So I went to the Anime Expo in Los Angeles yesterday and stopped by the nexon booth. They were giving out Mabinogi tote bags (which turned out to be quite helpful for carrying everything) and as I walked up for the first time, they were just finishing their Trivia contest. He said they would ask more questions in 30 minutes, so I went and messed around for a while, then came back; the questions they asked were quite simple: "Who do you go to to advance to warrior?" Advance to Thief?" "Advance to Archer?" (This question, btw, I won a T-shirt and 10k NX on.) Then he asked a question about Mabinogi, and Audition (It was funny because no one could answer them. >_>) and finally started to ask some interesting things:
"What is the newest Continent in MapleStory?" Well, that's Masteria (obviously). The next question was even better:
"What's the name of John Barricade's brother?" I was sort of dumbfounded that they asked this because there's only two places where this is mentioned: Once, during John's NLC quest which a good 90% of us did almost a year ago, and the second in the TCG item description of Subani Ankh. These references to him are also not obvious, and considering the fact that it seems most people flat out ignore everything NPCs have to say, quite rare. I couldn't answer again as I had already answered the earlier question, but I tried to whisper it to my friend. I was a little loud and got caught. :p Still, I waited like 30 seconds before and no one answered. (If you're wondering, my friend later won on the last question, which was asking where you could buy NX cards, but they ran out of shirts. I gave her mine since I didn't plan on wearing it anyway. XD)
What's the significance of this? Well, for one the flash ad that's been popping up everywhere, has a picture of an NPC we all suspect to be Jack Barricade on it. Since the other questions were all so easy, it seems odd why they'd make one be about a random remark made by one NPC two times.
Unless, you know, he's coming out as a real NPC soon. (Obvious patch hint.)
I got lots of pictures but I don't think any were at the nexon booth. Mostly of just people in really cool costumes. If any people want to see those then I'll post them. As a whole it was really fun, even though I could only stay for 5 hours.
Some of you might know me, some of you might not. Who knows. At the very least, you might recognize me from my avatar/signature/a-bla-bla.
Anyway, in lieu of stating the obvious, I'll just tell you that my name... should be obvious. I'm not a very entertaining person; in fact, I probably seem overly serious sometimes, but that's most likely just someone misinterpreting me. In fact, I'm usually in a good mood, and certain things can excite me pretty easily. My hobbies aren't very interesting, but in my free time, I like to read, write, listen to music, play video games, and browse the internet. Fun, fun.
Moving on from my personality and such, I'm fourteen-years-old and am going to be a sophomore next year. I also live in California, but not the hot, dry, southern area. The area of California I live in is extremely mountainous, and the elevation is about 5,000 feet. We get a huge dump of snow every winter, almost always AT LEAST five feet. It still gets to around eighty or ninety degrees in the summer, though. (Bleh, heat.)
Anyway, just thought I'd make an introductory thread to get myself started on this forum. I look forward to seeing all of you around.
[SIZE="5"]How to Kill Chief Bandits at Gobys.[/SIZE]
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Introduction[/SIZE]
I've received many a question on how to exactly kill a Chief Bandit at Gobys... In this guide I will hopefully train you to become an expert at killing these annoying little critters. This is a really handy skill when an annoying Chief Bandit is in your Goby channel and you want them gone!
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Information you must know before you start your expedition [/SIZE]
If you don't know what a "Gobys" is, I suggest you quit Maplestory. But just in case you don't feel like quitting, I'll tell you.
Gobys is a short form of a map called Deep Sea Gorge II. Obviously, It's found in Aqua Road. The map is often referred to as "Gobys", or "Gobay", or even, "Fucking annoying fish that Archers have to train on for ~30+ levels", because there is a monster that spawns here called Goby...! To get to the sacred chalice of EXP known as a Goby, you must break open a 'Bombing Fish House' which will release 6 Gobys upon death of the House.
Here is the Map layout of 'Deep Sea Gorge II' in Aqua Road.
Now, before you get all exited... You MUST be aware that there are some powerful monsters down there; some monsters you may not be able to kill... (Lookin' at your F/Ps). Here are the monsters that spawn on the map.
