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Maple Story; (C) Wizet Corporation, Ltd. All rights reserved.
A Comprehensive Guide Dedicated to the correct instruction of Future Assassins,
Assassins, and Hermits.
~(C)2005 PhantasyHero/Wafles/Spirit of Shaman
Written in August of the year Two Thousand and Five.
Current Version: 1.2
Final Version Completed On: N/a
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(At the end of each line in the Table of Contents is a key code, highlight
the keycode, copy it, use Ctrl+F, paste the keycode in, and hit find to be
moved directly to that section of the FAQ.)
1. Introduction [itodci]
2. Legal Stuff [lgluk]
3. Skill Builds [silbid]
3.1. Thief Builds (1st Job) [thfbld1]
3.2. Assassin Builds (2nd Job) [thfbld2]
3.3. Hermit Builds (3rd Job) [thfbld3]
3.4. Skill Definitions (All jobs) [thfskldef]
4. Stat Builds [stbld]
4.1. Universal Stat Build [ustbld]
5. Training [trnng]
5.1. Training as a Thief [trnthf]
5.2. Training as an Assassin [trnsin]
5.3. Training as a Hermit. [trnhrm]
6. Other Information [ohrinfo]
6.1. Equipment [eqpmnt]
6.2. What to Scroll [watscrl]
6.3. Throwing Stars [thrstr]
7. Closing [clsng]
7.1. Thanks To... [thnst]
7.2. Closing Statements [clsngst]
7.3. Contacts [contcts]
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[itodci]
Ahhh... an introduction to the extraordinary class of Thieves, Assassins, and
Hermits. Well, what can I say, this is my favorite class in the game. Why? I
mean, cmon, you get to be a ninja who jumps around tossing hoards of awesome-
looking throwing stars everwhere. What's there not to like? At level 80, you
even get to become a Pirate!
We're that cool... Though I suppose Bandits get the same clothes, but where's
their throwing stars? At another point, they have the most annoying sounding
attack in game... Savage Blow. *Shudder*. Well, this is just my opinion, suit
yourself if you happen to like hearing annoying sounds that happen 6 times in
rapid succession, over, and over, and over again; that's your business. <_<;
So, back to Assassins. We're a fun class, really, and if you've got the proper
funding, we can be strong as hell too, potentially the strongest second class
in game if you play your cards right. On top of that, we're insanely fast, you
have no clue how fun jumping around with maxed Haste is. Well, at least it's
fun if you compare it to not having Haste.
The FAQ now, as I believe that deserves an introduction. I'll be covering not
only Assassins, but I'll be covering what you'll need to do to become an
Assassin, cover the Assassin class itself, and go on to saying what you'll need
to do once Wizet releases the Third Job Advancment, which they've been taking
forever with. Hermit isn't as flashy of a title as Assassin, but you know,
we'll get over it once we start moving even faster with Flash Jump. <_<
So! Let's be on with ourselves, and get this FAQ moving.
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[lgluk]
Okay, yeah, the boring stuff, most of you will probably just skip over this,
but that's not my fault if you do, because it is infact important stuff, and I
will get angry if you don't listen to it. So rawr. >_>
By reading, viewing, printing, copying, touching, or tasting this FAQ, you
voluntarily submit yourself to agree to the following terms. (Shh, I've gotta
make sure someone can't just come up to me and say "But I didn't read it or
print it, so I don't fall into these terms." Just protecting my views, here.
=P)
1. You are not to distribute my work publicly without e-mailing me or
contacting me in some way. I don't really care if you print off a copy for your
friend, but I don't want mass numbers being distributed at some gathering
without my consent.
2. You are not to sell my FAQ or use my FAQ for personal profit in real life,
or inside of any version of Maple Story. I submit my FAQ as a free work to be
enjoyed by all for free, and I'd like to keep it that way.
Furthermore, I authorize my FAQ to be hosted ONLY at the following sites.
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If you wish to host this FAQ on your website, please contact me with my list
of contacts in the last section.
Also, if you note that my work HAS been distributed publicly, or sold in game,
or out of game for money or mesos, e-mail me IMMEDIATELY. My e-mail address may
be found in the contact section below.
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[silbid]
Hmm, Skill builds, probably the thing that will affect your character the most.
So let's go over all of them, shall we?
To start of, we'll begin with the skill build which we'll deal with building up
to Assassin from the 1st job class of Rogue. However, I'm going to include 2,
count them, 2 skill builds. The first will be the basic build, for if you're
starting a thief without funding (which really, I wouldn't recommend, but it's
your decison); The second will be if you've got funding, and don't mind
spending a bit of money leveling yourself to 30. Both of them should end up
with the same skills in the end, though, so it's all good. This also affects
which monsters you'll be training at, so keep that in mind (I'll include where
to train for both builds in a later section).
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3.1. Rogue Builds--->
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[thfbld1]
I'll just get straight to format.
[Level] ----- [How Many Skill Points to Apply to What]
: : : Funded Thief Build : : :
[10] ----- [1 Nimble Body] (This is the level you advance, upon advancing you
recieve 1 skill point for free)
[11] ----- [2 Nimble Body; 1 Keen Eyes]
[12] ----- [3 Keen Eyes]
[13] ----- [3 Keen Eyes]
[14] ----- [1 Keen Eyes; 2 Lucky 7] {Keen Eyes is now Maxed}
[15] ----- [3 Lucky 7]
[16] ----- [3 Lucky 7]
[17] ----- [2 Lucky 7; Save Third Skill Point] {Lucky 7 is half maxed}
[18] ----- [Save Skill Points; Currently 4 Saved]
[19] ----- [Save Skill Points ; Currently 7 Saved]
[20] ----- [10 Lucky 7] {Lucky 7 is now Maxed}
[21] ----- [3 Nimble Body]
[22] ----- [3 Nimble Body]
[23] ----- [3 Nimble Body]
[24] ----- [3 Nimble Body]
[25] ----- [3 Nimble Body]
[26] ----- [2 Nimble Body; 1 Disorder] {Nimble Body is now Maxed}
[27] ----- [2 Disorder; 1 Dark Sight]
[28] ----- [3 Dark Sight]
[29] ----- [3 Dark Sight]
[30] ----- [3 Dark Sight]
The final array of skills in your skill menu should now look exactly like this.
