A small aside from the exciting Adventurer revamps brings some job balancing for Battlemages, Xenon, Aran, Evan, Mercedes, Luminous, and Kaiser, along with the new theme dungeon Riena Strait! There is also a new boss mode and some other changes that might interest you.
Oh yeah, a really old event that I think a lot of people liked has returned… see the end of the post for more information!
There were some ‘extra’ changes in this patch. The first thing has to do with buffs on your screen and how they appear! They will now be sorted in this order:
Etc | Beginner | 1st job | 2nd job | 3rd job | 4th job | Hyper | Pet skills | Link Skills
Of course, that means when you rebuff they’ll go into the slots they are supposed to go and will no longer appear on the right side of the screen.
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Next up, it’s sort of hard to explain but you know when monsters respawn, they do it every like 12 seconds right? Like no matter how many you kill, you have to wait a certain period of time until the game checks and spawns them. Well in this patch they reduced that time to about 6-7 seconds, so monsters will be respawning quicker for those who kill fast!
You can see a demonstration in the video above.
Battlemage’s previous skill reorganization was scrapped due to player feedback, but they have still received changes! All their Blow skills have had their damage increased and to fix the problem of large variable damage, new mastery skills and passives have been added as well.
And before you ask me, no, their character card has not changed. It still reduces damage taken.
Battlemage
First Job
Triple Blow: damage has been increased from 130% to 150%
Teleport: max level has been decreased from 15 to 5
New! Art of Staff: Gain knowledge of how to handle your staff, increasing your magic attack by 20 as well as your speed, jump, and maximum speed by 20%. (max level: 20)
Removed! Finish Attack
Second Job
Quad Blow: damage has been increased from 135% to 155%
Staff Booster: weapon speed boost has been decreased from 2 stages to 1
Blood Drain: max level has been decreased from 15 to 10
Third Job
Death Blow: damage has been increased from 140% to 165%
Superbody: duration has been increased to 150 seconds, max level has been increased from 10 to 20
Removed! Advanced Blue Aura: moved to 4th job
Fourth Job
New! Advanced Blue Aura: max level decreased to 10
Advanced Yellow Aura: max level decreased to 10, attack speed boost has been increased from 1 to 2
Advanced Dark Aura: max level decreased to 10
New! Staff Expert: Your mastery over the staff is increased to 70% as well as your magic attack by 30 and your minimum critical damage by 15%. (max level: 30)
Battle Rage: cooldown has been removed
Shelter: cooldown has been decreased from 420 seconds to 180
Finish Blow: damage has been increased from 200% to 240%, new effect of 20% defense ignore and 20% increased damage to bosses has been added
Hyper
Removed! Union Aura
New! Battle Master: Become a master of battle, fighting without fear, increasing your stance by 100%, your maximum critical damage by 20%, and your damage cap by 5,000,000 for 180 seconds. [required level: 150]
Wild Hunter
Some of Wild Hunter’s skills have been changed to not knockback enemies (I believe this applies to some of the Jaguar attacks).
Hyper
Rampage As One: range has been increased, cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
Mercedes
Fourth Job
Defense Break: new effects of 30% max critical damage and 15% boss damage have been added
Lightning Edge: new effect has been added where when used on a boss, a debuff will be applied for 10 seconds that increases Ring of Ishtar’s damage by 20% and ignores the boss’s touch damage
Ring of Ishtar: can now move while using this skill
Aran
the way basic attacks, Double Swing, and Triple Swing link together has been changed
Combo Drain and Combo Barrier have been active buff skills, they no longer require key commands
Evan
8th Growth
Onyx’s Protection: passive effect of 15% resistance to states and elements has been added
Hyper
Summon Onyx Dragon: duration has been increased from 3o to 45 seconds, cooldown has been decreased from 90 to 80 seconds, now when summoned your resistance to states and elements will be increased by 80%
Kaiser
can now use Nova Hero’s Will while Transfigured
Luminous
Equilibrium: damage done by Damage Reflect will now be reduced to 1 while in the Equilibrium state, Bless of Darkness’ orbs will no longer disappear if hit while in the Equilibrium state
Bless of Darkness: damage reduction effect will now apply to damage done by Damage Reflect, orbs will no longer disappear if a monster’s attack is Guarded or avoided, damage reduction will now be applied before Ordinary Magic Guard’s effect
Anti Magic Shell: Anti Magic Shell will now only be used up for status effects such as seduce, stun, zombify, and transform (among others), basic status effects (such as darkness or curse) will not use up the shield and will afflict you regularly, will not be used up if your resistance to states and elements activates and resists the status
Xenon character creation has been reopened!
Xenon
First Job
Multilateral II: new effect of 5% HP and MP when you have enough all stats has been added
Incline Power: passive all stats boost has been removed
Second Job
Multilateral III: new effect of 5% HP and MP when you have enough all stats has been added
Linear Perspective: passive all stats boost has been removed
Minority Report: all stats boost has been increased from 10 to 20
Third Job
Multilateral IV: new effect of 10% HP and MP when you have enough all stats has been added
Dual Breed Defensive: passive all stats boost has been decreased from 15 to 10
Fourth Job
Multilateral V: new effect of 10% HP and MP when you have enough all stats has been added
Ooparts Code: passive all stats boost has been deleted
A new theme dungeon for levels 50 or more called Riena Strait has been added! The water levels of the strait are rising suspiciously and affecting the penguin, malamute, and seal populations. Investigate the area and find the cause!
Go to Rien and go to the port in order to move to Riena Strait.
Riena Strait consists of 4 little areas as well as the Penguin Observation Hut and the witch Barabara’s home.
