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So, I've been playing Maple Story lately. Isabel and I have been playing it, a few months off, a few months on. Last time we quit because it was a long, slow grind. Then they came out with double xp cards - for a few dollars, you'd earn twice the normal experience for 4 hours a day, for a month. It makes us feel like we're making progress in the game.
Anyhow, in the last week or so we've both gotten to level 70, which unlocks a new class (crusader for me, and priest for her). We've sold off most of our spare junk and have a fortune in the tens of millions - nothing amazing, but respectable. And we've upgraded our equipment.
This brings me to my current quandary. I've upgraded my accessories enough so that getting better ones would be prohibitively expensive. I'm thinking of getting a new weapon. I have three options:
1) My current two-handed sword, a Sparta with an attack of 93, which I've had since level 60.
Pro: Already found and paid for.
2) A red katana, the level 70 one-handed sword. Due to game mechanics, one-handed swords are less powerful. I'm having serious trouble finding a pre-scrolled red katana with an attack comparable to my current sword. Finding clean ones and scrolls to augment them is pretty difficult too.
Pro: One of the fastest weapons in the game, about 20% faster than my current sword. Lets me use a shield.
Con: Shorter range. About 20% less powerful than my current sword. I usually fight things powerful enough that a shield doesn't help much.
3) Doombringer. The level 70 two-handed sword.
Pro: Cool looking. I can afford one about 5% more powerful than my current sword.
Con: Anything more than 5% better is prohibitively expensive. Weapon attack values don't increase nearly as after level 60.
Option 3 involves spending a decent chunk of my money for very little return. I was seriously considering option 2. I figure if I can get a more powerful sword, it'd be 20% faster, but just 10% weaker, it might be worthwhile. If I could find a good deal on a red katana or enough scrolls to make a decent one, I'd consider it.
Anyhow, as happens when I start typing up one of these entries, put it down for a few days, and pick it back up....I'm sticking with my current sword. Neither of the new swords are worth it.
Anyhow, in the last week or so we've both gotten to level 70, which unlocks a new class (crusader for me, and priest for her). We've sold off most of our spare junk and have a fortune in the tens of millions - nothing amazing, but respectable. And we've upgraded our equipment.
This brings me to my current quandary. I've upgraded my accessories enough so that getting better ones would be prohibitively expensive. I'm thinking of getting a new weapon. I have three options:
1) My current two-handed sword, a Sparta with an attack of 93, which I've had since level 60.
Pro: Already found and paid for.
2) A red katana, the level 70 one-handed sword. Due to game mechanics, one-handed swords are less powerful. I'm having serious trouble finding a pre-scrolled red katana with an attack comparable to my current sword. Finding clean ones and scrolls to augment them is pretty difficult too.
Pro: One of the fastest weapons in the game, about 20% faster than my current sword. Lets me use a shield.
Con: Shorter range. About 20% less powerful than my current sword. I usually fight things powerful enough that a shield doesn't help much.
3) Doombringer. The level 70 two-handed sword.
Pro: Cool looking. I can afford one about 5% more powerful than my current sword.
Con: Anything more than 5% better is prohibitively expensive. Weapon attack values don't increase nearly as after level 60.
Option 3 involves spending a decent chunk of my money for very little return. I was seriously considering option 2. I figure if I can get a more powerful sword, it'd be 20% faster, but just 10% weaker, it might be worthwhile. If I could find a good deal on a red katana or enough scrolls to make a decent one, I'd consider it.
Anyhow, as happens when I start typing up one of these entries, put it down for a few days, and pick it back up....I'm sticking with my current sword. Neither of the new swords are worth it.