(These are in order from top to bottom)
[Nimble Body] : 20 Points {MAXED}
[Keen Eyes] : 8 Points {MAXED}
[Disorder] : 3 Points
[Dark Sight] : 10 Points
[Double Stab] : 0 Points
[Lucky 7] : 20 Points {MAXED}
Yep, that's that.
: : : Non-Funded Thief Build : : :
This was the first thief build I ever did, since it was my first character in
the Beta edition of Maple Global, so I didn't have hardly any funding. The
skill builds start out very similar, but go different directions around the
level 20 area.
[10] ----- [1 Nimble Body] (This is the level you advance, upon advancing you
recieve 1 skill point for free)
[11] ----- [2 Nimble Body; 1 Keen Eyes]
[12] ----- [3 Keen Eyes]
[13] ----- [3 Keen Eyes]
[14] ----- [1 Keen Eyes; 2 Lucky 7] {Keen Eyes is now Maxed}
[15] ----- [3 Lucky 7]
[16] ----- [3 Lucky 7]
[17] ----- [2 Lucky 7; Save Third Skill Point] {Lucky 7 is half maxed}
[18] ----- [Save Skill Points; Currently 4 Saved]
[19] ----- [Save Skill Points; Currently 7 Saved]
[20] ----- [3 Nimble Body; 7 Points Still Saved]
[21] ----- [3 Nimble Body; 7 Points Still Saved]
[22] ----- [3 Nimble Body; 7 Points Still Saved]
[23] ----- [3 Nimble Body; 7 Points Still Saved]
[24] ----- [3 Nimble Body; 7 Points still Saved]
[25] ----- [10 Lucky 7] {Lucky 7 is now Maxed}
[26] ----- [2 Nimble Body; 1 Disorder] {Nimble Body is now Maxed}
[27] ----- [2 Disorder; 1 Dark Sight]
[28] ----- [3 Dark Sight]
[29] ----- [3 Dark Sight]
[30] ----- [3 Dark Sight]
Mmkay, that's pretty much the same, except now, you max lucky 7 at level 25
instead of level 20, which will make a huge difference, trust me. You still end
up with the same result, so it's all good in the long run, the main difference
is that you'll get to level 30 with the first build about twice as fast. I'll
explain how that works once we get to the training part. If you forgot which
skills you should end up with, just scroll up a tad.
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3.2. Assassin Build--->
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[thfbld2]
Mmmm, now, the simple Assassin build. There's really nothing to it, and there's
really only one way to go until you reach level 57 or so, unless you're the
weird type, but hey, if that's who you are, you shouldn't be following an FAQ.
So onward with my build, which I've used twice now.
[30] ----- [1 Mastery] (Point gained from advancement, again.)
[31] ----- [2 Mastery; 1 Critical Throw]
[32] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[33] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[34] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[35] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[36] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[37] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[38] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[39] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[40] ----- [3 Critical Throw]
[41] ----- [2 Critical Throw; 1 Mastery] {Criticle Throw is now Maxed}
[42] ----- [1 Mastery; 2 Booster]
[43] ----- [3 Booster]
[44] ----- [3 Haste]
[45] ----- [3 Haste]
[46] ----- [3 Haste]
[47] ----- [3 Haste]
[48] ----- [3 Haste]
[49] ----- [3 Haste]
[50] ----- [2 Haste; 1 Endure] {Haste is now Maxed}
[51] ----- [2 Endure; 1 Drain]
[52] ----- [3 Drain]
[53] ----- [3 Mastery]
[54] ----- [3 Mastery]
[55] ----- [3 Mastery]
[56] ----- [3 Mastery]
[57] ----- [3 Mastery] {Mastery is now Maxed}
From here on, the build is kinda funky, so you can do what you want with your
remaining points. I suggest tossing them into drain or booster. It all depends
on what you want first, but if you want some guidance, I'll post what I'm
doing.
[58] ----- [3 Booster]
[59] ----- [3 Drain]
[60] ----- [3 Drain]
[61] ----- [3 Drain]
[62] ----- [2 Drain; 1 Booster]
[63] ----- [3 Booster]
[64] ----- [3 Booster]
[65] ----- [3 Booster]
[66] ----- [2 Booster; Save Third Point] {Booster is now Maxed}
[67] ----- [Save Points; 4 Points Now Saved]
[68] ----- [Save Points; 7 Points Now Saved]
[69] ----- [Save Points; 10 Points Now Saved]
[70] ----- [13 Drain]
I guess if you don't feel like saving points at the end, that's fine, but I do
it so that when the points are applied, they make sense as to not waste MP.
Just a cautious thing really... It shouldn't matter much though, since Drain is
already saving you millions of mesos on HP potions, since you'll be using it
against practically everything, or at least you should.
