Right, here goes on my first blog.
I’m Artaelian, an europe maplestory player.
Now thing about europe maplestory, it tends to be viewed with an almost disgust. Not surprising when its patches tended to only be an event coming back from the previous year.
But europe version isnt the only game I play. I also play Europe Mabinogi and on occation, I have even been able to play Global maplestory too.
Anyway, down to discussion of the current patch of Europe version. Patch 0.61 was launched in March, and contained a lot of data. First and foremost was the Horntail Dragon boss finally being open. In patch 0.60, the Horntail PQ was there, but stopped up to the squad sign up map.
0.61 however, contained a lot of event data, as Nexon seems to plan version 0.62 as the anniversary.
The first event of 0.61 was the Premium Mini Dungeon. As with Global’s a year or so back, a cash shop item was needed each time you wanted to enter. However, unlike global’s you didnt find items inside which could be exchanged for prizes, the dungeons had 2x exp and 2x drop and dropped rare items like Chaos Scrolls, Maple Knuckle and Element Staff.
Second event was Perfect Pitch. Just like other times this event has been used, levelling gets you notes, which act as currency with NPC Inkwell. Europe got the chair Persimmon Chair for 25 notes, compared to Global’s 25 getting a Spirit of Rock chair.
Third event was the Rescue Gaga event. Like in KMS, you sit in a UFO, and have to cross a Jump Quest to rescue Gaga.
The fourth is a recycled event, to help people with the Perfect Pitch event, Return of Gold Richie. This time, the Pigs not only drop the eggs (with the EXP eggs removed), they also drop 3,000 exp cards which are used instantly on picking up. A downside to this, with how popular it is, players often share maps, at least two people are on one map at a time, with up to five being the limit.
Now, the main reason for posting. The fifth and possibly final event of patch 0.61 is the europe exclusive, Dutch Queen’s Day event.
First part of this depends on your level range. 30 or lower have to find white tulips, 31-69 have to find yellow tulips, 70-99 have to find red, and 100+ have to find purple. 30 of each gives you a small exp reward (me, currently playing a 67 Wind Breaker means I have to find yellow, and get 4,000 exp each time).
The second part however is currently bugged. You enter a map with a giant tulip, and you have to kill monsters and break boxes to gather ten brass keys. Once you have ten, you have to answer a quiz, get even one wrong, and NPC Charles takes the keys and fails you, forcing you to hunt another ten keys. At the moment, this is where the bug is, answer right, he’ll take the keys, then state your ETC or USE is full, and wont let you proceed. If this happens until the timer runs out, it tries to send you to the entrance. However, Nexon have made an error here, it’ll actually send you out into the Drum Bunny Premium Mini Dungeon.
I’d like to actually say what occurs when you pass the quiz, but because of the glitch (along with a whopping, 86 other current bugs, with number 86 being the autobanner setting off with any skill used in Magatia or Leafre), I dont know what occurs after passing the quiz.
For now, that’s all I have to say, I’ll be back tomorrow depending if Nexon fix the bug or not.
Add in; As pointed out by someone over on a forum, gold farmers and hackers are all too common in europe, but hardly worth getting into a rant about. Regardless, they provided the following picture for this entry.
(image provided from Vetinary on the Helloworld forum chat box, side note, nice name, you a Terry Pratchett fan?)
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