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HousePet wrote: »

I've noticed that how high you get your combo kill counter isn't really based on skill, its based on the layout of the area you are in. (Unless of course you are a hacker that teleports all round the area...)
You also usually lose your count if a bounty hunter portal or an elite mob appears.
I'm really not sure what the point of this is. To encourage people to grind in specific maps and ignore portals and elite mobs?

To fix it, I would try something like:
Increase the time is takes before it expires a small amount (unless you are going to do something about the huge number of maps with substandard spawns (unlikely, that would be a lot of work)).
Stopping the counter from expiring while a portal is open/being used and for a short period after.
Stopping the counter from expiring while you are damaging an elite mob/boss.

No, it's based on your skill on how well you can manage your job's attack/clear pattern.
No, you only lose your count in a bounty portal if you stay longer than 20s on the rewards/conclusion map.
No, you only lose your count when an elite mob appears if you take too long to kill it without killing any other mob.

No, the point is to give players who have the skill and know how to keep their combo count up bonus exp.
No, you don't need to increase the timer for the count to expire, I've gone to 200 count on the tree map in Tynerum which only has like 10 stationary mobs and in Von Leon's Castle where some of the maps only like less than 10 mobs. Again, issue isn't the combo system, it's your lack of skill/management.

The counter does stop "from expiring while a portal is openbeing used and for a short period after". You just waste too much time afterwards that you don't notice that your counter expired.

No, you are still on the map and there's nothing stopping you from / forcing you to not kill the other monsters. Like you said, you have the option "to grind in specific maps and ignore portals and elite mobs". So what's preventing you from ignoring it for 3s to go kill another monster to keep your combo counter going? That's just negligence on combo management or overconfidence in your elite monster clear time. Also, the counter stops from expiring during the time you summon and defeat an elite boss, the reward stage afterwards, and short window where the monsters respawn.

Icydrop wrote: »

Hi, which class is your favorite one?

Also we can get these new 5th job skill nodestones free by completing a quest:

Existing 5th Job characters can obtain the new 5th Job Skill Nodes by completing the ‘[Black Mage] A New Power’ quest.

Source: http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/40437/v-201-black-mage-labyrinth-patch-notes

Was wondering if anyone knew where to accept this quest from? If you do please post below, thanks!

There should have been a quest in the Maple Alliance icon on the left called "[Black Mage] A New Power" which gave you the new skill node automatically.

WowOk wrote: »

In the quest line 'The New Ally' for Mihile class there is a quest for Mihile. The quest is 'A Chance to Redeem Yourself'. This quest is the second to last quest in 'The New Ally' quest line. It takes place in Perion in the map called Gusty Peak.

In this quest you have to talk to Neinheart and eliminate 50 Ghost Stumpss and obtain 1 Empress Aria's Keepsake.

Here is the dilemma I don't know how to obtain the keepsake. No matter how many Ghost Stumps I kill I cannot obtain the keepsake.

How do I obtain the keepsake? I really want to advance in the Mihile story. Thank You in advance.

So how is this a "game guide". o.O

Pretty sure it's just an extremely rare drop. How long have you tried? >.>

AKradian wrote: »

Which expedition dailies have you been doing, other than the defense missions (rescue soldiers and supply airplane)?

All of them, soot glares, flares, storm, observe attack pattern, emobs, terror, monster within, etc.
You only have to progress along the story quests, don't have to rank up your Alliance Rank to do so. Will post a ss after reset to show that I have Expedition quests + Warrior rank.

*meant Expedition Missions for Expedition dailies since you referred to them as dailies instead of missions.

EDIT: Within the Giant completed ss from yesterday

Fuhreak wrote: »

Deadling wrote: »

Are E Bosses the giant versions of whatever spawns in your map? Like a huge Advanced Knight D for example? I I don't know about killing twenty to make those spawn. I'm pretty sure I kill more than twenty before one of those spawns for me. And sometimes a rune will make two or 3 spawn at once. And with current event and storyline it will cause the resistance to spawn and help me out for a bit when I defeat it.

Correct.
You have to kill 20 on the same map. The first 16 will say something along the lines of "The Darkness is still here, it's making the place grim."
Where as the final 4 will say "You feel something in the darkness..." or something like that.

After killing 20 on the same map & same channel, an elite boss will spawn.
Each map counts the elite bosses independent of each other.
Other players kills count towards the spawn, and it doesn't lower when you leave the map.
This is why sometimes you'll get an eboss after just entering a map, or sometimes not get one even after 1+ hour of grind.

Er, no, what Deadling's talking about are elite mobs. Elite bosses are the black bosses that spawn after you kill 20 elite mobs.