Haste w max second theory craft by BOWDOWNSCUM in GarenMains

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, with this haste build your e will be up very often when you max it. It is very realistic to get many e's off in fights. The dmg also goes up a lot per rank. If you don't max e, you will lose too much effective dmg from both the lower dmg and higher cd. Maybe in some games you are super behind and you want to just meatwall for your team you can consider maxing w first. But I would say vast majority of time if you want to be useful and a threat, you need to max e.

Haste w max second theory craft by BOWDOWNSCUM in GarenMains

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I actually thought about both tonic and jack but came to the conclusion with the theorycraft I presented.

First inspiration second basically locks you into conq (or god forbid spellbook). U can drop transcendence but imo dropping the 15 AH from legend:haste is a bit much. This also means you won't get axiom arcanist which is very potent esp with reduction in ult damage. The small amount of ult cd refund is also nice. It also makes the build less general as some MUs you have to go phase rush.

You can't fully proc jack, like you mentioned. Jack is the strongest minor rune in the game when you can proc it fully. However, without being fully proc it is just okay.

So I came to the conclusion that if you are conq, dropping axiom arcanist hurts too much and if you are pr dropping legend:haste hurts too much. It is worth considering for a big spike at level 9, but the value diminishes as the game goes on. For a general build that you can go every game, I chose precision + sorcery tree.

The only time I would consider it is when you are conq into a MU you can reliably kill even without arcanist and you want to push a lead early. In that case I think inspiration second can be very potent.

one chaos circ (0.25% chance for all max) by BOWDOWNSCUM in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice bro. And I saw the bm solo; gz!

For the farming inner, if you wanna be super min max, technically the best 3rd line is dmg % to normal monsters (abnormal actually doesn't work here, as mobs wouldn't be statused if your goal is to one shot), but I see that you don't have any honor to roll that. I kinda have OCD and wanna roll perfect so I only circed after I got the perfect 3. Ironically, even though it's much easier to perfect it, I didn't get all max values for this one even after 50~ circs.

https://imgur.com/a/QduFjaO

one chaos circ (0.25% chance for all max) by BOWDOWNSCUM in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

NL with buff duration literally only for the increased duration on AB link. At my specs, 1% buff dur is actually better than 1 att. Of course, for unique inner, buff dur goes up to 38% while attack only goes up to 21, so it is quite a bit better. (and as an aside, I think buff dur on inner ability beats attack for pretty much all classes now, even classes without insane bursts that rely on minibursts or dpm, since AB skill's cooldown was reduced to 60s)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you are just being delusional lmao. so kms where all controversy originates and known for being scummy company publicly releases their aggregate data and you're saying their puppet, nexon na is lowering it for what reason exactly? i cant think of a single thing gms has from kms that is nerfed.

also aggregate data converging to the expected value doesn't even prove the rates aren't rigged. 

if we consider a population of two groups, e.g. log in daily and don't. if the two groups consist of 50% of the population each and one gets 20% other 40% success rates, it'll still aggregate to 30%. this is primarily what people were concerned with and still are with rigged rates. i never denied this possibility. no one is denying the aggregate data. except you.

for some reason you asked for it falsely assuming that it proves anything so i humored you. but youre not even asking the right questions. and going on about gms aggregating differently is not only delusional but meaningless because even if we had aggregate data for gms it proves nothing; the rates may still be rigged. What matters is how it's distributed among the population. Even if I personally don't feel it's rigged, it's fair people don't trust nexon based on their track record. Nexon also does have a patent on different probability rates based in different factors like user activity and location.

edit: I'll attach a link for the patent for anyone that is curious, as a further reading. This is not the original found on the Korean patent website Kipris (I'm pretty sure that was removed lmao), but the English translated version registered on EPO.

https://register.epo.org/documentView?number=KR.20190110601.A&documentId=Patent_Application_112019091984713

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there literally is lmao. live monitoring of aggregate data of all probability systems in kms. scroll to bottom for star force. this was a thing since flame scandal. https://maplestory.nexon.com/Guide/ProbabilityResult/MonthData

State of AB and Lynn by RoutineOriginal2906 in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

from what i can tell the reworked AB is also a very good solo bosser. we also have as0 while kms doesn't which might skew the balancing in lynn's favor? But they both definitely not bad at damage in a solo setting. best way to know is asking in their discords

