PRODUCER BLOG - STATE OF THE GAME WEEK 12

Dear Maplers,

Happy New Year! 2019 is just starting and this is our first round of news for January. We have Skybound Expansion Phase 2 lined up that we prepared and designed in conjunction with Phase 1 last December, and as promised I’ll be revealing some parts in detail here that I think many of you are curious about.

Skybound Expansion Phase 2

From Skybound Expansion Phase 1, you got the taste of new epic quests and faction missions from Sky Fortress. The story continues where it left off to conclude this saga of Sky Fortress, and the fight for Maple World against Infernog begins. You can learn more at the Skybound Expansion site!

Fortress Rumble

Before joining the fight with Infernog, you can also test your skills at Fortress Rumble! Fortress Rumble is a series of 1-player dungeons you can join after reaching “Trusted” reputation of each corresponding faction in Sky Fortress. Overcoming the challenges and clearing Fortress Rumble will give you precious fragments you can use to redeem Legendary gears, and if you manage to get high rank scores, you can earn Epic Accessories Bonus Value Re-rollers of varying types.

Narin’s Combat Simulator

• Fortress Rumble

• Requirement

• Minimum Level: 50

• Minimum Gear Score: 4,500

• Militia Volunteer Trophy: Earned by reaching “Trusted” reputation with Green Hood

• Weekly Clear Count: 1

• Guaranteed Clear Rewards:

• Selection Box for one of the following

• Extreme Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box Fragment x12

• Rage Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box Fragment x12

• Panic Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box Fragment x12

• Random one of the following

• Absolute Earrings Fragment x4

• Absolute Pendant Fragment x4

• Absolute Ring Fragment x4

• Absolute Cape Fragment x4

• Absolute Belt Fragment x4

• Gemstone & Gem Dust Box

Trial by Ordeal

• Fortress Rumble

• Requirement

• Minimum Level: 50

• Minimum Gear Score: 4,500

• Militia Volunteer Trophy: Earned by reaching “Trusted” reputation with Lumiknights

• Weekly Clear Count: 1

• Guaranteed Clear Rewards:

• Selection Box for one of the following

• Extreme Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box Fragment x12

• Rage Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box Fragment x12

• Panic Headgear/Gloves/Shoes Selection Box Fragment x12

• Random one of the following

• Absolute Earrings Fragment x4

• Absolute Pendant Fragment x4

• Absolute Ring Fragment x4

• Absolute Cape Fragment x4

• Absolute Belt Fragment x4

• Gemstone & Gem Dust Box

Close Quarters

• Fortress Rumble

• Requirement

• Minimum Level: 50

• Minimum Gear Score: 5,900

• Dark Wind Operative Trophy: Earned by reaching “Trusted” reputation with Dark Wind

• Weekly Clear Count: 1

• Guaranteed Clear Rewards:

• Selection Box for one of the following

• Extreme Top/Bottoms Selection Box Fragment x12

• Rage Top/Bottoms Selection Box Fragment x12

• Panic Top/Bottoms Selection Box Fragment x12

• Random one of the following

• Absolute Earrings Fragment x4

• Absolute Pendant Fragment x4

• Absolute Ring Fragment x4

• Absolute Cape Fragment x4

• Absolute Belt Fragment x4

• Gemstone & Gem Dust Box

Training Yard Tussle

• Fortress Rumble

• Requirement

• Minimum Level: 50

• Minimum Gear Score: 5,900

• Royal Guard Cadet Trophy: Earned by reaching “Trusted” reputation with Royal Guard

• Weekly Clear Count: 1

• Guaranteed Clear Rewards:

• Selection Box for one of the following

• Extreme Top/Bottoms Selection Box Fragment x12

• Rage Top/Bottoms Selection Box Fragment x12

• Panic Top/Bottoms Selection Box Fragment x12

• Random one of the following

• Absolute Earrings Fragment x4

• Absolute Pendant Fragment x4

• Absolute Ring Fragment x4

• Absolute Cape Fragment x4

• Absolute Belt Fragment x4

• Gemstone & Gem Dust Box

Duel on the Deck

• Fortress Rumble

• Requirement

• Minimum Level: 50

• Minimum Gear Score: 7,800

• Alliance Soldier Trophy: Earned by reaching “Trusted” reputation with Maple Alliance