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3.3. Hermit Build--->
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[thfbld3]
Aye, now the one that really isn't applying to the time I'm writing this FAQ,
since yeah, we don't have third jobs yet. However, thankfully, I have a good
friend (whom I'll credit) who simply plays a version where they do have 3rd job
advancements, and he happens to be a Hermit. Good luck for us, right? =)
So here's the build. All credit for the build goes directly to:
Rob209/Makaveli
Makaveli is his JMS ign, so if you play JMS, fame him for me, alright? =P
Level 70: 1 Shadow Partner
Level 71: 3 Avenger
Level 72: 2 Avenger, 1 Flash Jump
Level 73: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 74: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 75: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 76: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 77: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 78: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 79: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 80: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 81: 3 Shadow Partner
Level 82: 2 Shadow Partner (Max), 1 Flash Jump
Level 83: 3 Flash Jump
Level 84: 3 Flash Jump
Level 85: 3 Flash Jump
Level 86: 3 Flash Jump
Level 87: 3 Flash Jump
Level 88: 3 Flash Jump (Max)
Level 89: 3 Meso Up
Level 90: 3 Meso Up
Level 91: 3 Meso Up
Level 92: 1 Meso Up, 2 Alchemist
Level 93: 3 Alchemist
Level 94: 3 Alchemist
Level 95: 3 Alchemist
Level 96: 3 Alchemist
Level 97: 3 Alchemist
Level 98: 3 Alchemist (Max)
Level 99: 3 Meso Up
Level 100: 3 Meso Up
Level 101: 3 Meso Up
Level 102: 1 Meso Up (Max), 2 Avenger
Level 103: 3 Avenger
Level 104: 3 Avenger
Level 105: 3 Avenger
Level 106: 3 Avenger
Level 107: 3 Avenger
Level 108: 3 Avenger
Level 109: 3 Avenger
Level 110: 2 Avenger (Max), 1 Shadow Web
Level 111: 3 Shadow Web
Level 112: 3 Shadow Web
Level 113: 3 Shadow Web
Level 114: 3 Shadow Web
Level 115: 3 Shadow Web
Level 116: 3 Shadow Web
Level 117: 1 Shadow Web (Max), 2 Drain/Booster (Max)
Level 118: 1 Shadow Meso, 2 Free Points
Level 119: 3 Free Points
Level 120: 3 Free Points
Rob said that at level 118 you should go back and put those 2 points into
drain, since you didn't finish out maxing it.
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3.4. Skill Descriptions--->
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Yep, I'm going to be just all nice, and define all the skills for those of you
who don't know what they are yet. I'll be using my own definitions, with once
again, Rob209/Makaveli's help. Thanks again to him.
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1st Job Skills === Rogue
Nimble Body - Raises Accuracy and Avoidability by 1 with every point placed
into the skill.
Keen Eyes - Improves the range in which you can throw stars.
Lucky 7 - You'll use this skill all the time. Instead of throwing one star for
basic damage, you throw two stars which both do extra damage. For example, when
Lucky 7 is maxed, you'll be using 16 MP to throw 2 stars, each star doing 150%
damage based off of your base damage range.
Disorder - As an Assassin, you'll never use it, but it lowers the weapon
defense of an enemy by a certain ammount.
Dark Sight - Makes your character immune to physical damage; however, you can
not use potions, loot items, and as another plus, you move insanely slow.
However, I guess it's a safe way to go exploring, just don't anger something
that has Magical attacks. You'll still get hurt by magical attacks with dark
sight, and on top of that, you're in a situation if you don't have fast enough
reflexes to cancel out Dark Sight and start mashing the HP potion button. But
yeah, you'll use this once in a while, definitely saves on the HP potions when
going to Jr. Balrog (of whom you shouldn't fight until level 60, anyway...).
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2nd Job Skills === Assassin
Mastery - This skill isn't as important for Assassins as it is for other
classes, since especially, Lucky 7 comes built with Mastery in hit. However,
recently in Japanese Maple Story they patched and weakened the Assassin class,
on top of things, made Lucky 7 affected by Mastery. I'll make an edit to the
skill build if they ever make it so that Global Maple Story has to deal with
this, but for now, it's all good. You definately should max this skill, a while
back people were saying that you shouldn't, but there are more reasons that you
should. Mastery will make drain a lot better, and it'll allow you to carry more
stars. A lot more stars, especially if you're the right kind of Assassin who
carries about 15 sets of stars with you. In that case, that's 3000 extra stars
for your disposal, and it's definately worth it.
Critical Throw - When maxed, this skill has a 50% chance to deal 200% damage to
a monster for every star thrown.
Claw Booster - Increases the speed at which you attack with claw weapons. Once
you get it, you'll see how fast Assassins really are.
Haste - When maxed, haste gives you +20% Jump and +40% Speed, making you even
faster. It's great. =)
Endure - Allows you to heal while on a Rope/Ladder/Vine/Anything else you can
climb. It also increases your basic HP regening amount, and furthermore, for
every point in this skill you'll gain 1 extra MP on top of the basic 3 you
already recover every 5 seconds or so. It's not really worth it though, but
meh, if you want to come back and use the extra points you have from 3rd job
advance on this, be my guest.
Drain - When using this skill, you exchange a bit of MP for a star throw in
which you'll do a bit of extra damage, and you recover a certain percentage of
this damage as HP. When maxed, each star will do 160% damage, and you'll
recover 60% of that damage as HP.
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3rd Job Skills === Hermit
This is the stuff most people won't know by heart yet, since we don't exactly
have it yet, but it's coming, so I'll get you all ready for it.
Shadow Partner - Use a summoning stone and a bit of MP to create a shadow that
fights along your side, and mimics all your attacks. It doesn't do as much
damage as you, but the extra damage is noticeable, and very useful.
Avenger - Heh, this skill is debated really, since it's useful for some things,
and not for others. Basically, with this skill, you'll throw a humongous
shuriken-type thing that hits a series of enemies in a straight line in front
of you. The damage is obviously lowered a tad, but still, that should've been
obvious.
Flash Jump - Basically, with this skill, you jump up onto a little blue
platform, and you jump again really fast in mid-air. It's fast stuff, and makes
you move insanely fast, again. That's why we get it as soon as possible.
Rob209/Makaveli recomended it that way, since apparently once you start using
it, you'll love it so much that you can't stop using it.
Meso Up - This is a party skill which increases the amount of mesos you loot
while fighting enemies. Like, say a monster drops 150 mesos, when Meso Up is
maxed, you'll loot 300 mesos instead of 150. Pretty nifty, huh?
Shadow Meso - When you run out of stars, you'll throw money instead of nothing.
It's nice to put one point in, but it'll waste your mesos if you use it often.
Alchemist - When this skill is maxed, the effect of potions, stat modifiers,
etc..., will all be doubled. For example, white potions which heal for 300 HP
will now heal for 600 HP, and a Warrior Potion will last 6 minutes instead of
3. It's a beatiful thing, really.
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Okay, so that's it for skills, hopefully that was useful in some way. That's
why I bothered doing it after all. =P
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[stbld]
So here we are, the incredibly simple Stat Build section. You'll find it pretty
straight forward, since you're doing the same thing all the time. Of course,
when you do the first stat roll when you make your character, you're gonna want
to take the time to get a good roll. I suggest that if you can, go for 4 STR,
and 4 INT. This way, you'll have 2 extra LUK, which means an increase in the
basic damage you'll do. However, if you don't want to do that, you can go ahead
and get a 5 in one or both of the stats. Do not, I repeat, do NOT have more
than 11 combined points in STR and INT. After you get 10, you'll really be
missing out on some damage.