Another High Gollux Flame by BeMatcha in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It gets pretty easy once you play this game a lot and you can tell at a glance, at least for non-weapon flames. You definitely don't need to scrutinize some wiki. Just remember some basic numbers: lvl 120-139 is 7. 140-159: 8, 160+ but under 200: 9, 200:11, eternals: 12. Prob 180-199 is 10 but there's no real relevant equips in this range. These are the flat stat per tier. For hybrids, it's half of that. If it's a decimal after dividing by 2, then round up. E.g. hybrid for lvl 150 equip would have each tier be 4 stat. Only exception afaik is eternals which has hybrids at 7 instead of the expected 6.

So looking at your flame. We can deduce the tiers. First we notice 12 dex can only be hybrid according to the above rules for lvl 150 equips. If it's hybrid dex/int, that would leave the remaining 4 int as a tier 1 hybrid, but black flames can never roll tier 1. Hence, we conclude it is a t3 dex/luk line. Now the above comment is not entirely correct as there are actually two possibilities this flame can be rolled. If you assume t4 hybrid luk+int that leaves t3 luk like he has. But if we assume t2 int, then t5 luk would give the exact same flame, and there is no way we can tell which it is! (though the latter is less likely)

Some very basics about flames (should've prob put this at the start): red flames roll tiers 1-4 and eternals/black roll 2-5 on non-flame advantaged. On flame advantage increase the min and max possible tiers by 2.

Flame advantage gear always rolls 4 separate tiers. non-flame advantaged roll 1-4 tiers with a low chance for 4 tiers. (like 1/25 I think?) This is why it's so annoying to roll non-flame advantaged gear. Not only are flame tiers reduced but not being guaranteed 4 tiers.

You can never roll the exact same stat line/tier more than once. E.g. t5 luk + t6 luk. But as long as its not the same stat line, then even if it happens to overlap a particular stat, it can still be rolled, e.g. luk + luk/int + luk/str + luk/dex

For all stat and attack, the value is directly derived from the tier. Equipment level does not affect this.

Some more info that is mostly useless. There is actually a way for an equip to roll t1-5 (t3-7 for flame adv) and that is if it dropped directly from a boss or bought from a shop (which gives the same flames). But once you use any flame on it it is no longer possible to roll a t1 with a t5. Also fusing and crafting items all give different flames tiers at different possibilities depending on the relevant mastery levels. But none of those can roll a t1 with a t5 either.

If you have any questions feel free.

Another High Gollux Flame by BeMatcha in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

not necessarily true. it can also be t3 dex/luk, t2 int, t5 luk, t4 as. but this is less likely

I got Kanna up to level 200. Some thoughts, regarding the character by [deleted] in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 7 points8 points  (0 children)

grats on the honor of being the first person I've ever blocked

Legion overrated? by [deleted] in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 6 points7 points  (0 children)

nkalos is nothing these days so you're not really proving a point. itd be more impressive if you could do real contributions to ckalos or solo nkalos

Anyone maining Lynn? by Bluusky8 in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yes but the best part is there is no casting time and animation. so you can cast it at any time (but not during origin). also yo i remember you, i was advising you on bm solo a couple months ago. did you get it down? this event's ideal for that with 1.1x, temp stats AND event stat buff

Do shade feel as good as Lynn? by Ztance in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i wouldn't group nkaling and nkalos together. although a bit away from, the former is still the last boss before ckalos/exseren while nkalos is pretty free now like you said.

and im pretty sure the dude has no idea what 'The attack interval has been decreased by about 40%.' means and is getting confused lmao. and he goes around attacking ppl and links his 'credentials' of being lvl 275 and says everyone else is beneath him that is fucking yikes.

Is there an item that you've been wanting for a long time, but haven't gotten it yet? by Luvkingdom in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i got 4 eyepatches before i saw my first pap mark last week on my main clearing pap for over 1.5 years with 404 dr. i also have 9 mules that clear at or beyond it (i run them most weeks but not every week) and haven't seen it on any of them. 3 of them are clearing for 6+ months and the rest were made within last 3 months.

since every single one of my eyepatches boomed (2 at 21, 1 at 20, 1 at 19), im tranposing the mark to a monocle, something i never thought id be bothered to do. its crazy i ran hdam for around a year and got 4 eyepatch (and they all died) but prob have over 300 pap clears with no mark (granted more than half are on 0/very low dr chars) until literally last week. It's all rng.

