A broke Mages Guide to Gear

So you want to make a Mage.

And you are either new to maple.

New to the world.

Or Just don't have any mesos to spare.

Well that is OK!

Because Mages happen to be the cheapest class to make (not the

most lucrative, just the cheapest)

1. What Class do I choose?

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Well that depends on your funds and how much farming

you want to do.

In order from Cheapest to most expensive here are the 3 mage

classes:

Cleric

Ice Lighting

Fire Poison

Now leveling speed is the other major choice.

I am going to pretend since you are poor that you will and

SHOULD do Pqs until 71.

POST 71- til 4th job leveling speed:

F/P- Fast. Fast, fast, fast the more bigger better mobs Nexon

pumps out the faster you get to level.

Poison Mist is a Beast, as Harrisonized showed you can still

effectively use it well into 4th job too.

Cleric- Possibly Fast. If you have a few Dk friends, a lagless

computer, and decent hand eye coordination Himes will rocket you

to 105- where if you have Arch mage buddies can rocket you to

4th job.

I/L: Slow and steady. The whole freezing thing will really save on

some pots though.

Another concern is party-ablitly.

Simply put clerics get parties- ILs and FPs do not.

2. Lukless Vs. Luk builds

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Lukless is 102587615423x cheaper than Luk builds.

Really to be decent you don't need anything other than pot money

and a crappy Maple Item or umbrella.

If you are poor- You should be a lukless build.

If you want power- You should be a lukless build.

If you want different equips every few levels that will drain your

money- Buy Nx- or Go Luk build

Here is a nice little comparison of a totally broke Lukless vs. My 200mil+ funded Luk Mage both at Level 92:

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Me- Total 627-
Lukless Broke-ass Mage- Total 572-
My Gear Break down:
Mattack/Int totals-
15-Zhelm
16-Fallen Leaf Earrings
121-Kage
5-Silver Deputy Star
4- Lapiz Sandals
19-Dark Starlight
14- Purple Adv. Cape
12- Work Gloves
412 base Int (65 base Luk) + the above= 627

And the Lukless (with less than 7 million mesos)
85- a terrible lvl 64 maple weapon
5- 100%ed Earrings
7- some terrible cape
2- Speiglemann Pendant
473 Base int + the above = 572

A Difference of 35 int for well over 200 million at least
Trust me when I say lukless don't need any funding

3. Meh Gearz

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Ahh... Gear.

Some people think that Lukless are expensive because their initial

gear CAN be their endgame gear.

If you are poor that is a lie.

Get these as you can- Don't worry about godly scrollling.

Infact if you are still broke try to find the most jacked up

cheapest stuff you can find.

You can always upgrade slowly and later

Here are some basic and CHEAP gears to get IN ORDER:

Wooden Wand> Maple Staff>Maple Llama/Nocturnal Staff>Shiny Wand/Wisdom Staff

+5 100% earrings

+5 100% Cape

Speigelman Pendant! +1-2 Int From CPQ

Speed/Jump Snoeshows

An Hp Helm- Like a Pig Ribbon or a Terrible 2-6 Int Common class

hat

A CLEAN or HP Bath towel--- Or if you want avoid Bath robe Or

common class clothes with HP-Speed-Jump-W/e

An HP Shield

Hp Gloves or some dirt cheap 1-2 Int Yellow Work Gloves



As you can afford stuff...

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Get GREAT DEALS!

or just look at the overall Int+ Mattack vs cost ratio.

ALSO when scrolling your own stuff...

CONSIDER!

Scroll Price

Scroll Effect

Difference In 30/70.

Endgaminess- (don't make a Godly Pre-Zhelm since it will never

touch a scrolled zhelm)

Example- 30's for Cape give +3 70's give +2 I have yellow cape I

plan to keep until I find a better one. Yellow Adv Capes are not

exactly cheap. But the difference of 40% working is +1 int. I

should just 70 it.

I have infinite Work Gloves (they are cheap) I do not have infinite

funds.

I'd like +6 gloves.

