class please.

[BreatheIntoMe]

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If anyone has a local or odin acc and doesnt want it anymore could i use it please? I wanna play around with a few classes.

[Afrobean]

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Oh right because getting two AOEs

That are both weak. I once partied an Archer 50 levels higher than me and I was killing faster than him.

a skill that allows them to avoid all damage

Puppet is not absolute, requires skill to use correctly, and is worthless in a party.

a skill that allows them to shoot close-range

Mortal Blow? Has a chance of failing even when maxed, is weak compared to what the shot would be if it was fired "correctly" from a range, and even the benefit of the 1hk effect is far from absolute as well.

a skill that does insane one-target damage

Insane? I would guess that it's not much ahead of Mage's single target DPS.

and a summon that stuns anything for you to basically destroy without any effort is terrible.

This is nice. I agree with you here. For some reason though, a lot of archers don't use it as often as they should... perhaps there is something I don't understand about the situation...?

Third job is the prequel to getting everything Archers need to do insane damage without taking any damage.

In 3rd job, they get crazy defensive skills (the best of which fails in parties), and their best damage is still leaps and bounds below what it should be.

Fourth job is the clincher on that.

4th job delivers the crazy DPS and means to be worthwhile in a party.

The only thing second job gets you is a skill that slightly boosts your leveling speed (Bomb/Iron) but is never used later, a buff everyone else gets (Booster), a KB skill that doesn't do much and is never used later (and eventually gets replaced), Soul Arrow, which is basically just a slightly helpful skill, and your Mastery, which every one else also gets.

"The only thing second job gets you is... a ton of important skills".

Yeah, 3rd job is important as well, but they're still too weak. Their overall damage is lower and they have some of the lowest mastery of all (their real minimum percent damage is about the same minimum percent that ****ING HOLY MAGICIAN'S HEAL IS).

And yes, Archers still aren't that great compared to everyone else, but they're leagues ahead of their 2nd job selves. It's more than can be said for Clerics, who excel at 2nd job and really only get Holy Symbol in the third job. Sure the other skills are useful, but most of them get replaced or have little use.

If you think Priests only get Holy Symbol worthwhile out of 3rd job, you're insane. Seriously, at 11x I was doing ~8k SRs to 4~6 Dreamy Ghosts at once with ~8k dragon hits every 3 seconds. Compare this to what Archers, Bandits, or Mages do. It's absurd.

[vpr0721]

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Guess whattt???? Got it with my first zak with Euro, they are really nice people and try hard to please everybody. The whole run took like 25~35 mins. Oh and shares of 10m each with this run.. crazy lol =)

[Afrobean]

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wait they give profit cuts to people earning drops?

that doesnt seem fair to everyone else...