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Sunday, September 8, 2013

kMSt ver. 1.2.489 – World Merged Party Quests, Hero & Resistance Changes!


MapleStory Resistance
A new patch has been released in Tespia, this time bringing world merged party quests (although only Moon Bunny’s Rice Cake and First Accompaniment are available right now) along with skill updates to some heroes, Battle Mage, Wild Hunter, and Mechanic!
I’m sorry for the late post but I have been super busy this week with moving to university and such, and will probably be even more busy when classes start… my posts may be very late. I’m sort of debating to pause this blog for the moment until I can decide if I have enough time to keep it up, but I’ll try for now!
Party Quest Union Entrance
Party quests are now world merged! Participate in them with characters from other worlds~ After clearing them, you’ll receive experience based on your level and Party Points which can be used to buy certain items. But you cannot party with characters that have a difference of 20 or more levels.
Items you can buy with Party Points include:
  • Gooey Shoes (Lv. 60)
  • Rainbow Rice Cake on Your Head (Lv. 100)
  • Moon Bunny and Slime Chair
  • 60% Party Quest One-handed/Two-handed Weapon for Attack/Magic Attack
  • 100% Party Quest One-handed/Two-handed Weapon for Attack/Magic Attack
  • Party Quest Damage Skin
Let’s move on to the skill changes. I think that the ones for Phantom and Luminous don’t count, and they didn’t even touch Aran haha. Maybe future patches?

Evan

  • Dragon Thrust: damage has been increased from 200% to 235%
  • Breath: number of hits has been increased from 1 to 2, damage has been decreased from 800% to 420%
  • Earthquake: number of hits has been increased from 1 to 4, damage has been decreased from 860% to 325%
  • Flame Wheel: damage has been increased from 420% to 485%
  • Blaze: number of hits has been increased from 3 to 5, damage has been idecreased from 450% to 305%

Mercedes

  • Speed Dualshot: number of hits has been increased to 3, damage has been increased from 115% to 125%
  • Charge Drive: damage has been increased from 130% to 210%
  • Final Shot: damage has been increased from 70% to 85%
  • Strike Dualshot: damage has been increased from 120% to 200%
  • Leap Tornado: damage has been increased from 135% to 195%
  • Unicorn Spike: damage has been increased from 140% to 195%
  • Ishtar’s Ring: damage has been increased from 150% to 155%
  • Legendary Spear: damage has been increased from 540% to 580%

Phantom

  • Double Pierce: damage has been increased from 160% to 178%

Luminous

  • Nox Spear: damage has been increased from 361% to 371%

Battlemage

  • Teleport: vertical distance has been increased
  • Triple Blow: damage has been increased from 150% to 155%
  • Hyper Dark Chain: max level has been decreased from 20 to 10
  • Ordinary Conversion NEW! Ordinary Conversion (2nd): Permanently increase your HP by 100%. (max level: 10)
Battle Spurt Effect
  • Battle Spurt NEW! Battle Spurt (3rd): Rush forward, pushing up to 8 enemies while dealing 565% damage. This skill can be linked after using Hyper Dark Chain and Finish Blow can be linked after using this skill. Passive effect: increase Hyper Dark Chain’s damage by 30%. (max level: 10)
  • Revive: has been changed into an on/off skill
  • REMOVED! Conversion: changed to a passive in second job
  • Shelter: in addition to existing effects, Shelter now decreases damage taken from % HP attacks by 10%
Big Crunch Aura Effect
  • Big Crunch Aura NEW! Big Crunch Aura (4th): Maximize the effects of all your current Auras for 150 seconds, increasing their boosts by 30x. This skill cannot be used if Super Body is active. There is a cooldown of 90 seconds. (max level: 10)
  • Dark Genesis: in addition to existing effects, while Dark Genesis is on cooldown your attacks will have a 60% chance to deal an extra hit of 220% damage, cooldown has been changed to 30 seconds at all levels

Wild Hunter

  • Triple Shot: damage has been increased from 130% to 150%
  • Double Jump: has been changed into Triple Jump, allowing you to jump up to 2 times while in the air
  • Bomb Shot: effect has been changed to create a shockwave, allowing you to hit monsters that are too short to be hit by the arrow
  • Jaguar Roar: max level has been decreased from 15 to 10, damage has been increased from 325% to 330%
  • Soul Arrow: max level has been increased from 5 to 10, in addition to existing effects Soul Arrow now gives 30 attack
Howling Effect
  • Howling: an effect has been added for when the buff’s avoid takes place
  • Wild Shot: damage has been increased from 184% to 310%
  • Claw Cut: damage has been increased from 200% to 215%, in addition to existing effects Claw Cut now knockbacks monsters
  • Crossroad: you will now move forwards even if there are no monsters in front of you
  • Draw Back NEW! Draw Back (3rd): When activated, your Jaguar will begin to move backwards while you continue to shoot forwards. However, if you use White Heat Rush or Triple Jump, you will move forwards. On/off skill. Passive effect: permanently reduce damage taken by 10%. (max level: 10)
White Heat Rush Effect
  • White Heat Rush NEW! White Heat Rush: Your Jaguar heats up and rushes upwards, pushing up to 8 enemies for 233% damage. (max level: 10)
  • REMOVED! Concentrate: moved to Soul Arrow
  • Wild Vulcan: damage has been increased from 270% to 285%, you can now jump down while using this skill
Armored Crimson
A new Jaguar called Armored Crimson has been added, which gives extra resistance to statuses and damage reduction. It can be found by going to the hidden Jaguar grounds and catching it.

Mechanic

  • Mechanic Dash: can now be used in the air
  • Flame Launcher: damage has been increased from 80% to 166%
  • Drill Rush: damage has been increased from 200% to 260%, can now move forward even without monsters in front of you
  • Atomic Hammer: number of hits has been increased to 2, damage has been decreased from 460% to 395%
  • Open Gate: GX-9: max level has been decreased from 10 to 5
  • Rocket Punch: damage has been increased from 180% to 350%, delay has been decreased
  • Healing Robot: H-LX: in addition to existing effects, Healing Robot now passively gives 30% resistance to statuses and elements
  • Laser Blast: damage has been increased from 500% to 505%, attack speed has been increased
  • War Machine: Titan: in addition to existing effects, War Machine now passively gives 30% reduced damage from monsters
  • Metal Armor Extreme: in addition to existing effects, Metal Armor Extreme now increases your HP by both the flat amount + 30% of your HP
  • NEW! Metal Armor: Hovering (Hyper): Change your Missile Tank into a hovering craft, allowing you to move while using Heavy Machine Gun.
  • REMOVED! Reactive Metal Armor: effects have been moved to War Machine: TItan, Metal Armor Extreme, and Healing Robot: H-LX
Thanks to Locked of Southperry for the skill icons and effects!
Updated Storage
The item storage UI has been updated! It has a new ‘item find’ button for those of you with a lot of slots, and you can quickly expand it with a new + Slot Add button as well.
New Emotes
Also, many new emotes were added in this patch! They all have to do with characters in the Korean alphabet, haha.