Bone Fish
Level: 92
Experience: 2,000
HP: 42,500
MP: 190
Accuracy: 197
Avoidability: 38
Weapon attack: 420
Weapon defense: 840
Magic attack: 460
Magic defense: 540
Minimum damage to knock back: 4,200
Strong against fire
Weak to holy
Bombing Fish House
Level: 90
HP: 40,500
MP: 190
Accuracy: 196
Avoidability: 35
Weapon attack: 410
Weapon defense: 840
Magic attack: 450
Magic defense: 530
Minimum damage to knock back: 4,000
Spawns on death: Goby x6
Element Strong against fire
Element Strong against ice
Element Strong against lightning
Element Strong against poison
Goby
Level: 85
Experience: 1,400
HP: 17,000
MP: 150
Accuracy: 160
Avoidability: 29
Weapon attack: 370
Weapon defense: 645
Magic defense: 430
Minimum damage to knock back: 500
Element Strong against fire
[SIZE="3"]Prerequisites[/SIZE]
To be one of the TOP and most ELITE Chief Bandit killers in Mardia you must have some skills. These skills will aid you in your ever-lasting battle again the CHIEF BANDIT. Here are the needed skills/prerequisites.
- Being a type of character that has ranged attacks.
Sorry, Melee people. In this type of business you're basically fucked. You'll be standing around so long trying to get the House to Def. up. So long that the CB can just simply, loot his money and swim away. I'm not saying it's IMPOSSIBLE to do it without ranged attacks, it's just a lot harder.
- Having over 2.2k HP.
If you do not have OVER 2.2k HP you will most-likely die while trying to kill. If you are a pro, then you can get away without having 2k HP; but there is a HUGE chance of yourself falling victim to your own attack.
- The ability to Jump shoot in Aqua Road
If you can't do this you obviously have Down Syndrome or you are just not right for this game!
- The skill called Puppet
An Archer skill that is extremely helpful whilst conducting this dangerous mission. It is optional as I have made quite the number of kills without it, but it is quite the big help when dealing with these tricky mother fuckers.
[SIZE="3"]Before you embark![/SIZE]
Before you embark on your everlasting journey etc etc, you must learn the Goby map. You must memorize every crack of this map. You must spend COUNTLESS hours in this map, memorizing the spawn points of players and spawn points of monsters and the houses. Now, before I post my actual guide, I will just assume you all know the map and know what I am talking about when I say the top and bottom etc, and hopefully you'll recognize the points of the map where each SS is taken!
[SIZE="3"]The MAIN tactic.[/SIZE]
Your main tactic in killing those nasty Chief Bandits is to get into range of the house and attack. When you are in range of a house and inflict damage upon it, it will cast a spell. This spell is called Def. up. If it does not cast Def. up it will cast a STRONG spell that deals easily 2.1k damage. If a house has already cast Def. up, it cannot cast it again after the duration of the spell (10 seconds) has been exceeded. If the house cannot cast Def. up, it will cast it's killer Magic Attack that deals massive damage!
First, you must swim into range of the house, which means you have to pretty close to it. You then attack the house; I personally like to use 2-3 arrow rains or strafe. If you have done this correctly the house will cast Def. up and then cast it's spell. If you stick around for a few more seconds it will cast its magic attack.
You want to wait for a CB to start dropping their Mesos before you go in for a kill. You will want them to drop around 3-4 bags. After they have dropped you go in and attack the house. You wait for Def. up, and right when you see the magic attack animation, you want to swim up, or to the sides, outside of the range of the house. If you have done right, the house will unleash it's powerful magic attack upon the Chief Bandit. If he does not have enough HP to survive it, he will drop dead instantly. If he has more than enough, you may want to see below and see the advanced techniques. Remember, you only want to target level 7x to level 8x Chief Bandits. The higher the level the harder to kill and more strategy to kill! I've been known to kill level 9x CBs with this method.
[SIZE="3"]The Battle Plan[/SIZE]
There is quite a few methods to killing these rodents, if I must. I will show you around the map and the different ways to attack the houses. If you are a hermit, you will just have to bear with me because you do not have a AoE attack. Hermits, the pictures below will not help you very much in some situations, but might help a bit in others. I made this guide primarily towards Archers because we are the best fitted for this sport! If you are not an Archer you can just ignore the puppet portions. Puppet it is not necessary in all situations but it helps tremendously as I said above. Remember, everything in this guide must be done FAST. I mean EXTREMELY fast. You have to catch them off guard for this to work in the most efficient way! You also have to be extremely precise, if you pineapple up, it may be your life instead of the Chief Bandit's.
