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Lately MapleStory has been having many issues with they’re server stability, this has caused the game to go offline many times, and even have a three day rollback. Due to all of these Server stability problems, Nexon has decided to extend one of they’re compensations where everyone is given 3x EXP/Drop.

Here is Nexon’s official statement:

 

Dear Maplers,

Due to stability issues and down time this week, we’ve extended the 3x EXP and drop event and added four days of 2x EXP and drop. See below for the updated schedule!

-3x EXP and Drop Event-
This event will run continuously until 11:59 PM Pacific on Wednesday, February 8.

-2x EXP and Drop Event-
12:00 AM Pacific, Thursday, February 9 – 11:59 PM Pacific, Sunday, February 12.

See you in game soon, and happy Mapling!- The Maple Team -

-Kaizon

 

Source(s).

http://maplestory.nexon.net

 

Welcome back to Maple-News everyone!

During the time we have been offline, Maple Story has gone thorough quite a number of updates. The last game update that we covered was Ascension, ever since then Maple Story has gone through several updates. The Legend Update

Here are the official patch notes for game update v.106 – Alliance Rising:

New Skills

All classes can gain a new skill:

• Willpower of Alliance (Master level 1): Permanently increases STR/DEX/INT/LUK/ATT/M.ATT +5. Can be obtained by completing The Birth of an Alliance quest. Req Lev: 75

Aran gained two new skills:

• Regained Memory Master Level 1):An Aran exclusive skill that can be obtained through the Arkarium quests. Permanently increases ATT +10, Weapon DEF +300, Speed +10, Critical Rate +5%, and Additional 5% damage when attacking a boss monster.
• Physical Training (Master Level 10): This is a new passive skill that permanently increases STR and DEX.

Evan gained three new skills:

• Inherited Will (Master Level 1): An Evan-exclusive skill that can be obtained through the Arkarium quests. Permanently increases M. ATT + 10, M. DEF +300, HP+15%, All Stats +10, and additional 5% damage when attacking a boss monster.
• High Wisdom (Master Level 10): Passive buff. Permanently increases INT.
• Teleport Mastery (Master Level 10): Active buff. Permanently increases the teleport distance. When Teleport skill is used, the enemies near by the destination are hit with damage and stunned at a set rate.

Silent Crusade Reloaded

The Black Mage stops at nothing to get his way, even if that means altering time to wipe out the past victories of the Silent Crusade. Rediscover the adventure of Silent Crusade and build camaraderie with Starling and Crow.

Version Update Information

• The newest version of Silent Crusade has been added.
• The previous version of Silent Crusade has been removed. Players can no longer complete the quests in progress.
• Previous version of Crusader Coin has been replaced with the new version.
• The Silent Crusade Supply Box NPCs were removed from each town. You can access the shop by talking to Wence in the Silent Crusade Hideout in Edelstein, which is accessible through the hidden portal to the right in the Edelstein City Hall map.
• Existing Crusader medals, rings, belts, shoulder equipments, and necklaces will remain in the user’s possession and will not be removed.
• No change was made to the Crusader Codex.
• Master Monsters Portals were renamed Mystic Gates.
• You will interact with both Starling and Crow regardless of your character’s gender.

Contents

• Requirement: You must be level 45 or higher to start the quest chain.
• The [Silent Crusade] A Cry for Help quest will be delivered through the Event Notifier icon once you reach level 45.
• The Silent Crusade is a secret group in Maple World that specializes in eliminating especially powerful monsters.
• You will hunt many existing Master Monsters as well as several all new ones.
• Master Monsters are placed in their own unique maps which are accessible through the Mystic Gate. Location of each Mystic Gate is specified in the quest dialogs.
• You can enter the Mystic Gates 15 times a day.
• You no longer need to be in a party to enter.
• Additional Master Monsters unrelated to the Silent Crusade story line have also been moved from their regular maps to special maps that can be reached by going through the Mystic Gates.
• Completing the quests earns you rings, EXP, potions, medals, and Crusader Coins.
• You can purchase various special items through Wence in the Silent Crusade hideout in Edelstein.
• The Crusader Shop contains various potions, weapons, armors, scrolls, and more.

New Boss Expedition: Arkarium

• Character Requirement: You must be level 120 or higher and must have completed the Silent Crusade and Arkarium chain quests.
• Expedition Requirement: Each Arkarium Expedition can include 6 to 18 characters.
• You can access the waiting map through a new portal at the end of Three Doors in Temple of Time.
• If you die in the battle, you will be resurrected in a map that is only a portal away from them battle.

