Wednesday 28 October 2009

How to Optimize Your Character Class in Maple Story

People love Maple Story for a reason. So many people brag about their levels. This MIGHT tell you how to play and be good at it! Then you can be the one bragging!

Steps

1. Grab some chips and a coke, prepare a spot at your computer, create a playlist with awesome songs, and sit down. Take a breath and ask yourself if you have the determination and time to play.

2. Turn on your playlist, start maple story account, and wait until the login screen appears.

3. Log In! You're ready to begin.

Setup

1. Downloading Maple Story - If you have not done this yet, here are quick and easy steps:

(1)Go to the Nexon Website!

(2)Head to the Maple Story section, then click GAME DOWNLOAD.

(3)Pick out your choice. Wait. The download will begin. Find something to do as the download finishes.

(4)Head through your setup.

2. Create an Account! This is mandatory to play. You need an email, and a few other things. No credit cards or money though.

3. To verify your account, head to your e-mail's inbox, and find the email they sent you. The Email will say a code. Copy that code, and go back to the Maple Global website, and log on. Once you log on, they will ask you for that code. Paste it, and click "Confirm".

Path of the Warrior

Warriors are the masters of close combat. They can use Power Skills that allow them to increase combat parameters, and special attacks like Slash Blast and Power Strike to do additional damage. They have a tendency to miss later on, but with a Priest/Cleric (Holy Mages), they are basically invincible.

1. It's time to make a character. When you roll the dice on the Stats Screen, pick these out:

•STR: ?, DEX: ?, INT: 4, LUK: 4.

2. You are ready for Maple Island. Get your DEX to 20, then put all of your remaining points into STR. Do all quests for their rewards, and remember to play your own music and keep yourself comfy. Make it to Level 10, then it's off to Victoria Island. Head to Southperry, head to the east, talk to Shanks, and pay up.

3. You are at Lith Harbor. Talk to Olaf. Finish his quest and tell him you wish to follow the path of the warrior. Now turn back and go to the ticket booth. Get a Perion ticket. Now you will appear in a desert wastelandish town.

4. Climb to the top and head inside. Dances with Balrog will advance you to a Warrior. Put your first point into Improving HP Recover.

5. Grab a weapon and level up. Get Improving HP Recover to 5, then begin to max out Max HP Increase. This will give you the highest HP possible.

•This is the best choice of building for a Warrior.

•Get Improving HP Recover to 5.

•Now put points into Max HP Increase until it is maxed. This is the most important skill to master as for future levels you will need it for highest possible HP at no expense.

•1 Point in Power Strike, then 10 in Slash Blast.

•Max Power Strike. Then max Slash Blast.

•Put your last points into Endure.

6. Once that is all done and you are Level 30, you can go back to your instructor Dances with Balrog and chat him up. Follow his instructions and you can become your 2nd Job. Each depends on your different weapon. If you prefer Swords or Axes, become a Fighter. Polearms and Spears are for the Spearman. Any other weapon is for the Page.

Path of a Magician

The magician is Maple's symbol of defending and upholding. Make sure you're up to it.

1. It's time to pick out your stats! Get them to:

•STR: 4, DEX: 4, INT: ?, LUK: ?

2. Head through Maple Island, doing quests (skip Biggs and Mai's Training III if you must). You might want to max out Recovery and Three Snails. Recovery can heal you, and Three Snails will do 40 damage when maxed out! This means an Orange Mushroom can be killed in two uses! Your stats should be at 13 LUK, 4 STR, 4 DEX, and whatever is left should go to INT. Get to Level 8 and head to Southperry, talk to Shanks, and leave.

3. Talk to Olaf, finish the quiz, choose the path of a Magician, and then walk over to the ticketing booth and go to Ellinia.

4. Climb up 1000 feet or so to the top of Ellinia. Go in the library and get your EXP. Now become a Magician. Your HP will stay the same, but your MP will really jump. Teach yourself Energy Bolt with your new Skill Point.

5. Set this skill to a button, grab yourself a wand, and hopefully, some MP Potions, which are extremely expensive. Try to party with some newborn Warriors or Thieves, maybe some Bowmen if they want to do it. You will be struggling through the first few Mage maple story powerleveling Levels.

6. Uphold the Maple Laws. Be nice to people, and they'll be nice to you. Don't beg.

Path of the Bowman

Something is falling down from the sky! It's arrow rain! This just leaves all of the boars stunned as they are shot and killed! This was the work of a Bowman, and you can be one too!

1. Get your stats set straight! You need:

•STR: ?, DEX: ?, INT: 4, LUK: 4. These stats are the best.

2. Get your STR to 20, keep your INT and LUK at 4, and pour the rest of your points into DEX. You have to be at Level 10: no more, no less.

3. Leave for Victoria Island after you've done your quests on Maple Island. Don't go above Level 10! Once you're here, talk to Olaf and do his quiz, and then choose the path of a Bowman! Now go get a ticket to Henesys, or, walk there yourself! It's a very short trip to get to Henesys. Just keep heading towards the right. Or, once the music changes, kill yourself. As a beginner, nothing will change other than your HP rise to 50, and your location (which should now be Henesys)! Go to Mushroom Park, talk to Athena Pierce, get your EXP., and now become a Bowman!

