Back before Big Bang update hit, doing Crimsonwood Keep Party Quest (CWKPQ) was still popular in EMS before the PQ tended to be broken a few years later. In example, Sigil puzzles (a puzzle feature that requires a certain class skill to be used to complete it) wouldn't activate because a lot of Skill IDs that complete them have changed or have been removed - making it impossible to complete certain stages that heavily relied on Sigils. Yes I'm aware of the revamped CWKPQ that has hit GMS recently and has fixed the Sigils, however keep in mind that our CWKPQ is different as for rewards, even compared to the one from MSEA.
At the Boss stage, every Grandmaster would drop a Mark of Naricain (also known as MoN in the Maple glossary).
Our original Mark of Naricain were Untradeable, not limited to One-of-a-kind (currently known as "Original" items) - creating the possibility to have multiple ones of them. Back then, not particularly broken but just a form of luxury, because Second Pendant slot had yet to be released even in KMS. I'm aware of the Required Level of this equip has reduced from 100 to 96 at a certain point.
This Mark of Naricain used to have only 3 slots. This means that it could be scrolled with (Miracle) Positive Chaos Scrolls (also known as Chaos Scrolls of Goodness) and that it can be applied to Potential, Additional Potential and Enhancements. Because it can have all of these useful upgrades, Mark of Naricain is still considered in EMS a valid option to use if you don't run Gollux/Alien Visitor/Dominator/Darkness or (Chaos) Horntail Pendants. The main issue would be obtaining one though...
The MSEA one that got introduced had 4 slots, but it is (or currently was?) an One-of-a-kind item upon release. This hinders users from having two in their inventory at the same time.
However, after the Big Bang update hit EMS, the drops from the CWKPQ bosses have changed. The 3 slotted Mark of Naricains stopped dropping and have been replaced by the MSEA ones (4-slotted).
Technically speaking, an upgrade for most because of the extra slot, but perhaps an issue if you want to run two of them at the same time, similar to (Chaos) Horntail Pendants, Darkness Rings, etc. You would require the one before the Big Bang hit and one after. Running two MoNs would mean you would end up with at least one with 3 slots and one with 4 slots (in case you don't run two before-Big-Bang-MoNs but one before and one after).
Having recently obtained an Innocence Scroll that would expire in a few days, and not having that many equips left to reset, I knew that I screwed over the scrolling of my original Mark of Naricain so I used that Innocence Scroll on it. However, the interesting thing is, that the 3-slotted pendant has received a bit of an upgrade: it can now have 4 slots.
If this information is for huge (gamebreaking) importance? That's up to you to decide. I thought perhaps this would be interesting to share, who knows who still build with Mark of Naricains nowadays?
That's it for today. I'll see you guys again next post!
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