Level 1-2 // MapleStory

MapleStory

MapleStory is a 2D side scrolling MMORPG, and one of the first of it's kind. The start of MapleStory is said to be the pivotal starting point to the F2P MMO Genre. As the world’s first and most successful side-scrolling 2D online game, MapleStory offers distinctive avatars, a huge variety of items, a slew of quests, ease of control, and an ever-expanding world for you to explore!

As of today there are 19 playable classes (2 more to come within the next week) to make a total of 21 classes. It has a massive world you can explore, and many people online playing. With more than 70 Million accounts, it is by far the largest F2P MMO out there.

The game itself is about 4 years old and started over in Japan and then adapted over to North America. When it first came out the leveling was very grind based, but Nexon listened to there playerbase and increased the leveling profoundly.

MapleStory however doesn't come without it's own pro's and con's. With it being such a large game it's very easy to meet people in the game and party up for some of the larger instances. At some points it does seem very repetitive, being it has a level cap of 200 some things have been a little rehashed at lower levels, just a little harder. There are major content updates including the last Big Bang patch and the new "Legendary" patch, these in turn have increased the amount of playable classes from the starting 5 to the almost 21 now (and 15 more if you include the Explorer's 3 job advancements after the first 1).

Explorer :

Beginner:  The Beginner class essentially serves the purpose of being an introductory class. Though beginners obtain ability points upon leveling up, beginners do not lose experience upon death. It is advised, however, that one makes not dying a habit before advancing to the first job because experience is lost once the advancement is made.

• Warrior:  Warriors are the strongest melee characters in MapleStory in terms of raw damage. Warriors also have the largest amount of HP out of all the classes, as well as the highest defense. There are three main types of Warriors: Fighters, Pages, and Spearmen; each having their own pros and cons.
  
  

• Magician:  Magicians are ranged characters that eventually become imbued with a specific element, dealing 150% damage to monsters weak to that element. Each of the three specialised Magician jobs can get summons at the fourth job (3rd Job for Priests) and use Area of Effect attacks (though they are slow to cast). There are three main types of Magicians Ice/Lightening, Fire/Poisan and Clerics.
  
  
• Bowman:  Bowman is probably one of the more difficult in MapleStory. Bows are faster than crossbows, but they also do less damage. At their second job, archers have two options, Hunter or Crossbowman, and will proceed on to Ranger and Sniper respectively. If you decide to level an archer, you will be rewarded with fancy skills, many bossing opportunities, and very stable damage at Fourth Job.
  
  
• Thief:  Thieves are a very popular but expensive class. They have their likenesses with archers and warriors. Though probably being the most expensive to handle, they gain the most money in the process after magicians. The downside is that the Thief class demands precision when allocating stats, as they can be screwed up very easily. There are two types of thieves: Assassins and Bandits. Assassins are quick ranged attackers. Bandits are quick melee attackers and are quite powerful among the 2nd jobs.
  
  
• Pirate:  Pirate is one of the most popular in MapleStory. At their second job, Pirates have two options: Gunslinger or Brawler. Gunslingers are faster and ranged attackers, but their shots tend to be weak due to the lack of critical strikes that an Archer or Assassin has. Brawlers are melee, close-ranged fist fighters who deal lots of damage and have high HP, but they must get extremely close to their enemies and thus tend to take a lot of damage.

TO BE CONTINUED!