Personal Blog #2

Been enjoying the revamped dual blade too much I forgotten to blog haha!

Some unexpected news for you guys! ( even though I’m late for it) Mihile will be release in MapleSEA on the 6th of Feb!

Also if you guys didnt know, veracent was implemented into MapleSEA ( Veracent is EMS’s exclusive content)… whats up with all the copying man…..

Hope you guys enjoy playing the revamped dual blade like I do!

GAME CLIENT UPDATE ON 16TH JANUARY 2013 – PATCH NOTES

1. [System Changes] Game Changes

Weapon & Armor Shops Revamp

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Good news for one and all! More items have been added to the the Weapon & Armor Shops in town!

You will now be able to purchase level 40 and below items from the Weapon & Armor Shops in Victoria Island.

That’s not all! You can now also purchase level 50 to 60 items from the Weapon & Armor Shops inOssyria Continent.

Magic Stones Revamp

The Magic Stones that allows easy movement within the Orbis and Eos Tower have been revamped.

Orbis Tower: Magic stones have been added to 1st, 10th, and 20th floors. You’ll be teleported to other magic stone locations if you pay a set fee. You can choose to use Orbis Rock Scroll instead of paying the fee.

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EOS Tower: Magic stones have been added to the following floors: 1, 10, 31, 35, 66, 70, 91, and 100.You’ll be teleported to other magic stone locations if you pay a set fee. You can choose to use Eos Rock Scrollinstead of paying the fee.

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Scroll Seller Revamp

The various Scroll Sellers have decided to move in the year 2013! All 4 Scroll Sellers have decided to migrate into the towns after staying in the wilds for so long!

You can now find Barun in OrbisTulcus in Kerning CityVega in LudibriumNorman in Leafre

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Monster Park Revamp

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Monster Park monsters’ HP have been reduced. Number of monsters appearing for stages has been increased.Monster Park entrance ticket drop rate has been doubled.

Also, Special Monsters have started spawning in Monster Park, these monsters have a chance to drop epic grade or higher items when defeated.

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Besides being able to obtain epic grade or higher items, when these Special Monsters are defeated, you will be teleported into a Hidden Treasure Vault upon clearing all the stages.

With the Hidden Treasure Vault, more Special Monsters awaits you.

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Defeating this monsters will reward you with a Box of Greed. What lies within the box is a mystery that you will have to discover on your own…

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Silent Crusade Revamp

The revamped Silent Crusade will have some of the current level 75 and below quests have been removed or modified. At the same time, 22 level 120+ quests and 10 level 120+ Silent Crusade monsters have been added.

There is also a new UI specifically made for Silent Crusade.

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The default hotkeys for this UI is < and >. Within this UI, you can find the information info and location of the monsters you have to hunt and you will be able to access the Silent Crusade from anywhere.

The quests in Silent Crusade have been divided into 4 chapters and you can now immediately receive your reward for clearing all monsters in the chapter from the UI

Temple of Time Revamp

A new NPC, Johanna have been added to the map Three Doors

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Some Temple of Time maps and resting spots have been removed and shortcuts have been added. Topography of some of the maps within the Temple of Time have also been changed. Starting level and completion requirement have been changed for some quests and some quests can now be automatically started and ended.

2. [Mini Theme Dungeon] Spiegelmann’s Gonzo Gallery

Spiegelmann’s Gonzo Gallery is a new 1-person mini theme dungeon for players level 50-120.

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Within the gallery, Spiegelmann is showcasing some of his most proud works but there is a secret behind those paintings.
Why not go explore and find out the secrets yourself?!

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By completing the quests that Spiegelmann gives you, you will be able to uncover the secret and earn some nice rewards!

3. [New Expedition] Hilla

In the city of Azwan, as efforts of liberation spread through Maple World, its corrupt conqueror Hilla, has finally appeared to defend her control over the territory!

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Challenge Hilla by talking to Medina.

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There are 2 ways to challenge Hilla, the Normal mode, for those level 120 and above and the Hard mode,for those level 170 and above.

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Defeat Hilla and stand a chance to obtain the following items:

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The [Pet Box] Dark Soul has a chance for you to obtain the following item:

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4. [Class Revamp] Dual Blades

When creating Dual Blade, you can now select the gender and exclusive hairstyle and cosmetic item will be provided.

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Below are the changes to the skills of the Dual Blade class.

– Side Step : New passive skill that increases base Avoidability.

– Bandit Slash : New skill that allows you to swing your dagger quickly to attack multiple enemies in the front.

– Shadow Meld : New passive skill that allows you to dodge at a set chance and increases ATT for 1 second upon successful dodge and allows you to land critical hit at 100% chance.

– Toxic Venom : New skill that upgrades Venom and allows poison to be stacked.

– Dual Wield Expert : New passive skill that increases Dagger and Katara Mastery, ATT, Accuracy, and Avoidability.

– Flash Jump : Changed to 1st job skill. Movement range increased.

– Selt Haste : Changed to 1.5 job skill. Master Level changed to 10.

– Tornado Spin ( : Changed to 1.5 job skill. Master Level changed to 15. Damage and attack range increased. Also, the dash feature has been removed. Skill will now be used upon pressing the skill key.

