Monster Book :D

I feel like I've been keeping up on my progress with the Monster Book for a level 115 (Also for Silent Crusades: Rank: Commander)

Crusader Codex*

My bad
Im used to back when it was called Monster Book haha.

Anyway, congrats on your book so far. I'm at level 7 myself.

Nice, I'd probably level mine up if I was patient enough to wait for bosses like Pianus, Manon, Griffey, etc to spawn. And if I was a higher level so I could kill deep Leafre and Time Temple monsters

It's called a Monster Book.
The key is called Monster Book.
When you pick up a card it says Monster Book.
Get a complete set it's called a Monster Book Set.
etc.

I hate that you're at a higher level than me. Even though I have more cards and am 37 levels higher.
R> LPQ/OPQ/BPQ/Zak D:

It's called a Monster Book.
The key is called Monster Book.
When you pick up a card it says Monster Book.
Get a complete set it's called a Monster Book Set.
etc.

It's called a Crusader Codex.
The item is called Crusader Codex.
The UI is called Crusader Codex.
When you try to pick up a card you already have it says Crusader Codex.
etc.

Monster Book doesn't deserve a thread now. Might as well make a thread called DID YOU LOG ON AND KILL SOMETHING TODAY?

Monster Book doesn't deserve a thread now. Might as well make a thread called DID YOU LOG ON AND KILL SOMETHING TODAY?

Because lord knows we must hunt for multiple hours to find one card from 487 different monsters a few of which don't have a pure spawn map or only spawn at certain times of the day.

Nah not at all we must work our asses off to earn this.

Now that we are out of the land that is your logic I agree that the drop rate is a little too high at least have so your there for 10-15 minutes for each monster(exception being bosses) not the 2 seconds it takes to kill one monster get the card and move onto the next map.

Too bad Homunscullo card is hard to get in Bera, since I can almost never find one, and when I do, it doesn't drop.

Drop rate on normal card should most likely be lowered some. But for Master Monsters, Bot Monsters and Big Bosses I think the drop rate should be 100%.

Too bad Homunscullo card is hard to get in Bera, since I can almost never find one, and when I do, it doesn't drop.

It took me 5 of those to finally get one to drop. Same with Kacchuu Musha.

Because lord knows we must hunt for multiple hours to find one card from 487 different monsters a few of which don't have a pure spawn map or only spawn at certain times of the day.

Nah not at all we must work our asses off to earn this.

Now that we are out of the land that is your logic I agree that the drop rate is a little too high at least have so your there for 10-15 minutes for each monster(exception being bosses) not the 2 seconds it takes to kill one monster get the card and move onto the next map.

This new MB is pretty much handing you 99% of the cards on a silver platter, which is what majority of the community wants nowadays. People don't like doing "work" for stuff and rather take the easy way out.

This new MB is pretty much handing you 99% of the cards on a silver platter, which is what majority of the community wants nowadays. People don't like doing "work" for stuff and rather take the easy way out.

If it was like it was before hardly anyone would do it putting in more time dose not yield a bigger reward(or in this case the same small reward) . Though it's a bit too easy for my taste.

This new MB is pretty much handing you 99% of the cards on a silver platter, which is what majority of the community wants nowadays. People don't like doing "work" for stuff and rather take the easy way out.

This. I remember having so much fun getting cards. I would do those rememberer "kill 999 of ____ monster" quests, and get the cards. Only got to like level 40-some before MB got taken away, so I didn't get too far.

A lot of the cards are very hard to get, like Pianus, the Ninja Castle ones, the showa ones (GG 2 male boss cards), and the cards for places that have level limits and/or very hard bosses (LHC, ToT, Door to Future).

It took me 5 of those to finally get one to drop. Same with Kacchuu Musha.

Because they are both considered as a regular mob.

If it was like it was before hardly anyone would do it putting in more time dose not yield a bigger reward(or in this case the same small reward) . Though it's a bit too easy for my taste.

Or keep this system, but change the drop rate to how it was in the old MB. At least it beats from people getting 80% - 90% of the book completed on the FIRST DAY.

Because lord knows we must hunt for multiple hours to find one card from 487 different monsters a few of which don't have a pure spawn map or only spawn at certain times of the day.

Nah not at all we must work our asses off to earn this.

Now that we are out of the land that is your logic I agree that the drop rate is a little too high at least have so your there for 10-15 minutes for each monster(exception being bosses) not the 2 seconds it takes to kill one monster get the card and move onto the next map.

Way to put a bunch of stupid words in my mouth. Glad I didn't actually say them.

I don't want an impossible monster book, either. But, as I've said a MILLION TIMES since JMS got this garbage, there's a middle ground between what it is and what it was. This should be ongoing content that takes a few months to complete, not a few days or even a few weeks. It should be something that people do because they want to do it, and it should be rewarding for their efforts. It shouldn't be rewarding because they killed a monster; that's retarded.

Boss cards should be 100%.

Regular cards should have retained their old drop rates, with the exception of some of the abysmal purple/black cards (Gate Keeper and Cold Shark, I'm looking at you.) I think those colours as a whole could've used a boost but rare-spawning monsters definitely should have had a much higher drop rate solely because of how much effort was required to hunt them. This also includes bot-catching monsters.

If people can't be bothered to actually work for their rewards then they don't deserve the reward. Period. Everything in Maple is handed to people and not only does it ruin the challenge of the game but it actually hurts Nexon because NOW THERE'S NO REASON TO LOG IN. I've literally finished the entirety of their "exclusive" content IN LESS THAN 6 HOURS OF PLAYTIME. That is a terrible way to run a game. What is the purpose of working on content when it can be finished so quickly? I don't even understand the logic in that.

In the past it took me around 6 hours of dedicated hunting to finish Ariant (up to the gate of Magatia) with all 5 cards for every monster. If you think that that drop rate is too high than you're out of your mind because that totals up to around 50-some cards. But it kept people from blowing through the content and provided me with something to do long after each new patch's novelty wore off which only took a few hours after patch day.

Whoever thinks this should be harder than it is is silly considering they (probably) won't get 100% of the book anyway.