30's give +3 Int +3 Mattack 70's Give + 1 int +1 Mattack

That is a Difference of 4 stats. Wow.

Time to use 30's

3 1/2. Order to scroll stuff as mesos rain from Heaven

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Weapon 30s 70s 60s

Earring 30s 70s 60s

Cape 70s 60s

Helm 70s (THERE ARE NO 60%s! to my knowledge~Josh)

Gloves 30s

Shield/Overall 30s 70s 60s

4. Where do I make dah Levelz and Mezarz effeciently?

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First Check this site

http://www.southperry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=333

Then my recommendations----

Pqs:

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10-21 HPQ (it is just really good exp- really cheap)

21-30 Apq or Kpq (do you want a chair that will soon be worthless or some

crap from Kpq)

30-50: CPQ/LPQ (I'd do CPQ till I had a 1-2 Int Pendant with some Hp/MP on it.) [ Lpq's require pots- However If you do Lpqs you can get good scrolls Like Int 60's overall which are currently 20 mil {that is 3 away from ditching this guide}]

51-71: LMPQ - (Pots for cash and a good time to stock up on Int 10's for your cape and Scrolls for Hp on some stuff)

DO NOT PPQ- That is BAD. BAD! But comes with a cool hat.

If we get MPQ- I'll evaluate it. But hopefully it will be decent.

5. Summary

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If you are BROKE and need the cheapest most cost

effective build- Get a cleric- Get a Maple weapon- Get to

work.-100% some stuff if need be. You Win. Use no

pots.

5. Extras-

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----So are there any uses to Luk Builds?

In Gms there are two. EXPLOSION- all the fast wands are Luk

only.

So that can be considered.

But Personally I would Ignore it.

And if you die with more LUk you lose less Exp.

But you tend to train faster as a lukless-

So moot as well.

-----What if I start getting mesos?

Either slowly upgrade your equips to make you stornger

overall(recommended)

Or sink all mesos in one-semi godly equip (not a good idea unless

you have renewable income)

-----Where do I train for meso efficiency?

There is a guide for that already.

However Clerics can get to 4th job without ever really using meso

guard or any pots if you follow an MP eater and Heal build and

training pattern.

----------OPTION: Adding Points from AP into HP as a beginner-

First- ONLY do this as a beginner since they receive more HP per

AP applied.

Second- I have not personally tired this. It SEEMS to be a feasbile

option. I only recommend it for NEW servers as HP equips can be

scarce. Not recommended for NEW players.

WAAHH!!! Chompy what about your obvious Bias towards Clerics..

And I see you ARE a CLERIC!

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For MESO SAVING clerics are unbeatable. By the largest margin.

Clerics are the ONLY class in game that can train with ZERO pots

effectively. I/L can train with low pot costs due to freeze. I know.

But that won't even touch the pot cost of 0. MONEY MAKING

clerics are teh suckage. F/Ps and I/Ls can train on many more

lucrative monsters. But that will not generally be the most

effective method of training. That will generally be more of farming

which is fine.

The OTHER big reason I am pushing clerics- If you want cheap

great stuff you should boss.

There is a SIGNIFICANT bias against mages in bossing.

But there is a HUGE demand for clerics.

Thus 80+ clerics are GREAT for grabbing splits in various bosses.

Also Mages benefit WAY more from higher Int/Mattack than Party

clerics or regular clerics since their Damage Attacks formulas are

higher (ThunderBolt > Heal).

Clerics can live with the generally cheaper HP gear- Infact I am

going to generally recommend Hp gear to clerics for most training.

So clerics are just better MONEY SAVERS.

FEEL FREE to tell me your thoughts, opinions, suggestions, or

questions!

I am here to help.

And so is Fiel!(but not directly on this thread since he is a warrior)

Photo Gallery (needs to be organized)

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Coming Soon to a Thread Near You!:

Quests to get good gear/scrolls- Like the NLC Nocturnal Staff quest

(Guys I'd Like your help on this part please )

Picturized Stuff- (BE FAMOUS- gimme YOUR picks)

Things to do to get levels and mesos without FARMCORING! (Like PQS!)