CWKPQ Balance Notes

Hello everyone!

As some of you may have seen a teaser as well as a Zombify teaser in our discord channel, we are now eager to publicly announce that Crimsonwood Keep PQ is actively being worked on and will be coming to Legends in near future!

To those who have already experienced this party quest back in GMS, you might also remember that some of items that dropped from this PQ were known to be extremely over-powered and game breaking. As a result, we have discussed and taken some steps to ensure that all items acquired during this party quest will still fit in place and its economy of MapleLegends. Notable Balance changes we have done includes, but not limited to, Mark of Naricain, Blackfist Cloak and few USE items dropped on the bonus stage.

Mark of Naricain:
Due to the overpowered nature of MoN, we have decided to adjust its base weapon attack from (9~11) to (1~3) while keeping other stats unchanged. The pendant will also be untradable and one-of-a-kind.


Q: Why reduce Mark of Naricain's attack by so much?

Mark of Naricain was a pendant that greatly overshadowed it's lesser; Horntail pendant in GMS, and essentially made Horntail pendant redundant with MoN's release. So we've decided to keep MoN in line/a tiny bit worse by reducing its weapon attack. Horntail can be regarded as one of the primary end game bosses/content in Legends, and as such, must have a reward that makes it appealing to fight for vs CWKPQ. This party quest itself already has quite a hearty drop list that makes it worth doing (bonus stage drops); therefore, nerfing the MoN allows Horntail to retain it's end game pendant and still give incentive to fight Horntail.

Q: How did you guys go about nerfing Mark of Naricain?

We've used formulas from different stat/att range threads with regards to BBB MapleStory as well as attack range calculations with the two different pendants, different stats and different classes. This was done to ensure we weren't overly nerfing it, and to make sure it was only slightly weaker than Horntail pendant.

Blackfist Cloak:
The Cloak has also been adjusted to keep it inline with Pink Gaia/Adventurer cape. We have adjusted its weapon attack from (3~5) to (1~3) while increasing its base HP from (110-130) to (200-300).

Along with MoN, this item will also be untradable and one-of-a-kind with having no slots to use the chaos scroll.

Q: How did we go about adjusting Blackfist Cloak?

The base stat of Blackfist Cloak were far too strong for a farmable item, since PAC/PGC already exist within the game and also in plentiful amount. However, since the cape innately came with HP and to keep it somewhat more appealing, we decided to give it a bit more HP alongside reducing the attack, slots, as well as making it untradable and one-of-a-kind.

Drop Adjustments:
Bonus stage drop list has also been altered for balance reasons:

+ = Item added
- = Item removed
∞ = Adjust

+ Spectrum Goggles
+ Every weapon 30% attack scroll
+ Crushed Skull
- Green Mittens
- Green Dragon Sleeve
- Elemental Wand 5
- Blizzard 30
∞ Gelt Chocolate (Untradable)
∞ Banana Graham Pie (Untradable)


Summary:

• MoN will be Nerfed to be kept inline with Horntail Pendant.
• Blackfist Cloak will be nerfed to be kept inline with current state of end game equips.
• Ability to gain more 30% scrolls (More to come in the future).

*A 6 all stat, 3 attack MoN is roughly 2-3 stat weaker than a max stat egged Horntail pendant.

**The nerfed MoN (max stat) may also be stronger for a few classes due to the way the attack range formulas and modifiers work for pre big bang, but certain stat thresholds and level/mastery must be met.


A friendly reminder that none of these changes are final and subject to change, so please be sure to let us know if you guys have any suggestions or feedback on what else should be looked into.


Thanks!

 

Yes, goggles are being included in the bonus stage. Just edited that in.