– Katara Booster : Changed to 2nd job skill. Duration increased. Master Level changed to 10.

– Fatal Blow : Master Level changed to 20. Damage increased.

– Slash Storm : Attack count increased to 3.

– Flying Assaulter : Changed to 2.5 skill. Damage, attack count, and Stun chance increased. Also, you no longer have to have Self Haste activated to use the skill. Jump required has been decreased.

– Upper Stab : Attack range, damage, and max enemies attacked increased.

– Flash Bang : Blindness chance increased.

Click here for more information of dual blade revamped skills!

Dual Blade Revamp Events and Mu Lung DoJo Revamp!

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This is the banner for the game client update on 16th Jan. “The battle against Hilla starts now!”, does this mean that Hilla is comfirmed to be brought into MapleSEA this update with the dual blade revamp? We shall see.

The Mu Lung DoJo have been revamped, there will be three modes available( normal, hard and ranked) and you can only challenge normal mode at lvl 90, hard on 120 and ranked mode on lvl 130.

You can only enter each modes 3 times per day!

There are 10 stages for normal mode and 20 stages for hard mode and the difficulty of the monsters have been lowered! The exp given as well have been increased and you will get exp for clearing normal and hard mode!

You will be able to accumulate Mu Lung Points in hard mode and you will be ranked base on the points obtained in a week and you will be able to recieve items base on your rank!

You’ll receive a buff that increases the chance of Mu Lung Lucky Shot (A lucky bonus item that gets you additional points in the Mu Lung Dojo Hard Mode) dropping if you enter the Dojo every day!

The points obtained from hard mode will be reset on a weekly basis. and those gloves obtained like Hero’s Gloves’s potential will no longer be applied in Mu Lung DoJo, well asiasoft, do you have to do this? ==

However the gloves duration have been increased from 1 to 7 days! YAY! also the Mu Gong’s Belt duration will be increased from 7 to 15 days! Mu Gong’s Belt scroll has been added. Mu Lung Dojo monsters will drop it at a set chance and Mu Gong’s Belt will be epic on reveal within this event duration!

16/01/13, 0900hrs – 13/03/13, 0859hrs (GMT +8)

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The golden temple hev been converted into a theme dungeon but only a character which is at least lvl 130 and have accepted or completed the “Noi More Tourist” Quest from the Maple Mailbox before the Golden Temple Icon will appear in Mirror Of Dimension!

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New rewards have been added as well!

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Only the mask and the medal looks interesting for me though…..

GAGA will be giving free cash items for everybody!

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The giftaway includes decorative items, effects and Nametag rings and will only last for 7 days

Monsters of Maple World are feeling generous too!

You will find monsters in most towns with a “Click” placards.

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Click on the monsters and they will drop a New Year’s Gift Box.

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The New Year’s Gift Box contains restorative items and trait EXP items, Secret Recipes, and a buff. However the boxes only came in first come, first serve basis and you are only able to open 20 boxes a day and only able to open boxes within the event period.

Newly created accounts within this event duration

16/01/13, 0900hrs – 06/02/13, 0859hrs (GMT +8)

will be able to receieve these items at level 10 and lvl 30.

Level 10

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Level 30

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The prize will be directly credited into your Cash Shop inventory if you are eligible.

Back to old School Maple

You will be able to go back to the past maple story using the crack in the dimension mirror!

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this is caused by an earthquake, teleporting people into wrong maps! Cassandra needs your help to find out whats wrong with it and to fix it.

By helping the citizens of the past Maple World, you will be able to obtain Old Maple Coins.

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By collecting coins and going to Inkwell, you will be able to exchange the coins for various Maple Items.

Dual Blades Rebirth (Event Date: 16/01/13, 0900hrs – 06/02/13, 0859hrs (GMT +8)

The Dual Blades are finally back! With the return of the Dual Blades, we have prepared various events specifically catered for both new and old Dual Blades!

i) To kick-start, all newly created Dual Blades will receive a quest a quest A New Blade Rises from theMaple Mailbox.

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Upon accept the quest, you will be given a Gift For new Dual Blades.

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Opening the Gift For new Dual Blades. will give you the following items:

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Note:
1)The Spirit Pendant has a duration of 30 days.

2)The Gift For new Dual Blades. will only last for 7 Days, so remember to open it before it expires!

ii) At level 10, 2 new quest will be triggered. SP Rest Scroll and Double Edged Destroyers.

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After accepting the Double Edged Destroyers. quest, you will receive the following items.

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The Dueling Dual Blades is a buff coupon that increases you Max HP/MP for 30 minutes. The higher your level, the higher your Max HP/MP will be increased. It can be stacked with other buffs. It does not disappear from the inventory after use, and it can be used as much as you desire at 30-minute intervals within the event period. It will expire when the Dual Blades Reborn events end.

The Equipment Boxes will be given every 5 levels from level 10 to 40 and every 10 levels from level 40 to 70.

Aside from the buff coupon and the equipment boxes, you will also receive 1.5x EXP Coupons, Scrolls for Katara for ATT 60% Scrolls for Dagger for ATT 60% and Chaos Scroll 60% at specific levels.

