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@allconditions: Yeah it's about finding a character you like, for me it has always been mobility and ranged so I went NL.
Just try out some and see what you like.

Check out the basil video. It explains how to do great starting with 150$ which isn't that bad considering how long you've played

[quote=zeurth]I heard WH's are getting nerfed in December, not sure how badly though.
Might want to check that out before you commit if you're not playing the character because you like it.[/quote]

thanks for the heads up I find that WH's are cool and all but really its just holding down one button. I grew tired of it once I reached 200 on my Xenon which is the sole reason i'm making/funding a new character, so im leaning away from it

[quote=allconditions]well when you have absolutely zero funding, saying ~6b isn't gonna make a big change is hardly true. It'll make a difference for sure, I just want to know how much of a difference.[/quote]

I heard WH's are getting nerfed in December, not sure how badly though.
Might want to check that out before you commit if you're not playing the character because you like it.

[quote=pandasheepboy]It depends how you use your money but honestly, $60 isn't going to make a big change in range on any of these classes [/quote]

well when you have absolutely zero funding, saying ~6b isn't gonna make a big change is hardly true. It'll make a difference for sure, I just want to know how much of a difference.

Swallow your pride and buy items from people quitting, it's a lot cheaper

It depends how you use your money but honestly, $60 isn't going to make a big change in range on any of these classes

Only $60? Hehe, I wish you the best.

[quote=120snake]Idk who will see this, but im just gonna validate what I said because some people aren't buying what I said about the 400k range

It really is possible to do with 6-7b

Scrolled/traced RA gear ~100m each = 300m
Decent Fafnir wep ~ 700m = 1b
SW Tattoo and glasses ~ 350m ea = 1.7b
Tyrant cape ~ 700m = 2.4b
100% tier up boots (got mine legendary for 100m) ~ 100m = 2.5b
Sup. pendant / belt ~ 1.3b = 3.8b (farm ring/ear)

I really don't see the problem in getting to 400k range, that leaves 2-3b for the rest of the way, and thats probably 250k ish by itself there

Unfortunately, most players I see / try to help out try to budget perm NX into there, which I personally see as a waste[/quote]

I really hope CRA goes back to its original price soon
but what you say sounds pretty reasonable.. do you think I'd be able to achieve a similar range on a different character? WH's are ok so far for me, but I've honestly just been putting a weight on my attack button in RnJ while i watch a TV show

Idk who will see this, but im just gonna validate what I said because some people aren't buying what I said about the 400k range

It really is possible to do with 6-7b

Scrolled/traced RA gear ~100m each = 300m
Decent Fafnir wep ~ 700m = 1b
SW Tattoo and glasses ~ 350m ea = 1.7b
Tyrant cape ~ 700m = 2.4b
100% tier up boots (got mine legendary for 100m) ~ 100m = 2.5b
Sup. pendant / belt ~ 1.3b = 3.8b (farm ring/ear)

I really don't see the problem in getting to 400k range, that leaves 2-3b for the rest of the way, and thats probably 250k ish by itself there

Unfortunately, most players I see / try to help out try to budget perm NX into there, which I personally see as a waste

[quote=maedhros]My problem is that I start off with ~$60, but I just end up spending more. Just make sure you can control your spending. [/quote]

This is me all the way! And it's usually just to become cuter.

My problem is that I start off with ~$60, but I just end up spending more. Just make sure you can control your spending.

I would say bowmasters are also a good alternative. % dex is cheaper, and frankly speaking, not as bandwagoned as wild hunters. Bowmasters are getting a future buff where they also get % atk as part of a skill.

Also think about the emblem you may end up getting. WH can only access boss area emblem whilst a bowmaster (or any explorer) can access the gold maple leaf emblem (one tier above)

[quote=shini]@allconditions
Dude don't spend your money on this game. There are in-game alternatives to fund yourself. I recommend just playing the game if you wanna progress. I'd always tell people, DON'T PAY TO WIN. Especially spending 60 dollars on a free-to-play mmorpg all at one time. Also, 60 dollars is enough for several steam games, 1 console game or 2 handheld games. Spending $60 on MapleStory wouldn't be worth it trust me. i mean I'm not saying it's wrong to buy Nexon cash to purchase a few handy cash items like... pets, hyper rocks, etc. But never spend your money for funding purposes like stats and such, especially $60 worths. A few people may talk crap about me telling you all of this but please take my advice.

I heard way to many posts and stories about people regretting spending their money on this game (just to fund themselves specifically), and say they wished they either saved or invested into something else. I'd be one of those people.
The same people in the freemarket you see trying to sell their godly gear over paypal for like $100+ USD are the same people who realized they wasted their money and want all the money they spent making their gears back.

Now I understand that it's your money, so at the end of the day its your choice how you spend it. But just consider what I'm saying before you do. Think about If you do use that money to fund yourself and you somehow do make decent progress, after awhile you know you may be bored or the game may feel bland to you. And you probably wished you would of done something differently.[/quote]

I get what you're saying, but after playing this game for 10 years i wouldnt mind spending something like 100 bucks. I always thought itd be dumb to pay for something thats f2p, but money in this game actually changes what you can achieve/can do so I look at it like spending money on a game for a console, except for maple. With that said, I don't want to spend hundreds - just enough for me to take my enjoyment to another level

besides, i havent spent money on games in ages. I'm a nintendo fan so most of the stuff i play are classics or on emulators. Other than that i play league

@allconditions
Dude don't spend your money on this game. There are in-game alternatives to fund yourself. I recommend just playing the game if you wanna progress. I'd always tell people, DON'T PAY TO WIN. Especially spending 60 dollars on a free-to-play mmorpg all at one time. Also, 60 dollars is enough for several steam games, 1 console game or 2 handheld games. Spending $60 on MapleStory wouldn't be worth it trust me. i mean I'm not saying it's wrong to buy Nexon cash to purchase a few handy cash items like... pets, hyper rocks, etc. But never spend your money for funding purposes like stats and such, especially $60 worths. A few people may talk crap about me telling you all of this but please take my advice.

