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KMST ver. 1.2.163 – Angelic Buster Remaster!

The Angelic Buster remaster has hit the test server! This patch seems to be mostly visual update related, including her illustrations and skills with some QoL improvements sprinkled in. There are no sound effects or voice lines, and they even removed the tutorial story quests so I assume that’s what next week’s test patch will bring (along with corresponding events). In addition, released the second part of the teaser page, which is an interview with Angelic Buster herself!
They also snuck in a couple of cooldown changes to both the Angelic Buster link skill and the Genesis weapon iframe!
Read more…KMST ver. 1.2.162 – Character Info UI Changes

The newest test world patch brings a reorganization to the Character Info and Stats UI, including a new stat indicator called Combat Power, and a new episode of Dimensional Library. Like previous patches, Director Changseop did a Maple Now stream talking about the changes that were made. I swear I spend more time translating his 2 hour streams than I do the actual patch notes now…
Read more…KMST ver. 1.2.161 – Profession Changes & MapleStory Now!

Together with the new test world patch, the new director Kim Changseop went live on the MapleStory Youtube channel to talk about the update with players. I found the stream pretty interesting since they explained a lot about their intentions and thoughts behind how they design some of these changes and events!
Read more…KMST ver. 1.2.160 – Special Skill Ring Changes & 2023 Maple Vision Talk!

Last night, a new test world patch was released together with the Maple Vision Talk for the second half of the year. Director Wongki has become General Director Wongki and Planning Team lead Kim Changseop has become Director Changseop!
This patch contains some of the things mentioned in the Vision Talk, like being able to upgrade Seed Rings to level 5, and some other changes like a lot of Grandis map improvements.
Read more…KMST ver. 1.2.158 – Carcion & New Boss Difficulties

In the latest test world patch, the new level 285 area Carcion has been added, as well as new difficulties for Kalos and Kaling. There were also some changes to other bosses and various improvements.
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