v.157 - Shining Star Update Highlights

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/updates...hts/00IBR/

• How bright does your Mapler shine? Find out in the Shining Star update! This new content update introduces Star Force, a new way to enhance your equips. Twenty-one classes are getting skill updates, and there are tons of new equips to find. If that weren't enough, explore new GMS-exclusive event dungeons and enjoy festive holiday events.
  
  
  If you look up at the sky, you might see streaks of light arcing across the heavens. Fallen stars are landing all over Maple World and they're making monsters stronger and energizing your items. With the new Star Force enhancement system, you can pay a meso fee and upgrade equips that have completed their scroll enhancements. With this new enhancement system, players now have an alternative path towards acquiring gear enhancements, making it easier for them to upgrade their equips. The maximum enhancement level has been adjusted based on the level requirement of the item. Old items that have been enhanced past that limit will keep their old stars.
  
  
  
  Nearly all of MapleStory's classes are having some of their skills adjusted for balancing. Changes will vary and can be big or small. Whether it's changing a skill’s cooldown time or increasing its damage, these tweaks will improve gameplay across the board. The number of Skill Points received for your 4th job is also being tweaked. From now on, all classes will only receive 255 SP within the 4th Job, and the master level on some skills will also be changed to reflect this.
  
  
  
  Say hello to more equips than you can shake a stick at! Choose from Lv. 110 Zakum’s Poisonic weapons, Lv. 120 Eclectic armor, Lv. 120 Briser weapons, Lv. 120 Necromancer armor, Lv. 130 Royal Von Leon equips (weapons and armor), Lv. 130 Jaihin weapons, Lv. 130 Muspell armor, Lv. 140 Utgard weapons, or Lv. 140 Pensalir armor. Other new accessories such as the Lv. 100 Aquatic Letter Eye Accessory and Lv. 140 Golden Clover Belt have also been added. You can even get new types of set effects if you collect a whole set of armor! This is part of Nexon’s efforts to listen to our players, and increase availability of better equipment by simply playing the game!
  
  
  
  Two new, GMS-exclusive dungeons are opening their doors. Visit Star World and assist the interstellar NPCs there. Earn Constellation Coins and exchange them for horoscope-themed chairs, medals, and more. Enter the Cosmos Laboratory—a giant pinball machine—to play Cosmos Knockout. Use cannons and jump platforms to defeat the boss and escape from the alien laboratory!
  
  
  
  It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Happyville is back, and you can help Cliff prepare for the holiday party, decorate Christmas trees, and collect Rascal Snowpiece items to receive an awesome present! You can also get a free Christmas costume if you log in every day during the event period. Collect Nut Coins from various holiday quests and see what’s available in the Nut Coin Shop. Even Cassandra has a special Christmas present for you!
  
  
  

Also, Zero will be available for creation:

http://maplestory.nexon.net/community/#%...st11068606

Maplers!

You asked, and we heard! The Zero class will be open for character creation in our upcoming v157 update, scheduled for next week. The exact period of the open creation is currently TBA, but I will update this post as soon as I find out!

For now, enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend, and we look forward to seeing all you new Zero's in Maple World!

http://forum2.nexon.net/showthread.php?1...644&nxid=6

Beast Tamer is currently undergoing closed bug fixes as well as a review of the player flow related to its quests, skills, etc. Once we can complete testing on this internally, gather feedback, and make changes for our service, we hope to release the class for an open creation period.

That was quick.
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and damn those chairs are nice

This is part of Nexon’s efforts to listen to our players, and increase availability of better equipment by simply playing the game!

Glad they mentioned this. I was really happy when I saw these equips in KMS as it resolved a bunch of issues i'd had with the game for years (complete lack of progression, all "good" equips being boss drops only)

The new area looks really cool too, they could have just re-used some the horoscope themed items in the game already but it looks like they are going for something better looking and much cooler.