I heard way to many posts and stories about people regretting spending their money on this game (just to fund themselves specifically), and say they wished they either saved or invested into something else. I'd be one of those people.
The same people in the freemarket you see trying to sell their godly gear over paypal for like $100+ USD are the same people who realized they wasted their money and want all the money they spent making their gears back.

Now I understand that it's your money, so at the end of the day its your choice how you spend it. But just consider what I'm saying before you do. Think about If you do use that money to fund yourself and you somehow do make decent progress, after awhile you know you may be bored or the game may feel bland to you. And you probably wished you would of done something differently.

People drop hundreds and even thousands of dollars on this game to be "good".

[quote=nhan1st]I don't know where people think 60 is nothing. **$60 in three months can net you 450b**. You just need to merchant correctly.[/quote]

assuming everything works out correctly lol

can 100 dollars do me any good then? 2 hit mobs? I really want to get to my goal and if it takes time then so be it, but I want to be sure that my money ultimately wont go to waste. Thanks for the feedback so far guys

@allconditions @120snake It would take a lot more than just 60 bucks. 60 bucks in meso is 6b or so. Which is definitely not enough to get 400k range.

I don't know where people think 60 is nothing. **$60 in three months can net you 450b**. You just need to merchant correctly.

I dunno, 60 dollars isn't THAT much in the grand scheme of maple things. I suggest maybe waiting for cra to get fixed, and in the meantime do a little farming for some of the things that you can get for free (gollux, sweetH2O, etc). After that, maybe a f/p mage? From what I've heard, the consensus is that they start to cap very early on, but drop off afterwards.

Before making your choice I'd suggest looking at the recent kms "Reboot" Patch. I've heard some of the more popular classes right now are getting nerfed a bit, so my advice is basing your pick off of that patch that will be coming to gms soon.

[quote=starzcafe]It would probably cost about 200-300 dollars USD to get what you want from nothing. Or you could spend a bit less, but spend more time. At the end of the day, play what you like to play, otherwise it'd be pointless to drop money in the first place.[/quote]

damn
but yea, definitely fund something I like to play. However if x amount of money might do me better on one class that I like to play than on another, I'd rather go with that

and when you say spend more time, what do you mean?

@120snake with 60 bucks or 100? 400k range? really?

Wild Hunter dropping in
-> STRONGLY recommend it

With that, you can probably get around a 400k range on a wild hunter. It's enough to comfortably solo czak/cht/norm mag/RA/Norm Gollux (hard is possible if u have the control

Also, can't hurt that % dex and bowman CRA are the cheapest in the game

Try a Shade? Or Blaze Wizard.

[quote=allconditions]bummer

Idk i've been playing maple since beta and although its f2p, i've acknowledged that spending money on this game isn't such a bad thing since it gives you a different experience. so instead of buying another game for a console, I thought id pay for maple to have an experience i've never had

however, if it goes into the hundreds, i dont want it maybe 100 is ok
how much will the experience I want cost me?[/quote]

It would probably cost about 200-300 dollars USD to get what you want from nothing. Or you could spend a bit less, but spend more time. At the end of the day, play what you like to play, otherwise it'd be pointless to drop money in the first place.

[quote=allconditions]bummer

Idk i've been playing maple since beta and although its f2p, i've acknowledged that spending money on this game isn't such a bad thing since it gives you a different experience. so instead of buying another game for a console, I thought id pay for maple to have an experience i've never had

however, if it goes into the hundreds, i dont want it maybe 100 is ok
how much will the experience I want cost me?[/quote]

A WH is a pretty easy class to raise range so I've heard. I'm not 100% sure how far 60 will get you since I haven't really spent money on the game in a very long time but most of my guesses starting from a base line of 0 it won't really get you far. You would probably want to start with some form of foundation before you start spending money onto this game, such as some scrolled CRA gear and a scrolled weapon.

1 hitting SH mobs usually takes about 500k range, training is pretty easy once you can 1 hit. However most bosses will require you to have such a high range that cause people to call this a P2W game, even though you can do things like Emp, about half of CRa with around 1.5m range. Maybe less for Wh if you have a lot of control, but idk too much about WH and I would leave that to someone who knows a lot more than me, which you might not find here either.

[quote=snailsinnerx]Depends what kind of experience are you looking for?[/quote]

mostly just having a range that can let me fight stronger bosses and 1-2 hit mobs
@sockweaver theres a maintenance tomorrow? i hope they fix it

[quote=allconditions]bummer

Idk i've been playing maple since beta and although its f2p, i've acknowledged that spending money on this game isn't such a bad thing since it gives you a different experience. so instead of buying another game for a console, I thought id pay for maple to have an experience i've never had

however, if it goes into the hundreds, i dont want it maybe 100 is ok
how much will the experience I want cost me?[/quote]

Depends what kind of experience are you looking for?

You can always pray to (whatever religious figure you'd like, nexon gods, etc.) that they fix the cra bug during tomorrow morning's maintenance...
I'd say go with the WH if you have a limited budget

[quote=star909]People here will say it's not worth it[/quote]

bummer

Idk i've been playing maple since beta and although its f2p, i've acknowledged that spending money on this game isn't such a bad thing since it gives you a different experience. so instead of buying another game for a console, I thought id pay for maple to have an experience i've never had

however, if it goes into the hundreds, i dont want it maybe 100 is ok
how much will the experience I want cost me?

People here will say it's not worth it