Migrant's: Islander Guide

[Migrant]

I originally made this guide before GMS Maple Island was expanded the first time round, and haven't quite finished updating it to the new island. I submitted this guide recently to Sleepywood on my account "Islander" (the name was taken on this forum) but was later permenantly banned for "multi-accounts" (no idea why). This guide is also posted on MapleTip and is updated frequently.


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Migrant's:
Islander Guide


4th April 2007 - Originally wrote the guide for myself.
11th October 2007 - Made it more user friendly and posted it on the internet.
29th June 2008 - Updated quests changed by patch v0.56 (15 expired, 10 new).
29th June 2008 - Differentiated between expired and current Quest equipment.
30th June 2008 - Made the guide slightly easier to read.
1st July 2008 - Added Maple Snowboard - must've missed it o.o;
2nd July 2008 - Posted on Southperry forums and added Metal Wand.
7th July 2008 - Removed 60% Helmet DEF as it doesn't drop.
7th July 2008 - Added Pros and Cons of MTS.

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Contents
Intro.
What is an Islander?
I. The Pros and Cons of Being an Islander.
II. Creating an Ideal Islander.
III. Skills.
IV. Maple Island Enemies.
V. The Useful Drops
VI. Quests
VII. The Pros and Cons of Using Maple Trade System.
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Intro
Firstly, please do not copy any part of this guide without my permission. If you wish to publish this somewhere else, please contact me via PM.
If you think something is missing from, or you would like me to change a part of this guide, please tell me, and I will see what I can do.

This guide does not deal with the use of Maple Trade System.
Thank you.
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What is an Islander?
An Islander is someone who never leaves Maple Island. A Beginner who spends their MapleStory life trapped within the boundaries of Maple Town, Amherst and Southperry. Someone who never steps foot in Lith Harbor.
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I. The Pros and Cons of Being an Islander

Pros

You get to meet a lot of other Islanders that you may never have met had you left Maple Island.
You get to show off - People love seeing Islanders and you get a lot of F2's.
People will be very appreciative of you if you help them out (getting 10 orange mushroom caps etc..).
You will get famed frequently by other Islanders.
Cons

Slow levelling past level 20.
You will only ever encounter the same 7 enemies.
People may call you a hacker, especially if your level is above 30 (you get used to ignoring them).
Equipment is quite hard to come across.
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II. Creating an Ideal Islander

Appearance
As an Islander, your hair, face and skin colour cannot be changed once your character is made, so make sure you chose the look you’d feel most happy playing as - you wouldn’t want to get to a high level and detest the way you look.
The clothes don’t really matter, pick what you feel is right; if you don’t like the way you look with these clothes, you can always buy new ones from Southperry.
For a weapon I’d recommend either the hand axe or the wooden club, as these both have a higher range than the sword.
Stats
As an Islander, the only stat that really matters to begin with is STR as you can hit every monster on the island with minimum DEX, INT and LUK.
There are various ‘builds’ that totally ignore STR, but regardless the ideal stat distribution for would be:



STR – 10-13
DEX – 7-4
INT - 4
LUK - 4


As long as your STR is 10 or more, you’ll make a fine Islander, and be able to level up pretty swiftly.
Ability PointsPure STR is the most common Islander build. For this you can forget about DEX, INT and LUK and only add points to STR when you level up – if you are making your Islander for the first time, this is the build you should probably go for.



Level 1: 13 STR, 4 DEX, 4 INT, 4 LUK.
Level 10: 58 STR, 4 DEX, 4 INT, 4 LUK.
Level 25: 133 STR, 4 DEX, 4 INT, 4 LUK.


However, there are 3 different builds for the Islander that you may also want to follow:


Pure DEX is the disregard of STR. Keeping with the dice-roll stats of at least 10 STR, the Pure DEX Islander will only add points to DEX. The point in this is to eventually have enough minimum damage to be able to one-hit kill Orange Mushrooms and Pigs every attack you make.



Level 1: 10 STR, 7 DEX, 4 INT, 4 LUK.
Level 10: 10 STR, 52 DEX, 4 INT, 4 LUK.
Level 25: 10 STR, 127 DEX, 4 INT, 4 LUK.