Rewards:
• Dominator Pendant (Untradeable, Unique Equipped Item, REQ LEV: 140, All Classes, PENDANT, STR/DEX/INT/LUK+20, MaxHP/MaxMP+10%, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT+3, Weapon DEF/Magic DEF+100, Number of upgrades available: 5, Can be traded once with Platinum Scissors of Karma, Permanently raises Ambition/Willpower/Charm+120 when equipped)
• Fragment of Distorted Time (Untradeable. A scroll for the Dominator Pendant only. Success Rate: 70%, PAD+3, MAD+3, All Stats+3, PDD+25, MDD+25, MaxHP+25, ACC+30, EVA+30, Speed+3, Jump+2, If fails, the item will be destroyed at 100%.)
• Berserker’s Eternal Ring (Part of Immortal Hero Set) (Trade disabled when equipped, Unique Equipped Item, REQ LEV: 30, All Classes, RING, STR/DEX/INT/LUK+5, Weapon ATT+2, Weapon DEF/Magic DEF +30, Accuracy +75, Number of Upgrades Available: 1, Can be traded once with Platinum Scissors of Karma, Permanently raises Ambition/Willpower/Charm+80 when equipped.)
• Guardian’s Eternal Ring (Part of Immortal Hero Set) (Trade disabled when equipped, Unique Equipped Item, REQ LEV: 30, All Classes, RING, STR/DEX/INT/LUK+5, Weapon DEF+150, Magic DEF+50, Avoidability+75, Number of Upgrades Available: 1, Can be traded once with Platinum Scissors of Karma, Permanently raises Ambition/Willpower/Charm+80 when equipped.)
• High Lord’s Eternal Ring (Part of Eternal Hero Set) (Trade disabled when equipped, Unique Equipped Item, REQ LEV: 30, All Classes, RING, STR/DEX/INT/LUK+5, Magic ATT+2, Weapon DEF/Magic DEF +30, Accuracy +75, Number of Upgrades Available: 1, Can be traded once with Platinum Scissors of Karma, Permanently raises Ambition/Willpower/Charm+80 when equipped.)
• Oracle’s Eternal Ring (Part of Eternal Hero Set) (Trade disabled when equipped, Unique Equipped Item, REQ LEV: 30, All Classes, RING, STR/DEX/INT/LUK+5, Weapon DEF+50, Magic DEF+150, Avoidability+75, Number of Upgrades Available: 1, Can be traded once with Platinum Scissors of Karma, Permanently raises Ambition/Willpower/Charm+80 when equipped.)

Set effects:
• Immortal Hero Set: Equip both Berserker’s Eternal Ring and Guardian’s Eternal Ring. All Stats+15, Weapon ATT+10.
• Eternal Hero Set: Equip both High Lord’s Eternal Ring and Oracle’s Eternal Ring. All Stats+15, Magic ATT +10.

New Quests

The Birth of an Alliance Chain Quest

• The Birth of an Alliance chain quest has been added. Witness the branches of justice coming together at last and gain a new skill, Willpower of Alliance.
• To start, accept the following quest through the Event Notifier icon (a lightbulb) on the left side of the screen once you meet the requirements.

Requirements:

• Explorer (Including Cannoneer and Dual Blade): Reach lv. 75.
• Cygnus Knights: Complete [Capture the Puppeteer!], Reach lv. 75.
• Aran: Complete [Neinheart's Gratitude], Reach lv 75.
• Evan: Complete [The Target of Rage], Reach lv 75.
• Resistance: Complete [Protecting Surl], Reach lv 40.
• Demon Slayer: Complete [Outside World?], Reach lv 40.
• Mercedes: Complete [Enemy and Friend], Reach lv. 75.

Rewards:
• A new skill, Willpower of Alliance (see the Skills section)
• A medal, A Member of the Maple Alliance (Exclusive item, Untradeable, All Classes, Type: Medal, Max HP +500, Max MP +500)
• The player has to talk to Cygnus one last time to get their medal and leave the Conference Room of the Alliance.

New and Revised Mini Dungeons

Three new mini dungeons were added. One mini dungeon was revamped.

Newly Added:

• Ludibrium: Clock Tower Lower Floor, Forgotten Path of Time <1>
• Ludus Lake: Omega Sector, Kulan Field <1>
• Nihal Desert: Ariant Town, The Burning Sand: Cactus Desert <1>

Revised:
• Nihal Desert: Magatia, Sahel Desert II (Monster and level design revamp)

New Hidden Streets

Three new hidden streets were added.

• End of Cave:
  Location: Upper left corner of the Drake Cave: Cave Exit map
  Appearing Monsters: Drakes, Snack Bar
• Silent Stillness 1 and 2:
  Location: Upper left corner of the Cursed Temple: Temple Entrance map
  Appearing monsters: Wild Kargo

Revised Contents Hero Revamp: Aran and Evan

• Aran and Evan’s skills were revamped.
• All Aran and Evan characters will receive 3 SP Reset Scrolls if they log in between the patch date and February 14th.
• You can use the SP Reset Scrolls by double clicking on the item. All of the distributed SP will be reset and be available for your use.
• The SP Reset Scrolls will be put into your USE inventory. If your inventory is full, make space and log-out/log-in to receive the items.
• You must use the SP Reset Scrolls within 2 weeks once you receive them. The SP Reset Scrolls will be automatically deleted after the expiration date stated on the item.
• SP Reset Scrolls are given only once per character.

