v.183 – Kerning City Superstars Update Preview

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news//20906/

Make your way through Kerning Tower, a new theme dungeon for players Lv. 145 and above, and help music producer Blake manage the promotion of The Jackpot 5’s new album as they compete in the Kerning City Superstars competition! Then take a look at the system changes and improvements we’re making as part of ‘A Better Maple’. Make your NX work for you with the introduction of the Maple Value Points (MVP) Service, which gives rewards based on how much NX you spend. We’ve also got several new events for you to join. Make new friends, cook up some steamed buns, and unearth ancient artifacts! All this and more in the Kerning City Superstars update!

[B]KERNING TOWER[/B]

Help music producer Blake manage the promotion of The Jackpot 5, and their new album! This is a theme dungeon available for players Lv. 145 and above. Visit Kerning Tower, where Blake is taking on a new challenge as a producer!

He has high hopes for his group, The Jackpot 5, and has entered them in the Kerning City Superstars competition. Make your way through Kerning Tower, and receive the Jackpot Entertainment Co-CEO medal to commemorate your experience.

[B]KERNING TOWER OPENING CELEBRATION[/B]

To celebrate the opening of Kerning Tower, we will be holding a special event! Everyone who completes the theme dungeon during the event period will receive a package containing a medal, earrings, and the Kerning Tower Memories Chair.

[B]A BETTER MAPLE[/B]

We’re always trying to make a better Maple, and we have lots of improvements coming in this update! Here are just a few of them:

• Modifying your equipment will become simpler! Potential Stamps, Bonus Potential Stamps, and Golden Hammers will function similar to cubes, where you double-click the item, and then click on the piece of equipment you want to modify.
  
• Get around with ease. If you receive a completion stamp for content using the Maple Guide, you will be able to move to that content's location through the Maple Guide, regardless of your character's level.
  
• Maximum down jump height will be increased for all jobs, except Mechanics.
  
• Mechanics will be able to select the color of their mech, instead of receiving a random color.
  
• You will be able to purchase multiple items at once from coin shops (does not apply to certain items).
  
• The buff and debuff icons will display concurrently on monsters.
  
• Soul skill durations will be displayed on the upper right-side of the screen.
  
• The icons of items that have expiration dates have been changed so that it's easier to see them in your inventory.
  
• You will be able to right-click a character's name from the chat window to receive the options to Whisper, Add Friend, Party Invite, etc.
  

Make sure to hop in-game after the update to experience these and other improvements!

[B]MAPLE VALUE POINTS SERVICE[/B]

The Maple Value Points (MVP) Service is a reward system that gives back based on the amount of NX that you spend. Depending on your spending habits, you will receive an MVP Bronze rank and an MVP Special rank, and a tier within each of those rank. MVP Bronze ranks are based on the cumulative amount of NX spent in your lifetime, and once you achieve a tier within that rank, you cannot go down. MVP Special ranks are based on the amount of NX spent within the last 3 months and can go up or down. All ranks will be updated in real time and can be seen in the Cash Shop.

Being an MVP member means you get rewards! MVP Bronze members receive an item package each time they achieve a new tier, containing a title with limited-time stats. MVP Special members receive one special package per month based on their current tier, containing a title with stats, Maple Point coupons, damage skin, chair, and more. All MVP members receive a daily package containing an attack buff, EXP buff, restorative potion, megaphone, Mu Lung training center charm, and more. There are also benefits to using the Auction House, enhancing with Star Force, and more.

[B]BEST FRIENDS FOREVER[/B]

Make new friends and explore Maple World during the Best Friends Forever event! Players Lv. 33 and above will be able to find a buddy by registering for the event and checking out the UI that finds a match for you. Once the system finds a good match, you’ll be connected as a party and given a mission to complete. Take on the hungry monsters in the Picnic Panic mission, defeat the obstacles in the Castle Escape Room mission, clear all the monsters in the Monster Park Partners mission, and work on your moves in the Bridging the Divide mission.

Both characters need to complete the mission to be successful! You can also receive bonus EXP when hunting monsters together. Once your mission is complete, you’ll earn a ranking which can reward you with a medal and BFF Coins. You can exchange the coins for exclusive chairs, accessories, scrolls, and more!

[B]MORE EVENTS[/B]

We have several other events opening later in March! Participate in the Steamed Bun Maestro event (players Lv. 33 and above) and collect ingredients to make steamed buns. Consume different types of buns to receive effects such as additional EXP or trait EXP. You’ll also earn points, which allow you to collect additional rewards such as a chair, inventory expansion coupon, damage skin, potential items, and more.

Then explore Maple World to locate unidentified artifacts in the Legendary Ancient Artifact Competition, for players Lv. 33 and above. Collect artifacts to earn Artifact Points. You might receive a special buff or awaken an Artifact Keeper that you can defeat to earn even more points. Depending on the number of points you receive, you will earn rewards such as Special Medals of Honor, Master Craftsman and Meister Cubes, a chair, damage skin, and more.

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Wow :f6:
Kerning Square comming
Took long enough to get MPV thing to come
LF>25stars

What's interesting is that KMS players hate Kerning Tower's questline.

Oh please bring dream breaker with this patch, please please please.

Oh please bring dream breaker with this patch, please please please.

