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If you want to get into the math of it, here's a more detailed explanation on how IED% works: https://strategywiki.org/wiki/MapleStory/Formulas#Ignore_DEF

A pretty good rule of thumb is to kill the highest level guys you can one-shot. Here's some solid-looking guide, took me a whopping 20 seconds to find: https://gamesmeta.com/maplestory-leveling-guide/

Nitpicking on others' grammar whilst using incorrect grammar is such a power move.

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Meanwhile: I can't understand how to improve IED and Damage Boss, other than via HyperStats
Uhm... potential?

Yes, you can get IED on Secondary, Weapon, and Emblem? I believe, same with boss damage, I might be missing a couple of equips. There is also the Leafre Codex set which gives IED, Luminous Link skill, Blaster and BT Legion...

Keep in mind as well that IED is multiplicative. It functions on diminishing returns. Ex: your stat window shows that you have 70% IED. You equip something new that gives you 10% IED that you didn't have before. Your stat window now shows you have 73% instead of 80%. This is because 3 is 10% of the value remaining between 70 and 100%. I might not be absolutely correct about it, but it's more or less a simplification of things.

That's pretty much spot on. Strategy wiki has the complete formula available along with other useful formulas: https://strategywiki.org/wiki/MapleStory/Formulas#Ignore_DEF

AHK supposedly caused a lot of bans some time ago, so I wouldn't recommend using that. Some keyboards come with a dedicated "Gaming"-mode which disables windows keys, check if your keyboard has one of those. This is also the case with some laptops.

Another way to do it is to edit Windows Registry or create a Windows Group Policy (if you for some reason are using an Enterprise version of Windows), and so far those look like the most acceptable methods. However, there are a lot of things you can break by fiddling with those, so approach with caution and back up your registry or group policy settings.

Afaik Steam recently stopped supporting BTC due to high transaction costs caused by heavily fluctuating exchange rates, so I don't see Nexon NA supporting it anytime soon.