 

Aran’s skills were revised as follows:

• Combo Ability: Movement speed temporarily increases every 10 Combo counts.
• Combat Step: Additional passive buff: Speed +15, maximum Speed cap +20. Cooldown has been significantly reduced. The distance covered with the skill has been increased.
• Final Charge: The mastery level has been decreased from 20 to 10. The distance covered with skill has been increased.
• Combo Drain: Duration of the buff has been significantly increased.
• Rolling Spin: Damage has been increased.
• Might: Additional passive buff: ATT and DEF increase.
• Combo Critical: Additional active buff: max Critical Damage increase.
• Cleaving Blows: Additional active buff: Increased chance of ignoring the monster’s DEF. Damage reduction rate has been increased (i.e. less damage is lost when hitting multiple enemies.)
• Combo Judgment: Attacks 3 times instead of 1.
• Final Blow: Attacks 3 times instead of 1. A chance to ignore the mosnter’s DEF. Increased hitting range.
• Combo Barrier: The buff duration has been slightly increased.
• High Defense: Damage reduction rate has been increased (i.e. less damage is lost when hitting multiple enemies.)
• Combo Tempest: Passive effect of permanently increasing the Combo Judgment damage has been added.
• Sudden Strike: The damage increase for Final Toss and Final Charge has been raised.

 

Evan’s skills were revised as follows:

• Dragon Soul: Added passive buff: Attack Speed +1, Weapon DEF +145, Magic DEF +145.
• Magic Guard: Damage to MP conversion rate has been increased to 85%. Buff duration has been significantly increased.
• Ice Breath: Damage has been increased.
• Elemental Decrease: The skill has become a 5th job skill.
• Slow: The skill has been removed.
• Magic Flare: Damage has been increased.
• Dragon Thrust: Damage has been increased.
• Magic Booster: The attack speed increase amount has been changed to 2.
• Breath: Damage and maximum target count have been increased.
• Killer Wings: Damage has been increased.
• Dragon Fury: Magic ATT increase rate has been raised to 35%.
• Earthquake: Damage has been increased. Maximum target count at skill level 1 is set to 6.
• Onyx Shroud: Master level was reduced from 20 to 15.
• Recovery Aura: Master level was reduced from 10 to 5.
• Illusion: Inflicted damage amount and ignored monster DEF amount have been increased.
• Flame Wheel: Attack count is increased to 3. Total cumulative damage is increased. Maximum target count has been increased to 8.
• Blessing of the Onyx: M.ATT increase amount has been raised.
• Blaze: Inflicted damage amount and ignored monster DEF amount have been increased.
• Soul Stone: Maximum target count has been increased to 6.
• Onyx Will: The body attack effect was removed. Damage reduction effect has been added.

General Skill Changes

• A Mercedes skill bug has been fixed. (Monsters were not being knocked back when Gust Dive and Charge Drive were used in succession.)
• Demon Slayer’s Binding Darkness and Warrior’s (Explorer) Magic Crash cannot be used consecutively on monsters. (Monsters that are affected by Binding Darkness or Magic Crash will resist the skills at 100% for 1 minute after the effect wears off.)

General Themed Dungeon Revamps

• Mushroom Castle, Kerning Square, and Chryse were revamped.
• The starting and completion requirements of some quests have become less strict.
• Themed dungeon maps were redesigned for smoother game play.
• EXP rewards from quests have been significantly increased.
• Players will no longer be able to kick a party member from the party during a party quest.

Dungeon Specific Changes

Mushroom Castle

• Players can now enter the map for the [Bringing Down King Pepe] quest alone.

Chryse

• Players can now enter the map for the [Challenging Xerxes] quest alone.
• When a party member picks up Xerxes’s Necklace, the item will appear in every party member’s inventory so long as they are in the same map.

Kerning Square

• When a party member picks up Spirit of Rock’s Music Score, the item will appear in every party member’s inventory so long as they are in the same map.

Pet Speed Revision

• Speed of the pets will automatically match their master’s.
• You no longer have to complete the [Kenta's Advice] quest.
• [Kenta's Advice] will no longer be available.

Crimsonwood Keep Party Quest Revamp: Part 1

• The Crimsonwood Keep Party Quest (CWKPQ) is available again.
• The original 5 Explorer classes can participate. (Warrior, Magician, Bowman, Thief, Pirate)
• The three Legends classes, Cannoneer, Mercedes, and Demon Slayer, can participate now.
• Additional classes will be added later as Part 2 of the revamp.
• The newly added classes can use the following 2nd job skills in Stage 2:
• Cannoneer (Pirate): Scatter Shot, Barrel Bomb
• Mercedes (Bowman): Piercing Storm, Rising Rush
• Demon Slayer (Warrior): Soul Eater, Dark Thrust

There are many Skill Changes along with the new skills added to the Aran and Evan classes. The Silent Crusade quest line is finally updated, and there is a new Expedition Boss added, Arkarium. Akarium brings along many new items, that give some nice buffs. CWKPQ is finally back now, which is relieving so many Maplers. Several changes to the Dungeons were added as they are made to be more helpful.

