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19 May 2020

RISE: Adele Patch Notes (v195)

Dear Maplers,

All RISE for our savior Adele! Enjoy newly revamped and reorganized content and enjoy the reverse twist of the new Arcane River content!

1. New Class: Adele
2. Guild System Revamp
↪ 2.1 Sharenian Sewers
3. Maple Guide System Revamp
4. Dynamic Field Revamp
5. Boss Reorganization
6. Chat Emoticons System
7. Reverse City (Available from 3rd June 2020)
8. Miscellaneous Updates

New Class: Adele

Will you hear my prayer?

Find out more about Adele in the RISE: Adele Highlight Notes (v195)!
Adele will be available from 20th May 2020 onwards (After Patch).

Guild System Revamp

The Guild interface has been overhauled! Revamped, Intuitive, Simple and Easy!

Core Changes

The maximum guild level has been increased from 25 to 30.

Existing guilds at level 25 and have excess Honor EXP will have their Honor EXP adjusted.

Following Guild Points acquisition methods have been removed:

↪ Staying logged in
↪ Leveling up
↪ Professional Skills leveling
↪ Quest Completion
↪ Fame
↪ Medal

Contribution points via boss & guild content has been adjusted.

IGP Consumption has been removed.

Jr. Masters may now acquire Guild Master permissions if the guild master has been absent for a certain period of time.

Rank and Authority titles can be customised by the Guild Master.

Guild Skills

New guild skills have been added.

Maximum amount of SP that can be obtained weekly has been increased.

Master Level for certain skills have been increased from 10 to 15

Other Guild Changes

Guild search has been revamped to include different filters.

↪ Players will now be able to filter guilds via level, size, activity types, and more.

Players may now apply for multiple guilds.

↪ Upon joining a guild, all other applications will automatically be cancelled.
↪ Players can now check the status of their guild application.
↪ Players may now check more details regarding the guild before applying.

Guild promotion has been added.

↪ Guilds may use 1,500 Guild Points to promote their guild.
↪ Guilds that are being promoted will appear at the top of the Guild list.
↪ Guild Ad Megaphone can also be used for 1,500 Guild Points (with cooldown).

Accumulative Honor EXP Rankings have been removed.

Weekly Rankings have been added.

↪ Weekly Honor EXP
↪ Weekly Flag Race Ranking
↪ Weekly Guild Content Ranking

New Guild Content: Sharenian Sewers

Explore the Sharenian Ruins once again and fight alongside your guild mates for victory!

Participating characters must be at least level 101 or above.

Access the Sharenian Sewers via NPC Daidal at the Guild Base <Hall of Heroes> in Orbis.

Players can only participate in the guild content ONCE per week.

Only Authorised members are allowed to start the Sharenian Guild Quest.

↪ Guild Masters can arrange this based on the member’s permission via the guild members UI

Obtained points greatly depend on the number of participating members.

Maple Guide System Revamp

The good ol’ Maple Guide has been overhauled to be easier to use!

Recommended content has been improved to help with character progression.

New categories has been added to the Maple Guide for easier use:

↪ Level Content: Recommended content based on the character’s level
↪ Boss Content: Bosses are now categorized into difficulty tiers
↪ Special Content: Content such as blockbusters, recurring quests, and more

New Content has been added to the Level Content Guide:

↪ Sand Castle Playground
↪ [★] Hidden Garden
↪ [★] Kerning Tower Interior
↪ [★] Bee Habitat
↪ [★] UFO Corridor

Certain content has been removed from the Maple Guide to make it easier for character progression.

Additional guide tutorial missions have been added for easier progression.

Players may now access online guides via the “?” button within the Maple Guide.

The overall practicality has been improved.

Dynamic Field Revamp

New Elite Champions have been added.

↪ Black Crescendo Slime
↪ Shadow Butterfly
↪ Dark Wolf
↪ Fantastical Flower
↪ Fallen Trent
↪ Twin Dark Gargoyle

One of six different Elite Champions will appear at random upon defeating a certain number of Elite Monsters.

Messenger of Darkness has been removed.

Elite Champion related achievements have been added.

Elite Monsters and Elite Bosses have been adjusted.

Certain prefixes have been removed. Monster Collection mobs with these prefixes have been changed to other prefixes:

↪ Reflective
↪ Powerful
↪ Seductive
↪ Speedy
↪ Solid
↪ Invincible
↪ Cursed

Sudden Missions relating to Elite Monsters have been changed to include both Elite Monsters & Elite Champions.

Elite Monsters & Elite Bosses’ HP & time limit have been reduced.

Elite Bosses will no longer appear in maps with monster level below Level 140. Elite Champions will appear instead.

