[EMS] Just another small milestone - A map full of Secret Gardens!

Not all milestones that I want to achieve in MapleStory have to be huge, y'know? This has been one of the "small scale" milestones that I've been working on since November 2016. As some people might know, I'm a big fan of Asian architecture - and by coincidence, the Secret Garden that is unlocked at Level 35 is a powerful standard 4x4 building that has solid Warus Production with a great Warus Capacity and Aesthetic boost.

Secret Gardens are far from the best buildings in Monster Life though. It is definitely dwarfed by most of the Gem-buildings which have much better stats to offer. To even get to Level 36 prior to this current layout, I've been collecting lots of those through the Special Merchant (and I still am, by the way). I mean, it costs like 14 million Warus (excluding Mushroom/Aesthetic discount) to even purchase 25 Secret Gardens in the first place...

Monster Life is still one of those daily things I do in addition to daily bosses/Commerci Voyages/Dream Breaker and such. I'll get back on "whenever Monster Life is worth it" when I hit Level 40 later this year. After almost a full year I've been able to obtain plenty of Gem Coupons - don't forget that I've already purchased all normal Farm Expansion Coupons and the largest baseplate to build on. Daily Monster Life gives more than enough Gem Coupons to suffice all of this. Anyway, when I've purchased all the Farm Expansion Coupons, I'll probably expand my Monster Life bank. Not that I use the bank to be honest as I already have more than enough space, but hey, it still can be useful (you don't need to have the bank on your baseplate to store your monsters, by the way). Plus, that would be the last thing I'll need to upgrade in Monster Life that can only be upgraded done through Gems.

Is going full Secret Garden with max Aesthetic points really "worth it"? Objectively speaking, it's probably better to run Gem-buildings, but hey - don't forget that this is my farm so I do whatever the hell I want. You either go Rayque or you don't, amiright? And with something like Secret Gardens with a cherry blossom background, you can't really get "more Rayque in Monster Life" than that.

That's it for today - I'll see you guys again next post!

[EMS] Sixth Legendary Potential GET!

Sup guys! Yesterday I managed to rank up my Amaterasu's Overall from Unique to Legendary!
It's been a while since my last rank up, but at least I got another one through.

Unfortunately, I was quite unlucky with the Potential lines and I'll have to reset it soon. Why so? The "5% chance to ignore % damage when attacked" has an infamous bug with any reflect skill (as I have the skill "Rage") that causes to disconnect you when it hits the proc rate. This is why I've cubed my Sengoku Hakase Badge first, as I've hoped the disconnecting issue would've been solved by now.

Eh, nothing too bad I guess, as I just need to recube the reflect lines away and I should be good. For now, I'll need to play without Rage in order to avoid any risk in disconnecting during my dailies. Fortunately, it's just Rage. I mean, it's not that my character becomes unplayable or anything. Even if it were Combo Attack or Sword of Burning Soul, I could still do my dailies. Still, it's a shame that I have to cube away the Invincible line, as the 3 second duration has been something I've been wanting for a few years - but at least my Overall is Legendary so it's a matter of recubing till I find it again!

That's it for now - I'll see you guys again next post!

[EMS] Level 223!

Good, I'm still on schedule, as I should hit Level 225 before the end of this year.

[EMS] Beyond - 5th Job's second wave!

Sup guys! The Beyond update has arrived several weeks ago, together with the second wave of 5th job skills! Hopefully some of you have been eager for this blogpost, as there is quite a number of things to cover!

The Beyond wave gave Hero one signature skill and one shared skill, in addition to several updates to both existing and first wave skills. Yes, I know Beyond also gave Decent Holy Symbol, but I don't see much use of covering that in this blogpost. However, I will cover a few things from the skill changes, as some of them are quite significant.