The new events being added can be found below:

 

Events New Legends Shop

• NPC Lucia has been added to the major towns of Maple World.
• Open from February 1 to March 8.
• The shop sells various Legends exclusive equips and scrolls that can upgrade the item.
• The items can be purchased by Legends Maple Coins.
• You can obtain the Legends Maple Coins by trading in the Legends Maple Leaves. (100 Legends Maple Leaves = 1 Maple Coin.) Legends Maple Leaf is a monster drop item.
• Legends Maple Coins can be obtained through the [Raise a Maple Coin Tree] quest as well.

Legendary Thank You Events

Protect the Fireworks Festival

• February 1 – February 28
• You must be level 10 or higher.
• Talk to Gaga and receive the Wet Fireworks item. Keep it in the SETUP inventory for 30 minutes to turn it into 1 Dry Fireworks. Wet Fireworks will disappear if you log out before it turns into Nice Dry Fireworks. (Repeatable)
• Rewards: EXP (varies by character level)

[Legends] Legends of Happiness!

• February 1 – March 14
• Reach level 50 or level 70 on one of the Legends classes (Cannoneer, Mercedes, Demon Slayer). Accept the quest from Gaga.
• Rewards: At level 50, Tania Cloak (Cash Decorative Item, Cape, Charm +30) At level 70: Mercury Cloak (Cash Decorative Item, Cape, Charm +30)

[Legends] I’m the Legendary Hero!

• February 1 – March 14
• Equip the full set of 7 Legendary Maple Armors and use the Orange Mushroom 30-day mount.
• The full set contains the following:
• The Orange Mushroom 30-Day mount can be obtained through the [From Golden Leaves to Mushrooms?] quest.
• Reward: The True Legendary Hero Medal (All classes, STR/DEX/INT/LUK +8, MaxHP/MaxMP/ACC/Avoidability +80, In Battle Mode: ATT +2)

How to obtain the Legendary Maple Armors

• The Legendary Maple Armors can be found in the Legendary Maple Box.
• They are also available through NPC Lucia: Legends Shop with Legends Maple Coins.
• Legends Maple Coins can be obtained by trading Legends Maple Leaves (monster drop item) or completing the [Raise a Maple Coin Tree] quest.

How to obtain the Orange Mushroom 30-day mount

• You can obtain the mount through Gachapon.
• You can also obtain the mount by collecting Golden Maple Leaves and completing the [From Golden Leaves to Mushrooms?] quest.
• The Golden Maple Leaves can be obtained through [From Golden Leaves to Mushrooms?], [A Golden Maple Leaf A Day!], and [Monsters and the Golden Maple Leaf!].

Raise a Maple Coin Tree

• February 1 – February 14
• You must be level 10 or higher.
• Monsters in your level range will drop the Legends Maple Coin Trees. Double-click the item to put it into an item pot, which is accessible through your inventory (the [I] key).
• Feed the tree with ETC or Equip items in your level range to make them fall asleep. The tree will be available for harvesting in 30 minutes. (Repeatable)
• Only the monsters whose level falls between 20 levels above or 10 levels below your character’s level will drop the Legends Maple Coin Trees.
• Rewards: Legends Maple Coins, Sunrise Dew, Reindeer Milk, or the Legendary Maple Tree buff.
• The Legendary Maple Tree buff varies by the character’s level:
  Lv. 1: ATT/M.ATT +10, MaxHP/MaxMP +100, Speed +20 for 30 minutes.
  Lv. 2: ATT/M.ATT +20, MaxHP/MaxMP +200, Speed + 20 for 30 minutes.
  Lv. 3: ATT/M.ATT +30, MaxHP/MaxMP +400, Speed+20 for 30 minutes.

From Golden Leaves to Mushrooms?

• February 11 – March 14
• You must be level 13 or higher.
• Obtain 10 Golden Maple Leaves and talk to Gaga.
• Reward: 1 Orange Mushroom 30-Day Coupon

A Golden Maple Leaf A Day!

• February 1 – March 14
• Pre-requisite: Accept [From Golden Leaves to Mushrooms?].
• Accept the quest from Gaga. Afterwards, you can accept the quest from Gaga and receive the reward for each day you log in. (Repeatable once a day)
• Reward: 1 Golden Maple Leaf

Monsters and the Golden Maple Leaf!

