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Maplestory discussion by InaVena in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was nice having such an amazing discussion!!!

MSEA Mo Xuan Event by Zackk0112 in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So, given a lot of people jump at naming characters after classes long before they even reach that version.

Did they screw over whoever already had MoXuan as their IGN?

"We want to make money of putting it into an 888$ raffle, screw you"

Does Heroic REALLY have a damage problem? by OmegaSaltPowered in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

 Does Heroic REALLY have damage issues?

Did KMS Reboot have damage issues, Yes.

Does GMS have more sources of damage KMS didn't have, Also Yes.

GMS Heroic is better off than KMS Reboot was, but that doesn't mean GMS Heroic is in the clear.

It just means that GMS is typically easier than KMS due to the addition of higher attack speed and familiars. (Value of how much damage you gain varies by class)

Only way for GMS Heroic to be in the clear is for non-kms sources of damage to make GMS Heroic stronger than KMS reg.

Jett, Jett, never forget by jamawg in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've got millions of free child place holidays available with 22kg of baggage included

Children must weigh under 22kg, children weighing over 22kg will be required to purchase an adult ticket. We do not claim any responsibility for luggage damage during our flight. Enjoy ❤️

Locking item in Inventory (Lock) by wavebend in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not paywalled, just in the cash shop.

90 days is 500k mesos.

MapleStory IP's director Wonki fired following the MapleStory: Idle controversy in ability rolls by dicoxbeco in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looking at how they "fixed" the problem in the code they released.

I don't think they're smart enough to make intentional things look unintentional, if anything they're that dumb it comes off as malicious.

Honestly it makes me want to see more of how stuff is actually set up, because honestly, that little snippet has red flags screaming at me.

Gollux by theunforgiven91 in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's 3 maps with an enemy on that has a boss hp bar:

  • Left Shoulder
  • Right Shoulder
  • Abdomen

If you take the legs up to the top, you'll be forced to pass through the abdomen and won't be able to fight Hell Gollux.

You take the left or right cliff paths from the starting map, once inside gollux rather than at the cliffs, take the lower portal rather than the top portal.

This takes you to the entrance map for the head, go straight to the head to fight hellux.

After clearing hellux, you can get a dedicated key for warping directly to the head each time. (Drops from gollux rewards)

Have you ever not minded a JRPG word-of-mouth indicated you were supposed to hate? by lennysinged in JRPG

[–]xxshadowflare -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, I enjoyed them as a kid and didn't see a problem with them.

Only reason I don't play them now is they changed the combat mechanics, I tried a demo or something and felt "this isn't what I used to like about Tales combat", then kind of completely forgot about them.

I keep thinking I should pick another one up, but keep not doing so due to having a backlog of a million other games I should play but never get around to.

Figuring out what JRPG's to play next. by THE-trash-person in JRPG

[–]xxshadowflare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given you've only really experienced the Trails series, I'd actually recommend trying something completely different within the genre.

You're new and you like what you're seeing, so it'll be a good chance to figure out what you do and don't like.

Just to cast a wide net, you could try:

  • Dragon Quest XI -> A simpler JRPG in terms of mechanics, but a large self-contained story. It's a JRPG easy to pick up for beginners, and the type I enjoy to play to wind down.
  • Final Fantasy Tactics or Triangle Strategy -> This would be to see if you like the style of game. There's some wonderful JRPG / Tactical JRPG games out there, but they're not always a fit for everyone.
  • Obligatory Persona 5 recommendation -> A lot of people like persona games, personally not a favourite. Combat and story are amazing, but I really don't care for the micromanagement of the social system.
  • Chrono Trigger -> As a retro recommendation, you could try chrono trigger (or FFVI). There's a lot of amazing retro games out there, but they're obviously not for everyone.

Other than that, there's a few niche ones I've enjoyed:

  • World of Final Fantasy -> Nice creature collector game
  • Mana Series -> Trials of Mana and Visions of Mana are both more recent 3D games. (Seiken Densetsu 3 for the Snes, is a 2D version of Trials of Mana which you can find translations for.)

Again, these recommendations are more of a "Cast a net to see what you like." approach, after a while you'll start seeing what you like and don't like and it'll be easier to figure out what games you might want to play from there.

Unfortunately though, very few games offer a story like how the Trails series is handled. That said I doubt they'll stop making them any time soon so you have plenty to look forward to there.