Anywho, we're gonna go straight for the build.
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4.1. Universal Stat Build--->
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[ustbld]
Basically, all you're gonna do is make sure you have barely enough DEX to equip
your stuff. So instead of making you browse shops in game for what stats are
required, I'm going to just list how much DEX you need for each set of
equipment.
[Level 10] --- 0 Required DEX for equipment. However, you're gonna need 25 DEX
to complete the Job Advancement.
[Level 15] --- 30 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 20] --- 40 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 25] --- 50 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 30] --- 60 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 35] --- 70 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 40] --- 80 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 50] --- 90 Required DEX for equipment. (This level irritates me, they
just had to leave out level 45 gear, didn't they? ;_; Anyway, moving on...)
[Level 60] --- 100 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 70] --- 110 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 80] --- 120 Required DEX for equipment.
[Level 90] --- 130 Required DEX for equipment.
Currently, the level 100 gear isn't in game anywhere, but it should require 140
DEX if you're worried about it. Either way, the suit is ugly. Maple Story
basically turns you into a cat. You even get a tail. But I guess it's an
overall, which means you can use Overall DEX scrolls to make yourself not have
to put any points into DEX for a while.
So yeah, any point that isn't in DEX should be in LUK. Don't go all funky and
put some into HP so that you can withstand a Jr. Balrog hit, it's just not
worth it.
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[trnng]
Yep, a very simple training guide, I'll post two different ways to level up to
25, one for each seperate Rogue Build.
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5.1. Training as a Thief--->
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[trnthf]
Non-Funded Training
[For this guide, you should not use Lucky 7 dominantly until level 25 if you
want to make money.]
Levels 1 Through 10 --- Train on Maple Island
Levels 10 Through 20 --- Train on Slimes in the map 2 screens North-West of
Ellinia, "The Tree that Grew".
Levels 20 Through 25 --- Train at Pig Beach, Hidden street in the Three way
Road Split.
Levels 25 Through 30 --- Train at Ant Tunnel 1 on the Horned Mushrooms near the
entrance. Ant Tunnel 1 is one screen East of Sleepywood.
Funded Training
[For this guide, you should be using Lucky 7 all the time starting at level 15]
Levels 1 Through 10 --- Train on Maple Island
Levels 10 Through 15 --- Train on Slimes in the map 2 screens North-West of
Ellinia, "The Tree that Grew".
Levels 15 Through 20 --- Train at Pig Beach, spamming lucky 7 at everything in
sight.
Levels 20 Through 25 --- Train at Bubblings at the end of the B1 Jump Quest.
Levels 25 Through 30 --- Train at Ant Tunnel 1.
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5.1. Training as an Assassin--->
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Levels 30 Through 35 --- Train at Wild Boars
Levels 35 Through 42 --- Train at Dark Leatties, 3rd Floor of Orbis Tower
Levels 42 Through 48 --- Train either at Pixies in Cloud Park 4, or Copper
Drakes at Dangerous Valley.
Levels 48 Through 50 --- Train at Dark Leatties again (If you always 1-hit
them, since before you were two hitting) or train at Dungeon Drakes in the
Drake Hunting Ground.
Levels 50 Through 55 --- Train at Jr. Yetis, Zombies, or Stone Golems
Levels 55 Through 60 --- Train at Zombies or Dark Stone Golem
Levels 60 Through 70 --- You've got some options now. Drain will be insanely
effective, so you can train on a variety of things, including Zombies, Dark
Yetis, Yetis, Pepe, and Wild Cargos.
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This area gets a bit fuzzy, especially for me. And right now, we can't really
bring you real good ideas on where to train. This is simply because we don't
have Hermits. Viable options, however, include Zombies, and Yeti and Pepes
(The ones that are combined...). In other versions of Maple Story, the training
is very different, mainly because they've got more areas and more monsters than
we do. I'll update this FAQ once the Hermit class is introduced. However, you
really should be able to figure out where to go from here, but incase you're
clueless, I'll add stuff eventually anyway.
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This section of the FAQ will mainly be dedicated on what equipment you'll want
to wear, and when. In some areas, it does get a bit fuzzy, and I've seen many
people ask questions like this, so here goes.
I'm also gonna make sure you look good without risking many stats. =P
I guess it's all a matter of opinion though, anyway.
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6.1. Equipment--->
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[eqpmnt]
(Disregard gloves throughout this section, I wont be going over that for some
time yet. I'm also not covering earings for a while either.)
Right away at level 10 you're gonna want to buy the entire level 10 set, it
doesn't matter which color, mainly because they all do the same thing and don't
give any stat boosts. Plus at this low of a level, they'd hardly make a
difference anyway. Personally I like the red set of gear, but you know, it
doesn't really matter. You're gonna want to grab a garnier right away, and
subis will do fine if you haven't funded your character. Even if you have
funding, subis wont make much of a difference at this level.
At level 15 upgrade to the dark set of gear. It's not the most attractive set,
but why not change up clothing. Either way, you still get a really cool hat, in
my opinion at least. The shoes don't need to be changed either, but meh, if you
want the extra def, go with your way. The level 15 claw is an okay grab. The
mithril titans not only improve your attacking speed (Which is the most
important), but they also improve your weapon defense, and obviously your
attack power.
Level 20. Ahh, the famous Pao gear. It's really great-looking stuff, get it.
Preferably the dark set, since you'll get some nifty luck and MP bonuses. The
green hat for the set also gives 5 MP, so you can add that in there too. The
other gear is nice too, but you'll be neading that black top for the luck
bonus. Pick any shoe you want, too. It's all good. Buy or craft an Adamantium
Igor, as well. It matches the gear nicely, and you could stand a new weapon.