New Runes have been added:

↪ Rune of Februus: A rune that purifies the surrounding area with a powerful attack after a certain number of monsters are defeated.
↪ Rune of Hyperion: A rune that creates a ray of light between the Rune and your character within a set period of time.
↪ Rune of Janus: A rune that gives the ability to create a pillar of fire that moves between monsters when attacked.

Existing Runes abilities have been adjusted:

↪ Rune of Yggdrasil: Damage reduction has been increased.
↪ Rune of Akhlys: Attack buff has been increased.
↪ Rune of Zeus: Now attacks around the character.
↪ Rune of Titan: Attack radius has been increased and can now reach a higher jump height while holding the up arrow key and the jump key simultaneously.

The Rune of Greed has been removed.

The Rune Buff Icons that gives bonus EXP and special abilities have been separated to their own icons.

Evan’s Link Skill Rune Persistence will now only apply to Liberated Rune’s Strength, the bonus EXP buff.

New Bounty Hunter contents have been added:

↪ Midnight Monster Hunting: Ride with Polo and plow through all that stands in your way!
↪ Treasure Catching: Help Frito collect Flame Wolf’s Treasure as it falls from the sky!

Existing Bounty Hunter contents have been adjusted:

↪ Protect the Castle Walls: Monsters will now appear from all 4 directions.

Bounty Hunter portals, Flame Wolf portals, and Elite Bosses will no longer appear at the same time.

New Bounty Hunter related achievements have been added.

Boss Reorganization

Boss Crystal selling prices have been adjusted.

Crusader Coins will now drop from certain bosses upon defeat. Amount of coins dropped has been adjusted based on their difficulty.

Lucid has been adjusted:

↪ Easy Lucid and related achievements have been added
↪ Players can enter Easy mode once per day and the clear limit is shared with Normal & Hard mode
↪ Hard Lucid’s HP has been decreased

Dusk has been adjusted:

↪ Dusk’s attack patterns have been adjusted
↪ Chaos Dusk and related achievements have been added
↪ Players can enter Chaos Dusk once per day and the clear limit is shared with Normal mode

Djunkel has been adjusted:

↪ Djunkel’s attack patterns have been adjusted
↪ Hard Djunkel and related achievements have been added
↪ Players can enter Hard Djunkel once per day and the clear limit is shared with Normal mode

Accessories that make up the Dark Boss set have been updated:

↪ Drop rate of the accessories have been increased
↪ Maximum set effect has been increased from 5 to 7
↪ Items Giant Fear & Commander Force Earrings have been added to the Dark Boss Set
↪ Giant Fear & Commander Force Earrings can be obtained from Chaos Dusk & Hard Djunkel respectively

Genesis Weapon related quests' difficulty have been adjusted:

↪ Limited time condition has been removed while performing Traces of Will the King of Spiders and a new condition of receiving increased damage has been added.
↪ HP of Heretic Hilla has been reduced while performing Traces of Heretic Hilla the Red Witch.

Miscellaneous adjustments and related fixes:

↪ An issue where Solo Boss achievements did not complete normally have been fixed.
↪ When bosses are not visible, the effect of any statuses they have inflicted will no longer be shown.
↪ An issue where Pink Bean’s damage ignore/damage reflect effects would appear later than when they were actually active has been fixed.
↪ An issue where Boss Lucid Phase 1 where certain rush skills could be used to move past the Golems have been fixed.
↪ In Lucid phase 2, the bomb will now be removed if it was obtained during phase 1.
↪ An issue where Lucid would not move properly in Phase 2 has been fixed.

Chat Emoticons System

Chat Emoticons have been added for all users!

Players will be able to access the Emoticons by using the Emoticon hotkey.

The hotkey can be arranged to any key via the Key settings.

Double click on the emoticon to use it.

Emoticons will appear above your head in a chat bubble.

When used in Maple Chat, the emoticon will only be displayed in the Maple Chat room.

Emoticons cannot be used in Whispers, Buddy, Group, Guild or Alliance Chats.

By default, all players will have access to the Mushroom, Pepe & Pink Bean Emoticons.

↪ These emoticons cannot be removed and are permanent

Players will also be able to obtain new emoticons via emoticon items.

Players will also be able to assign individual emoticons into their key settings.

Players will also be able to create emoticon commands.

↪ Emoticon commands cannot overlap existing commands such as /help etc.
↪ Commands that consist of profanity or certain symbols cannot be registered.
↪ Players can register up to 20 emoticon commands.

For any additional info, players may click on the “?” button on the Chat Emoticon UI for help.

Reverse City

Life is upside down...

Level Requirement: Level 205+
Starting Quest: [Reverse City] Item Floating Down the River
Prerequisite: Complete 5th Job Advancement

This content will be available from 3rd June 2020, 1000hrs.

Synopsis

In a city, where gravity is reversed, the residents choose to live on their own by hiding in the underground tracks. While some long for a life in the real world, some are looking for a way back. Will they ever find solace?

Go upside down and find out in... Reverse City!