Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25

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Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25 - Notify - 2017-04-05

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news//21711/

Nexon Wrote: Hippity hop! Spring is here, bringing you lots of new events!

[B]Golden Rocket Rider[/B]

Wednesday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 25

Help Captain Ovo achieve his dream of soaring through the sky on a rocket! Players Lv. 33 and above can begin by clicking the rocket-shaped event notifier on the left-side of the screen, or by speaking to NPC Captain Ovo in town. Hunt monsters within your level range (10 levels below and 20 levels above) to collect <Rocket Booster> Ember and <Rocket Booster> Gunpowder items that they drop. <Rocket Booster> Embers are worth Rocket Booster Points, and <Rocket Booster> Gunpowder has the potential to give you one of four special buffs:

I Believe I Can Fly: Buff that grants you 2x the amount of Rocket Booster Points for 5 minutes.

I Believe I Can Touch the Sky: Buff that grants you Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +10 for 5 minutes.

I Believe I Can Soar: Buff that grants you 2x the item drop rate for 5 minutes. (Limited to 6 times per day.)

Spread Your Wings: Buff that grants you 2x EXP for 5 minutes. (Limited to 6 times per day.)

You can collect more <Rocket Booster> Ember and <Rocket Booster> Gunpowder by hunting the Dangerous Rocket monsters appearing in major towns.

Practice flying on a rocket in the Rocket Rider mini-game. Fly around the map avoiding obstacles and collecting rewards and Rocket Booster items. Play through three different stages and earn Rocket Booster Points. You can also collect restorative items, buffs, and mesos.

Take a little break during training to get some more rewards! Accept the quest ‘[Golden Rocket Rider] Sweet Cookie Basket’ and stay logged in for 15 minutes to receive a Rocket Cookie Basket. Your cookie basket contains delicious Rocket Cookies that grant 2000 Rocket Booster Points. If you repeat this quest daily, you can receive additional rewards in your basket! Get all dressed up with the Rocket Outfit, Rocket Hat, and Rocket Fuse Cape.

You can collect 10,000 Rocket Booster Points per day. Accumulate those points to receive the following rewards (given once per world):

5,000 Points: Trait Boost Potion (x3): Untradeable. 14-day duration.

10,000 Points: Selective 8 Slot Coupon: Untradeable. 14-day duration.

15,000 Points: Special Medal of Honor: Untradeable. 14-day duration.

20,000 Points: 2x EXP Coupon (15 minutes) (x5): Untradeable. 14-day duration.

25,000 Points: 2x Drop Rate Coupon (15 minutes) (x5): Untradeable. 14-day duration.

30,000 Points: Gold Potential Stamp: Untradeable. 14-day duration.

35,000 Points: Safety Charm (x10) Coupon: Untradeable. 14-day duration.

40,000 Points: Buff Freezer (x10) Coupon: Untradeable. 14-day duration.

45,000 Points: Epic Potential Scroll 50\%: Untradeable. 14-day duration.

50,000 Points: Ovo-Rocket Mount Permanent Coupon: Untradeable. 14-day duration.

60,000 Points: Rocket Damage Skin: Untradeable.

70,000 Points: Nodestone (x10): Untradeable. 14-day duration.

80,000 Points: Dreams of Flight: Title. Untradeable. 14-day duration. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +10, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +15, Boss Damage +20\%, Ignore DEF +20\%, MaxHP/MaxMP* +1000.

90,000 Points: Captain Ovo Chair: Untradeable.

100,000 Points: Unique Potential Scroll 100\%: Untradeable.

120,000 Points: Rocket Rider: Title. Untradeable. 14-day duration. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +50, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +25, Boss Damage +30\%, Ignore DEF +30\%, MaxHP/MaxMP* +2000.

Here is the Rocket Damage Skin:

Click here to learn more!

[B]Spring Heatwave[/B]

Wednesday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 18

It’s starting to warm up! Players Lv. 33 and above can get ready for spring by accepting the quest ‘[Spring Heatwave] Blazing Attendance Check’ from the event notifier on the left-side of the screen. Hunt monsters within your level range (10 levels below and 20 levels above) to complete the day’s attendance and receive a stamp. Earn rewards including Master Craftsman's Cubes, Meister's Cubes, Selective 8 Slot Coupon, Chaos Scroll of Goodness 50\%, Mysterious Meso Pouches, and a Damage Skin Random Box.