Hmm, level 25, a debated set of gear for this level. Most people think that
your level 25 Top is really ugly since it's pretty much two straps of leather,
but I don't think so. Maybe I'm just weird, I don't know. If you really want to
skip it though, that's fine, but I think the level 30 gear is worse, so I
usually skip that. You can at least get the pants for the set, though. I really
like them, and the Dark Brown Sneak Pants give a nice luck bonus, and they wont
look too bad in conjunction with a Pao top. The set I went for at this level
was the entire Dark Brown set, aside from the hat, which we'll get to shortly.
Firstly though, we've got to worry about our claw. The Meba. Honestly, you
can't skip this claw. Infact, you should scroll this claw with seven 100%
scrolls, which can be bought at the Kerning Pharmacy. You can often buy
prescrolled ones and save a bunch of money, though. Why are you scrolling it?
This is your fastest claw. It's attack isn't the normal "Fast", it's "Faster".
Yeah, it's a huge difference and it'll blow your mind later if you goof around
with one and have a few points into booster. Now, for the hat. Buy a brown
bamboo hat. It compliments the Sneak set really well, and it gives an amazing
+3 LUK. You'll use this hat till level 40 along with the claw. =P Finally, at
level 26, buy a pair of whitebottom shoes. They're really cool shoes, yep. I
prefer Pink with my sneak set, for some reason, but a lot of people would
debate that. Just pick a shoe, it's not worth crafting one since you get your
level 30 shoe for free.
Speaking of the level 30 shoe, let's go over how you'll acquire it. I'm not
going to go into an asinine amount of detail about it, but in order to get the
level 30, shoe find Nella in Kerning City. Do all of her quests, there are 2
sets of quests. One designed for level 15 people; the last one in this quest
will give you a glove. The second set of quests will yield your level 30 shoe,
silver chain boots. There are 3 quests for level 15, and 3 quests for level 25.
Yeah, it's a pain doing them alll, but the result isn't only the shoes and
gloves. You'll also get a lot of potions, which you can use, and they'll save
you a bunch of money.
So now, the level 30 set. I really hate the main gear for this level. It's just
not well made. At least with the Sneak set we had an idea going, with this
set... you're just an ugly mass of skintight armor. Please skip this set, for
the sake of humanity. If you don't... prepare to be ugly for 5 levels, I guess
if you're basically about stats, you'll like it though. It's definately an
improvement in defense, that's it though. Another option, instead of the Sneak
set, or the hideous Stealer (level 30) set, is the Sauna Robe. Sometimes you'll
see people who are level 50+ using these Robes, that's because there are
Scrolls which add DEX to Overall Armor, and these people will scroll as much
dex as they can into their robe, and then not add any points into DEX for a
while. This way, they still meet the requirements for weapons, but have lots of
extra points into LUK. That's the off-dex build, but I don't suggest doing it
at all, especially if you're not funded. If you do it, you're pretty much stuck
with that Sauna Robe for a long time, and honestly, it's also pretty ugly. You
can wear it though, but you don't have to use DEX on it. It is a bit of a
refreshing outfit for a while, however, it's refreshing feeling dies out after
20 levels of it, so just don't scroll it once you get it from the VIP Sauna
quest, assuming you do it. I'm not going to go into that, though.
Level 35 a good level, really. Your new gear will give a bunch of cool stats,
and it's cheap. Even if it has Perfect LUK, it's cheap. So why not buy a
perfect luck set? Get the Green Knucklevest Top, and the Blue Knucklevest
Pants. Those are the most common ones. If you like Dark Burglars, you should be
able to get a perfect LUK Dark Burglar for not too many mesos, however, a
perfect LUK Dark Burglar still only gives 2 LUK, which is 1 less than the Brown
Bamboo hat I told you to buy. Also, if you want Black Knucklevest Pants, that's
fine too, since those also give LUK. Same with Red Knucklevest Top as well. So
you've got some mixing up you can do. If you want to, craft the level 35 shoes.
They look nice, and give semi-decent stats. The red shoes give the most LUK, so
those will do you the most good. You can also get a free glove for this level
by completing John's Level 30 Jump Quest. John is in Lith harbor, if you didn't
know. He's a fisherman with a bucket of fish, can't miss him.
Yay, level 40. Now you start getting really sexy. If you have the money, buy a
Dark Shadow set. The pants might be a pain to find, but you should be able to
find someone selling them in a little while. Just look for sellers for a while,
and don't start looking when you're level 39, it might take you a few days. If
you're more interested in your stats then you are in your looks, then skip this
set. It's expensive, actually very expensive to buy a Dark Shadow set with
perfect LUK. Marine Shadow gives LUK also, but it should be expensive as well,
although much less pricey then the Dark Shadow set. On top of this, it's
finally time for a new claw. Either craft an Adamantium Avarice and scroll it
with 100% scrolls, or buy a pre-scrolled one. It's also finally time to slip
out of that Brown Bamboo Hat, and buy a pilfer. I strongly suggest buying a 3
LUK Pilfer, which means Red and Dark are your only options. If you go with Red,
I hope you're planning on using Red China at level 50, because it wont match
anything else. Dark will match everything, so it's a good option, since then
you're allowed to switch gear without destroying your appearance. Hmm, moving
forward, craft some Split Shoes. These are definately worth it, and they're not
bad to use until level 60. Red split shoes will give you the best stats,
comparitively.
Level 50 you finally get to wear a cape. I suggest one that matches your level
50 gear. China gear is great, and inexpensive, so buy it. The only expensive
set of china is Brown China. Brown China is probably my favorite of all the
colors offered, because it just works so well with Snowshoes, and a Dark Slain,
but it's all about your ideas. All of the colors of China will give the same
LUK, so it doesn't really matter which color you pick. This is where you'll get
your Slain, too. Dark Slains can not be crafted, but they are dropped from
enemies so they have potential for higher base attack. We'll get into how to
start scrolling your claw at this level, eventually. The level 50 shoes are
probably a waste of money, at least that's how I feel. They require 2 moon
rocks, which is a pain, really. Especially if you haven't done the Arwen's
Glass Shoe quest. Also, stick with your Pilfer. The level 50 hat is ugly. Very
ugly. However, once again, if stats are your thing, then go ahead and buy a 4
LUK Brown Sonata.
