Wikipedia Entry
MapleStory (Korean: 메이플스토리) is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Nexon. Although playing the game is free, some character appearances and gameplay enhancements can be purchased from the "Cash Shop" using real money.
In the game, players travel the "Maple World", defeating monsters and developing their characters' skills and abilities as is typical in role-playing games. Players can interact with others in many ways, such as through chatting, trading, and playing minigames. Groups of players can band together in parties to hunt monsters and share the rewards and can also collaborate forming guilds to interact more easily with each other.
In July 2010, the Korean version of the game was completely revised in a patch named the "Big Bang". Other versions followed suit and have since received the Big Bang update. Later in the year, the Korean version received the Chaos update which introduces PVP (player-versus-player) and professions to the game, following there was accession and legend.
Plotneeds moar of it
Player's assume the roles of citizens in the Maple World with no specific objective to win the game and work on improving their characters' skill and status over time. The antagonist of the game, the Black Mage, was sealed away years ago by five heroes. Fearing his resurrection, Empress Cygnus enlisted the Maple World to join her Cygnus Knights in preventing his evil from returning. However, they failed and the Black Wings resurrected the Black Mage resulting in a cataclysm known as the Big Bang.
Gameplay
MapleStory is a 2D scrolling platform game. The controls for the game are executed using the keyboard and mouse. The keyboard is used for many game functions, and much of it can be rearranged to suit users' needs. The mouse is mainly used to trigger Non-player characters and manipulate items. Like most MMORPGs, gameplay centers on venturing into dungeons and combating monsters in real-time. The players combat monsters and complete quests, in the process acquiring in-game currency called "Mesos", experience points, and various items. Players are able to acquire in-game professions allowing them to craft equipments, accessories, or potions.
Players have a variety of options when interacting with others online: They can form parties where loot and experience are distributed from a monster; in-game marriages where the game will recognize the two players as a heteroloveual couple; guilds which is indicated with a guild's name listed under their character name; or families, a architecture gathering of juniors and seniors. Players are also able to raise or lower the in-game popularity stat entitled Fame of other players and compete with other players in minigames such as Gomoku or Concentration.
Characters
MapleStory characters exist in worlds or servers. Players are able to create multiple characters in each world though the characters in different worlds can not interact with each other. Each world is similar in content with each other and are divided into channels, among which characters are allowed to freely switch. The ability to transfer entire characters between worlds was added in December 2007 to Global Maplestory with restrictions placed on items.
When creating a new character, there are four branches of classes currently available: Explorers, Cygnus Knights, Heros, and Resistance. Some classes are currently not available in other versions.
Explorer characters start on Maple Island and begin as a Beginner class. When reaching level 10, 8 for Magicians, the Beginner is able to advance into one of the five classes: Warrior, Bowmen, Magician, Thief, and Pirate. After choosing their class, further class progression is only allowed within the scope of the first class advancement with advancements at level 30, 70, and 120. A class advancement called "Dual Blade" is available for the Thief class at level 20, allowing them to wield a second blade with different class advancements. Another class advancement called "Cannoneer (Global version)/Cannon Shooter" is available for the Pirate class at level 10, they wield Hand Cannons with powerful skills but they are very slow indeed.
Cygnus Knight characters begin as Noblesse class and begin their journey on Ereve. At level 10, they are allowed to class advance into five Cygnus Knight classes, each one parallels to the Explorer class. Upon reaching the level limit of 120, Cygnus Knights are able to change into a level 50 explorer with benefits.
Three Hero classes are currently available, Aran, Evan, and Mercedes. The Legend classes are characters with background stories related to the antagonist of the game, the Black Mage. Arans have the Combo System, a unique feature to the class, allowing them to generate combo counts by hitting monsters giving them buffs and allowing them to cast combo-consuming skills. Evans are similar to Magicians but use a dragon which fights on their behalf. Mercedes has many of the similarities of an Archer but contains various speed improvements over the regular Archers.
Resistance characters begin in Edelstein, a town taken over by the Black Mage's followers. The characters created under the Resistance branch begin as Citizens and have four available job advancements: Battle Mage, Wild Hunter, Mechanic, and Demon Slayer. A Battle Mage uses a staff for physical attacks, a Wild Hunter rides a jaguar while wielding a crossbow, a Mechanic uses a robotic suit to fight, and a Demon Slayer uses 'one-handed blunt weapons' while using the DF (Demon Force) system to use their skills.
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You heard me, bitches! A place where every can just sell their stuff to people who want it! Although, one big problem about this is that THE TRADES AREN'T MONITORED AND YOU CAN BE SCAMMED. Visit their website at http://www.basilmarket.com/ Blockland Forum Characters
This is where I am going to post your guy's characters and their worlds.
-Pouch: Kleptical Lvl. 85[Scania] -Dissolve: Benofdoom Lvl. 133[Broa] -SpreadsPlague: AhoyAndAvast [Broa] -Fireboy: fireboy875 [Broa], fireboy853 [Broa]
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12/18/2011, 12:34 A.M.- Thinking about making some AWESOME giveaways or maybe some contests. Also, Pouch is thinking of stopping combat and just merching for a while.
12/19/2011, 10:22 A.M.- Mercedes is out mothaforgetas, go get your character while they're hot! Also, Pouch realizes it is very hard to edit this megathead on an iPod.
12/23/2011, 12:10 P.M.- Hey guise I am gonna review the absolute stuff out of this horrible and unoriginal "Mercedes" class. So, it starts off as you being a girl elf named "Mercedes". You can't edit your character AT ALL, and have to be stuck being classified as a woman elf, with no choice of customization unless you have NX and buy stuff off the Cash Shop, with is utterly handicapped, and that pissed me off quite much. Next, you get the same general 4th Job Advancement flashback starter story or something like that, and you get to preview two little skills, a quadruple arrow shot, and this weird little jumping thing, that makes you jump farther, kinda like the thief's Haste. Then, you end up getting all of your people frozen up, so then you go to sleep, wake up, your character freaks out that it is a LEVEL 10, as you don't even need to loving level there. Plus, you HAVE to stick with ranging, no mage, warrior, or being a thief. Just crappy dual bows. Blah blah blah you train nao. On the good side, I mean there is some fun stuff about it. The skills are pretty darn lovey, and the animations are much more fluid. Yeah, well, that's it.
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