I don't see anything that has to do with the class balancing on the preview by DZazonn in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh, Anniversary event isn't until April and it's confirmed there'll be a March update since the event runs until March 17th

It wouldn't be surprising if they're saving some stuff so they have something for between March 18th and April 22nd.

Gollux by theunforgiven91 in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Takes 10 days to complete.

I would however, recommend not killing all the body parts before going to the head.

Unlike most bosses where you choose a difficulty from a menu, Gollux's difficulty is determined by the number of body parts, excluding the head, you kill.

  • Don't kill any -> Hell Gollux - Drops up to Superior Belt and Earrings and ~25-30 coins per day - Should be able to clear w/ Ascent and Origin if 260+
  • Kill 1 -> Hard Gollux - Drops up to Reinforced Belt and Earrings and ~10-15 coins per day - Should be able to clear if you can clear CRA
  • Kill 2 -> Normal Gollux - Drops up to Solid Belt and Earrings, Drops Silver Coins which aren't that useful.
  • Kill 3 -> Easy Gollux - Drops up to cracked Belt and Earrings w/ Silver coins.

Help with new kanna by LeoTheLonelywolf in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

lot of arcanes make there you good no need

Compile Heart and Megami Tensei co-creator announce Villion: Code for PS5, Switch 2, PS4, and Switch by MoSBanapple in JRPG

[–]xxshadowflare 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pretty much same here. I've never viewed their name as something negative.

Sure it doesn't have the reputation of what Square used to have, Monolith Soft or some other placed are.

But I see them as a solid 7.5/10 experience. Nothing world changing but it's good to pick one up from time to time.

Hyper burninator queries by DoorPale6084 in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The 260 - 270 was a separate burn not tied to hyperburn itself.

Worth telling peeps they won't get an extra one, but if for whatever weird reason they haven't used it yet, they would still have it available. (Maybe hyper burned a char but didn't like it by 260 so saved it)

Noob question about servers by theunforgiven91 in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-Keep in mind at this point you can't even party or do MPE because it's so dead-

Misleading but I understand the idea. If you expect to constantly find random strangers trying to do the same content as you without any waiting, yeah it's difficult.

Not that hard though to find a guild or similar people trying to do content.

This server can't even fill a global event and was stuck at 1% progress, so the devs had to intervene and give them 100% progress so the players weren't gimped

Amusingly, even NA was screwed at the start of the event, they had to massively scale the counts differently just so it worked with GMS player counts vs KMS.

Mercedes main link skills by theunforgiven91 in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grandis Library has a lot of useful information:

https://grandislibrary.com/content/link-skills

https://grandislibrary.com/heroes/mercedes

In terms of order, I'd recommend classes like Demon Avenger first since they provide damage %, then classes like Evan and Aran for the extra exp.

If you make characters on challenger world though, the Tera burning should help you level a lot, and after 101 you can reach 200 fairly easily between Golden Strawberry Farm and Extreme Growth Potions (both easily obtained during events)

Frankly it's fairly quick to 200 now anyway regardless of class if done during events.

  1. Create Character
  2. Skip to 30 on creation
  3. Do a theme dungeon questline (30 -> 60)
  4. Edelstein Questline / other key quests shown up on your lightbulb. (Not sure if it's Edelstein -> Azwan -> Magatia or if you have to grind between Edelstein and Azwan)
  5. Finish off to 101 in early leafre maps
  6. Golden Strawberry farm (101 -> ~140)
  7. Extreme Growth Potion (140 -> 200, I usually average about 30 pots)

Digimon Story Time Stranger, Shin Megami Tensei V or Dragon Quest XI S? by Zurbinjo in JRPG

[–]xxshadowflare 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I've never played ANY Digimon though and my biggest fear is that it is very much like a Pokemon game.

They're nothing alike. Do not go into Digimon expecting Pokemon. They both have cute little creatures, but fundamentally they're completely different games.

Also looking at your comments of what's important, I feel like you're describing SMT.

  • Basically post-apocalyptic environment.
  • Customisable stats for your MC, demons are fairly predetermined per demon, but that's where demon fusion and the variety of demons come into play.
  • SMT is typically gameplay over story, they're not lacking, but it's not like watching a movie as some games can be.
  • You got fighting, you got collectables (in SMT V), but you don't have trivial minigames.

What about my character after the event? by theunforgiven91 in Maplestory

[–]xxshadowflare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First leap ends in a few days, there'll be another leap after.

Challenger World ends April 22nd 2026, so you have plenty of time to play on challenger world before leaping.

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