Yay, another debated set of gear for you to decide on, Scorpio. A lot of people
dislike the top to this set, mainly because it is, in a sense, a belly shirt.
You'll see all sorts of level 60 outfits. You'll see people at level 60 wearing
a Dark Shadow Top (The level 40 top, if you forgot) with Dark Scorpio Pants,
since they seem to match well. You'll also see people skipping the set
entirely, and sticking with their China for a while. Make a pair of Dark Moss
boots; they're really cheap to make, only one Moon Rock, and a Refined Black
Crystal will be the things that put a hole in your wallet, but still, that's
only about 300,000 mesos, nothing huge, especially at level 60. You'll also
want to make a pricey purchase, the Identity. This level 60 hat isn't very
cheap (at least it isn't when I'm writing this FAQ) but it looks great,
especially with a scorpio set of corresponding colors. (Light Scorpio Set
corresponds to Silver Identity, Oaker Scorpio Set corresponds to Bronze
Identity, and Dark Scorpio Set corresponds to Dark Identity.) It doesn't look
so good with China, though. Personally my favorite is the Light Scorpio set,
but that's definitely for people who aren't about stats. The Light Scorpio set
after all does give a lot of DEX that you don't need. If you're about stats,
you'll want to go with the Dark Scorpio set with a Dark Identity. It'll be
pricey, but it'll give great stats, and look pretty decent. The level 60 claw
is the Gigantic. Bronze Gigantics, first of all, are a pain. They are only
dropped by one monster, Tauro Spears, and those things hurt. On top of that,
it's the only level 60 claw that drops, so they're a tad pricey. You can skip
it if you want, since by the time you're 70, you'll be able to hunt for a Fury
(once Wizet finally patches so that they can drop).
Now, another fuzzy part of the FAQ, level 70. Currently we don't have this
gear, but we know what it is. It's also in other versions of Maple Story. None-
the-less, the level 70 set is the stud set. Personally, I think that Dark Stud
looks good, but I prefer people to skip the Rook, it's really, really horrid.
Even worse than the Sonata, and the unmentioned level 25 hat. The level 70's
claw name is Scarab, though the old name was Fury. I happen to like Fury a bit
more. Fury's are dropped all over the place, Green Fury is dropped by
Transformed Dark Yetis, and just plain Dark Yetis, while the Dark Fury is
dropped by Cerebres.
Aye, level 80. The last bit of gear I'll discuss, and the sexiest, in my
opinion. This is the level in which you truely become a Pirate Ninja.
Seriously, the name of the set is Pirate, the hat is Pireta, and the shoes are
Pirate Boots. It's all really cool junk. Once again, dark is going to be giving
the best stats for everything. I can't confirm the name of the claw for this
level, though. Sorry about that. I'll update later when I finally learn.
Finally, we'll cover capes and earings. All together. =) For earings, I say
just pick whatever looks best with your outfit, the magic defense will not help
you much anyway. For capes, you can scroll one with either LUK, or DEX,
whatever you prefer. The level 55, 60, and 65 capes all are pretty nice, and
Napoleans are still great, too. Just scroll whatever you think looks nice.
Now yes, that was long, and only covered Males, but my friend decided to help
me out with a bit of female information regardging equipment. Enjoy.
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Female equipment FAQs
Only for the use of Wafles =P
Since Wafles only addressed males in his equipment section, this is to help
with all of the female rogues who, despite rational logic, can not use male
equipments. But don't worry girls; we have equipment that makes the guys go
gaga (and/or beg you for money, but that's their problem isn't it?)
Level 10: What can I say here? Nothing, really. Just stick to color schemes.
No mixing red with blue, and vice versa. No earrings for you, and if you HAVE
to have a glove, go ahead and get a work glove. Lots of people like scrolling
these with attacks, but unless you're a VERY funded person...ah, just stick
with no gloves, it's a pain making these at level 10 anyway. At level 11, buy
a pair of Korean shoes, the ones that add speed. These'll last you a bit,
simply because the speed is awesome
Level 15: I personally hated these equips. They're all...weird. If you're
still training at slimes, don't worry about changing out unless you're a stat
hoar. Just get the hat, because that's the closest you'll ever get to a
bandana at this point. Dont' bother with earrings, they don't add anything and
you can hardly see them. Gloves, don't bother, you'll be getting level 20
gloves from Nella's quest, along with valuable pots. Stick with the Korean
shoes and get a Mithril Titan. You should have enough money to get one of
these by now. It's hard to craft one, so for 26,000 meso, you can go to orbis
and pick up a steel titan. Then, a mithril plate isn't that hard to come by,
so forge the mithril titans. The gold is far too expensive, and doesn't even
look good.
Level 20: The Qi Pao sets, these are truely good looking, the best you can get
at this level. The Pink Qi Pao shirt gives luck, as do the Purple Qi Pao
shorts. At level 22, you can return the shorts for the Purple Qi Pao skirt, it
gives more luck, and looks far better than the shorts. You'll be using the
gloves from Nella's quest by now, and you'll still be using Korean shoes. They
get old fast, but you're more than welcome to change at any time. The speed
just helps train and get to places. Ignore the Igor set of claws, they don't
give much Watk, and they don't boost your speed any either. Hold off on these
for another level or two.
Level 25: Ok girls, this is it. Our equipment from here till 40 is MUCH
better than the guy's equipment. First off, get the Dark Sneakless set (?)
from the shops, this helps a lot with Wdef and luck. Second, GET A BAMBOO
HAT!!! This hat goes well, IMO, with the dark sneakless, and that +3 luck is
no laughing matter. Next, you're sticking with the Wolfskin (?) glove that you
got from Nella, there's no point in making gloves for a loong time, they're all
provided to you by quests. And as you may have longed for, you can now get a
set of earrings, as they now give Mdef. All that's left are the shoes. I'll
bet you're sick and tired of those old Korean shoes, so you can get rid of them
At level 26, Red Whitebottom boots give more speed, Wdef, and look cooler with
the rest of your equipment from here on out. Your claw, byfar the fastest claw
in the game, is Meba. It's easier to buy one prescrolled with 100%'s and spend
less than the actual amount of scrolls to scroll it. However, if you're poor
and can't afford 450k at the dime of a hat, it's perfectly normal to forge one
and scroll it yourself. It's kind of like a loan, either you pay it all up
front, or you pay more with intrest over a period of time. I was...am...
forever will be a poor 'sin, so I spend 490k on scrolls and 50k on the claw
itself, but you can resell it, only spending 100k on the claw. But it lasts
for 15 levels, and more than pays for itself.
