Its2Sharp4U

It backfires when you nerf the drop rate because it increases the chances of botting/hacking when it becomes harder.

Many players in the past and now have been pushing for a better Maple in terms of a proper upgrading route that isn't ridiculous as of right now.

Clean Chaos Root Abyss equipment won't help you beat Chaos Root Abyss Bosses. Then there's Tyrant equipment and Magnus. Empress equipment and Cygnus. Gollux. Etc.

It's either you have drop equipment, bot (which I am not recommending but many people do this), or grind it out till the end of days. If they want to do something about the hackers and botters go after patching the exploits completely and going after players reducing numbers one by one.

Proof such as the anti-hack system in general or certain boss content such as Magnus has proved that it hindered players more than the actual hackers.

The biggest issue is Nexon's incompetence is realizing the issues of funding in Non-Reboot worlds is extremely limited as an average player, and in all worlds because of all the botters/hackers cheating their way to the top.

There's tons of low level content and tons of end-game content. But there is no content in-between to properly cushion the blow.

Arcane River is a ridiculous jump because it requires a decent if not crazy amount of damage for an average player. Nodestones are already random to begin with and the only way to get them is to grind in Arcane River.

The heart of the problem are both the low rates and hackers/botters. Not the ability to craft tradeable nodestones.

Fennekin wrote: »

Another period I crash a lot is five minutes after entering the game. I enter my PIC, get into the game, then do something on another window for a bit. Then a few minutes later I get "MapleStory has stopped working"...

After logging onto a character it's recommended to jump around for a bit. It generally reduces the crashing but I'm not sure why that's the case as opposed to being idle right after login. It just happens.

bumbertyr wrote: »

Booberpuppy wrote: »

@bumbertyr - I sincerely want to know what you know about that, with the why and how the "starting up" is the root of the 2x lag issue. I was always under the impression that it was due to too much player activity at once overloading their server capability.

ask @Its2sharp4u he experienced it too. the moment 2x "turned on" the lag would practically double.

It's hard to prove it when 2x EXP/DROP hasn't happen anymore for the past 2 weekends and the fact everyone may not experience the same issues. But from memory when I was in the middle of killing mobs and the transitions from before 2x to after 2x gave me the results of "the moment 2x "turned on" the lag would practically double".

Spell Traces are a safer quick way to get started.

With Chaos Scrolls there will be an bigger loss trying to aim for such stats due to being RNG dependent. If you're planning to use Return Scrolls the cost would skyrocket.

Here's a thread I found using Google Search:
Scrolling cra gear with spell traces v/s Chaos of goodness?

I don't know the math for when it's actually worth but it's probably not a fixed value and dependent on your current stats according to this, if it's up-to-date:

maplewiki.net | Attack Vs Stats

Those Earrings may be obtainable in the Bonus Stage Amos’ Vault from Amoria Party Quest which requires you to be married to participate.

There's a lack of information on this Earring in general so take this with a grain of salt.