2009-05-08, 04:49 AM
I decided to make this to see how everyone's first day of the "spectacular" 4th Anniversary went.
I certainly hope it was better than mine.
Overall, today has been pretty shitty. Outside of Maplestory, there were just a lot of problems and fighting at home, so it wasn't a good day. So I decide to get on MS to relax and hopefully make the day better.
Alright, free "24 hour" 2x EXP and Drop coupons, cool. I do the new quests, while grinding some and collecting the leaves like a madman. I see that you have to get the level 35 or 43 Maple weapon to upgrade to 64, not too happy, but alright, fair enough.
..Yeah. Is it just me, or is the droprate for Maple Weapons maddeningly low this year? It's frustrating. I spend 4 hours at the Ant Tunnel Mini-Dungeon, not one Maple weapon. I sign off for about 30 minutes to let my girlfriend get on while I go eat something. She finds a Maple Bow and lets me back on to check something.
I notice not even leaves are dropping as much anymore. I check my cards, oh, wait, what cards? They're gone. Both of them. No reason or explanation why. They just disappeared. Can't level anymore like I planned.
Now for the big highlight of it all... I bought another 2x Drop card with the remaining of my NX and go back to the mini-dungeon. Takes 2 hours, but I finally find a level 35 Maple Knuckle (since I'm not paying fucking 25 million mesos just for it, goddamn merchanters). I feel relieved. So much better. I head back to town, I check and see I have 4000 Maple Leaves, so I'm good. Trade it.. in.. it's below average. 58 ATT level 64 Maple Knuckle. It's not even worth holding on to. But I figured, maybe I could save it with my spare 10%. Doesn't work. Well, I could at least make it high enough to hold me over until I get a better one, and still have it be at least 1 or 2 ATT better than my current Fury Claw, right? So I turn in most of my remaining leaves (1500) for the 40% scroll. The Knuckle immediately explodes as soon as I click.
And this doesn't include being KSed out of Bubblings constantly, no other drops from my remaining 2x Drop, even from bosses, and hurting my back somehow earlier (so it hurts like a peach.)
ANYWAYS. I'm done ranting. Otherwise, my girlfriend got lucky and we both at least got the "Under the Maple Tree" chairs. How was everyone else's first anniversary day?
I certainly hope it was better than mine.
Overall, today has been pretty shitty. Outside of Maplestory, there were just a lot of problems and fighting at home, so it wasn't a good day. So I decide to get on MS to relax and hopefully make the day better.
Alright, free "24 hour" 2x EXP and Drop coupons, cool. I do the new quests, while grinding some and collecting the leaves like a madman. I see that you have to get the level 35 or 43 Maple weapon to upgrade to 64, not too happy, but alright, fair enough.
..Yeah. Is it just me, or is the droprate for Maple Weapons maddeningly low this year? It's frustrating. I spend 4 hours at the Ant Tunnel Mini-Dungeon, not one Maple weapon. I sign off for about 30 minutes to let my girlfriend get on while I go eat something. She finds a Maple Bow and lets me back on to check something.
I notice not even leaves are dropping as much anymore. I check my cards, oh, wait, what cards? They're gone. Both of them. No reason or explanation why. They just disappeared. Can't level anymore like I planned.
Now for the big highlight of it all... I bought another 2x Drop card with the remaining of my NX and go back to the mini-dungeon. Takes 2 hours, but I finally find a level 35 Maple Knuckle (since I'm not paying fucking 25 million mesos just for it, goddamn merchanters). I feel relieved. So much better. I head back to town, I check and see I have 4000 Maple Leaves, so I'm good. Trade it.. in.. it's below average. 58 ATT level 64 Maple Knuckle. It's not even worth holding on to. But I figured, maybe I could save it with my spare 10%. Doesn't work. Well, I could at least make it high enough to hold me over until I get a better one, and still have it be at least 1 or 2 ATT better than my current Fury Claw, right? So I turn in most of my remaining leaves (1500) for the 40% scroll. The Knuckle immediately explodes as soon as I click.
And this doesn't include being KSed out of Bubblings constantly, no other drops from my remaining 2x Drop, even from bosses, and hurting my back somehow earlier (so it hurts like a peach.)
ANYWAYS. I'm done ranting. Otherwise, my girlfriend got lucky and we both at least got the "Under the Maple Tree" chairs. How was everyone else's first anniversary day?