By now, you should have a few decent stars, besides Subi. If not, focus all of
your meso on buying several kumbi, around 3-4 should suffice for poor dwellers,
backed by tops or Mokbi.
Level 30: There is a fair bit of variety in here, some use the level 30 gear
from the shops, others use sauna robes for the avoidability and dex. I went
with the red Sauna robe, because it looks a little better than the Sneak. The
bamboo hat stays. That luck is invaluable, and it looks tons better than the
30 hat. The glove stays, since it's a waste to make any now. You can get the
chainboots from Nella's quest, but a better alternative, IMO, are black
snowshoes from El Nath. If scrolled properly, those things can last until
forever, or until 40-60, whenever you decide to make boots. The claw stays,
for another 10 levels, and you should have a decent pair of earrings if you
decided to PQ or do Alex's quest.
Level 35: Remember that Reign of utter leetness we had on those guys? It
just ran dry. But we're still better than they are cause we don't goggle over
our new equipments, we just resent it. The avenger is, by far, the most
revealing piece of equipment that women get in this game, even more revealing
than shadow or mantis. The Avenger is an overall armor, more usefull than the
Sauna robe, unless some major scrolling is involved. The only two avengers
worth getting are Purple or Dark, since those are the two that give luck.
Either axe stumps or Blue mushrooms drop them, so you don't need to fork out an
arm and a leg to get one. If you're really anti-social, you can get the purple
from El nath for about 100k. You're still using a Bamboo hat, and that sexy
Meba, which should be fully scrolled if you didn't do so beforehand. Go with
Cat eyes for the Earrings. I swear, those things will match just about
anything. Stick with the shoes of your choice at 30, and the glove will be the
one you received from John's second quest. It gives a nice bonus of 2 luck,
not too shabby.
There is a bright side: From here on out, female equips are much less
expensive, since there are a LOT more guys playing this game than there are
girls.
Level 40: Now it's time for a full wardrobe overhaul. You'll be getting new
everything except for gloves and if you decided, shoes. If you found/bought a
5 luck avenger, you have no need to change equipments, but otherwise, get a
shadow. The ones that give luck are Dark and Purple. Dark equipment from this
point forward requires 20 fame to use, but there's only the dark shadow set
that really needs it. For the hat, get a pilfer. The Wdef far outweighs the
luck at this point, but you can still get a pilfer with 3 luck, the same as
your bamboo hat for 15 levels! A dark one is perfect here, or red if you have
purple avenger/shadow. The same glove as before, or you can start working on
that nifty glove atk that everyone so desires. Some people like to make Red
split shoes, the level 40 shoe, at this point in time as well. It gives luck,
and matches well with red and dark equips. The claw you'll want now is an
Adamantium Avarice, prescrolled with 100% claw scrolls. If you're lucky, or
rich, you can get a dark avarice and 60% it for a half decent claw, but it's
better to do that to slain. Stick with Cat eyes here, since halfmoon kind of
sticks out, and doesn't go well with red.
Level 50: Here you are, finally capeworthy. First, decide on your moon color.
Brown and Maroon both give luck and dex, but all of the moons give Luck as a
base stat. The other two colors are Blue and Red, and all of these have
certain things that go with them. There are three gloves you can get, Red,
blue, and brown moon gloves, or you can stick with Gold Arbaron/whatever your
glove attack scrolled glove is. Red goes with, well, red moon, but blue AND
red go well with maroon. Just don't go mixing things like red and blue because
the base is maroon. Some possibilities are-
A) Maroon moon set, Red moon gloves, Dark/blood slain, dark/red pilfer/sonata,
snowshoes/red splits, Red/Black napoleon, and skull earrings.
B) Brown moon set, Brown moon gloves, Dark slain, Dark pilfer/Sonata, Snowshoes
Black napoleon, and Skull earrings.
Basically, don't mix colors. Maroon goes well with Red, Blue, or Dark, but Red
and Blue do not mix well. Brown is pretty much it's own set, and a red/blue
moon base don't get maroon to go off of. Skull earrings are an option, you
could easily use Cats eyes or even Heart earrings, but these ones go better
with the assassin style.
As far as slain goes, it doesn't REALLY matter which one you get, but blood
slain gives dex instead of luck, and that can be a nasty impact on your damage.
Scroll the slains with 60% claw scrolls, but a pre-scrolled 100% one isn't bad.
These ARE the last forgable claws, so 60%ing a sapphire slain is a wise choice
sometime in the near future. Dark can not be made, so sapphire is the luck
claw for this level.
Level 60: Mantis. Ew. I haven't even GOTTEN this far yet, so not much can be
said. Get moss boots, since those are pwn, and get an Identity. At the time
of writing this, Identity's are VERY expensive, but are also well worth it. I
can't recall what Mantis gives luck off the top of my head, but odds are dark
is filled with it. If you've managed to get a Gigantic, then you are some sort
of god, because those aren't forgable, and can only be found by dark yeti and
pepe's and taurospears.
Well, that's all I've got. I'll be sure to add more information as more is
released, and I become higher leveled in this crazy game. Happy Mapling! :P
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Thanks to Madmaverick. Hopefully that was helpful for some people.
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This will be a rather brief section to the FAQ. I'll just quickly explain to
you which stuff you'll want to scroll, how to scroll it, etc.
First, and most importantly, you're going to want an attack glove. Attack
gloves affect Assassins like you wouldn't believe. On top of the attack glove
you should also always use Warrior potions, it'll make training much better.
