The halloween PQ "curfuffle"

Hello, thanks for the feedback! I'm gonna address a few points about it.

The first two stages were left as originally designed in MapleStory; I don't think last year's release saw negative feedback on them, which is why they were unchanged. Aside from the fact that routes in the first stage had an uneven difficulty between them, which we tried to address.
If the visual problems come from weapon effects, I suggest temporarily setting the "WeaponEffects" option in Legends.ini to "false", which should prevent most of the obnoxious effects from showing up on your screen!

As it's been only one day of event so far, we expected a new stage with a riddle like that to present a learning curve, meaning that it's likely that, once people get used to it, and guides come out (there is already one posted, at this time), the overall difficulty will drop.
While the language used in the sentences is in some cases harder than colloquial English, we tried to leave simple keywords in each of them, that we believe people will get used to look for.
This is why we're waiting at least some more days, before deciding whether action needs to be taken on this specific part.

The need to talk again with the Butler, in order for the PQ to count, is a mistake. Last year's PQ did not have a reward based on entry count, which is why it feels "different". It will be fixed asap, sorry about that!

As mentioned, we are planning to wait for people to get more used to the new mechanic, before altering anything; however, do feel free to keep giving feedback, especially on the third stage, on the timer, and on the prize lists!
Thanks!

 

Clearing a Butler PQ works in the same way as last year; as soon as you reach the ghosts stage, technically you have already won the PQ. That stage is similar to the "bonus" room in Kerning PQ, with the killable mushrooms, to give an idea.
What's missing is the action of "add this PQ to the total counter of prize clears", which only affects the progress towards the Chair.

Last year's prizes were the Hat of a Masked Man, for 30 ghost points, and the Cube chair, for 50 points. PQ clears were not involved.