4. Shove your first point in Critical Shot. You want this maxed ASAP. Now buy a bow and some arrows. Congrats! You're now a Bowman! Go west of Henesys, past the Hunting Grounds, and climb to the top of this map. Find a group of mushroom houses towards the mid-right. Now walk by and keep hitting UP over and over to end up at Mushroom Garden, your new training grounds. Try to find an empty channel. You'll level extremely fast here.

5. Remember to do any quests you can! In Maple Story, your quests give excellent rewards!

6. At Level 12 you can get a Crossbow. Crossbows require Crossbow Arrows. They do more damage, but are slower. Choose if you want to be a Crossbow user or a Bow user. At Level 30, choose whichever follows this path.

Path of the Thief

The path of the dark legions is a good one, and this is probably the most popular of all MapleStory jobs.

1. After selecting a server and channel, head to Create a Character and get these stats: 4/5 STR, DEX ?, INT 4/5, LUK ?. STR and INT are unimportant to you, so try to get 4, as it is the lowest number you can get in a stat. If you can't get 4 and 4 in these stats, try to get 4 in INT and 5 in STR. If you must, settle for 5 in both of them.

2. Say hi to any people you see. If you're looking for friends, press ESCAPE to pull up your menu. Click CHANGE CHANNEL and select 1. You will appear in the same place, but it is more crowded. Press R and type the names of people you want to add.

3. Talk to Sera. You should say yes and go through the training camp.

4. After finishing, head through the island, do all of your quests, get your DEX to 25, keep STR and INT the same, and bring up LUK as much as possible. Head to Victoria Island by talking to Shanks at Southperry once you are Level 10.

5. Do Olaf's quiz, then choose the path of the thief. Head back to the Ticket Booth and make your way to Kerning City. Now head to the Juice Bar and go down the toilet.

6. Dark Lord inside will make you a thief. You now will have your first skill point. Press K and begin to put it in something.

•If you want to throw stars, put this point in Nimble Body or Lucky Seven.

•If you want to use daggers, put this point in Double Stab.

7. Decide here and now... should I take short range and multi-hitting, or should I take long-range and spending for power? You will either be using daggers or claws and throwing stars/knives. If you use a dagger, you will be a Bandit, and a claw user will be an Assassin.

Class Comparisons

•Warriors have the highest HP, Magicians have the lowest. Bowmen have more HP than a Thief, but only by a bit.

•In reverse to HP, MP's order of rank from highest to lowest is as follows: Magician, Thief, Bowman, Warrior.

•Warriors only get access to 1 ranged skill, which is Three Snails. However, every class gets access to it. All of the other classes get ranged attacks, however, Magicians have smaller range than projectiles flying across the screen like Bowmen and Thieves get.

•At first, Archers will be like ranged Warriors, Thieves will just be going at their own little pace, Magicians will be struggling to gain MP, and Warriors will be running up and enjoying their new power.

•Warriors will have terrible accuracy later on, but when paired up with Magicians, they will be able to hit hard and increase the health of their allies. The only things that seem to change about the connections between classes other than this is that Thieves and Magicians will be begged to be partied, with the occasional asking for a Warrior in the party. Bowmen will be alone for their training most of the time, unless it is with good friends.

Tips

•In the Henesys PQ, you receive only EXP. for a reward. In the Kerning PQ, you can sell the rewards you get. In Ariant PQ you get points that you can use to purchase a Palm beach Chair that is worth 9.5 million(Windia) When you're about to get to Level 31 inside, kill yourself to lose EXP. You can now keep getting your rewards inside, as you can't PQ here anymore. Your next PQ will be Monster Carnival PQ(CPQ) but you only get experience. (but you can do Henesys PQ). This is a great maplestory mesos maker if you have patience.

•Playing with friends splits the EXP. which you desperately need, but you will find yourself having more fun. For some people, this helps them level with motivation.

•Always have potions. Watch your health at all times!

•The problem with a Warrior's Slash Blast is that is steals HP from you. Make sure you hit a larger mob and kill them, or you'll be dead very fast!

•Trade fame! It will make you be able to wear better items, and it is claimed by some that you can get better drops, although this is unproven.

•GMs are there to help you! Don't shoot them down! If you happen to see one, don't bother them. Just say "Hi" and press F2 to smile, then calmly walk away. Remember, they can hide themselves, and it is very rare for them to be seen. VERY.

•If you enjoy Maple Story a lot, get Nexon Cash. No need to worry if you have no credit card, the nearest Target or Best Buy will probably have Nexon Game Cards in $10 or $25! Good options include the VIP hair coupons and 2x EXP? If you like another game by Nexon and have bought NX Cash for one certain game, such as Audition, you may realize that the NX Cash can also be used on maple story accounts, and vice versa.

•On Maple Island, talk to EVERY NPC. The quests and info will help.

•If you want to get into a Party Quest easier, join a newer server. Or, play right after a new patch (try to begin the download as close to the upload of it as possible). Usually after a patch, there is only 5 other people in Channel 1.

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