ChopSuey

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ChopSuey #General Talk

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Two seconds spawn rate, good or bad? (Originally I posted this from Official Maple Forums but since it didn't attract readers I decided to copy paste here with some minor editing) Since RED patch, mobs spawn rate was changed from once per 13 seconds into once per 2 seconds. I thought it would be a great thing that it actually boost our experience rate, mobs are spawning fast in Evolution World, people are now able to complete Mu Lung Dojo, and so on. I thought everyone will be happy. But now after couple weeks I found out it may create some disadvantages. The first thing I noticed was people started to train at Hall of Honor instead of Warrior Grounds. It is said by many people that Hall of Honor is now faster if they are in party. I had to

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Is everyone misusing the term quotPDRquot? PDR is originated since Big Bang patch, when mob's defense system have changed into % based called PDR and MDR. I always think PDR stands for physical defense rate while MDR stands for magical defense rate. But many people have been saying PDR instead of ignore enemy's defense or ignore monster's defense. I'm not quite sure why. We don't have PDR; I would interpret as mobs doing less damage to player. It makes sense to say Ignore enemy's defense because we are weakening mob's defense thus increase player's damage.