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@ihaveswag

Ah I see. Thank you for the link. I guess I'm going to be doing some research on my own now, thank you all for the help guys!

[quote=ChrisJohnson]I'm seeing a lot of posts about Gollum, DiPQ, and MP3. Are these the new training spots for 165+?

And regarding equipment, I have about 5bil+ to spend. Any investments I should be making? I see a lot about Fafnir or cR something.[/quote]

I'm assuming you're talking about Gollux? Gollux drops [url=http://www.basilmarket.com/MapleStory-Superior-Gollux-Set.html]these goodies[/url]. This is the best tier and there are three other ones. And DiPQ is for 140-165ish training and MP3 is essentially an alternative (i think)

I'm seeing a lot of posts about Gollum, DiPQ, and MP3. Are these the new training spots for 165+?

And regarding equipment, I have about 5bil+ to spend. Any investments I should be making? I see a lot about Fafnir or cR something.

[quote=giraffepoo]Use maple(dot)fm to find FM prices. Actually don't. For some reason it hasn't been updated in a long time. Does anyone know why that website doesn't work now?[/quote]

Website still works but the servers are down for maintaince, also their working on fixing problems such as pots not showing etc.

If your in doubt go look up their twitter

Wow everyone's so nice in this thread.

@giraffepoo

They've acknowledged the problem, so here's hoping they get it up soon.

@hyperfire7

Thank you very much for the in-depth update-by-update notes! I'll be sure to cry deeply as I get lost in the new classes and new power ups..

You can now buy mastery books in the henesys potshop, Root abyss set is the new Empress set. Standards for damage have increased a lot, many people have over 500k range now, and hit multiple mil lines.

Winter 2012.
Right after the release of Luminous, the "Nova" branch of classes were released: (Kaiser = A 2h sword Warrior with a dragon theme. Angelic Buster = A Barbie who was the most OP class ever made at the time because they were the only class to be able to break the damage cap of 999k).
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hQbd2YPmo4]See how retardedly OP they once were in this video.[/url] Don't worry though, Angelic Busters got nerfed very hard.

Spring 2013 - Mark of Honor:
Release of previously JapanMS exclusive classes = Hayato (a samurai) and Kanna (an okami-themed Mage who uses fans to attack)

Late Spring 2013 - Cygnus Returns:
Dawn Warrior/Wind Archer/Thunder Breaker completely overhauled. Their max level cap raised to 200 from 120.
*Blaze Wizard and Night Walker got their overhaul more recently.

[b]Summer 2013 - Unleashed:[/b]
[b][i]Damage cap raised to 50,000,000 from 999,999. Damage range cap increased to 2,000,000 from 1,000,000 (however the damage range cap is only visual; upgrading even after 2M-2M range will boost your damage). Level cap of all classes increased to 250 from 200.[/i][/b]
[b]Huge HP/ATT buff to all bosses. Release of Lv140+ Hyper Skills for ALL classes to (sorta) accommodate the buff. Peak of the pay2win theme.[/b]
Release of Xenon (Resistance Pirate/Thief hybrid class with a cyborg theme) and Demon Avenger (2nd Resistance warrior who uses HP to attack with the dark element).
Release of Root Abyss and Chaos Root Abyss where its bosses drop Lv150 armor/weapons. These replaced Empress armors/weapons as the new (and still currently used as) endgame equips.

[b]Winter 2013 - RED:[/b]
[b]Complete overhaul of all Explorer classes.[/b] Release of the 'Zero' class, a tag-team 2h-sword warrior class where you control 2 characters.
[b]Various stuff implemented to make the game significantly less pay2win since Nexon realized they screwed up with the Unleashed update.[/b] (i.e. You can now craft cubes. They were previously only obtainable via the Cash Shop).

Summer 2014 - Rising Heroes
Release of Shade, the 6th and final Legend class who's a pirate with a spirit theme (don't ask me why that makes him a pirate class)

Fall 2014
Blaze Wizard & Night Walker completely overhauled. Their max level cap raised to 250 from 120.

Winter 2014 - Star Force.
[b]New enhancement system released that's much cheaper and has a much higher success rate overall than the old one.[/b] It also increased the amount of stats you gain per star on normal equips (superior equips like Tyrants and the attack bonus on weapons are unchanged). Kudos to Nexon as this is another step towards closing the gap between the rich and the poor.

[b]Two very useful sites you want to check out:[/b]
[url=http://orangemushroom.net/]This blog has an in-depth description of every patch that is about to be released in Korean MapleStory.[/url]
It takes about 5-6 months for a patch that was released in KMS to be applied to GMS. So if the post about a particular patch was dated August 2014 in KMS, it would likely come to us around Feburary 2015.

www.maple [dot] fm (can't actually type the site's URL since Basil censored it) is a legit site that [b]shows ALL items being sold at the Free Market real-time.[/b] Super helpful for getting general price checks and also looking for the cheapest seller for an item you're trying to buy.

Hope I helped. Good luck!

Use maple(dot)fm to find FM prices. Actually don't. For some reason it hasn't been updated in a long time. Does anyone know why that website doesn't work now?