Mercedes

Just about everything in Singapore and Malaysia gives more exp than the rest of the mobs their level. They don't give as much as they did prior to Big Bang, but it's still more than everything else.

I thought that the fact that the drops there (save for galloperas) sucked was a fair counter balance.

The problem is the genre of the area, rather than the fact that it was hit by Big Bang. And let's get real here, the only reason that Singapore/Malaysia were even "hit" was out of a game mechanic reason than a story reason. Demand for training at those areas was exceedingly high, especially here in gMS (although Nexon should've realized Masteria was in that high demand training list). So realistically, a PURIST Mercedes would be sticking to areas she's canonically used to, which includes anything that's on the World Map theoretically. Masteria and World Tour areas don't have a World Map, nor are they really connected to Maple World anyways - Zipangu MIGHT be an exception, if it weren't for the fact that this only applies to jMS. And since Mercedes is a 100% kMS creation, we have to follow its formulas to TRULY be purist.

This of course, is for those that actually CARE about purist play. For those that don't, level wherever the hell you want.

Speaking of drops, our economy would be a lot healthier if everyone did stick to KMS content like this. Every time i do so i get nice scrolls and such and it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

Level 90 here. Really enjoying the 3rd job setup... I find leaf tornados floor based damage range an annoyance though. I end up relying on Barrage more. The vertical range makes for hilarious mobbing.

Also, the attack buff from Ignis is. Well, even with my lv 60 bow, my STRless life got wayyyyyyy better.