Originally Posted by
Fiel
It's impossible to go over every single variable they use. For multiple skills they may use the same variable for different meanings. Sometimes the variables have non-descriptive names (x, y, z, a, b, c). There are over 700 skills in the game, and for one human to go through and define what every variable means for every skill would be a daunting task.
So, rather than go through the variables and talk about what changed with each of them (which I used to do - and it took me a lot of time) I rather just display the variables and let you guys figure it out. Yes, it's harder to read. However, it's perfectly exact, and there's no way I can get the variables wrong. You get as close to the variables that Maplestory is using as possible, and you even get the formulas that they use to calculate what the variable is for every level of the skill. So while the skills I post aren't very readable to a newbie, to the more experienced person it has a lot more expressive power than writing everything out.
Usually when it comes to things like putting content out for patches I tend to prefer the most basic, simple thing so that everyone can understand it. However, given the daunting task of defining variables like this and how much these skills change (which seems like every other week), there's not enough time in the day for even one chinchilla to do it all.
Although they're harder to read, just keep reading them and eventually the variables will make sense - I can promise you that. And then you'll wonder why you'd ever want to see the English versions again?
type=50 means that it's a buff skill that, when used, shows an icon in the top right of the screen that has a time and maybe a cooldown.
"indie" properties mean that whatever property it is stacks with other properties. indieDamR is +% damage that would stack with any other +% indieDamR. If it's DamR it only applies to that skill and will not stack with other skills. indieAttack (most commonly seen on Rage) means that this attack buff will stack with other attack buffs.
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