MapleStory

[Bahamut-X]

Jesus, first body was like 10 seconds o.O

Nice eurobeat song choice lol.

[Squeek]

Compare boss fights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iClKs_NUvKo (ps - you can stop watching once they win. Nothing else happens. People just don't know how to edit movies properly and this is the only fight on YouTube)

Hardest boss in Trickster currently. A party of 4 of not even the strongest characters killed it in... 15 seconds?

I wish we had more epic battles in Trickster. It's kinda depressing. The only challenge comes from soloing, because then you only get your own buffs and debuffs. Even then, I'm the defensive class, so it's rare that a boss kills me.

This is what happens when you solo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npuziKanURU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAt_R4WRDew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSkJK4J1zvM

The thing is, we don't get this 1HP-left thing. If a boss hits you for 15,000 damage and you have 14,999 HP (hard to do... most people have trouble breaking 10k HP), you die. Plain and simple. So while most of these people seem to be surviving quite well, they really only got lucky. They have high Evasion, making them dodge a lot of attacks. But one attack slips through the cracks and they die.

Every boss in the game that I can go to has the opportunity to 1HKO me and I have 12,500 HP. And that's why party debuffs exist <3

Oh yeah, and all of our bosses summon. Those monsters also have the ability to 1HKO people.

[shazam_2011]

Originally Posted by banditcom

We just did a Zakum run.

11 minutes 25 seconds.

Fastest ever in any version of Maple Story.

Lol, Cr1msonNinja just posted that on Basil. I was like "holy ****, it's banditcom"

[ToshX]

Yeah, games are always much more fun if they involve bosses with massive HP and only a fair amount of attack power for a boss.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by Squeek

The thing is, we don't get this 1HP-left thing. If a boss hits you for 15,000 damage and you have 14,999 HP (hard to do... most people have trouble breaking 10k HP), you die. Plain and simple.

Do you know how those attacks work?

It automatically leaves you with 1 HP no matter how much HP you have. I think it works differently for Chief Bandits with Meso Guard though. Doesn't change for magicians with Magic Guard though. Possibly because it also drops MP down to 1.

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Do you know how those attacks work?

It automatically leaves you with 1 HP no matter how much HP you have. I think it works differently for Chief Bandits with Meso Guard though. Doesn't change for magicians with Magic Guard though. Possibly because it also drops MP down to 1.

I've played longer than you, kthx.

It does damage equal to your HP - 1. It's not a set damage. It just hits everyone for their HP - 1. And MP.

Our bosses have damage based on their Attack Power, Magic Attack, or whatever other stat they have points in. To be precise, they're like characters. They get points to spend on skills and abilities as well. So, that dragon in the video has a variety of things: AP to make his base attacks more powerful, LK to make his block ratio and critical hit ratio increase, MA to make his Magic attacks more powerful, DA (detectability) to make his pinpoint hit skills more powerful, HP to give him lots of HP, DP to give him lots of defense, and HV to make him super-evasive and boost his defensive-based attacks.

The bosses also have the same buffs and debuffs that we have. It's just a matter of what they use. They can really kill our stats if they land, though. For example, Rust, a Mage skill, lowers AP by about 2,500. I don't even have that much AP. All of my skills would do 0 damage until it ran out, and there's no way to make it go away. Gloomy Mist would lower everyone's LK, DP, and HV by about 50%. It's a vicious skill.

That's why people cannot solo these bosses. You saw how they had lots of different health bars. They can only do certain actions in each health bar. For example, they can only summon until they're in yellow. So getting them out of those first few bars is extremely important. Bosses are like all four classes with their best skills rolled into one thing.

One thing I do like is that the longest respawn time is only an hour. Most bosses are in the half-hour range.

[Afrobean]

Hi.

I just scrolled a 12 attack work glove. How much is it worth?

ps I tried to get going on a 40 ma earring and there were only 4 30% earring ints in the ENTIRETY of FM. All of them [except one] NOT ONLY FAILED BUT DESTROYED MY DAMN SINGLE EARRING. The last one worked though. So now I have one [3] int 5 ma 4 slot earring waiting for some more 30%s.

[ToshX]

Well, less than 1 out of 3 items are bound to work if the scroll has a 30% chance of working. What do you expect?

[arelik]

Thanks for the help. Currently I'm lvl 20. When I get the 2nd job advancement, should I use a spear or pole arm, considering that I might get to the 3rd job. I know the Dragon knights skills are affected by the weapon, but the guides aren't very clear about the advantages of using each weapon.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by ToshX

Well, less than 1 out of 3 items are bound to work if the scroll has a 30% chance of working. What do you expect?

I expected some of them to fail but not break, because there is a 45% chance of it failing without breaking.

I was just a little distraught at the fact that I got a 45% chance thing to happen 3 times in a row.

ps for DKs, spears win. The polearm attack is only good at dealing damage in the biggest mobs, and those frankly are too uncommon for polearm to be effective.

[Necamus]

45%? Where are you getting that from? It's 30% work, 35% fail, 35% break.

[ToshX]

Damn, those odds are actually pretty good. So it's not really a 30% scroll then, it's probably something closer to 50%. I mean, it's a 65% chance that you'll either have the scroll again or it'll work.

You still lose a slot, though, right? If you don't, those things are incredible...

[Necamus]

Originally Posted by ToshX

Damn, those odds are actually pretty good. So it's not really a 30% scroll then, it's probably something closer to 50%. I mean, it's a 65% chance that you'll either have the scroll again or it'll work.

You still lose a slot, though, right? If you don't, those things are incredible...

wut

The scrolls are one time use only. They have a 30% chance of working. So 30% that the scroll will work just like any normal scroll (item recieves benefits, loses a slot, scroll is used up). If they fail, the scroll disappears, the slot is used up. But if a dark scroll fails, it has a 50% of destroying the item it was used on. So 35% chance that the item will be destroyed along with the scroll.

[ToshX]

Oh god. That sucks.

But yeah, I don't know ANYTHING about scrolls besides the old ones(100%, 60%, and 10%, of course).

[zhul4nder]

well, i have a 101 spear man....just so bored with maplestory, in your opioions, what should i do? i have pretty decent gear, only thing that's missing is a decent robe and dex shoes, but i've got 108 omega and 10 attack w/g with 10 str cape *yawn*

[Lightknight924]

Originally Posted by zhul4nder

well, i have a 101 spear man....just so bored with maplestory, in your opioions, what should i do? i have pretty decent gear, only thing that's missing is a decent robe and dex shoes, but i've got 108 omega and 10 attack w/g with 10 str cape *yawn*

I think you should let me play him because my level 52 Spearman=no fun. ;_;

[shazam_2011]

Originally Posted by zhul4nder

well, i have a 101 spear man....just so bored with maplestory, in your opioions, what should i do? i have pretty decent gear, only thing that's missing is a decent robe and dex shoes, but i've got 108 omega and 10 attack w/g with 10 str cape *yawn*

Why do you have a level 101 SPEARMAN?

[ToshX]

A level 101 spear man, rather.

[Afrombean]

Originally Posted by Necamus

45%? Where are you getting that from? It's 30% work, 35% fail, 35% break.

Sorry, I fail at basic math.

You still get what I was getting at though, I'm sure. Just re-read my post with "35%" in place of every instance of "45%".

[ProtoMDS]

nice 12 w.atk glove, give plx.
PS: Bought a 103 W.DEF 12 M.DEF 4 ACC Blue 0 slot Dragon Babuta in FM for 5m.