Elemental Staves & Wands Known Issue

Now I have to wait for an official notice explaining why removal of the VPQ NPC was intentional.

Do we still receive some sort of damage boost? I have both Ele Wands 5 + 6; I wonder whether it's even worth swapping around now...

....no...

....no...

Just tested. Yep, all bonus is now gone. This is amazing... Mages have went from a non-respected class that managed to just about hold their own in terms of balancing to being completely unbalanced with all positive bonuses from their class wiped out and walked over through one patch.

That's good but there is one small problem with that...

The Visitor PQ NPC is missing. So in essence... VIP Wands and Staffs are pretty much sharing the same fate as Elemental Wand and Staffs.

Thought the current supply is set in stone

*though. I fail to see how they're sharing the same fate, the price on one is skyrocketing, while the other is going down the drain(temporarily).

I bet mages will own PvP but

This is hilarious.

There is actually alot more skill required in other MMO's, i don't want to argue, but your wrong.
I dont know what your trying to say but Maplestory is different from other MMO's.

Without examples you are just making a fool out of yourself. As far as I am concerned he is right, and I have tried a good number of games online.

Just tested. Yep, all bonus is now gone. This is amazing... Mages have went from a non-respected class that managed to just about hold their own in terms of balancing to being completely unbalanced with all positive bonuses from their class wiped out and walked over through one patch.

That is because after BB there is no need at all for the elemental bonuses. Non. You can hold your own compared to just about any other class.

Just tested. Yep, all bonus is now gone. This is amazing... Mages have went from a non-respected class that managed to just about hold their own in terms of balancing to being completely unbalanced with all positive bonuses from their class wiped out and walked over through one patch.

? There was nothing positive about mages pre-BB. Now we actually have half-decent damage.

That is because after BB there is no need at all for the elemental bonuses. Non. You can hold your own compared to just about any other class.

Are you serious?

Are you serious?

With a good potential setup, sure. A mage without potential will suck just as much as a physical class without it. My Big Bang Tespia NL was so lolworthy it couldnt even beat my pre BB regular server NL.

For me, I optioned for above average equips then had it equaled off with Elemental Wands of both elements to help in select situations. Are you saying it's now IMPERATIVE for me to buy potential equips for fear of not being able to do anything without them?

That seems ridiculous. NX items are supposed to be temporary. I don't expect my equip stats to be temporary. I don't have the funding or enough lust for NX to make myself do 50% damage with potentail equips. I bought my Elemental Wands for that reason; a compromise. So far this patch has been pretty amazing in terms of putting down mages.

I find it funny that GMS took it away and JMS did not..

I find it funny that GMS took it away and JMS did not..

Like the monster book.

Without examples you are just making a fool out of yourself. As far as I am concerned he is right, and I have tried a good number of games online.
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Ok 1st can you please define skill in maplestory.
Then give me 2 other MMO's you have played.

Ok 1st can you please define skill in maplestory.
Then give me 2 other MMO's you have played.

To defend Crow's point, i'll give you a couple of games where spending money was almost required to play.

Grand Chase - Oh god you had to spend money on everything in order to get anything halfway decent. Sure you can play without them, but your going to have a hell of a time and a very bad rep among players (since its based off a party system, people don't want you if your weak, and soloing at higher levels is almost impossible)

Nostale- Only way to level was to basically shell out money for items to actually help you level up. It wouldn't have been so bad if the items were as inexpensive as prebang 2x exp cards, but they were much higher...plus the fact that their gacha was much much worse than maples.

Dragonica- Oh you want a sexy boss weapon? Just pay us 30 dollors for the weapon recipe and you can have it. Oh and you want to scroll it too? Here pay for the insurance scrolls and premium scrolls, guaranteed not to make your item break when upgrading past +4! Sad fact is that the weapon only got good past 4 so anything that was 4 or under was almost the same as being clean >_> Plus the fact that cash shop clothes could cover normal im gaine clothes and coudl be scrolled too...yea it was bad.

Hmm i see a trend with these games. They all have pvp...

Guess i know what to expect when pvp comes out >_>

so maplestory till this point and up until PvP is released has and will required minimal skill levels, is that wat ur saying

I find it funny that GMS took it away and JMS did not..

mfw i read this

O_O

do want jms version in msea.

Seeing this thread makes me wonder if the potential 30% boss is on "purpose" as well. Hell they will probably say every mistake is intentional now for lulz.

30% boss is working just fine

Really? I had a few friends tell me their didn't work anymore. I had no reason not to believe them.