eternium.

Circus PQ!

August 3, 2007

I got from 39 70% to 42 in about 3-4 hours. EXP card doesnt make a difference.

Intro

Circus PQ is a PQ with a difference. It is more like PvP or RTS than anything else in maplestory. You dont use pots, you pick them up and they are instantly used. There are big pots which affect the whole PT, and small, normal ones just for you. It is a mix of tactics and brute force, which blends excellently if you have a brain.

Making a PT

To start off with, decide how many people you want to PQ with. minimum of 2, maximum of 6. The best number is 3 or 4, with 2 Warriors/Melee attackers, 1 Sin/Archer and a wizard/cleric.

After, you will see lots of people shouting ‘４ｖ４募集’ The 4 stands for how many people, and the 募集 means they are looking for it. So they are looking for a 4 against 4 circus PQ. So, if you happen to have 4 people, engage in conversation and arrange a ch..

Choosing a Map

There are a total of 6 maps, each with different characteristics. Map 1 is a flat map, with small ledges where the Pillars (more about this later) go. Map 2 is the same, Map 3 is the same as map 4, map 4 is a good one, but is more about raw power than tactics. It has monsters spawn on the bottom, and it has lots of platforms where Pillars can construct. Map 5 and Map 6 are the same as each other. They are big maps with lots of monsters, and are good for 4-6 PT’s.

User Interface

Now you will see your screen

It pretty much explains itself.

Tactics

Unlike most PQ’s in maple, where you want the highest levels, me (level 40 Fighter), inny(level 47 xbow) and chris(level 44(?) i/l mage) happily fended off PT’s with one or 2 levle 50’s simply by working together. An all english PT helps too much to describe.

This is the closest maple will come to RTS, imo.

So….tactics.

In most games i have seen and played in, the most common way to win successfully, and recommended by Chris, is to start the game and power through, ranking up as much CP as possible in the first 30 or so seconds. After this, or as soon as you have 16 CP, click the 3rd tab and activate the Monster Effect which looks like Avoidability in your status window. This will construct a Pillar in the opponents half, or in maps 1-4, on any of the platforms. This Pillar, as long as it stays standing, will make every monster the opponent can only attack, have really high avoidability. In other words, only Archers will be able to hit them or screwed up high dex people. After you have done this, start rapidly spawning monsters from the 1st tab. This just makes it chaotic for the other team.

While this is happening, the best way to ultimately confuse the enemy team is to spawn lots of (semi)useless Pillars. This makes it hard for them to target the specific one, and leads to more time for you to kill while they arent.

The 2nd tab is pretty useless, it affects one person on the other team, and all of them can instantly be worn off with a all-heal which are incredibly common in there.

Once you have started making serious CP, try saving up 35 Points. This allows you to use the Monster Effect that makes them like Goby houses or Bone fish. Invulnerable to Physical or magical attacks. It is useful scouting out the big hitters in your opponents PT, so you can pinpoint which to go for, physical or magical.

If you manage to work together as a team efficiently, you can end up not letting the opponent not have a Invulnerable or Avoid effect on their monsters the entire round. Its embarassing when you lag behind by 100-200 points.

How to stop Effects

To stop monster effects, simply go and atttack the pillars until they fall down. There is no way of knowing which controls which effect, so go for one as soon as it appears.

Winning

To win, you have to have more Total Points Gained than the other team by the end of 10 minutes. In those 10 minutes, i have gained anywhere from 3% to 8-9%, and i havent even had the winning bonus yet. With a good pt i have gained almost 20% a PQ. Thats 20% every 10 minutes.

Good Luck.

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My eyes are bleeding.

July 29, 2007

yesterday i got up at about 11, got on maple, and grinded.

It was the first time i had ever been in a proper FBPT, and it was FUCKING FAST!

i got from 112 50%, leveled up, and kept on going to 113 88%. I was going to level on bisha, but some FUCKING USELESS CUNT OF A PURI DECIDED TO LEAVE HALFWAY THROUGH, FOR NO REASON. EVERYONE THEN DIED, INCLUDING ME, AND WE COULDNT GET ANOTHER PURI. FUCK YOU, DICKHEAD.