Here are the monsters of the area. As you can see, it’s the Black Wings that are the cause of the melting glacier! You must defeat them to save it!
After completing this theme dungeon, you get the Sailor Mask (2 to all stats, 55 HP and MP, 10 accuracy and avoid, 3 slots, level 60 face accessory) and the Apprentice Sailor medal (3 to all stats, 150 HP and MP, 15 accuracy and avoid).
After a long time, Ariant Coliseum has returned!! It is now for levels 50 to 80 and can be played 10 times per day. You can enter the queue from anywhere in Maple World or go to the party quest map and talk to Cesar.
If you haven’t played it (which I suggest you do! This place is so fun!), the goal is to get the Scorpions inside low then press F1 to capture them in jewels! Yep, they don’t require you to have slots for the items anymore, haha.
After time is up, the person with the most jewels wins!
Obviously you’ll want to stop others from getting points, which is what the bombs are for! Press F2 to lay down a bomb that will explode after a short period of time. If any other players are nearby, they will get stunned, knocked away, and also drop some of the jewels they have collected!
You will only have 10 bombs at the beginning, but you can get more from the Scorpions inside.
There are some other items that may appear during the game.
Fist: increases your attack and magic attack by 15 for 1 minute
Skull: inflicts Crazy Skull on one other player, reversing their arrow keys for 10 seconds
Shield: creates a shield for 1 minute that protects you from one bomb
Based on your number of jewels collected as well as your place in the match, you will gain Battle Points. Get enough and you can trade them in for the Ring of Battle, which is level 60 and untradeable and gives 5 to all stats, 1 attack and magic attack.
Easy Mode Magnus has been added, and can be fought in a party of 1 or more level 90+. You can defeat him 2 times per week and it does not share a limit with Normal or Hard Mode Magnus.
Easy Magnus (as well as Normal Mode now) will drop the new Kaiserium, which is level 110 and gives 110 attack. They can also drop the level 110 Nova set or the level 80 Helisium Belt.
The above monsters, from Crimsonwood Citadel, Colossus the Giant, and Fairy Academy Elinel, as well as from recent events have been added to Monster Life!
You can now also move left and right on the bottom bar of Monster Life by scrolling your mouse wheel~
Autopilot Riding has been expanded to the El Nath continent, Rien, and Ereb. You’ll need to buy an Autopilot License for 10,000 mesos if you wish to use it in El Nath.
A new store has been added in Leafre, owned by Bucklerman. He sells… mastery books! But these are special, he only has two kinds, the Mastery Book 20 and Mastery Book 30.
Opening one of them will allow you choose one of your skills to raise the master level of! I think it’s a great change to the really terrible Mystery Mastery Book system, haha.
The Pandora’s Box cash item has had its prizes updated, including level 140 Empress weapons, Chaos Pink Bean equipment, the Kaiserium from Easy Magnus, and a new Alchemist set!
Effie’s Box has also been updated with two new rare chairs, new autopilot mounts, and some game items.
The Trendy Royal Hair Coupon has been released for 3500 NX and can give you the above hairstyles.
Finally, a new pet, the Ice Knight has been released! His equipment is the Ice Stick, haha.
Until July 3, the Sheep Ranch Duel event will be taking place! Some of you might remember it, we had it a long time ago and it was really fun!
From 6am to midnight, every hour at XX:00, XX:15, XX:30, and XX:45, you will be invited to the Sheep Ranch. If five players accept, the game will begin!
You will be split into sheep and one wolf. To win, it depends on your team! If you’re a sheep, you have to have at least one of you left alive by the end of the 5 minutes while the wolf must win by stealing all of the sheeps’ wool!
The wolf will be given 4 skills to help him get the sheeps’ wool throughout the course of the game.
- Wool Snatcher (A): Set up a bomb that steals a sheep’s wool. Your supply will be replenished every 10 seconds. (maximum held at one time: 20)
- Chaos (S): Confuse all of the sheep, disorienting them.
- Wolf’s Threat (D): Startle all of the sheep, causing them to be unable to jump for a short period of time.
- Sheep Transformation (F): Transform yourself into a sheep to deceive the others. (Cooldown: 90 seconds)
The sheep will also have skills of course!
- Sheep’s Scream (A): Slow a nearby wolf’s movement speed for 5 seconds.
- Sheep’s Wit (S): Teleport to move away from danger.
- Self Protection (D): Protect yourself once from one of the wolf’s bombs.
- Thorny Plant (F): Summon a thorn to attack the wolf.
At the end, you’ll gain 1000 points if you won. There’s also bonus points, 50 per sheep wool collected for the wolf and 50 per farmer’s lunch collected for the sheep (maximum of 500 bonus points).
You can then trade in your points for prizes!
- Wolf Hat (3000 points): 5 to all stats, 1 atack and magic attack, 7 slots, tradeable through the account once
- Wolf Suit (3000 points): 6 to all stats, 1 attack and magic attack, 10 slots, tradeable through the account once
- Wolf Equipment Only Scroll (1000 points): 50% chance to add 7 all stats, 50% chance to break if failed, untradeable
In addition, if you are able to win 20 times, you will get the Master of the Sheep Ranch medal which gives 5 to all stats, and 5 attack and magic attack. The stats expire though… Also for 20 wins, you’ll gain access to Lv. 2 skills in the Sheep Ranch!
For sheep, Sheep’s Scream’s slow effect will be increased to 6 seconds and the Thorn Plant will now summon 2 thorns instead of one. For wolves, you can now hold 30 Wool Snatchers and the cooldown of Sheep Transformation is reduced to 60 seconds.
