V1.11 Update notes and server maintenance.

We will be performing a scheduled server maintenance beginning on May 31, 2012. The maintenance will last approximately six hours.

Thank you for your patience.

-Time-
Pacific: 11 PM Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 5 AM Friday, June 1, 2012 
Eastern: 2 AM - 8 AM Friday, June 1, 2012

-What will be unavailable-

• All MapleStory game servers

-Changes and Updates-

• Name changes and world transfers will be processed.
• World Transfer and Name Changes have been removed from the Cash Shop.
• Items may no longer be listed on the Maple Trading System, but you can still retrieve your items from the MTS inventory.
• Please see the Bug Extermination Report for the list of resolved and known issues this maintenance.
• v.111 Update will be applied. Please see the update notes for more information.

Interesting enough, no patch. Just a server check. Meaning it’ll probably not take that long. I must admit that Nexon has been doing a terrific job when it comes to patches and server checks. Usually they end early and they’re not even that terribly long in first place. And instead of adding cash shop items, they fix bugs.

-pats Nexon on the shoulder-

Finally getting my name changes. 

Table of Contents

New Content

• 1. Back to the Old Maple (6/1 - 6/26)
• 2. Legends Character Creation (6/1 - 6/13)
• 3. Bounty Hunter Event (6/6 - 6/26)
• 4. Tracking the Outlaw (6/20 - 6/26)

Revised Content

• 5. Maple Trading System Shutdown

Resolved and Known Issues

• 6. Fixes
• 7. Known Issues

New Content

1. Back to the Old Maple // June 1 - June 26

• Talk to Cassandra about a crack in the Dimensional Mirror, then use the Dimensional Mirror (found in most towns) to travel back to a past version of Maple World from before Big Bang.
• You’ll be able to visit old versions of Maple Island, Lith Harbor, Henesys, Ellinia, Perion, Kerning City, and Sleepywood.
• Numerous old quests will be available.
• Completing each quest in the past areas will earn you one Old Maple Coin.
• Talk to NPC Inkwell in the Old Maple areas to trade in Old Maple Coins for a variety of old Maple items.
• Inkwell is in Henesys, Ellinia, Perion, Kerning City, and Sleepywood.
• Items you can purchase from Inkwell include:
5th Anniversary Hat

Maple 6th Anniversary Gloves

Maple 3000-Day Cape

Maple Leaf

Maple Hat

Blue Maple Bandana

White Maple Bandana

Maple Earring

Maple Shield

Maple Cape

Maple Scarf

Maple Pendant

Maple 3000-Day Medal

American Flag

Maple Umbrella

Underneath the Maple Tree…

Maple Flag: 1000 Days

1500 Anniv. Flag

Frozen Tuna

Frying Pan

Pan Lid

Fishing Pole

Red Whip

Heart Wand

Maple Sword

Maple Katara

Maple Crow

Maple Staff

Maple Claw

Maple Bow

Maple Knuckle

Maple Gun

Maple Soul Singer

Maple Duke Katara

Maple Soul Searcher

Maple Scorpio

Maple Dragon Axe

Maple Crossbow

Maple Kandayo

Maple Impaler

Maple Storm Finger

Maple Storm Pistol

Maple Doom Singer

Maple Wagner

Maple Lama Staff

Maple Cleat Katara

Maple Steel Axe

Maple Havoc Hammer

Maple Cannon Shooter

Maple Karstan

Maple Wisdom Staff

Maple Asura Dagger

Maple Skanda

Maple Soul Rohen

Maple Shine Wand

Maple Belzet

Maple Soul Spear

Maple Demon Axe

Maple Dark Mate

Maple Nishada

Maple Glory Sword

Maple Golden Claw

Maple Kandiva Bow

Maple Throwing-Stars

Hopefully the Chief stan’s hat quest will become available. I seriously want that hat on all my characters. Old maplers will understand my notion. I dropped it on my Bishop and feel like an idiot. The only item I find interesting, is the fishing pole. This all does hit me with a fist called nostalgia though.

2. Legends Character Creation // June 1 - June 14

• For a limited time, you can make as many Legends characters (Cannoneer, Mercedes, Demon Slayer) as you want, as long as you have open character slots.

Happy day. I was bothered by the IGN I gave my cannoneer and I just cannot stand it when I have 2 mules in front of my main characters. So I’ll probably remake my Cannoneer and Demon Slayer for the sake of moving them a spot in my character screen. I know, I’m wasting time T3T.

3. Bounty Hunter Event // June 6 - June 26

• Wanted Posters will be added to most towns.
• Accept the Bounty Hunter quests from a Wanted Poster.
• Depending on the week, you will be required to hunt a Red Mask, a Zombuddy, or a Bully.
• Round 1: Red Mask, June 6 - June 12
• Round 2: Zombuddy, June 13 - June 19
• Round 3: Bully, June 20 - June 26
• Collect a Bounty Mark from the drops of the appropriate target and bring it back to Cassandra.
• These quests are repeatable.
• Quest rewards include experience, mesos, and one of the following five items:
  • Scroll for Gloves for Magic Attack 60%: Magic ATT +1, INT +1, Success Rate: 60%.
  • Clean Slate Scroll 10%: Restore 1 available upgrade lost to failed scrolls. Untradeable. Cannot be used on Cash items. Success Rate: 10%.
  • Swiss Cheese: +220 Magic ATT for 2 minutes.
  • Chocolate Cream Cupcake: Restores 300 HP/MP, +30 ACC/Speed/Jump for 3 minutes. Untradeable.
  • Melting Cheese: Restores 4000 HP.
• At the end of the each week, the top 20 players who have slain the most wanted criminals out of all the worlds will receive the exclusive Maple Bounty Hunter medal and Maple Point prizes.
• Maple Bounty Hunter: Req Lv: 13, STR/DEX/INT/LUK +7, Max HP/MP +100, Weapon/Magic ATT +7, Weapon/Magic DEF +100, ACC/AVOID +100, Speed/Jump +7. One-of-a-kind item, untradeable.