Keep hunting because regular and Elite monsters are dropping Spring Heatwave Boxes! You can also get a box from completing a random mission. Open the box to receive 20 Maple Reward Points and one random item such as trait items, restorative items, Master Craftsman's and Meister's Cubes, scrolls, and Mysterious Meso Pouches. Hopefully you will find the amazing Sun Chair!

The heatwave also causes solar-powered benefits such as runes appearing more frequently and with decreased cooldowns, bonus 200\% EXP from runes, 2x EXP from hunting Inferno Wolf, Sudden Missions appearing more frequently and with a higher limit of 6 per day, and being able to enter Monster Park for free 7 times on Sundays.

Click here to learn more!

[B]The Great Easter Egg Hunt[/B]

Wednesday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 18

It’s not Easter without an Easter Egg Hunt! Players Lv. 10 and above can begin by accepting the quest from NPC Gaga, located in the Event Hall. Collect 30 Colored Eggs that drop from monsters within your level range (10 levels below and 20 levels above). Return the eggs to Gaga and you’ll be rewarded with a 14-day Daddy Moon Bunny Totem that gives STR/DEX/INT/LUK +20, and Weapon ATT/Magic ATT + 1. You’ll also get 1-day bunny-themed equips. Dress up in the Moon Bunny costume and wield your Lord of the Carrots weapon! This quest can be repeated once a day, so that you can keep looking cute all season.

Click here to learn more!

[B]The Mad Bunny[/B]

Wednesday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 18

The Mad Bunny is looking for Easter Eggs! Players Lv. 10 and above can speak to him in the Event Hall to begin the event. Hunt Eggy Popp monsters and collect the Golden Eggs that they carry. Each Golden Egg is worth random amounts of EXP, depending on your level range. Keep an eye out for more Golden Eggs, as you can exchange an egg every 2 hours!

But Golden Eggs aren’t the only eggs the Mad Bunny wants! Hunt monsters within your level range (10 levels below and 20 levels above) to collect 10 Easter Eggs. Easter Eggs come in three different varieties depending on your level range.

Mad Bunny's Yellow Easter (Lv. 10 - Lv. 29)

Mad Bunny's Green Easter (Lv. 30 - Lv. 69)

Mad Bunny's Red Easter (Lv. 70 and above)

In addition to the eggs, you also need an Easter Basket to put them in! Talk to the Maple Administrator to get help with that. She needs you to gather some Tree Branches and Squishy Liquids in order to craft as fashionable Easter Basket. Once you collect everything, the Mad Bunny will reward you with an Easter Charm that retains EXP on death, and some restorative items.

If you’re Lv. 70 and above and collect Red Easter Eggs, in addition to the charm and restorative items, you will also receive Mad Bunny’s Easter Egg! Crack it open to receive one random item such as a Shiny Easter Egg buff, Moon Bunny Word Bubble and Label Rings (30-day duration), Anniversary Prime Scrolls, Spell Traces, Mysterious Meso Pouches, and more. It also contains a 14-day Lady Moon Bunny Totem that gives STR/DEX/INT/LUK +20, and Weapon ATT/Magic ATT + 1.

You can also find bunny-themed mounts and chairs including the Easter Egg Nest Chair, Small Rabbit Mount (1-year duration), Bunny Tornado Chair, Male Desert Rabbit Cushion, Bunny Chair, Easter Egg Basket Chair, and Giant Rabbit Mount (1-year duration)!

You can repeat the quests (collecting eggs and the Easter Basket) once a day.

Click here to learn more!

[B]Golden Egg Coloring[/B]

Wednesday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 18

NPC Cassandra needs some help decorating eggs for Easter! Players Lv. 10 and above can accept the quest by speaking to NPC Cassandra in the Event Hall. Hold onto the Gold Colored Egg and a Paint Brush for 30 minutes, and you’ll receive a Shiny Easter Egg buff that grants you 2x item drops for 30 minutes. You will also get a Golden Easter Egg which contains one random item, such as trait items and a 14-day Mommy Moon Bunny Totem that gives STR/DEX/INT/LUK +20, and Weapon ATT/Magic ATT + 1!

Equip all three Moon Bunny Totems at once to see the complete effect and receive an additional Weapon ATT/Magic ATT + 18!

Click here to learn more!

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Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25 - fodjgngf - 2017-04-05

I'd just like to leave my comment about how they've gone completely backwards to how events should be.