The Double Edged Destroyers is a repeatable quest which will appear in your Maple Mailbox everytime you gain 5 levels.

Below is the list of rewards that you can receive at the different levels:

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Note:
1)The SP Reset Scroll will expire after 3 days if you do not use it.

2)You cannot receive the reward for a lower level after you level up, so make sure to collect your rewards while you can! For example, you cannot collect the Lv.20 reward once you reach Lv.21.

3)When you are Lv.100 or higher, you can do the quest once, regardless of level.

4)The Dueling Dual Blades buff coupon will be received once, at whichever level you first collect a reward from this event.

5)All rewards are untradable.

iii) There will also be rewards given whenever you job advance from 2nd to 4th job. Rewards includes a Mask and a Medal for each job advancement.

For example at 2nd job advancement, you will receive the following items:

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iv) At level 50, you will receive a special ring call the Dual Blade Ring.

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v) Then at level 75, you will receive a quest Heaven Splitter quest. Accepting this quest will reward you with the following 2 equipments.

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vi) Beside all of the above, you will also be receiving different Special Mastery Books at different levels.

Below is a list of Special Mastery Books that you can obtain at the specific levels.

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vii) Last but not least, for those Dual Blades mastery books that are not longer in use, you are able to change it by talking to the Maple Administrator.

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Note:
1) Each of the options will allow you to change different books.

GAH! I’m so excited about this patch!

Edit! We are just minutes from the patch :DDDDD

I found more events that are brought in with this patch!

PET FIESTA!

Permanent Pet Box will be available in the cash shop from 16/01/2013 till 06/02/2013!

The pets are given randomly from the list of pets below!

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Pet Food Party!

All pet food in the cash shop will be only sold at 750 Maple Cash EACH!!!!! but only from 16/01/2013 till 30/01/2013 though.

NICE CHAIRS LAST FOREVER!

▪ Emo Piglet Chair
▪ Merlion Chair
▪ Twin-Tower Chair

those permanent chairs stated above will be on sales in the cash shop till 30th Jan!

SE7EN DAYS OF SALES!

From 16/01/2013 to 23/01/2013, the floowing items will be sold at a discounted price!

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The following Permanent Decorative Cash Items will be sold at 40% DISCOUNT off original price!!

 

 

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GMs are hosting sandbag contest!
imageimageSince Hilla will be released today, they will be giving 2 blackheart pets for those who send in submissions that either shows the most painful damage dealt by Hilla or thw lowest damage dealth by Hilla and if you submit the most painful damage dealth by Hilla screen shot, tell them if you have survive the hit!
Like them on MapleSEA Facebook and post your screenshot to thier timeline with the following details.1) IGN
2) World

Event Period:
17th January 2013 to 25th January 2013

Contest Rules:
▪ Only one winner will be chosen for each category.
▪ Entries are judged by the number of damage shown on the screenshot submissions.
▪ Damage that show up as “MISS” or “1” are not eligible for participation to this contest.
▪ In the event of a tie, a lucky draw will be conducted to select the winner.
▪ Players who use hack, offensive, sexual, abusive representations etc. will be dealt with according to their User Abuse Policy.
▪ Winners will receive the prize redemption codes via their AsiaSoft Passport registered email within 7-9 working days.
• Asiasoft reserve the rights to amend any of the above Rules & regulations without prior notice.

Cash Back Event 2013!
From 16th January 2013, 0900hrs – 13th February 2013, 0900hrs, MapleSEA will be giving back 5% of the @cash spent in cashshop in the way of MapleCash! NO MINIMUM PURCHASE IS REQUIRED and those maplecash will be credited to your account aftre the server check on 27th Feb!
Note: Only purchases made using Maple Cash is entitled to the Bonus Maple Points. Purchases made using Maple Points will NOT be entitled to Bonus Maple Points for this event.

FIRST EXCLUSIVE CNY EVENT 2013

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2 unknown Dong Dong Chiang have been spotted roaming around Maple World every 30 minutes starting from16th January, 0915hrs(GMT+8) to 13th March 2013 0900hrs(GMT+8). We would need maplers help to defeat the Dong Dong Chiang from creating further chaos.

Upon defeating both the Dong Dong Chiang, players will be able enter the reward room through the Yuan Bao FoNPC to claim their reward.

There will be 2 different type of reward rooms, for those who have purchased a CNY event ticket before entering the Dong Dong Chiang invitation and have successfully defeated both the Dong Dong Chiang, they will be brought to a special reward room with higher rate to obtain rare items and a special EXP RING.

EXP Happy Ring*New
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-Upon equipping the Happy Ring, players will be able to receive additional EXP from it.
 

Dong Dong Chiang Mount & Black Snake Mount*New
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Tips:
-Do remember to double click on the CNY event ticket image to redeem the event ticket image.

Note:
-CNY event ticket will be consumed upon each entry.
-Players are advised to utilize all CNY event ticket before 13th March 2013 0900hrs, no compensation will be made for any un-used ticket.

SO MANY EVENTS!!!!!