• February 15 – March 14
• Pre-requisite: Accept [From Golden Leaves to Mushrooms?].
• Accept the quest from Gaga and eliminate 500 monsters in your level range. (Repeatable)
• Only the monsters whose level falls between 20 levels above and 10 levels below your character’s level will count.
• Rewards: 1 Golden Maple Leaf

Valentine’s Day Events

• February 8 – February 21
• Help to untangle the complicated love rectangle of Maple NPCs and reap EXP, buffs, and random rewards from the Valentine’s Day Box.
• Each Valentine’s Day Box may contain one of many goodies, including the 2 Advanced Equip Enhancement Scrolls Coupon, 2 Equip Enhancement Scrolls Coupon, 2 Advanced Potential Scrolls Coupon, 2 Potential Scrolls Coupon and more.

Gaga’s Confession

• Talk to Gaga and accept the quest. Monsters Bring 100 Gift Wrapping Papers back. (Repeatable)
• The quest item can be obtained from all monsters.
• Reward: EXP (varies by character level) and 1 Valentine’s Day Box

Admin’s Heart

• Talk to Maple Administrator and accept the quest. Bring 100 Chocolates back. (Repeatable)
• The quest item can be obtained from all monsters.
• Reward: EXP (varies by character level) and 1 Valentine’s Day Box

Inkwell’s One-sided Love

• Talk to Inkwell and receive 1 Melted Chocolate. Keep the item in your inventory for 30 minutes to turn it into 1 Completed Chocolate. (Repeatable)
• Reward: EXP (varies by character level) and 1 Valentine’s Day Box

Who Does Cassandra Like?

• Talk to Cassandra. Eliminate 1 Cake Monster that appears in certain maps.
• Reward: EXP (varies by character level) and 1 Valentine’s Day Box

Love Spreader

• Receive a buff from Cody every time you complete a set of the 4 Valentine’s Day quests above.
• Reward: Valentine’s Day Buff (ATT/M. ATT +30)

Legendary Memories Events

• February 22 – March 7
• You must be level 10 or higher.
• Celebrate the legendary memories with 7 days of events and a mountain of rewards.
• Talk to Cassandra. Eliminate 50 daily quest items from the monsters of your level range and receive rewards. (Repeatable every 5 minutes.)
• Only the monsters whose level is 10 levels will drop the items.
• Quest items will drop after you accept the quest.
• Receive the Memory Journal through the Legendary Memories quest to keep track of your events.

Rewards:

• Day 1: EXP, 20 Power Elixirs
• Day 2: EXP, 3 Virtue’s Blessing
• Day 3: EXP, Choose 1 from the following:
  3 Legendary Mimir’s Well Water and 1 Bling Bling Monkey or
  3 Legendary Mimir’s Well Water and 1 Red Bling Bling Monkey
• Day 4: EXP, 3 1.5x EXP Coupons
• Day 5: EXP, 1 Advanced Equip Enhancement Scroll
• Day 6: EXP, 1 Potential Scroll
• Day 7: EXP, 1 Memory Box (One per day), 1 Legend Sweet and Tangy Earrings (Req Lev: 75, All classes, Untradeable, Category: Earring, STR/DEX/INT/LUK +3, DEF +50, Magic DEF +50, Available Upgrades: 5, This item can be transferred within an account once using a Sharing Tag.).

Each Memory Box may contain the following:

Elven Glasses, Pink Beach Parasol Chair, Clean Slate Scroll 10%, Potential Scroll, Special Potential Scroll, 3 1.5x EXP Coupon, 3 Legendary Mimir’s Well Water, 3 Virtue’s Blessing, 20 Power Elixirs, or 20 Watermelons

 

The events seem quite rewarding!

 

Cash Shop Update New Pet: Storm Dragon and More

• The new 90-day Storm Dragon pet has been added to the Cash Shop.
• Its respective food item was added: Dragon Food.
• Its respective pet equips was added: Dragon Orb.
• It is also available as a package: Imperial Dragon Package (contains the 90-day Dragon pet, 1 Dragon Food, and 1 Dragon Orb)
• Available under the New section of the Event tab.

New Legendary Booster Pack

• The new Legendary Booster Pack gives out 3 Rare or higher ranked Familiars, one below Lv. 50, one below Lv. 100, and one Lv. 100 or higher.
• Rare and Legendary familiars will each possess a unique skill.
• Each pack comes with a Volatile Legend Familiar Stamp. Collect 20 and double-click on the icon to receive a special ticket.
• Double-click on the special ticket to receive a random Legendary familiar.
• Available under the New section of the Event tab.

AP and SP Reset Bundle Sale

• AP and SP Reset Bundles are available for a limited time in the Cash Shop.
• Available are: AP Reset (20), SP Reset – 1st Job (5), SP Reset – 2nd Job (5), SP Reset – 3rd Job (5), and SP Reset – 4th Job (5).
• Each AP Reset allows you to remove one Ability Point from a stat and reallocate it to another stat.
• Each SP Reset allows you to remove one Skill Point from a skill from a particular job tier and then reallocate it to another skill in the corresponding job tier.
• Available under the Event section of the Event tab.