Let's take last months events, you had the Steamed Bun shop which was heavily flawed in the way you receive rewards, you had the ARF event which is what any collection event SHOULD be from now on and there was the Chockyday event which is fine for what it was.

So what was the worst of the events? In my own rating I put #1 as ARF #2 goes to Chockyday and far behind the rest is the Steamed Bun event.

Now we compare to this months events (which I don't even care about any except the rocket event), you aren't even ASKED if you want to participate in the easter egg events you get forced into it, so enjoy getting 30,000 (not exaggerating) DIPQ drops that you have to one by one toss or NPC for a big 100 or 300 meso per stack, woo.. events so worth doing. Theres even a even more ridiculous kill count attendance but I'll let it slide cause it's easy enough to knock out 2000 mobs if you find a map you circulate fast enough.

I just want all events to fall into what we had previously, you aren't forced into seeing event drops unless your participating in the events. It makes maps less cluttered and ultimately less laggy. I can't even complete DIPQ sometimes due to the amount of lag massive piles of pomegranatety easter eggs take up. I don't even want to consider training my character. All I'm going to be doing is attempting to get the 20,000 rocket points per day and that'll be my day, oh and Vanishing Journey dailies.

Because of the way nexon has made these events I don't even want to do the 2000mob attendance just cause how will I know if a Arcane Symbol dropped? I won't. Eggs are at least 1.25x larger than symbols, so hunting is just.. out of the question right now.

In short, nexon made great progress a month ago only to regress heavily.

Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25 - SaptaZapta - 2017-04-06

What was wrong with the Steamed Bun shop? It worked exactly the same as the ARF rewards.

The Easter Egg spam has been with us for many many years. One time they heard our pleas and slightly reduced the eggs drop rate in a maintenance, but even that seems to have been undone this year.

The ridiculous kill count for attendance, I'm told, is what KMS attendances are always like. GMS just decided not to reduce it as they usually do. I guess they think the rewards this time are so good that they need to deter people from doing attendance on 9000 accounts.

All in all, definitely a bad event season.

Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25 - Grey - 2017-04-06

SaptaZapta Wrote:The ridiculous kill count for attendance, I'm told, is what KMS attendances are always like. GMS just decided not to reduce it as they usually do. I guess they think the rewards this time are so good that they need to deter people from doing attendance on 9000 accounts.

That's false, they've only had two kill 2000 attendances (that I know of), one of which is this event, which, as you speculate, is probably because it has better rewards than usual, and I think they're doing something where they have to kill 2k mobs right now, but I'm not too sure about that. Other than that, attendances are usually the same. Kill 200/300 monsters, and the collect 20/30 drop kind which they haven't been doing recently.

Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25 - SwordStaker - 2017-04-06

This whole patch is lackluster honestly. The only thing I can think of is they're working on Beyond and that's taken a large amount of their time. I can imagine there's some collaboration with CMS, TWMS, JMS, and MSEA about Kanna, Hayato, Beast Tamer, and Jett/Dragon Warrior about their 2nd 5th job skills and if they're going to get the job branch specific ones.

Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25 - fodjgngf - 2017-04-06

SaptaZapta Wrote:What was wrong with the Steamed Bun shop? It worked exactly the same as the ARF rewards.

The Easter Egg spam has been with us for many many years. One time they heard our pleas and slightly reduced the eggs drop rate in a maintenance, but even that seems to have been undone this year.

The ridiculous kill count for attendance, I'm told, is what KMS attendances are always like. GMS just decided not to reduce it as they usually do. I guess they think the rewards this time are so good that they need to deter people from doing attendance on 9000 accounts.

All in all, definitely a bad event season.

Sorry I meant to say the way to redeem your rewards was very counter intuitive. You need to complete the quest, get the reward, start the next quest, find out you can't finish that quest until you've used the previous reward. It was a mess.

Celebrate Spring With New Events: 4/5 – 4/25 - SaptaZapta - 2017-04-06

fodjgngf Wrote:Sorry I meant to say the way to redeem your rewards was very counter intuitive. You need to complete the quest, get the reward, start the next quest, find out you can't finish that quest until you've used the previous reward. It was a mess.

Yes, the daily quests for that were weird.
But at least the new fireworks thing works like the ARF, no need to stop to turn quests in and all.
I just wish the buff rockets didn't have such an elaborate (and laggy) effect. Or that they were less common.