‘Mage-Lander’ is the addition of 55 INT and 20 LUK to enable your character to equip the level 18 Metal Wand (see below for equip stats). For this class, it’s best do add purely to STR until level 3, then start adding to LUK, then finally to INT, then, when you have enough INT and LUK, adding to STR again.



Level 1: 13 STR, 4 DEX, 4 INT, 4 LUK.
Level 10: 28 STR, 4 DEX, 15 INT, 20 LUK.
Level 25: 63 STR, 4 DEX, 55 INT, 20 LUK.



And of course, there’s the STR and DEX build, whereby you add STR and DEX in order to keep your minimum and maximum damage high. This build is used for the same purpose as Pure DEX – to eventually be able to one-hit kill Orange Mushrooms and Pigs no matter what.
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III. Skills

Beginner Skills
Three Snails
Master level: 3
Hurls snail shells to attack monsters from long distance.

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Level 1: MP -10, Snail Shell -1, Damage 10.
Level 2: MP –15, Blue Snail Shell -1, Damage 25.
Level 3: MP –20, Red Snail Shell -1, Damage 40.


Recovery
Master level: 3
Enables the user to recover HP constantly for 30 sec.
Time between skills: 10 minutes.

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Level 1: MP –10, Recover 24 HP in 30 seconds.
Level 2: MP –20, Recover 48 HP in 30 seconds.
Level 3: MP –30, Recover 72 HP in 30 seconds.


Nimble Feet
Master level: 3
Enables the character to move around quickly for a short amount of time.
Time between skills: 15 minutes.

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Level 1: MP -10, +10 speed for 4 seconds.
Level 2: MP -15, +15 speed for 8 seconds.
Level 3: MP -20, +20 speed for 12 seconds.

You will rarely use these skills so I can only say add what you wish.
As a Beginner you get 6 SP points to add into them, so it's only possible to max two of them.
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IV. Maple Island Enemies

Snailhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/Snail.png

Level 1
HP = 8
Exp. +3
Blue Snailhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/BlueSnail.png

Level 2
HP = 15
Exp. +4
Shroomhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/Shroom.png

Level 2
HP = 20
Exp. +5
Red Snailhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/RedSnail.png

Level 4
HP = 40
Exp. +8
Stumphttp://www.mapletip.com/images/new-monsters/0130100.png

Level 4
HP = 40
Exp. +8
Slimehttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/0210100.png

Level 6
HP = 50
Exp. +10
Pighttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/1210100.png

Level 7
HP = 75
Exp. +15
Orange Mushroomhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/OrangeMushroom.png

Level 8
HP = 80
Exp. +15
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V. The Useful DropsBy “Useful” I mean you can actually equip them. They are all Beginner-friendly (and very useful, but hard to find).
The stat for each equip is it’s mid range value. I.e.: If a weapon has 27 ATK, it could vary from 24-30.
Weapons
Double Axe

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One-handed Axe
Level 10
ATK: 27

Dropped by: Orange Mushroom.


Leather Purse

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One-Handed Blunt Weapon
Level 15
ATK: 34

Dropped by: Orange Mushroom.


Metal Wand

http://www.mapletip.com/images/maplestory-monsters/01372002.png

Wand
Level 18
ATK: 21

Dropped by: Red Snail.
Armour
Blue One-lined T-shirt (M)

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Top
Level 11
DEF: 11

Dropped by: Blue Snail.


Red-striped T-shirt (F)

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Top
Level 11
DEF: 11

Dropped by: Blue Snail, Pig.


Blue ClamDigger’s (M)

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Bottom
Level 5
DEF: 5

Dropped by: Shroom.


Grey Thick Sweat Pants (M)

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Bottom
Level 11
DEF: 10

Dropped by: Blue Snail.


Ice Jeans

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Bottom
Level 16
MP: +3
DEF: 13

Dropped by: Shroom.


Green Headband

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Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Dropped by: Snail.


White Bandana

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Hat
Level 10
DEF: 8

Dropped by: Slime.


