When I say I play MapleStory to some people, they go “man, it’s 2-d, how good can it be?” Obviously, they’ve never seen the likes of RuneScape.

As far as I know, MapleStory’s combat system (I just say ‘combat system’ because it’s the basis of MMORPGs) is as good as it gets! It’s dynamic, the uses of your skills are different in every situation, you can employ tactic with the attack’s attributes (ice to render monsters powerless, sacrifice to bypass a monster’s defence, etc), and you can work with other people to train. What I find good is that it’s not based on locking onto a monster, you just hit what you can, and that reflects combat more realistically than runescape’s combat system, where if you’re up against 2 or more enemies of similar power, you’re screwed. read more

So there I am. Fooling around, as usual. I see a megaphone that says there’s a KS war at the slime tree. I go there, and I realized the the slimes were orange! My friend thinks the slimes did something to annoy Wizet. I found a spot where 4 slimes spawned at once, and, being an ice/lightning wizard, I zapped the demented slimes to oblivion. And got some candy. Thing is, there was another Ice/lightning wizard there, and predictably, it turns into a “lightning war”, where the objective is to use lightning first. I got a respectable amount of candies, as did almost everyone. I assume the Dragon Knight that was there got a fair bit. So, everyone gets candy, and got the satisfaction of using advanced mob skills on ridiculously easy monsters, and everyone in Khaini is happy, right? read more

I just wanted to try something not involving following a guide that’s the same as so many others. After much thought, I decided on a STR sin. I’m currently working towards this AP build; DEX=25, STR=LevelX2-25, everything else in LUK. This gives me a bit more LUK than the “normal” thief build.

So, I have above-average LUK, giving me more power which is boosted further by my STR. I currently use a clean 11 atk Garnier. Not the fastest claw, but is remedied by booster. (It’s impossible to attack faster than a Meba even with booster, right?) My STR partially makes up for the defence I could have gotten with better equips. My accuracy will be sub-par due to the lack of DEX, but not abysmally so. Lastly, if I’m not mistaken, STR raises the HP increment upon leveling, so I will be able to manage higher-leveled monsters. read more