• Weekly Clear Count: 1

• Guaranteed Clear Rewards:

• Selection Box for one of the following

• Extreme Weapon Box Fragment x24

• Rage Weapon Box Fragment x24

• Panic Weapon Box Fragment x24

• Random one of the following

• Absolute Earrings Fragment x4

• Absolute Pendant Fragment x4

• Absolute Ring Fragment x4

• Absolute Cape Fragment x4

• Absolute Belt Fragment x4

• Gemstone & Gem Dust Box

All Fortress Rumble dungeons also share the following weekly rank rewards:

• Rank C

• Red Star x3

• Special Red Potion

• Rank B

• Red Star x5

• Special Red Potion x2

• Rank A

• Red Star x7

• Special Red Potion x3

• Rank S

• Epic Cape Bonus Value Re-roller (Lv.50)

• Epic Belt Bonus Value Re-roller (Lv.50)

• Rank S+

• Epic Earrings Bonus Value Re-roller (Lv. 50)

• Epic Necklace Bonus Value Re-roller (Lv. 50)

• Epic Ring Bonus Value Re-roller (Lv. 50)

Wrath of Infernog

Infernog, the ancient immortal and the final boss of this chapter, will appear during the storyline and you will have a chance to fight it one-to-one. But the ultimate challenge will be reserved to those who dare to challenge him at the new Chaos Raid [Hard] Dungeon named Wrath of Infernog.

Please keep in mind you must be “Trusted” reputation from Maple Alliance to participate which means your reputation from all 5 Sky Fortress factions will need to be “Trusted”.

Wrath of Infernog

• Chaos Raid [Hard] Dungeon

• Requirement

• Minimum Level: 50

• Minimum Gear Score: 9,000

• Alliance Soldier Trophy: Earned by reaching “Trusted” reputation from Maple Alliance

• Daily Clear Count: 3

• Weekly Clear Count: 6

• Clear Rewards

• Guaranteed

• Pluto’s Accessory Random Box Fragment x6

• Gemstone & Gem Dust Box

• Random

• Infernog (Combat Pet): Exceptional Pet

• Weekly Rank Rewards

• Rank C

• Red Star x5

• Special Red Potion x2

• Rank B

• Red Star x10

• Special Red Potion x4

• Rank A

• Pluto’s Accessory Random Box Fragment x12

• Rank S

• Pluto’s Accessory Random Box Fragment x24

• Rank S+

• Pluto’s Accessory Random Box Fragment x36

Use 16 fragments and 1,000,000 mesos to craft a Pluto’s Accessory Random Box, which contains a random Pluto’s legendary accessory:

• Pluto’s Ring

• Pluto’s Cape

• Pluto’s Belt

• Pluto’s Earrings

• Pluto’s Pendant

Ongoing Discussions

As noted in previous blog, we’re doing Skybound Phase 2 January update as originally planned. After this update, we will be focused on bringing key improvements forward. We are still working on the changes to address the random aspects of progression combined with the content cap, but we don’t have any more details to share with you at the moment. I know it can be frustrating to wait for news to come, but we strongly believe that reviewing all the possible options and how they interact with each other to find the best solution is crucial. We promise to share more details as soon as we can.

Other Things

These are some small changes we’ve been working on based on feedback on top of the previously mentioned changes. We’ll continue our efforts to review player’s concerns no matter the size and do our best to address them accordingly.

• Soul Binder Female Hair (Braided Highlights) will be available for selection at Rosetta’s Hairstyles

• New Weapon UGC Templates are incoming! This time it will be for the Knight, Thief, and Archer. Be sure to look out for the templates on our social channels.

• The “Master of All Trade” trophy that awards pure white dye color now counts reaching level 50 on Soul Binder and/or Runeblade jobs, while the requirement remains at 8 jobs.

• Level 50 potion will now clear the epic quest related trophies at use. We’ll also be rewarding the epic quest related trophies for those who used the Level 50 potion before the update as well.

Thanks for being patient and being awesome! The team here and the MapleStory 2 studio will continue to devote our passion in making MapleStory 2 an awesome place for you to be.