New Functional Item: Portable Storage

• Gain unlimited access to Storage Keeper from almost anywhere for 30 days. The item is activated when purchased.
• Available under the New section of the Event tab.

New Functional Item: Sharing Tag

• Move the valuable untradeable items once from one character in your account to another.
• Expires in 90 days if unused.
• Available under the New section of the Event tab.

New Permanent Decorative Items

• Winged Shoes, Bastille Hat, X-Ray Glasses, Traveler’s Cape
• Available under the New section of the Event tab.

Limited-time Permanent Weapon Covers

• Can be equipped over all weapons, including Hand Cannons and Dual Bowguns.
• Full list: Janus Sword, Sachiel Sword, Veamoth Sword, Shooting Star, Butterfly Staff, Giant Pop with a Swirl, Fly Blue Bird, Blizzard Stick, Magic Heart Stick, Ducky Tube, Bunny Umbrella, Mini Wind Archer, Mini Night Walker, Mini Thunder Breaker, Mini Dawn Warrior, Mini Blaze Wizard, Rainbow Umbrella, Elizabeth Fan, Chocolate Dipped Stick, Orange Seraphim, Dynamic Seraphim, Bloody Ruby Sabre, Dark Magneta Sabre, Ombra & Luce Sabre, Pink Angel Syringe, Strawberry Delight
• Available under the New section of the Event tab.

Continuing Sale: All Stars Hair Coupon

• Grab an All Stars Hair Coupon, then head to Big Headward in Henesys Hair Salon to implement a random new look.
• You can find the All Stars Hair Coupon by entering the Cash Shop and going to the Event section under the Event tab.

Fixes

• The Party Play mobs in Henesys Ruins have been fixed and users can now get proper Party Play EXP in Knight District 1, Knight District 2, Knight District 3, Knight District 4, Knights’ Chamber 1, Knights’ Chamber 2 . Knights’ Chamber 3, Knights’ Chamber 4, Knights’ Chamber 5.
• The Store Remote Pic issue has been resolved.
• The Starling Face with purple eyes no longer appear as the Crow Face.
• The description for Cannon Strike has been corrected.
• The untranslated text that appears when you hover over Crossroads of Ereve and The Town of Ariant while on the world map has been translated.

Known Issues

• Craw’s Pirate Hat is mislabeled as “Craw’s Telescope.”

The Cash Shop updates can be found above.

The patch is not such a bulky patch, just beginning to revamp the Heroes.

Let us know how you feel about the new classes, Cannoneers, Mercedes, and Demon Slayer, being added in the comments below.

-Impulse

 

Source(s).

http://maplestory.nexon.net

It’s been expected that Nexon would take action against hackers ruining MapleStory. Fortunately, they did:

LOS ANGELES (CN) – The Korean distributor of the online role-playing game MapleStory is trying to stop hackers from selling cheats to players through two websites.
Nexon Korea Corp. and Nexon America sued the creators and operators of the GamerSoul and Riu Kazaki websites, where MapleStory players can buy the infringing cheats and hacks.
The companies want to shut down the websites under the Copyright Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
“Nexon Korea Corporation and Nexon America, Inc. (collectively, ‘Nexon’) bring this lawsuit to put an immediate stop to, and seek redress for, defendants’ insidious and harmful practice of developing, distributing, and selling, for a profit, software products (sometimes referred to as ‘hacks’ or ‘cheats’) that modify or alter the online component of MapleStory in a manner that destroys the online experience of this game. Defendants’ conduct causes serious and irreparable harm to Nexon,” the federal complaint states.
Defendants include Ryan Michael Cornwell aka Riu Kuzaki, Chinese defendant Yang Yu Zhou, Ryan Griffin-Crane, Vincent Hai, Gamersoul.com, Doe 1 aka “Alphamar,” and Doe 2 aka “Bizarro” and “Andrew.”
Cornwell, of Waco, Texas, is “the driving force” behind the Riu Kuzaki website and was “actively involved in the creation” of GamerSoul, according to the complaint.
“Nexon is informed and believes that Cornwall has distributed thousands or hundreds of thousands of the Riu Kuzaki hacks from the Riu Kuzaki website, and that Cornwall has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from his sale of the Riu Kuzaki hacks and from third-party advertising on his website,” according to the complaint.
Nexon calls MapleStory “an immensely popular online game,” in which players interact in an “evolving, dynamic virtual game world.”
Players can register and download software to play the game for free. They also may buy “virtual goods” with virtual currency, bought with real dollars.
“A significant portion of Nexon’s revenue is derived from the sale of such virtual goods. It is these sales that enable Nexon to make its games free to play, while many other online games charge a monthly subscription fee or require purchase of game software,” the lawsuit states.
Nexon says Cornwall and the other defendants have created hacks and cheats that work around the game’s anti-hacking and anti-cheating technology, security measures and encryption technology.
It claims that the software products at defendants’ websites, riukuzaki.com and gamersoul.com, allow “players to alter, modify, and in some cases disrupt or destroy the online game, including by instructing MapleStory’s computer servers to act in ways not intended by Nexon.”
Nexon claims that Cornwall’s hacks allow a player “to advance unfairly through the game and amass game assets without actually playing the game.”
“Defendants create and sell their unlawful software products with the knowledge that they are facilitating and promoting users to infringe Nexon’s copyrights, trafficking in unlawful circumvention devices, and inducing users to breach their contracts with Nexon. Defendants’ actions have unjustly profited defendants while causing significant damage to Nexon,” the complaint states.
Nexon says Cornwall and the other defendants “have caused and continue to cause serious harm to the value of Nexon’s games and to its online community.”
“First, defendants irreparably harm the ability of Nexon’s legitimate customers to enjoy and participate in the competitive online experience. That, in turn, causes users to grow dissatisfied with the game, lose interest in the game, and stop playing. Any decrease in the online community for Nexon’s games results in lost revenue for Nexon. Indeed, since Nexon’s entire business relies on its customers’ purchase of virtual goods and related products, defendants’ disruption to Nexon’s online community threatens Nexon’s entire business and its ‘free-to-play’ business model.
“Second, defendants’ conduct has forced Nexon to spend enormous sums of money (and vast amounts of time) attempting to remediate the damage caused by the hacks. This includes creating and releasing new versions of the MapleStory client (or ‘patches’ to the MapleStory client) that prevent use of the hacks and employing personnel to police the game to detect the use of hacks and ‘ban’ (i.e., delete the accounts of) users who are using hacks,” the complaint states. (Parentheses in complaint.)
Several makers and distributors of massive multiple role-playing computer games have filed similar lawsuits against hackers who invent systems for cheaters to rack up points without actually playing. And according to The New Yorker magazine, Chinese businesses employ teams of real players who play around the clock to win virtual goods and currency, which are then sold for real money in the real world.
Nexon seeks an injunction and damages for copyright infringement, inducement to infringe copyright, contributory copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement, trafficking in circumvention devices, unlawful circumvention, breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and unfair competition.
Nexon is represented by Marc Mayer with Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, which did not immediately
respond to a request for comment.