Also yay, Star Force system.

shame about the sucky Christmas events yet again, it wouldn't kill them to shake it up a little bit.

There's this image with the wind archer, then i see the two peoples on the top, it would be more epic if they were chatting like: ''did you see the nerf?'' ''yes i did, Luckly i'm not a dk''.
edit: or anything like that

Are we going to get the Star Planet system? Because it doesn't seem like it. They say Star World and it sounds like Star Planet but it isn't quite it since they say that it's a GMS exclusive. Is it Star Planet but not game-wide?

P.S. It's coming December 3rd.
Src: http://forum2.nexon.net/showthread.php?1...200&nxid=6

Yes! Phantom nerf and Bowmaster revamp! (...right?)

Now I should be strong enough to be able to solo Dorothy with the low amount of time I can get from a solo run.

Hoping Oz boxes will be fixed with this patch as well.

Yes! Phantom nerf and Bowmaster revamp! (...right?)

Now I should be strong enough to be able to solo Dorothy with the low amount of time I can get from a solo run.

Hoping Oz boxes will be fixed with this patch as well.

What glich you mean in the boxes?:f6:

What glich you mean in the boxes?:f6:

http://forum2.nexon.net/showthread.php?1...ot-appears

December 3rd, they day paladins will cry. T.T.

Also they didn't mention the 150 and 160 set? (Or did i imagine reading them on Orangemushroom?)

Also YES ZERO CREATION! i wanted to make one for some time ago, BattleMage eat crap i don't need you. (For beast tamer i would most likely need a char slot though >.>)

How is phantom being nerfed? I see nothing but one skill changing mastery level. Perhaps you mean nerfed via stolen skills (namely arrow blaster and chains).

Ahh, star force. May eventually try and shoot for 400+matk on Haku's fan (+200%matk the dream), would only need 15 stars to reach it and that honestly sounds feasible under this new system! Though that 1% boom rate is not to be trifled with...

There'd better be some Hayato/Kanna revamps smuggled in there somewhere too...scratch that, it's likely just what KMS got. An interesting patch overall, looking forward to it. No mention of mileage though, would that be coming the patch after maybe?

I'm glad the Wind Archer nerf is minor. Can't wait to 12-star all my gear to make up for it.

How is phantom being nerfed? I see nothing but one skill changing mastery level. Perhaps you mean nerfed via stolen skills (namely arrow blaster and chains).

Yeah, that's pretty much what they mean.

Finally, Shadowers will be faster now! Star-Force enhancements is also a very welcome feature.

I really hope Star Force helps bring the economy out of this shit-hole that it's in. Mesos are so worthless at the moment.

I really hope Star Force helps bring the economy out of this shit-hole that it's in. Mesos are so worthless at the moment.

Meso sites will be running full time xD

I really hope Star Force helps bring the economy out of this shit-hole that it's in. Mesos are so worthless at the moment.

It may help a bit, but until they permanently get rid of bots, this shithole we call economy will not get fixed.

And like that, all my link mules will be close to SP capped. Lawl.

So with the Star Force system, are Enhancement scrolls worth it anymore? I got a bunch left over from when the old cube set was still around and it would kind of suck to see all of them become worthless after this patch.

You can still use the old Enhancement scrolls, but they'll still blow up your weapon if it fails.

Are we going to get the Star Planet system? Because it doesn't seem like it. They say Star World and it sounds like Star Planet but it isn't quite it since they say that it's a GMS exclusive. Is it Star Planet but not game-wide?

P.S. It's coming December 3rd.
Src: http://forum2.nexon.net/showthread.php?1...200&nxid=6

Star Planet, along with the GMS version of Mileage called the Maple Rewards System will be out in part two of this update, expected around the 17th of December.

Star Force?!
Oh Fajubous day! Calooh, Calay!

I can finally enhance my staff past 5 stars

Also looking forward to getting more transformation pots from Happyville to troll around with Zzzz