[SIZE="3"]The Top[/SIZE]
Spoiler
This is probably where I get the most kills out of anywhere else in the whole map. Chief Bandits usually spawn on top of the house that is there and they just begin to drop their mesos, without checking the map (awesome for you~!!). There is two houses than can spawn on this top platform, making it ideal for an AoE attack to hit both houses making a double attack~~~~U#(!@&$#OMG! Use this to your advantage.
When your CB is on the platform, you want to swim upwards FAST. I mean mash your jump key. Now, when you get up to the platform you must keep on jumping, and right after you touch the platform you use your AoE attack hitting both houses and making them Def. up!
After both the houses have Def. up'd successfully you want to cast puppet between both of the houses. This requires a bit of tricky maneuvering. You have to position yourself right on the edge of the platform. From there, face the house and cast puppet like so.
Here are the results of a successful top killing. )o_o)
[SIZE="3"]Second Top Platform[/SIZE]
Spoiler
Basically the same as the first top platform. You want to swim from under the platform to up on top of it and use an AoE attack on the two houses that can potentially spawn there. Bone Fish can also spawn on this platform along with the houses making it more dangerous. You'd also want to hit the Bone Fish with your attack.
If there is ONLY the house there you will want to swim up and to the right into the House's range. You can use whatever attack you see fit.
For your best friend, your puppet; you'd want to stand on the edge of the platform (doesn't really matter which side of the platform!), and you want to cast puppet into the middle of the fray. Ontop of one of the two houses is fine also.
Here is a successful Second Top Platform killing! @@@@
[SIZE="3"]The Middle section[/SIZE]
Spoiler
Nothing really special to do in the middle. If your target is dropping mesos on a house, attack it. Make it Def. up. If there are Bone Fish, aggro those up and an attack and lure them to the CB before you attack the house. Something will get him/her either way. The house or the Bone Fish.
Puppet is really simple here, you just want to place is right over the house, or near it so it gets attacked repeatedly, and hopefully the CB will, too.
There's really only one way to do this part. You HAVE to stand on the platform here, if you are on it, you are in the range of the house. If you are off of it, you are out of range. So, you want to stand on the edge of this platform and attack the house. I prefer to jump shoot towards the platform, and run towards the house, giving the same effect as attacking beside it.
Now, if you are a pro Archer like myself, you will want to do this. You use a mob attack such as inferno, or Iron arrow on the Bone Fish on the platform directly to the right.
Puppet placement is again, simply. Yet extremely effective. After you aggro those Bone Fish you will want to place puppet on the edge of the left platform. While the puppet is placed there, it is in the Bone Fish's range along in the House's range. If the CB moves to the right, he'll get ass fucked by the house or the bone fishes. =^_^=
I have yet to kill anyone on this platform yet, they're dead before they even get over here. ;-;
[SIZE="3"]The Above Bottom Platform[/SIZE]
Spoiler
Since CBs often spawn down here also, they go for the house in the middle as a prime target because they can blow up the house and the bone fish at once then finish off the Gobys. This is probably one of the easiest platforms to kill a CB on, partially because they will be surrounded on all sides by the House and fish. The way I like to do this is to stand on the small platform on the right of the map. Then I fire a few Inferno's aggroing all the fish and then I move in to make the House Def. up.
For puppet, you have to be fast. You have to retreat to the platform where you were attacking from. From there you cast puppet as close as you can to the House and to the CB, all the fish should attack the puppet and the CB who is on top of the House.
The bottom is a bit tricky and you need a fair bit of dexterity to do this. You want to jump attack and use your AoE attack and hit as many things as possible, whether it be Houses or Bone Fish. You want to jump over and over just so you go in and out of the House's range. It will Def. up, but you will be out of it's range. When you go back into its range, it will try and attack, but you will jump again to go out of its range again. Remember, you are in Aqua, you don't have to touch the ground each time you jump. If you want, you can gather up the bone fish, also. Just personal preference, really.
