In Nexon MMORPG ‘Maple Story’, a new job ‘Carly’ appears in 18 months. As a thief, it stands out for its excellent mobility using dash skills and the visual effect of followingimages.
On the 15th, Nexon held a Maple Story showcase through live streaming on YouTube. Kang Won-gi, general director of Maple Story, and Kim Chang-seop, head of the planning department, were seated. Seong Seung-heon, caster, hosted the showcase.
The last update corresponding to the ‘S’ of GRANDIS (Grandis) has been released. The keyword for MapleStory’s winter update is ‘SAVIOR’, that is, a savior. This is an update that concludes the prologue story of Grandis, which first appeared in June 2019.
The player, who was the opponent of Maple World, was given a new mission as a savior by Grandis. If it was the prologue of the Greendis story to be unfolded in the future following Arcane River, the second act of Maple, a new phase, will unfold following the SAVIOR update.
The winter update is expected to satisfy all users of a wide spectrum. New bosses and extreme mode compensation reorganization made it possible to realize the value of the advance team’s desire for challenge and spec up. We considered light users to enjoy the game more comfortably by lowering the required experience for low-level sections and increasing the Star Force safety reinforcement section.
MapleStory Winter Vacation Update Roadmap
■ Level Growth Improvement: Required EXP Decreased
Reduced the amount of experience required for mid-levels
Kim Chang-seop, head of the planning office, said, “Through last hyper-burning, many users confirmed that level-up stress increases rapidly in the 220-230 level section.” “We will improve level growth to reduce the burden in that section.” The key is to reduce the growth deviation according to play time.
It decreases by 19% from 220 to 224 levels, and by 8% from 225 to 235 levels. Daily content EXP supply and demand also increases. In addition, Arcane River’s daily quest experience reward is greatly increased. Experience quests are added to Arcane River’s ‘Moras’ and ‘Esfera’.
Symbols are also adjusted. The symbols of Grandis’ ‘Arx’ and ‘Burning Serenium’ will increase the number of symbols obtainable through daily quests to 5.
■ Improved play experience: Arcane River special content
Arcane River special content eased to 3 times a week
Special content that needs to be performed 3 times a day reduces the burden to 3 times a week. Director Kim explained, “Arcane River was the highest level content at the time of release, but it became popular content over time.”
The ‘Erda stage’ of the road to extinction is changed so that only Arma can come out and complete it quickly. Chew Chew Island’s Hungry Muto’s difficulty has been deleted and only the normal difficulty remains. However, rewards can be obtained at the Hard difficulty level.
Lacheln’s ‘Dream Breaker’ will be reorganized into a new content called ‘Midnight Chaser’ to boldly delete the concept of competitive content and ensure a stable supply of symbols in a fixed amount. You can proceed without worrying regarding game over by deleting Arcana’s ‘Spirit Saviour’ defense and challenge count. In the case of symbol enhancement cost, it is the means with the highest growth efficiency compared to meso, and there is no plan to adjust it.
■ Enhanced Extreme Mode Rewards: Exceptional
New rewards to strengthen the motivation of top users and enhance the status of some jet-dark equipment
In order to strengthen the motivation of top users and enhance the status of some jet-dark equipment, the boss extreme mode rewards are enhanced. It is an additional reinforcement system called ‘Exceptional’. New stats can be given to ‘Dream Belt’ and ‘Loose Control Machine’.
The Black Mage drops a consumption item that can strengthen the Belt of Dreams and Seren the Rouge Control Machine, respectively. It is an enhancement that works completely separate from Star Force. It does not require a separate cache item and can be granted with a 100% chance only once per equipment. It is applied independently of the number of enhancements in the existing order.
You can acquire a fixed number of additional stats when strengthening each accessory.
■ Star Force Improvement: Expansion of safety reinforcement section
The safety reinforcement section is extended to 15 stars.
The safety reinforcement section is extended to 15 stars. The probability of destroying 12-14 star reinforcement disappears, and the drop prevention system that only exists up to 10 stars is expanded to 15 star reinforcement. The patch does not apply to ‘Superior’ equipment that has a separate Star Force mechanism. Since the overall meso consumption value is reduced, the cost of strengthening is increased to defend the price of existing equipment.
■ Skill improvement target to reduce the gap between occupations
2023 goal is upward leveling
The key to improving the skill composition in 2022 is error correction and numerical adjustment. The primary goal is to improve structurally flawed skills. The secondary goal was to reduce the differences between occupations such as basic combat performance, skill usage cycle, utility, and number of hunting animals.
Compared to the time of the Destiny Showcase in August, the average number of matrices has risen significantly overall. There are also many jobs that are close to the average line. However, the gap between 1st and 45th is still regarding 20%. Follow-up is required. In the case of boss statistics, if the gap between 1st and 45th at the time of the last Destiny was 45%, it has now narrowed to 35%. Not a significant change.