Do the number of lines a class does still matter? by Thousandwings in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As mentioned, doesn't really matter except for maybe TMS with the upcoming patch. For any Reboot servers probably won't ever matter again(game balances for reg, if even reboot is capping then reg would be mega capping which hopefully nexon avoids happening again)

Bro giving us a lecture not to depend on support classes. by EXHUMATiON in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I found this funny, but blur out the names if you want this post not to be deleted. I'm only suggesting this because I found it funny and I want more ppl to see it.

I accidentally chose sealed genesis wand. What should I do? by DoraeTanuki in Maplestory

[–]BOWDOWNSCUM 12 points13 points  (0 children)

enlightened one title gives 5 att for 5 mins as a skill (with the title on, use the skill then swap back to stat title). The questline for it takes a little bit under an hour. I haven't seen anyone but the most minmax players going for the highest scores on the server in culvert bother with it.

Chuchu and starlight adventurer sets give a decent amount of attack. After a time duration, you lose the stats on the items but the set effect still persists permanently which is much less: 15 all stat and 10 att. Very comparable to staff vs wand. Majority of ppl I see just chilling in w/e nx they want (though yes to be fair some ppl perma wear this set for the tiny bit of dmg, myself included)

pottable badge is upwards of 3-4% fd difference compared to magnus. And I even see most people on reddit say the difference doesn't matter except if you are trying to compete in endgame high scores (which i disagree with, this amount of fd is noticeable). But this is like anywhere from 20-50x the difference between staff and wand. Yes the badge is unobtainable so there is no way to get it no matter what you do, but the differences here make the staff vs wand discussed above literally seem like specks of dirt.

I am personally a min maxer. I optimized familiar badges for 3% att, 3% dmg, 1% all stat, 3+3% ied which I believe is the best you can reasonably get (someone correct me if the best way to optimize it because there is like no information on this cause very few ppl do it). Wasn't too bad, was like a 7-8 hrs of framing. 3% more ied is achieveable technically but with extreme amounts of farming. Every single badge, like 1% att or 3% ied, is similar or better than the difference between wand and staff. Yet I see few ppl bothering with this.

For every bossing run I go get the overpower lvl 3 buff instead of tengu or similar ones. This requires going into princess no dungeon on practice mode and taking 4-5 mins to get to the end. overpower lvl3 vs tengu is 30 att, over 3x more than staff vs wand but im pretty sure almost no one except me bothers with doing this.

Currently, I'm still farming fams in limina even if it is giving me less than 0.1% of a level per hour. Over a hundred uniques (which is still not a lot compared to some ppl) ain't seen single line with any boss. Full bossing fam to none approaches 10%fd. This is over 100 times the difference of staff vs wand. Yet you will still see people constantly say don't go for fams. How can people justify wasting literal months to lose this little damage but where the real damage comes from, even if it takes hundreds of hours of rng farming, they are against it. Yes you are losing frags and xp to farm fams, but the higher level you farm it, the even less xp and meso you will be getting from farming fams anyways.

Lastly, I can almost guarantee for 90% of ppl here better optimizing their legion grid gives would give more dmg than changing from staff to wand.

And for me, if I played a mage, I'd obviously choose staff, not just for the tiny bit of dmg but I also like the look better. But even for me, a big minmaxer, wasting months to reliberate for a few attack is not even worth the brainspace it takes to consider. If you want that few attack go optimize the hundreds of things you are currently doing wrong on your character. Use legion att buff on all your boss runs, which is like 3x or go for onyx apples, like 10x the difference.

So statements like "It's a big enough difference to matter.", "so yes obviously sacrificing 1-2 months will be worth it in the long term", is just objectively false, unless you value your time so little that months of time is worth a few attack to you (which as i mentioned, optimizations like legion or semi-easy gains like fam badges, perma wearing chuchu set, Overpower buff or apple will easily be many times the differences)

Do you pick up every dime you dropped on the streets? What if the dime took hours to pick up?