White Gomushin

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Shoe
Level 11
Speed: 2
DEF: 4

Dropped by: Orange Mushroom.
Accessory
Amethyst Earrings

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Earring
Level 15
Nothing. (But it makes people recognise you more as an Islander).

Dropped by: Red Snail
Scroll
10% Scroll for Helmet for DEF

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Weapon DEF + 5
Magic DEF + 3
Accuracy + 1

Dropped by: Green Snail.


10% Scroll for Bottomwear for DEF

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Weapon DEF + 5
Magic DEF + 3
HP + 10

Dropped by: Slime.


10% Scroll for Topwear for DEF

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Weapon DEF + 5
Magic DEF + 3
HP + 10

Dropped by: Stump.


10% Scroll for Shoes for DEX

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Avoidability + 5
Accuracy + 3
Speed + 1

Dropped by: Pig.


10% Scroll for Shoes for Jump

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Jump + 5
DEX + 3
Speed + 1

Dropped by: Orange Mushroom.
Event Weapons
Sky Snowboard

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Pole Arm
Level 0
ATK: 18


Yellow Valentine Rose

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Pole Arm
Level 0
ATK: 20


Red Valentine Rose

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01442048.png

Pole Arm
Level 12
ATK: 30


White Valentine Rose

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Pole Arm
Level 24
ATK: 49


Maple Umbrella (Untradable)

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One-Handed Sword
Level 30
ATK: 45
Speed + 12


Maple Sword

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One-Handed Sword
Level 35
ATK: 48
Accuracy + 20


Maple Soul Singer

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One-Handed Sword
Level 43
ATK: 60
Accuracy + 30


Blue Valentine Rose

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Pole Arm
Level 48
ATK: 70


Maple Glory Sword

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01302064.png

One-Handed Sword
Level 64
ATK: 81
STR + 1
Accuracy + 35


Maple Snowboard

http://www.mapletip.com/images/maplestory-monsters/01442030.png

Pole Arm
Level 70
ATK: 85
Event Armours
Maple Hat (Untradable)

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Hat
Level 0
DEF: 15
HP + 5
MP + 5


Independence Day Hat

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Hat
Level 0
DEF: 10
M.DEF: 10
Jump + 2


Maple Hat (Untradable)

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Hat
Level 8
DEF: 20
M.DEF: 40
HP + 10
MP + 10
STR + 1
DEX + 1
INT + 1
LUK + 1


Maple Hat (Untradable)

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Hat
Level 30
DEF: 35
M.DEF: 50
HP + 12
MP + 12
STR + 2
DEX + 2
INT + 2
LUK + 2


Maple Hat (Untradable)

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Hat
Level 70
DEF: 50
M.DEF: 60
HP + 15
MP + 15
STR + 3
DEX + 3
INT + 3
LUK + 3


Maple Shield

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Shield
Level 20
DEF: 10
M.DEF: 10
Avoidability + 1
Quest Weapons
Razor (Untradable)

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Dagger
Level 5
ATK: 20

Quest: Mai's Training.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Mai, Field East of Amherst.
Quest Armours
Blue Sporty Cap

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Hat
Level 5
DEF: 3
MP + 30

Quest: New Life.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Mai, A Split Road.


Red Sporty Cap

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Hat
Level 5
DEF: 3
HP + 30

Quest: New Life.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Mai, A Split Road.
Expired Quest Weapons
Fruit Knife

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Dagger
Level 8
ATK: 22

Quest: Biggs' Collection of Items
Requirements: None.
NPC: Biggs, Southperry.
Expired: June 2008.


Razor

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01332005.png

Dagger
Level 5
ATK: 20

Quest: Biggs' Collection of Items
Requirements: None.
NPC: Biggs, Southperry.
Expired: June 2008.
Expired Quest Armors
Red Skullcap

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01002054.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: 2007(?)


