Beginner's Handbook to DFO

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so i'm gonna go ahead and assume that this site
http://www.dfosource.com/

is the premier dfo site (like SP and Basil are the only relevant maple sites anymore) and i should blindly follow all the guides and advice there?
Are there blogs like Max' I should look at?

There's some really good advice there and some really bad advice. It's more like Basil than anything (minus the auction focus). IIRC the Fighter guides are pretty good.

http://deonpa.wordpress.com/ has info on future content (DnF = Korea, Arad Senki = Japan, CDnF = China).

Also, the only class/gender combos we don't have are Female Slayer, Female Priest, and Male Thief (which don't exist yet).