January 7, 2010 ~ The return of the Adventurers!

Patch date confirmed! The balance patch release date is set for 7th January 2010. Experience a stronger Adventurer!
This is fast! A preview was put on the website of MapleStory.

I looked at the preview and I noticed that not all the skills were there…
So I read what it says in the image above:

”PS: Don’t be disappointed if you don’t see a change of your job. The transformation of the Adventurer continues!”

I’m guessing this is just preview #1.

For information about the new balanced skills:
▶ KMST V275 ~ Balance Patch part one ◀
▶ KMST V276 ~ Balance Patch part two ◀

For those are still in 2009, I want to wish you a very healthy and good 2010.
I think 2010 will be a fine year for MapleStory Korea.

MapleStory DS is coming out soon.
Major updates are expected.

… and more!

Happy New Year~ ━★

The popularity of Evan

Nexon Korea announced that with the release of the new job Evan, Maple Story recorded 240,000 simultaneous users during the Christmas period.

The release of Evan received an explosive reaction from users who have waiting for the big update.
This means Evan did not break the record. Nexon Korea recorded 240,000 simultaneous users when Knights of Cygnus was released in December 2008 and one year later Evan has done the same.

The release of the Pirate job in 2007  had a total of 200,000 simultaneous users. The same for Aran.
Right now South Korean students have a very long winter break, which means they have more available time to play.

We’ll see how the next job will do. The future will tell.

I have some other news that might be worth telling you; MapleStory DS is coming very soon. It looks like Nexon Korea is planning to release MapleStory DS in January. It was originally planned to be released in September 2007, but the schedule was extended.

Maple DS does not support Wi-Fi.

The last thing I want to tell is that the new creation of Wizet Studio ”Kavatina Story” has decided to temporarily pull the plug.
Kavatina Story (MapleStory 3D) a game created by Wizet Studio has been in OBT (Open Beta) since July 2009.
I stopped playing this game because the team did not release big updates. This also caused other players to lose interest in the game.

On December 31st the service will end and you will not be able to play.
Kavatina Story will be back with a new look and updates once they finished development.

KMST V276 ~ Balance Patch part two

Part One. Part Two contains skill changes to the Magician, Thief and Warrior job. I’m pretty sure that Arch Mages will be happy with the skill change in this patch. Paladin got buffed up too.

Lv. 43 and still going strong

My Evan is slowly heading towards level 50. Today I leveled to 43 and a few Evan quests became available.

It’s so incredible easy to acquire SP from quests. There is a level 42 [Evan] quest where you need to visit chief Tatamo. Talk to the chief and you get 1 Fourth Master SP, then Mir wants to talk to you. After the short talk you will get 2 Fourth Master SP from Mir.

Hooray for free easy SP!
Three more levels for the next [Evan] quest and medal. A secret organization medal… hmm..

16 SP in Ice Breath and 0 in Elemental Reset and look I’m already doing great damage!
I hope the Cassandra event will give me a Lv. 64 Maple Wand/Staff. So far I got the crappy transformation candies… Damn you! orz

The poor slime in Ellinia and the silly Stumps in Perion.
Level 50.. soon!

I found another video of the new updated skills in Tespia.
This one is a Pirate demonstrating the no minimum range and the improved Double Fire.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! 크리스마를 축하합니다~ ♥

Current videos of the new skill updates

I guess by now you already know that the ”Balance Patch” was released a few days ago.
What do you think? Do you think Nexon is improving the quality of the skills?

Fire Arrow can hit up to 4 enemies now which is pretty good. Viper’s stance effect has been increased to 90% and attack distance of Fist has been expanded. I can’t wait to try this stuff out!

Anyway, you guys want to see the skill updates in action? Well here are some of the videos. Enjoy!

KMST 1.2.275 ~ Skill Updates: Dark Sight

KMST 1.2.275 ~ Skill Updates: Fire Arrow & Exploison

KMST 1.2.275 ~ Skill Updates: Venom & Band of Thieves

KMST 1.2.275 ~ Skill Updates: Boomerang Step & Assaulter

KMST V275 ~ Balance Patch part one

알려드립니다.
Notice.

메이플스토리 클라이언트 Ver. 1.2.275가 릴리즈 되었습니다.
MapleStory client Ver. 1.2.275 has been released.

이번 패치에서는 다음과 같은 사항이 수정, 추가되었습니다.
In this patch the following issues were changed.

<게임 관련>
<Game Related>

1. 위자드와 메이지의 스킬이 변경 되었습니다.
1. The skills of Wizard and Mage has changed.

• 파이어 에로우가 다수의 적을 공격할 수 있도록 변경 되었습니다.
• The number of enemies Fire Arrow can attack has been increased.
  ┕ Can attack up to 4 enemies (Lv. 21)

• 익스플로젼의 공격력이 향상되고 및 공격 시전 시간이 짧아 졌습니다.
• The basic attack of Explosion has been increased and casting time decreased.
  ┕ Attack increased from 120 → 130 (Lv. 30)

• 엘리먼트 엠플리피케이션으로 증폭되는 마법 공격력이 향상 되었습니다.
• The magic attack damage of Element Amplification has been increased.
  ┕ Magic attack damage increased from 140% → 150% (Lv. 30)

2.  해적 건슬링거의 스킬이 변경되었습니다.
2. The pirate skills of Gunslinger has been changed.

• 모든 스킬 공격시 근접 타격 공격이 발동되지 않도록 수정되었습니다.
• All skill attacks can be used when you are attacking too close.

• 더블파이어의 사정거리 및 기본 공격력이 향상 되었습니다.
• The range distance and basic attack of Double Fire has been improved.
  ┕ Damage increased from 80% → 110% (Lv. 20)
  ┖ Range increased from 350% → 380% (Lv. 19 & 20)

• 백스텝샷의 재사용 가능 시간이 단축되었습니다.
• The re-use time of Backstep Shot has been decreased.
  

• 파이어 버너, 래피드 파이어, 쿨링 이펙트의 사정거리 및 공격력이 향상되었습니다.
• The range distance and basic attack of Fire Burner, Rapid Fire and Cooling Effect has been improved.
  ┕ Fire Burner: damage increased from 160% → 190% (Lv. 30)
  ┕ Rapid Fire:  damage increased from 170% → 200% (Lv. 30)
  ┕ Cooling Effect: damage increased from 130% → 160% (Lv. 30)

• 배틀쉽의 내구도가 증가했습니다.
• Durability of Battleship has been increased.

• 속성강화의 도트 데미지가 향상되고 결빙 지속 시간이 증가하였습니다.
• The dot damage and freezing time of Elemental Boost has been improved.
  ┕ DOT damage increased from 5% → 10% (Lv. 25)
  ┖ Freezing time increased from 2 seconds → 4 seconds (Lv. 30)

3. 해적 인파이터의 스킬이 변경되었습니다.
3. The pirate skills of Viper has been changed.

• 에너지 차지의 스탠스 효과가 향상되었습니다.
• The stance effect of Energy Charge has been improved.
  ┕ Stance probability increased from 50% → 90% (Lv. 30)

• 피스트의 공격범위가 확대 되었습니다.
• The attack range of Fist has been improved.

4. 도적 시프, 시프마스터, 섀도어의 스킬이 변경되었습니다.
4.  The thief skills of Bandit, Chief Bandit and Shadower has been changed.

• 인듀어로 회복되는 HP, MP량이 증가하였습니다.
• The HP and MP recovery of Endure has been increased.
  ┕ HP increased from 60 → 100 and MP increased from 20 → 40 (Lv. 20)

• 시브즈의 공격력이 향상되었습니다.
• The damage of Band of Thieves has been increased.
  ┕ Damage increased from 210% → 250% (Lv. 30)

• 다크사이트의 재사용 시간이 짧아졌습니다.
• The re-use time of Dark Sight has been decreased.

• 베놈의 독 데미지 지속시간이 증가하였고 성공확률이 증가하였습니다.
• The remaining time of poison damage and success rate of Venom has been increased.
  ┕ Poison Damage time increased from 4 → 8 seconds and success rate increased from 30% → 50% (Lv. 30)

• 암살의 데미지가 향상되었습니다.
• Assassination damage increased.
  ┕ Accumulative damage increased from 12 seconds damage →   8 seconds damage (Lv. 30)

• 부메랑 스텝의 재사용 시간이 단축되었으며 지형에 따라 사용이 불가능하던 점이 개선되었습니다.
• Cool time of Boomerang Step has been decreased and can now be used regardless of terrain shape.

• 어썰터의 공격범위 및 공격력이 상향되었습니다.
• The attack range and damage of Assaulter has been increased.
  ┕ Damage increased from 450% →  500% (Lv. 30)

• 메소가드의 메소 소모량이 감소하였으며 지속 시간이 증가되었습니다.
• The Meso consumption of Meso Guard has been decreased and the duration has been increased.
  ┕  Meso consumption decreased from 78% →  61% and duration increased from 120 seconds → 180 seconds (Lv. 20)

The long awaited balance patch is finally here. Major changes to the existing Adventurer job. Although… This is just part one~
Nexon said in a Q&A that they will buff up Arch Mage and Paladin as well.