Work Gloves

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01082002.png

Glove
Level 10
DEF: 2

Quest: Protect Lucas's Farm.
Requirements: Must have completed Maria's Letter.
NPC: Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Yellow Work Gloves

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01082145.png

Glove
Level 10
DEF: 2
INT + 1

Quest: Protect Lucas's Farm.
Requirements: Must have completed Maria's Letter.
NPC: Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Red Work Gloves

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01082146.png

Glove
Level 10
DEF: 2
STR + 1

Quest: Protect Lucas's Farm.
Requirements: Must have completed Maria's Letter.
NPC: Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Blue Work Gloves

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01082147.png

Glove
Level 10
DEF: 2
DEX + 1

Quest: Protect Lucas's Farm.
Requirements: Must have completed Maria's Letter.
NPC: Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Purple Work Gloves

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01082148.png

Glove
Level 10
DEF: 2
LUK + 1

Quest: Protect Lucas's Farm.
Requirements: Must have completed Maria's Letter.
NPC: Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Grey Work Gloves

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01082150.png

Glove
Level 10
DEF: 3
M.DEF: 1

Quest: Protect Lucas's Farm.
Requirements: Must have completed Maria's Letter.
NPC: Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Brown Skullcap

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01002008.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Green Skullcap

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01002053.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Red Headband

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01002014.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5
Accuracy + 1

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Green Headband

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/H-GreenHeadband.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Black Headband

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01002066.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Yellow Headband

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01002068.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.


Blue Headband

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/MJmd132004/01002069.png

Hat
Level 5
DEF: 5

Quest: Letter for Lucas.
Requirements: None.
NPC: Maria, A Split Road and Lucas, Amherst.
Expired: June 2008.
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VI. Quests
Here is a list of all the Quests your Islander is able/has been able to do. I haven't played my Islander since GMS began so I will probably miss a few quests here and there, help would be appreciated on this section.

Current Quests (Started)
Maple Training Camp
Roger's Apple (2007)
Todd's How-to-Hunt (2007)
Snail Hunting Ground I
Dr. Robin (June 2008)
Sam's Request (June 2008)
A Split Road
Maria's Letter (June 2008)
Amherst
Rain's Maple Quiz 1 (2005)
Rain's Maple Quiz 2 (2005)
Rain's Maple Quiz 3 (2005)
Rain's Maple Quiz 4 (2005)
Rain's Maple Quiz 5 (2005)
Rain's Maple Quiz 6 (2005)
Rain's Maple Quiz 7 (2005)
Pio's Collecting Recycled Goods (2005)
Pio and the Recycling (2005)
Chief's Introduction (June 2008)
Field East of Amherst
Mai's First Training (June 2008)
Mai's Second Training (June 2008)
Mai's Third Training (June 2008)
Mai's Last Training (June 2008)
Southperry/Field West of Amherst
Yoona's Quiz on Shopping : Start (May 2008)
Yoona's Quiz on Shopping 1 (May 2008)
Yoona's Quiz on Shopping 2 (May 2008)
Yoona's Quiz on Shopping 3 (May 2008)
Yoona's Quiz on Shopping 4 (May 2008)
Yoona's Quiz on Shopping 5 (May 2008)
Helping Out Yoona (June 2008)
Field West of Southperry
Bari's Test (June 2008)



Expired Quests
Mushroom Town
Roger's Apple - 2005 to 2006
Bringing a Mirror to Heena 2005 to 2006
Borrowing Sera's Mirror - 2005 to 2006
Todd's How-to-Hunt - 2005 to 2007
Maple Training Camp
Roger's Apple - 2006 to 2007
What Sen wants to eat - 2006 to June 2008
Snail Hunting Ground I
Sam's Suggestion - 2005 to June 2008
Love Counseling ?! - 2007 to June 2008
Sam's Advice - 2007 to June 2008
A Split Road
Letter for Lucas - 2005 to June 2008
Maria's Nutritious Juice - 2007 to June 2008
Maria's Map Reading - 2007 to June 2008
Mai's Training - 2005 to June 2008
Mai's Final Training - 2005 to June 2008
New Life - May 2008 to June 2008
Amherst
Lucas' Reply - 2005 to June 2008
Lucas' Cute Daughter - 2007 to June 2008
Protect Lucas's Farm - May 2008 to June 2008
Southperry
Here little Piggy... - 2007 to June 2008
Bigg's Collection of Items - 2005 to June 2008



