General

[quote=Axnslicer]In general I agree with you, but Corsair is kind of pushing it. It's not quite as bad as a Beast Tamer, but it's still a pretty poor choice for a first main.

If he had already made 6-8 of his important links, had funding to burn, and knew exactly what he was getting into, that would be fine. However I'm getting the feeling he doesn't know exactly how bad Corsairs are compared to the stronger classes like Zero, NW, WH, DrK, FP, and Xenon.[/quote]

I mean, you're half right. I've been playing maple on and off since Cygnus knights came out. I don't really follow the damage charts because I don't care much for it. I have all the link skills that I need for corsair. I think it's like 7 120+ characters I did for it.

[quote=Ruew]1st off, play the class you enjoy. People that play a class for damage will typically figure out they hate the game play and quit the character. The damage will come over time.
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In general I agree with you, but Corsair is kind of pushing it. It's not quite as bad as a Beast Tamer, but it's still a pretty poor choice for a first main.

If he had already made 6-8 of his important links, had funding to burn, and knew exactly what he was getting into, that would be fine. However I'm getting the feeling he doesn't know exactly how bad Corsairs are compared to the stronger classes like Zero, NW, WH, DrK, FP, and Xenon.

@chucknoris35: http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/events/in-progress/00IXa
wait for the next one

If your goal is some of the higher end bosses without having a crazy range then f/p is by far the best choice. Here's something helpful:

[quote=Traitor]First check out this link: [url=http://www.basilmarket.com/show/listing/173383/0/Romantis__Friendly_Active_.html]here[/url] There's also 2 other links within that link. Too bad you're in Bera though

Other than that, pick up were you left off with this list of patch notes. Pretty much all you know and come to love has changed[though this depends on the last time you played]

[b]As far as picking classes. pick one that you like and enjoy and invest your funds into it. All classes can pretty much hold their own now. A split funded character won't be as great unless you're insanely rich.[/b] If you have any questions regarding a specific class, lmk.

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.
Release of Star Planet. Basically a separate world where the main gameplay is a bunch of mini-games
[b]Reward Points introduced. You can use these to buy most items in the Cash Shop[/b] Earned through activities such as killing bosses, doing party quests, doing mini-games in Star Planet, etc.

Spring 2015 - Black Heaven
A new high level dungeon that leads to the hardest boss currently in MapleStory.

In between all these patches, numerous new areas and its respective monsters, quests, and miscellaneous bosses were released. Existing monsters got buffed and rebuffed a few times as well (EX: Robos in Ludibrium were around Lv60 around the time you quit, now they're Lv100).
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I'll send you the guide that I wrote for someone else a little while ago. I hope it helps.

If you need help in any of the steps below, feel free to PM me. [Note: Most things in this guide does not require NX, you just need patience]

Training, most people grind lower levels til you can PQ and PQ pretty much levels you fairly quickly to the major grinding phases at ~160. FM seems a little more empty now but there are a lot more shops around, especially in Scania. Since owls are now purchased through pot shops, you can easy pick some up and just search for the items you need[other that Perm NX items].

[b]Basic training guide:[/b]
-Starting from level 1-10, you pretty much just job advance as usual.
-Once you're level 10, you can go to Golem Temple in Henesys in which you can level there until 25-30.
-Once you're level 25-30, you can move to Gold Beach. I would start on the left side map with the coconuts and work my way up to Shockwave Beach 1. I would stay here until around maybe level 50-55 or so.
-Starting at level 50, you can go LudiPQ. PQs are now all gathered in one place available by the Dimension Door in most towns. I would Ludi PQ until level 60. [If you do not wish to PQ the whole way, you can go to drakes at around level 55-60 and work your way to 70]
-Once you are 70, I would do Romeo and Juliet PQ and stop and grind at the stage with the Roids. This stage is the best for exp even grinding outside of PQ best optimized with a Phantom/Priest with HS and a Kanna for Kishin. Other Alternatives are Sahel 2 in Ariant. You can stay grinding in this PQ until 140-150, it's pretty much the fastest way to level IMO, unless you wanna try to grind in some maps in Magatia which is a bit slower.
-Once you hit 140 you can do a party for Dimension Invasion PQ if you can't solo it yourself, you can pretty much do your daily 10 PQs and then go grind at Mysterious Path 3 in Singapore. Once you reach 165, you can now enter Stronghold. [b]Note:[/b][i]Honestly, I really don't recommend it unless you have friends to leech off of or unless you can do 1-3 hits. Otherwise, the exp isn't as great and you're better off doing your daily DIPQs.[/i] You can pretty much farm the gloves in DIPQ and sell in a shop for a couple mil apiece, I'm not sure where the price stands right now.