Due to this, it’s enevitable that Nexon is still on the hunt against the main distributors who interupt the gameplay of those legit. This would probably explain why they are for SOPA.

The article can be viewed here: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/01/10/42900.htm

On Friday an official announcement was posted on the MapleGlobal website regarding the server crashes resulting in lost mesos and items. Although apologetic, the reasons behind the server crash was vague and hinted at being caused by more than just hardware malfunctions (Nexon is currently involved in several lawsuits with hacking websites). You can read the official announcement below.

Dear Maplers,

Over the last few days MapleStory has experienced intermittent server instabilities that have interrupted many players’ opportunities to play MapleStory. The cause of the issue was a result of malfunctions of certain server hardware. To identify problematic areas we had to keep the servers online despite the inconveniences our players endured, and for that we greatly apologize.

Because players lost items and mesos during the server instability, in addition to abusers trying to take advantage of the situation, MapleStory will be restored to a previous status point of 8PM Pacific on Tuesday, January 24. All items, experience and transaction gained between the restore point and before the maintenance will be overwritten. We found this to be the only method to rectify the influx of economy damaging goods.

As a thank you for your patience and loyalty we will be providing all players affected by the instability and the restore point several items and events.

As a thank you for your patience and loyalty we will be providing all players affected by the instability and the restore point the following items and events:

• All NX spent between 8PM Pacific, January 24 to 3PM Pacific, January 27 will be returned.
• Players who were logged in between 8PM Pacific, January 24 to 3PM Pacific, January 27 will receive 5,000 Maple Points.
• 48 hour Cash item extension on top of the 48 hour extension that was previously applied (total of 96 hours).
• 3x EXP and Drop starting from the end of the maintenance today to the end of the day Friday, February 3. The event will run during all hours of the event days.
• The Evolving Ring III event will be extended to February 6.

The first three of the following items will be available for one character per world on your account if the character was created before 8PM, January 24, so make space and choose which character wisely! The two Cash items will be available for one character on your account if the character was created before 8PM, January 24.

• 10 free AP points
• 1 Storm Growth Potion. This item instantly raises your character one level.
• 4 free slots in each section of your item inventory
• 1 Hyper Teleport Rock (7 Days)
• 1 Premium Cash Shop Surprise

 

You will receive a message from the Maple Administrator upon logging in to a character to collect the first three above, and your character must be level 15 or higher to receive them. You will receive a message in the Cash Shop to collect the two Cash items. You will be able to collect these items until the end of the day Friday, February 3.

Thank you, Maplers, for bearing with us during this time. We hope you enjoy all the events and items made available to help recover your Maple journey!