Event Quests
Southperry
New Year's Wishes 1 (2007) (date?)
New Year's Wishes 2 (2007) (date?)
Easter : Easter Basket (2008)
MapleStory 3rd Anniversary Bonanza (2008)
The Lost Maple Hat (2008)
Maple GM's Congrats on the 3 year Anniversary (2008)

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VII. The Pros and Cons of Using Maple Trade System

Pros

Better equipment gives higher damage.
Speed and Jump boosts allow quicker training.
Less need for cirtain stats. For example; Metal Wand needs 20 LUK and 55 INT - with MTS you could buy equips that give such attributes.
Cons

Nothing to hunt for, thus training gets boring faster.
You will be asked how you got your equips far more often than someone who doesn't use MTS, and you'd have to explain to those unsure what MTS is.
You need Nexon Cash - usually obtained using real-life money.
You will be called a hacker far more often than those who don't use MTS - especially if you use Gachapon-only equips.
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[Bws2cool]

As I have said before, awesome guide :D

Very detailed.

[Migrant]

Space reserved.

Blake just had to post, didn't he -.-
Ah well, I guess I'll keep this here anyway, just incase I ever reach the word/picture limit.

Thanks though, Blake :)

Edit: HA! After all this I forgot to add Metal Wand xD

[Hazzy]

Can you put spoilers around the massive list? It's really annoying scrolling pas it all. D:

I'd also suggest a link to the MT guide, just for the sake of it. :P

Other than those two things, it's a great guide. :D

Tryst, you can also ask Fiel to delete Blakey's post. o.0

[Bws2cool]

Can you put spoilers around the massive list? It's really annoying scrolling pas it all. D:

I'd also suggest a link to the MT guide, just for the sake of it. :P

Other than those two things, it's a great guide. :D

Tryst, you can also ask Fiel to delete Blakey's post. o.0

I thought she was done xD

Also Deleting fails in vBulliten. It just makes the post smaller and say
"This post was deleted at the request of the administrator"

>_>

[Migrant]

Can you put spoilers around the massive list? It's really annoying scrolling pas it all. D:

I'd also suggest a link to the MT guide, just for the sake of it. :P

Spoilers don't work on all forums. I want to make this guide as ideally flexable as possible so I can put it on as many forums as possible. If I was to do different BB/HTML codes for each forum, it'd take me hours just to add one weapon to the multitude of copies of this guide there are on the internet.

Also, I would link to the 'main' topic, but I don't know if Fiel would want me linking to an outside forum. Also, this topic should hopefully stay just as updated as the MapleTip one, so don't worry :)

Thanks, also!

[Hazzy]

Spoilers don't work on all forums. I want to make this guide as ideally flexable as possible so I can put it on as many forums as possible. If I was to do different BB/HTML codes for each forum, it'd take me hours just to add one weapon to the multitude of copies of this guide there are on the internet.

Also, I would link to the 'main' topic, but I don't know if Fiel would want me linking to an outside forum. Also, this topic should hopefully stay just as updated as the MapleTip one, so don't worry :)

Thanks, also!

As long as you aren't bashing on Maple Tip, I think you'll be fine. D:

Just add a few Spoiler tags, then update this one. Copy it all from here and paste it in Word, and delete all the "[spoiler]" using Ctrl + H. Wouldn't take long. :o

[Migrant]

As long as you aren't bashing on Maple Tip, I think you'll be fine. D:

Just add a few Spoiler tags, then update this one. Copy it all from here and paste it in Word, and delete all the "[spoiler]" using Ctrl + H. Wouldn't take long. :o
MapleTip and this forum aren't the only forums this guide is on T_T
There are at least 4 others.

[Hazzy]

MapleTip and this forum aren't the only forums this guide is on T_T
There are at least 4 others.

z3, Maple Tip, Sleepy?... Uhm, what others? :o

Fiel's cool and anti-drama, so I doubt he has issues with you linking to any forums, assuming you're linking them for a logical reason, aka not Ads.

[Migrant]

I don't like linking to other forums on forums anyway; especially when they're both to do with the same thing - MapleStory.