You can boss in-between for optimal experience. The default key is O in-game I believe for the boss tab so you can check the requirements there. [You can NPC the drops and make a couple mil a day, more bosses, more money. Start with the easy and work your way up. Most bosses have 2 entry limits]

[b]Items to think about having eventually for end game:[/b] (This may prove to be expensive, but I will post the affordable equips after]
-Chaos Root Abyss Set [Hat, Top, Bottom, Weapon]
-Tyrant [Glove, Shoes, Cape, Belt]
-Sweet Water [Glasses(Eye), Tattoo(Face)]
-Superior/Reinforced Gollux Set [Ring, Pendant, Belt, Earring] (if you use Tyrant Belt, you would have to use NX to purchase a pendant slot to equip 2 pendants to get the full set bonus]
-Rings [Since the Gollux Set takes up a ring slot and unique equips, you can pretty much get one of each Gollux RIng, if not Lightning God Ring for the best stats]
[b]Note:[/b] This is the generally ideal set but by all means you do not need to chase this as this is VERY expensive.

[b]Cheap but Efficient Equipment Guide:[/b]
The CRA set is a couple hundred mil apiece but there may be some pieces out there depending on class for a couple mil. If you cannot get this, you can try to buy the empress set for the bonus effect stats. Personally, I would say save your money and at around 140, you can grind at the higher leveled monsters in Leafre or the Pirates in Herb town. They drop the new level 130-140 set which gives a set bonus as well. If you take this process, you can save your money but slowly increase your damage. These level 130-140 sets are also tradeable so you don't need to purchase use SoK or pSoK to transfer them character to character. Next I would try to purchase cheap solid/reinforced gollux pendant/belt for small range increase. If you hunt bosses, easy bosses around be Zak/Horntail/Hilla/Magnus/Ranmaru in the easy/regular modes(you can do these twice daily, bring a friend if you must), I wouldn't attempt harder modes until you're geared and much stronger. The bosses drop accessories[Eye,Face,Ring,Earring,Badge, etc.] that also have set equips. If you find some Epic / Unique accessories, you may make a quick buck. Remember, though you won't be getting rich fast but patience is the key.

[b]Scrolling:[/b]
-The scrolling system has been semi-replaced with the Spell Trace system which you collect a required amount of traces to use a scroll. How it works is you double click the Spell Trace in your etc tab or the Pink Hammer in your inventory window and place the item in there. You can then see how many traces is required per scroll. If you're poor, I recommend 70-100%ing your items, except for weapons which I always recommend at the very least 70%ing it.
-The enhancement system is semi-replaced by the Star Force system, this system takes effect after you finish scrolling an item. Once the item does not have any slots left, you can add additional stats by enhancing it with Star Force which is done by the Pink Hammer. I recommend Star Forcing all your equips until 10 stars because it is fairly cheap to do so. This will also increase your range by a pretty fair amount.

[b]Potentials:[/b]
There a certain tiers for items to have potential which has 4 different ranks. I wouldn't really worry about potential items unless they are above level 75 which is the 3rd tier.

First Tier: 1-30, items will generally have lines in multiples of 1%. (2%, 3%, 4%)
Second Tier: 31-74, items will generally have lines in multiples of 2%. (4%,6%,9%)
Third Tier: 75-159, items will generally have lines in multiples of 3%. (6%,9%,12%)
Fourth Tier: 160+, this one is a little unique because the lines are 4% (7%, 10%, 13%)

How it works:
if your item is Rare, you will generally have the lowest multiple.
if your item is Epic, you will get the maximum landing at 2nd multiple.
if your item is Unique you will get the maximum landing at 3rd multiple.
if your item is Legendary you will get the maximum landing at highest multiple.

So for example, your Legendary item unlocks the potential to have the maximum % but you can land any of the %s below it, such as rare, epic, unique. So if you get VERY lucky, your lines would all be of one stat but don't be so sure to expect to get that easily. You will be spending many, many, packs of cubes. The best time to cube is during miracle time when nexon does a 2x-like event for cubing, increasing the chances of rank up. Again, I don't recommend cubing anything below the third tier.

Weapons and armors have different potentials. Weapons have additional stats such as att/matt where as armor is generally stat based. You can make cubes but farming the materials and leveling the skill level takes time. I would recommend picking up professions as soon as possible to start leveling it up. Sometimes when you make equipment, such as earrings, you can get epic/unique items which you can sell for a fair amount, meaning you can make money this way. When you mine mysterious rocks you also have a chance to find cubes(other way would be bossing)!

[b]Nebulites:[/b]
You don't really get to see this much but people generally applies this to weapons. Select few rich players have acquired a lot of nebs for their armor as well.

How it works:
You can purchase a nebulite socket opener thing from the pot shop and apply it to your item. You can then apply your nebulite of choice depending what you have.

Weapon: I would put on a %boss or %pdr neb or % att neb for endgame. If you can't afford it, you can use an att neb or crit neb. Think wisely because removing a neb costs NX.
Armor: I always recommend %stat nebs but if you're poor, again you may choose to use simple +stat nebs

There are some useful but expensive skill nebs with skills such as Hyper Body for pants and Sharp Eyes for gloves meaning that regardless of class you can use both those skills but at a nerfed rate. The stats only apply to yourself however.