Skill improvement in 2023 is complex verification through simulation data and improvement of numerical consistency. He promised to match the average value through future patches. Jobs that are relatively lacking foretold that they will be more aggressive than before to raise the average.
We plan to add a common 5th job skill that is not found in ‘Zero’ and ‘Kinesis’. Structural improvements such as Bow Master’s ‘Armor Piercing’ and Aran’s ‘Swing Buff’ will also be carried out.
Average number of hunts per minute for characters above level 260 (Job undisclosed)
Jinhilla Solple Clear Time by Job (Job Undisclosed)
■ New Area: Dowonkyung
Grandis’ new area ‘Dowonkyung’
In order to regain the power of the ‘God’s Spear’, the adversary (player) goes to the area called ‘Dowongyeong’ where the ‘ancient researcher’ is confined and draws a story that occurs. Dowonkyung is a world in a painting in which an ancient researcher confined himself. It is a concept in which spring, summer, autumn, and winter coexist in separate spaces. There are four gods in each season to protect each area.
Do Wonkyung’s character inspired by the zodiac
From left, Blue Dragon (Spring), Suzaku (Summer), White Tiger (Autumn), Hyeonmu (Winter)
■ New Boss: Karin
New Boss ‘Karin’
There are a total of three phases. The key to strategy is cooperative play between party members and positioning of each party member.
Phase 1 requires two party members to team up to defeat the Four Beasts. In Phase 2, you will face Karin, who has absorbed the power of the Four Beasts. Karin uses the combat elements of each beast as it is. In other words, it is an applied version of the combat mechanism of Phase 1.
The last phase 3 is Karin who ran out of control. You will face Karin and the Beast at the same time. Each pleural effusion is in a fixed position and Karin moves. The aforementioned division of roles and positioning become very important. The minimum requirement for Karin’s Authentic Force is level 330. The Kalos advance team can challenge right away.
Appearance of four beasts except for Karin
Karin Phase 3
■ New Job: Revenge Wind ‘Kali’
‘Kali’, a new job introduced in regarding 18 months following ‘Lara’, is a thief-type job that uses a new weapon called Chakram. Through Kali, we plan to show the story of the High Rep race, which has not been covered so far, and the detailed story of Grandis.
Kali’s dash skill called ‘Void Rush’ is the key. It is a movement skill accompanied by an attack, and it is possible to move in eight directions. There is also a means to reduce the cooldown time, so the linkage between each skill is important. There is a visual point that differentiates it from other jobs called followingimage. There is also an ejection machine called ‘Chakri/Hex’. Hyper Burning is applied for the first time in a new job.
■ Coin Shop: Wong Restaurant
New winter coin shop ‘Wongstaurant’
The process of acquiring coins by hunting level range monsters and defeating bosses is the same. Every week a special chef appears and presents a new event. The first week is ‘Wonky’s Greeting Week’, where you can get a ChuChu set and a polar ratio.
Week 2 is ‘Spiegelman’s Together Week’, and week 3 is ‘Kendi’s Minigame Week’, where a large amount of additional experience can be acquired through mini-games. In addition to experience points, you can also get rare cosmetic items during the Köndi Weekly. The last ‘Mike’s Power-up Week’ is related to growth such as Star Force and Symbols.
Meanwhile, Wong Restaurant is also open offline. Through collaboration with famous chefs such as Choi Hyun-seok and Kim Pung, we plan to introduce a menu that contains the characteristics of Maple.
The menu was developed in collaboration with various chefs.
■ Enhanced Hyper Burning Compensation in Burning World
The benefits of Burning World are enhanced
For the smooth settlement of new users, the benefits of Burning World are strengthened. Core Gemstones and higher-level symbols can be acquired.
■ Blackpink Collaboration
It will be released in two concepts, black and pink.
It is released in two concepts, black and pink. Black was created with the motif of the song ‘Pink Venom’. Pink is a design with a concept that is opposite to black, and the cute bunny ears are the point. More details will be announced through the Cash Shop notice.
■ MapleStory X GS25
In the new MapleStory X GS25 collaboration, products have been expanded.
You can get stickers and stickers with job illustrations and NPC characters. In the new GS25 collaboration, various menus such as jelly and sweets are prepared as well as bread. Bread can be purchased from the 15th, and jelly and snacks from the 20th. It can be purchased at GS25 nationwide.
■ MapleStory X Four Cuts of Life
The four cuts of life collaboration will start on January 1 next year.
You can take pictures with MapleStory characters. It will operate from January 1 of the following year.
■ MapleStory X Isaac Toast
MapleStory X Isaac Toast 2nd Collaboration
When purchasing the Maple collaboration menu, you can get a Pink Bean/Yeti blanket that can be used as a cushion as a product.
Choi Eun-sang, Hankyung.com game talk reporter