[Brandini]

Very decent guide.

[Mira]

I really like this, it's cute. Reminds me of when I was beginner. :)

[unholyfreak911]

Very good and helpful guide.

Ya know what's funny? The guide is probably bigger than the island itself.:D

[Migrant]

Updated slightly.
I might do a "pros and cons of MTS" later.

[Brandini]

I might do a "pros and cons of MTS" later.

lol That sounds like biased useless stuff in a guide.

[Migrant]

lol That sounds like biased useless stuff in a guide.

Pros and cons aren't biased at all.

[Migrant]

Added "Pros and Cons of using Maple Trade System" - if anyone has any other Pros or Cons I'd be happy to add them.

Edit: Sorry for the double post.

[Hazzy]

"Slow levelling past level 20."
It was either you or Blake that said Islanders level faster to 30, grinding wise, than off Islanders. o.0

[Migrant]

"Slow levelling past level 20."
It was either you or Blake that said Islanders level faster to 30, grinding wise, than off Islanders. o.0

I've said that before. It's true in my view. But going by all the level 14-19 players who are already struggling, I thought I'd better leave it at that.

[Hazzy]

Ah. That makes sense. :cool:

[Viper]

Very nice guide, If i ever came around to making an islander i'd use this guide :).

[Brandini]

Cons

Nothing to hunt for, thus training gets boring faster.
You will be asked how you got your equips far more often than someone who doesn't use MTS, and you'd have to explain to those unsure what MTS is.
You need Nexon Cash - usually obtained using real-life money.
You will be called a hacker far more often than those who don't use MTS - especially if you use Gachapon-only equips.
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I was afraid of this. The bolded part is based on opinion and feelings.

[Hazzy]

I was afraid of this. The bolded part is based on opinion and feelings.

Adding a simple "in some people's eyes" after it would fix it, no? :f2:

[Brandini]

Adding a simple "in some people's eyes" after it would fix it, no? :f2:

No, it might be more appropriate if she adds that its HER opinion and not everyone else's, or better don't include that comment at all.

This is a guide, not a critique of islanders.

[Migrant]

I was afraid of this. The bolded part is based on opinion and feelings.

What do you mean?
I'm going from experience of having both a non-MTS and an MTS Islander.

[Hero]

You will be called a hacker far more often than those who don't use MTS - especially if you use Gachapon-only equips.

Is it me, or are islanders not too bright? :redface:

[Hazzy]

You will be called a hacker far more often than those who don't use MTS - especially if you use Gachapon-only equips.

Is it me, or are islanders not too bright? :redface:

Naw, it's the level 10 and under people. Saying I found a shirt from a snail is reasonable because often they have too, but explaining how I got this weird item from Trade is surprisingly difficult. :eek:

[Migrant]

As Roses said, it's the level 10 and under players who are impressed and unsure about seeing an Islander. An aweful lot of level 10's and under don't have a clue what Maple Trade System is and are usually too ignorant to find out. "Drops" is far easier to say than having to explain what MTS is - you can say "drops" quickly, but by the time you've finished explaining what MTS is they'dve already left the map.

[Bws2cool]

That is why I dont want to use much MTS. xD

People are like "WER U GET DAT???? :O"

[GW2000]

Nice guide, although I don't think I'll ever get around to making an Islander, but still a nice read :f2:. I like your name; it's like an oxymoron.

[Proxy]

awesome guild, migrant :f2:

[TheSmartGuy]

Personally I've never really liked this guide; I don't think it's specific enough. It might help if you added a map-recommendation section for islanders who want to hunt specific monsters for their drops. And you could even make a more specific training section that includes map names. Though the difference is minuscule, some Maple Island maps ARE better than others for training.

[Blankout]

I haven't played my Islander since GMS began...

I think you should change this to: I haven't been playing my Islander since GMS began...

It sounds like you don't play GMS at all, unless you meant for it to mean that.

[Tukkun]

Good guide...


There are 8 monsters, not 7...
You added Stump to the monster list and the drop list, but you did not change the number. Lol.


awesome guild, migrant

You mean 'guide'? :f6: