Dear Diary (day 5)

Dear Diary,

Since the anniversary event update arrived to the public server, I’ve kept myself busy with completing new quests.
It’s great, but I think last year’s was much more fun. Next week, MapleStory will give the players x2 experience and drop on certain dates.

I’m level 162. Almost reaching level 163. I’ve defeated bosses the past couple days to collect Maple Leaves and exchange it for silver coins.
On one day I collected over 7000 leaves! Took me a few hours though and I gained ~5% experience just from that!

Right now I’ve completed the missions that you have to complete every day 6 times. Two more days to go and I won’t have to worry about it anymore. Then I’ll have to worry about hunting Palabirds.
I have 2 Palabird’s Shiny Feather scrolls, but I need 5 more until I can use it on my Beryl equipment.

I’ve got the hat, cape, weapon (thanks to a friend!) and the belt. On the first day I managed to collect 40 silver coins and I bought a Beryl Shoulder Pad from Inkwell.
Another friend gave me a Shiny Feather scroll and I used it on my shoulder pad so it turned into a Letinum Shoulder Pad.

The only Beryl items left that I need is the overall and the shoes. That’s sixty coins. Not bad, I can do that in one or two days tops.

Today the test server client has been upgraded to version 1.2.380. The skill changes and items that were added in the Spell of Awakening update in KMS are now added in the test server.
Isn’t that funny? New changes gets added to the public server before the test server.
I think that the magicians are content with their revamp.

One of the missions from the Rising Star quest is raising a Mini Maple Bonsai. An item pot. You need to raise it 8 times, but it’s hard.
When you feed it with equipment or ETC items, its fullness will raise and when it reached the limit, it will sleep. The sleeping time of a Mini Maple Bonsai is 21 hours! And there are 4 levels…
Thankfully, Nexon reduced the sleeping time in the test server from 21 hours to 1 hour and 30 minutes. That will help a lot of people and their mission to receive the Orange Mushroom Riding. I still don’t have it ah!!

The update in the test server changes a few things about PvP. Anyone can now play PvP between 1 PM and 12 AM. New quests related to the 8th anniversary were added and the NPC Larson now sells recipes!
Larson sells level 130 ‘Bloody’, ‘Rising Sun’ and level 70 ‘Crescent Moon’ recipes. I really want the Rising Sun set because it’s a really powerful set.
Unfortunately I live overseas and I will experience difficulty with latency when I play PvP. Not to mention, the proofs item that can be acquired from exchanging Battle Points are hard to get and you need a lot to buy one level 130 recipe.

There are a few buttons that you cannot click on the homepage of MapleStory. It says the page will open at the 28th of April.
Today’s update in the test server makes me believe that there will be a patch on the 28th.

I’m looking forward to it. Really. Because on the 28th, MapleStory will release new cash items.
It will release the Unicorn pet in a package. I really hate it when Nexon sells every new pet in a package which is overpriced…
But… Since I love unicorns… Do I love unicorns? Yeah, I do! Since I love unicorns I have to make an exception and purchase the package.

 

On that day MapleStory’s Cash Shop will also mark the arrival of two stamps.
The Golden & Silver stamp of potential. It can affect the lines of the potential stats. What I mean with this is that it can change from 2 lines to 3 lines at a certain success rate.
Golden Stamp has a 80% success rate and the Silver Stamp has a 50% success rate. I think they will be in the Unicorn pet package which I’m not looking forward to because I’m not  a person obsessed with high damage.

I’m also looking forward for a new haircut. I need one and I know exactly which one I want!

[ Credit as tagged - Image courtesy of 느그미 / 인소야닷컴 ]

The haircut I want is the Power Dry Hair which is the 3rd one at the top. Maple Royal coupon will cost 4,500 cash so it’s pretty expensive…
Pray for me that I get the haircut on the first try.

Since we’re on the subject of cash items. Currently in the public server anyone who has cash can buy Cloto’s Reel of Magic.
There’s a 30-day and 60-day version and you can extend the time period of your riding skills.

A few days ago I got a Low Rider riding skill as a reward from my Mini Maple Bonsai and the skill lasted for 3 days. If I had Cloto’s Reel of Magic, I was able to extend it by 30 or 60 days. But a true Pirate would rely on his Silver Mane mount!

Oh I almost forgot to tell you. I’ve played Monster Park but I’m not impressed. Anyways, I found an envelope from a monster when playing Monster Park and it showed me this picture…

It’s Mr. Spiegelman posing with Van Leon, the Lion King~!

- Spadow