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KMS ver. 1.2.407 – Epic Dungeon: Nightmare Paradise!

Hey guys, long time no see! I did see a few posts and comments asking where I was and if I was okay, so thanks for your concern, I appreciate people worrying about me haha 😳 I was on vacation for the past couple of weeks, so I wasn’t home during the KMST patch day and I didn’t get back until after the KMS live server update either. I’ve been a bit jetlagged plus a bit busy catching up on my real j*b and some real life stuff so this post is pretty late.
To save myself some time, I decided to just skip translating the KMST patch notes and the Maple Now stream that Changseop did.
Anyways, this patch features the second set of skill changes, the new level 280 Epic Dungeon: Nightmare Paradise, the 4th Union Champion slot unlocked, as well as a variety of improvements and a new two month event themed around the Maple Hideout, the MapleStory PC Bang that Nexon will be opening in Seoul later this year.
Read more…KMS ver. 1.2.404 – MapleStory Assemble: The Red-Eyed Wanderer, Len!

The first patch of the MapleStory Assemble update has been released, featuring the new class, the Red-Eyed Wanderer, Len! It also contains a ton of QoL improvements such as the Buff Sequence feature, cooldowns resetting upon boss entry, and a completely unified Cash Storage!
The next part of the update will be the second 6th job skills, Ascent Skills! There will be two test world patches for them, on July 3 and July 10.
Read more…KMST ver. 1.2.188 – New Job, Len & Assemble Improvements!

Shortly after the showcase, the test server was updated with the new job, Len, as well as a large amount of QoL improvements. There will be another test server patch in a couple of days, probably with Len skill changes and the summer events.
Note for Len skills: like all other Anima classes, it is heavily based on Korean mythology and history, and all of the skill names use Hanja which is more difficult to translate and heavily subject to interpretation (thank you Neo for the assistance). I think most of them should be okay but some are definitely a bit long/weird-sounding and that’s because either I wasn’t 100% sure what the Hanja represented or it was too hard to concisely summarize what it meant. If you’re a native Korean with mastery over Hanja and have any suggestions/improvements, please let me know 🙂
Read more…KMS ver. 1.2.402 – Skill/UI Changes & MapleStory’s 22nd Anniversary: Maple University!

The MapleStory’s 22nd Anniversary: Maple University event has begun! It’s honestly a little barebones but Changseop said to look forward to the second half in May as they will be adding more. Of course, this patch contains the skill balancing (with additional changes from KMST), the UI reorganization, the new Maple Home system, the updated MVP system, and more.
The next live server patch is on May 21 so we can expect a KMST patch on May 14. They said in the Maple Now that it wouldn’t be as big as this patch, but I’m sure it will still have some interesting content.
Read more…KMST ver. 1.2.186 – Huge Skill Changes and UI Reorganization!

Following up on the March update that surprised everyone with the Star Force reorganization, Director Changseop has followed it up with another huge off season patch (and a Maple Now stream like usual). This time, it was a full skill balancing that changes all classes to 2 minute cycles and updating most of the game’s UIs! It also includes the Maple Home system (KMS’ version of the overseas My Home system) which I’ve been asking for for so many years and a big update to the MVP system.
This patch will be coming to the official server next week which could bring some additional changes. It starts off the MapleStory 22nd anniversary: Maple University, and I’ll cover that event in the next post.
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