 

- The Maple Team -

Since the fall of last year there have been a lot of server crashes, rollbacks, and a huge influx of hackers into the community. Needless to say, things are not the same. The community is not the same and every forum, fan site, Twitter account, and Facebook page you visit about MapleStory there is a sense of helplessness and concern. We all hoped for better in the New Year, but that hope is beginning to fade.

Whether or not this is the result of hackers, incompetence from Nexon staff, or all of the above we as a community must make it clear that things must change if this game is to survive.

What changes do you think Nexon should make in 2012 to bring MapleGlobal back to its former glory? Tell us in the comments.

Dear MNNians,

Our deepest apologies for the recent downtime during the past 8 days. As many of you are probably aware, Maple-News was the victim of a relentless hacking attempt. Despite our best efforts each time a backup was restored, the site was compromised minutes later.

We have temporarily reverted to a previous layout as we continue to examine any potential security flaws.

Our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience.

-Savage & the Maple-News Staff-

The highly anticipated patch of Legend is confirmed to come this December.

G4 has confirmed it as they made an article about it, including a Cannoneer audition video.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718391/maplestory-legends-update-to-add-three-new-character-classes-canoneer-audition-video/

xgrantwallx has also uploaded a Legend trailer as well!

 

Credits to grant and G4.

Sorry for the horrible titlle but it’s slowly coming to the truth; Nexon is SLOWLY making progress shown to the public that they’ll beat the hackers out of their game.

Just recently, an Ultimate Adventurer exploit that allows a user to generate a free Lv 50 Ultimate Adventurer/ Cannoneer has recently been patched and fixed! To punish those with the characters, Nexon decided to delete all exploited characters. While this may be good, it also affected the legit as well. Ultimate Adventurers that were made during the time of the exploit might be in a conflict with the exploited ones and could have got deleted by accident. This was probably because it was hard to detect which is legit from the non-legit. One theory could be that accounts that have Ultimate Adventurers without Lv 120 Cygnus Knights would be labeled as exploited.Because of this, Nexon truly shows that they mean business and are SLOWLY stepping up.

Good job, Nexon. Y U NO FASTER? FIX CWKPQ!

PS. Another thing they patched was the Guild GP glitch that made a guild level max, but who cares about guild skills?

 

Link to Forum: http://maplestory.nexon.net/Community/#%2Fshowthread.php%3F80461-Issue-Regarding-Exploited-Character-Removal

Halloween has arrived, and that means it’s time to gather up your dark tokens and exchange with the witch! Get your hands of the variety of items and potions and enjoy this years Halloween!

“The moon is full and bright,
And we shall see what can’t be seen on any other night.

In masks and gowns we haunt the street,
And knock on doors for trick or treat.

Tonight we are the king and queen,
For oh tonight it’s Halloween!”

 

Happy 2011 Halloween Maplers!
The darkest yet most haunting season of the year has come to Maple World once again!

Dress up halloweeny, gather your spooky friends, and join in on the Halloween exclusive events!

Read below for more details!

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Event: Halloween Exclusive Events!
Period: October 26th – November 16th, 2011

  [Event 1: Trick or Treating with Cassandra]
    * Cassandra the Fortune Teller of Maple World loves stick candies, especially the green, blue and
the red Halloween Stick candies. Do Cassandra a favor by bringing them to her, and she’ll
reward you with pretty items!

  [Event 2: Witch Malady's Secret Mission]
    * Take the NLC Taxi to meet Witch Malady who is in front of Master Prendergast Mansion and follow
her instructions! Gather Dark Tokens from all monsters and get your powerful wares from
Malady.

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Event: Guild Video Contest
Period: October 26th – November 9th, 2011

Time to show your teamwork Guild Members!
Upload the funniest, most weirdest, and most unique moments of your guild up on YouTube and show us(and the rest of the world) what your life in MapleStory is like AS A GUILD!
We will select the 3 Best Clips and reward the starring Guild Members with 5,000 Maple Points each!
So on the spot, call in your Guild Members now and start filming!
Happy Maple Filming Maplers!

[How to Participate]
  * 1. Film your “Guild Play” in MapleStory Europe and upload this video up on YouTube.
2. Copy the link of your video and post an application at MapleStory Europe’s Event Forum
          following the Application Form below!
- Guild Name
- YouTube Link
- In-game character names of all Guild Members who appear in the video clip.

3. Vote on your friend’s submissions and wait for the Winner Announcements.

Theme: Halloween
Application Period: October 26th – November 6th, 2011
Evaluation Period: November 7th – 8th, 2011
Winner Announcement: November 9th, 2011

Note: All non-related links and video clips that do not adhere to the subject of this event will not be considered & removed without prior notice. Furthermore, spamming, voting for yourself through other accounts created, or degrading others will automatically be disqualified from the following event.

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[More Halloween Exclusive Items Updated in the Cash Shop!]
  * Also, let’s not forget that the Cash Shop’s been updated with MORE Halloween Exclusive Items!
Time to bring out the freakish spook fever out within you!

Happy Halloween!- The Maple Europe Team -