For example, I use a 10 attack glove, and it raises the damage that I can do
with Lucky 7 by up to about 300 damage per star. Which is a lot, really. Then
on top of that, the warrior potion, which will also help loads. The only
problem for this is the price. Buying a prescrolled 11 attack glove will cost
you an insane amount, currently it's about 30 million mesos, and rising. A 10
attack is about 20 million, and an 8 attack is about 12 million. These are all
assuming there are no slots again. If you've got an 11 attack glove with slots
left, I envy you, seriously. This is pretty much the main reason why you'll
want to fund your character.
Claw scrolling... This is a bit fuzzy. It's perfectly acceptable to scroll your
level 50 claw with 100% scrolls, but if you can afford to use 60% scrolls, it's
even better. Just hopefully you'll get 5 to 7 of them to work, which will end
up making you a decent profit. Only succeeding 4 wont be much good, since then
it'll only be 1 more attack and 4 more accuracy then you would've achieved by
using 100% scrolls. Any claw past the Slain should be scrolled with 60%
scrolls. Why spend 19 million mesos on a Gigantic when you're just going to use
490,000 mesos worth of scrolls on it? It's nonsense, that's what it is.
Shoe scrolling. Believe it or not, 10% Shoe Jump scrolls add 3 DEX. This isn't
bad if you want to do an off-dex build, which is scrolling DEX into an
equipment, and then using that DEX to meet your equipment requirements, instead
of adding points into DEX with your AP. It's not too difficult to just keep
trying to succeed the first slot of a snowshoe with a 10% Shoe jump scroll, and
then finish with 60% shoe jump scrolls. This could all add up to a shoe not
only with a lot of jump (Which you don't need, since Haste will bring you
almost to the Jump Cap), but you'll also receive up to 9 DEX, which is a lot,
and probably worth your time.
Cape scrolling... I believe I talked about this a bit earlier. But if you want
the best results, use either 60% Cape LUK or 60% Cape DEX scrolls. It'd be nice
to get a 10% to work on the first slot, but it'll cost you a lot of money,
depending on the cape you're using. The extra stats will more than likely help.
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[thrstr]
Ahh, throwing stars. I'll just start off quickly by listing all of the stars,
and their attack. Not going to list prices since the market is ever changing.
Subis - 15 Attack
Wolbis - 17 Attack
Snowballs - 17 Attack
Mokbis - 19 Attack
Wooden Tops - 19 Attack
Kumbis - 21 Attack
Icicles - 21 Attack
Tobis - 23 Attack
Steely - 25 Attack
Ilbis - 27 Attack
Hwambis - 27 Attack (***NOT RELEASED IN GAME***)
First of all, we know about Hwambis from people who were hacking. Enough said
about that. They don't drop anywhere in any Maple Story version, to my
knowledge.
Maple Stars are also a throwing star, but are GM only items. They're available
in other versions of Maple Story through the Gashapons... which is more or less
a gamble. We might get this soon, since supposedly cash shop is coming.
Stars may be recharged in any Armor vendor by clicking on the Use Tab in your
inventory which appears, and then clicking on the orange box next to all of
your throwing star sets.
You should really make note of this: better stars are not your main priority.
Stop getting better stars once you have a bunch of kumbis at your disposal. At
this point, if you don't have an attack glove with 8 or more attack, make one
or buy one. It's a much better investment then better stars because it'll
affect your damage much more. Not only that, but one set of steelys may raise
your attack, but they run out, and you're back to where you started. Once
you've got a good glove, start off with Tobis. It's better to get more of a
star with less attack, then less of a star with more attack. In this case
especially, since Steelys are insanely expensive. Once you can afford it,
upgrade to Steely when you have plenty of tobis to back you up. You should
always carry a few sets of tobi arround, anyway. Ilbis... are more or less for
show. The price of them is just outrageously high, it's more worth your money
to buy a few sets of Steely instead. Eventually though, if in some miraculous
turn of events you get insanely rich, go ahead and buy them. After all, it's
your money. =P
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Well, this is it. The end of the FAQ. Just a few things now...
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I have to give out thanks to those who helped me with the FAQ.
Thanks to all the people below. Without them, this guide would've been a lot
worse.
Rob209/Makaveli - For contributing the Hermit skill build, and giving me
definitions on many Hermit skills. :)
Madmaverick - For giving me a guide to female thief gear. Thanks a ton, saved
me a huge headache. She also helped review the FAQ. :)
RocketDarkness - For fixing spelling errors, and other things. Big help. :)
Playwithknives - For reviewing the FAQ.
Cyanideabuse - For reviewing the FAQ.
Once again, thanks a ton to all the mentioned people.
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7.2. Closing Statements--->
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[clsngst]
Thank you for taking the time to read my FAQ. I hope it's helped you out in
some way or form. If you have any questions or comments at all, please send me
an e-mail or contact me in the game itself with my contacts below. In game,
you're less likely to get a response, but that's simply because I'm often busy,
or am gone. I will make sure that I try to respond to your message, though.
Also, I can guarantee a response to any e-mails received. Well, actually, the
only ones I wont respond to are vulgar or inappropriate ones. If I see any of
that, I'll just delete it and be on my way. ;)
Writing this FAQ has been quite fun. I hope you enjoyed the ASCII image of the
Mushroom at the top. I thought it worked out lovely. =) Remember to step back
though. It looks much better from a distance. Of course, I also hope you
enjoyed my attitude throughout the FAQ. I tried to make it sound informal,
after all. That always makes reading a bit more enjoyable. At some points,
there were walls of text, and I appologize for those points, but you know, it
had to happen at some point or another. ;)
With that, farewell. I look forward to hearing comments about my FAQ in my
inbox and in game.
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7.3. Contacts--->
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[contcts]
All contacts are disabled towards me.
I've recieved a lot of annoying customers who basically spam me on
AIM, and in my e-mail. I simply can't tollerate the beggers, and other
annoyances acquired through this FAQ any longer. However, feel free to
keep using my guide, if you have further questions, I suggest posting them
on the message boards on GameFAQs.com, or any other site.
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