It comes with the first Beyond patch, so we're not even close.

What's interesting is that KMS players hate Kerning Tower's questline.

Seriously? Why?

Seriously? Why?

I got my insight from this link: https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%BB%A4%EB%8B%9D%2...0%EC%9B%8C
What I got from it is that there is no climax/suspense/conflict in the story, not being well-written with shallow characters, having even less story than the current Fantasy Theme World. There are other points I can't understand, but that's what I got from the translation.

Micro site: http://maplestory.nexon.net/micro-site/20870

idk why they keep putting stuff in random places on their website.

I got my insight from this link: https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%BB%A4%EB%8B%9D%2...0%EC%9B%8C
What I got from it is that there is no climax/suspense/conflict in the story, not being well-written with shallow characters, having even less story than the current Fantasy Theme World. There are other points I can't understand, but that's what I got from the translation.

Other things from that site are that the map layout is boring because there's just a bunch of floors with 2 different monsters per floor, the rewards are garbage, they think that theme dungeons should be something different from just regular hunting and the new Kerning Square is almost 100% "go to floor X and kill these monsters/get these items", and since it was an area blocked off for a long time, users had high expectations after Mushroom Castle and Korean Folk Town.

Other things from that site are that the map layout is boring because there's just a bunch of floors with 2 different monsters per floor, the rewards are garbage, they think that theme dungeons should be something different from just regular hunting and the new Kerning Square is almost 100% "go to floor X and kill these monsters/get these items", and since it was an area blocked off for a long time, users had high expectations after Mushroom Castle and Korean Folk Town.

Did that change at all with the recent omega sector revamp?

so now Unique potential scrolls look like enhancement scrolls. good job

Did that change at all with the recent omega sector revamp?

From the same site, they said Omega Sector still wasn't great but it was a lot better than Kerning Square because although the story was a bit cliched, there was a conflict, good characterization, and funny jokes/parodies.

I wish the regular potential scrolls were blue.

so now Unique potential scrolls look like enhancement scrolls. good job

I've never seen a legendary pot scroll o.o, new marvel item?

I've never seen a legendary pot scroll o.o, new marvel item?

It was one of the (really really really rare) rewards you could get from the Maplehood Watch event.

Does this patch bring the lowering of time to 5th job advance as well as the 5 free nodestones? - probably not, I'm thinking of a beyond patch we won't get for a little while longer.

https://orangemushroom.net/2016/09/28/km...ing-tower/

Some things of note that weren't mentioned by the preview;

1. Hard VL
2. Changing channels gives 3 seconds of invincibility also the ability to change channels even after taking damage and being in a "breathing" state
3. NPC name visibility changed
4. Added separators for units of things (13020 meso would now appear as 13,020)
5. Ability to see the full Silent Crusade shop with the hotkey (easier to get spell traces)

Does this patch bring the lowering of time to 5th job advance as well as the 5 free nodestones? - probably not, I'm thinking of a beyond patch we won't get for a little while longer.

That's in the first Beyond patch.

Does this patch bring the lowering of time to 5th job advance as well as the 5 free nodestones? - probably not, I'm thinking of a beyond patch we won't get for a little while longer.

https://orangemushroom.net/2016/09/28/km...ing-tower/

Some things of note that weren't mentioned by the preview;

1. Hard VL
2. Changing channels gives 3 seconds of invincibility also the ability to change channels even after taking damage and being in a "breathing" state
3. NPC name visibility changed
4. Added separators for units of things (13020 meso would now appear as 13,020)
5. Ability to see the full Silent Crusade shop with the hotkey (easier to get spell traces)

4 was mentioned on the micro-site, 3 wasn't directly mentioned but it's visible in the screenshots. I hope we do get hard VL; we probably will.

Does this patch bring the lowering of time to 5th job advance as well as the 5 free nodestones? - probably not, I'm thinking of a beyond patch we won't get for a little while longer.

https://orangemushroom.net/2016/09/28/km...ing-tower/

Some things of note that weren't mentioned by the preview;

1. Hard VL
2. Changing channels gives 3 seconds of invincibility also the ability to change channels even after taking damage and being in a "breathing" state
3. NPC name visibility changed
4. Added separators for units of things (13020 meso would now appear as 13,020)
5. Ability to see the full Silent Crusade shop with the hotkey (easier to get spell traces)

Regarding 2: I just want to be able to change channel on first try. Is that going to be fixed?
And how about cc-dc, will that stop?

Regarding 2: I just want to be able to change channel on first try. Is that going to be fixed?
And how about cc-dc, will that stop?

Well I find you have to look for the "good" channels in your server, the ones where it only takes 1 try to change channel into it, for me in Scania its Ch's 3, 10 and 19. It would be nice if every channel was nice like the private channel is (tip : npc everything in Evo Lab) with it's almost 0 lag.

What I'd like to see change is the fact that 80% of the time an Elite Boss spawns I have to relog because the damage canceling disconnects me over 3 to 4 times. I've lost elite bosses because of the disconnecting. I haven't disconnected while ccing but my game has crashed switching characters (happens every day) or just logging into a character and not doing anything for a period of time the game will just crash on me. So they have a lot of problems but entirely unlikely any of the things mentioned will be noticed or fixed. I don't imagine any community manager (if there is one) or someone of that role even browses this website.