For puppet, I don't ever use it on the bottom. I just lure the bone fish myself. If you really must use puppet, use it on top of one of the houses.
I would not even bother trying to start anything if the CB is here. Unreachable by any magic attacks. Using just Gobys isn't really effective since they can use potions faster than the Gobys can deal damage.
[SIZE="3"]Spawn Point 3[/SIZE]
Spoiler
Here a spawn point I like. =^_^=
To kill a CB when he spawns here, you aggro all the bone fish on the platform to the left of him/her with a mob skill and then stand right where the CB is trying to spawn. When the bone fish begin to attack you, jump to the right and keep jumping up and down so the fish continue to attack. When the CB finally finishes spawning he'll/she'll have taken around 3000 damage and they will be vanquished!
[SIZE="3"]Advanced Goby Killing![/SIZE]
This is for you guys who are already familiar with the basics. There are a few extra fun things you could to make your Goby killing experience a little bit better.
- After death of the Chief Bandit, you take your trusty pet and command to poop on the rotting corpse of the dead bandit that you once knew. This technique just further humiliates the Chief Bandit that you have murdered him and you have so much respect for him that would let your pet take a dump on his casket.
- Looting his/her Meso Explosion money. If you catch a CB before they are about to explode (walking away from house, coming out of dark sight and casting Meso Guard), you walk up and you spam potions and loot all of his/her money that they dropped to ME. After you looted their money they usually exclaim something rather ridiculous like, "wtp noob u took my mony". Proceed to kill them. Follow up with poop.
[SIZE="3"]Conclusion[/SIZE]
By the time you've finished reading this guide, you have probably already thought about going to Gobys and going on a relentless CB killing spree. Nothing is stopping you, do it. Be a bad ass. You all should be blood-thirsty monsters now. Now go, young Mardians! Go to Gobys! Just remember, stay the pineapple out of map, or I will kill you. srs. I am the only person you have to fear.
[SIZE="3"]Credits[/SIZE]
Myself - Overcoming. All these wonderful pictures and descriptions!
Chris - Temporus/Airao. For pooping on dead CBs and setting a prime and WONDERFUL example for myself. I love you. ;-;
All the CBs I've killed - lolcbs. pineapple you CBs. Stay out of my map.
[SIZE="3"]AAAAAAaa Copyright[/SIZE]
This guide is MINE. NO ONE ELSE CAN USE IT, EXCEPT FOR [SIZE="7"]ME.[/SIZE]
Copyright, Overcoming of Mardia. Professional Chief Bandit killer.
Ive had a fighter before and kinda liked it now what im wondering is should i go sword fighter again bw page for the cheap scrolls or a dk and if dk hybrid or spear. Im sorry i just honestly have though on it and dont know. And what is faster in 2nd 3rd job. And wanted more in zakum....yes i know its far away.
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a hand-drawn animated film by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, to be written and directed by famed anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It will be Miyazaki's eighth film to be made under Ghibli.
It is scheduled to be released on July 19, 2008.
Spoiler
The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who desperately wants to be a human. Ponyo's father was once a normal human but he decided to live in sea. Ponyo wanted to live on land and got away from the house riding on the jellyfish. She meets sosuke and then that's where the story takes off.
My only concern is that he's done making mature dreamland movies. I really liked his movies with all the fantasy, a little power struggle, a few drops of blood, and some real suspense. I don't really think that a movie with the main characters a fish and a 5 year old will be able to have that... emotional pull his older works had.
Ok, so I'm thinking of making a Pirate in Yellonde, if it comes out before/with them. The only fundage I'm thinking of getting is NX. After exhausting 200 or so dollars in NX, I have no intention of buying more. So after looking through my other characters and trying to liquidate my unused, rusting gear, I'm wondering what the easiest way to get more items/gear to Trade-ify would be. I've still got a half dozen sets of Tobi to sell in Khaini, so I can still use my sin if he'd be faster than going to Kradia or something and making a new character. :/
So, what's the fastest way to make money via Trade? I managed to sell a Man Showa Towel pretty fast the other day, at only 30k mesos for 110 NX, it's not that bad. :f6:
One point:
I know Trade dun work in the new server for a while, I want the NX for Gach, possibly, and AP resets, ect.
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