I can’t really say I care too much about this part of the patch. I might consider aiming for top 20 players, however I’m Scanian, why should I even bother? Unless the Medal is perm, I won’t bother with it.

4. Tracking the Outlaw // June 1 - June 26

• Accept this quest from the Wanted Poster located in most towns.
• Collect 50 Wanted Criminal Clues from monster drops and turn them in to Cassandra to receive experience, mesos and special equipment:
  • Bounty Hunter Belt: Req Lv: 30, STR/DEX/INT/LUK +3, Weapon/Magic DEF +20, grants additional +2 to STR/DEX/INT/LUK and +5 to Jump to the upcoming GMS exclusive character. A Sharing Tag is required to move it within the account.
  • Bounty Hunter Badge: Req Lv: 50, STR/DEX/INT/LUK +5, Max HP/MP +200, ACC/AVOID +10, Speed +5, grants additional +5 to STR/DEX/INT/LUK and +3 to Weapon/Magic ATT to the upcoming GMS exclusive character. A Sharing Tag is required to move it within the account.

 Again something I can’t really care for. The badge, I might consider getting however.  Though it bothers me that the medal only gives m.atk to the GMS exclusive character. I mean, it’s probably a class that doesn’t even need m.atk… Though nice of Nexon to make us get it first, then later transfer it with NX. Good going guys.

Revised Content

5. Maple Trading System Shutdown

• The MTS will be shutting down for the foreseeable future.
• You will be unable to post on the MTS following the update, and all items you have posted will be returned to you.
• Please retrieve the items in your Transfer Inventory before the MTS is completely closed.

Some people seem to be anticipating that the NX prices will go up. Some think they’re going down. As the reasons behind it going up, are fairly legit, I do think there’s a higher chance of them going down soon. Fleyx posted a video on BasilMarket/Youtube with his thoughts on it, and I felt the need to correct him on the prices going up. Below you see my comment. I’m not quite sure what is going to happen, but this seems like a logical approach to me.

The MTS is a full market of items you can purchase with NX. When you take away the market, where do we spend the money? If there’s no place to spend the money, your money becomes worthless. In other words, NX becomes worth less and the rates will go down, because the MTS has disappeared.

Resolved and Known Issues

The following bugs will be exterminated as of 6/1. 
Click here to see the bugs that we are still hunting down.

• The Explorer quest that caused the game client to crash when the quest log wass opened is now fixed.
• Evan characters created before April, 2010 with the multipet skill issue (Follow the Leader) are now fixed.
• Ghost Stumps and Smirking Ghost Stumps will now continue spawning in Gusty Peak.
• Yeti & Pepes will now continue spawning in Sharp Cliff 3.
• Extra instances of Orchid no longer spawn when Mercedes re-enters Orchid’s Room in the “Wing Master” quest.
• The description of the Pearly Clam Chair now correctly lists the item as untradeable.
• Menus can now be correctly dragged across the game window when using left-handed mouse settings.
• Beryl and Crimson Maple hand cannons and dual bowguns now register as parts of their respective sets.
• The Rising Fanatic quest can now be completed by players who were unable to complete it.
• The hairstyle incorrectly named “Phantom Bangs” is now correctly named “Full Bangs.”
• The Purple Full Bangs female hairstyle now correctly sits on characters’ heads.
• The Mercedes skill “Ishtar’s Ring” now appears correctly on other players’ screens.
• Instances of “8th Anniversary” have been changed to “7th Anniversary” in the descriptions of the Beryl Maple weapons that listed the former.
• The description for the Joyous 7th Dark Scroll for Accessory for Magic Att 20% now correctly states that the scroll raises Magic Attack.
• Cassandra’s confusing text when turning in old Maple Leaves has been clarified.
• NPC Bo the Socket Creator’s outdated dialogue has been updated.
• A tab name has been fixed in NPC Larson’s store options.
• The “Empowering Pendant” quest is now correctly named “Pendant of the Spirit.”
• The in-progress quest log description for the quest “The Rising Fanatic!” has been corrected.
• Gaga’s misleading dialogue for the quest “Shall We Dance?” has been corrected.
• Typos in the names of the Moonlight Packages have been corrected.
• A typo has been fixed in the error message that appears when attempting to use a Joy Bird Feather on non-Beryl Maple gear.
• The chair “Swing on the Persimmon Tree” now states its HP recovery rate in its description.
• Description text has been added when hovering over the Alien Socket Creator.
• The Alien Socket Creator’s graphic has been modified to differentiate it from the Nebulite Diffuser.