[b]Souls for Weapons:[/b]
This is a newer system where you can even more stats to your weapons.

How it works:
You use a soul enchanter on your weapon, these drop from monsters and some bosses. Once your item is a soul weapon, you equip your weapon and apply the soul. If you do not have a soul, you would have to hunt bosses which drop soul shards. Collect 10 shards to trade for a random stat soul in which you can apply to your weapon. Some souls are attacks, some are summons.

I came back a few months back and I found this due to personal research/playing so I hope it helps. I don't know everything so I answer most things to the best of my ability.

Best wishes.[/quote]

Also you should buy these items with the epic potential already on them. You'll probably save about 100mil on average per item

EDIT: also add me ingame: GodOfHaze... Maybe we can train/boss together and stuff and ill try answer any questions. Also what is your ingame name?

[quote=Ruew]@chucknoris35:
i would recommend getting a decent weapon 1st, buy it unique clean from the fm, spell trace it yourself, i recommend 30%'s during fever time. buy a unique secondary from the fm.
buy your RA top unique
buy your hat & pants clean
30% trace all 3 of them during fever time
buy a 5 star tyrant cape
buy a clean reinforced gollux set, scroll it yourself with gollux scrolls that you farm (or you could farm the entire set yourself by killing gollux daily and collecting coins but it's relatively time consuming if you want to be strong now, you can buy them in the future for resale though)

do daily bosses for cubes

not sure if you have enough money for all this, but just giving you a good starting point[/quote]

Do you mind explaining what fever time is?

@chucknoris35: They aren't necessarily bad, but their survivability and mobbing is. You could continue you playing if you like it as that's all that matters.

@chucknoris35:
i would recommend getting a decent weapon 1st, buy it unique clean from the fm, spell trace it yourself, i recommend 30%'s during fever time. buy a unique secondary from the fm.
buy your RA top unique
buy your hat & pants clean
30% trace all 3 of them during fever time
buy a 5 star tyrant cape
buy a clean reinforced gollux set, scroll it yourself with gollux scrolls that you farm (or you could farm the entire set yourself by killing gollux daily and collecting coins but it's relatively time consuming if you want to be strong now, you can buy them in the future for resale though)

do daily bosses for cubes

not sure if you have enough money for all this, but just giving you a good starting point

[quote=Ruew]1st off, play the class you enjoy. People that play a class for damage will typically figure out they hate the game play and quit the character. The damage will come over time.

2nd, could you provide a list of your current equips (nvm, just saw your above comment)

3rd, what is your ultimate goal in this game in terms of range? 1m? 2m? beyond?[/quote]

I "plan" to go for as much damage as possible. I want to take my corsair to the best I can possibly get it. (Thanks for trying to help by the way, I really appreciate it.)

Lightning god rings

[quote=chucknoris35]Do you really think Corsairs are that bad? I like their playstyle, however which class would you suggest that shares (kinda) the same type of play?[/quote]
They're pretty bad. If you wanna be gud in maple, you have to pretend you're nurutu or one of his friends.

[quote=chucknoris35]Do you really think Corsairs are that bad? I like their playstyle, however which class would you suggest that shares (kinda) the same type of play?[/quote]

1st off, play the class you enjoy. People that play a class for damage will typically figure out they hate the game play and quit the character. The damage will come over time.

2nd, could you provide a list of your current equips (nvm, just saw your above comment)

3rd, what is your ultimate goal in this game in terms of range? 1m? 2m? beyond?

[quote=twopointonefour]See if you can't find a better weapon or secondary? Complete your gollux set? Lots of things you can do, you never specified what you have.[/quote]

Sorry about that. I actually focused more on the "idea" of maining a corsair so I never put any money into it yet. I'm basically wearing all standard items, nothing special or "end game" at all. Whatever I decide to do from this point, I'm more or less looking for a starting point as to where I should start raising my damage. I'll have much more money to go into funding in the near future.

[quote=Radiqal]First off, make a new class. Corsairs are terrible.
Next, you'd want to buy to make a perfected weapon for whatever your next class is. You can get slates early and spell traces when they're around 5-6k. Should be around 4-5b after the weapon is done.
After that, you should get a full cRA set and 30%/70% spell trace it.[/quote]

Do you really think Corsairs are that bad? I like their playstyle, however which class would you suggest that shares (kinda) the same type of play?

First off, make a new class. Corsairs are terrible.
Next, you'd want to buy to make a perfected weapon for whatever your next class is. You can get slates early and spell traces when they're around 5-6k. Should be around 4-5b after the weapon is done.
After that, you should get a full cRA set and 30%/70% spell trace it.

See if you can't find a better weapon or secondary? Complete your gollux set? Lots of things you can do, you never specified what you have.