The Legendary Heroes: Hero #3

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thread starter TrampMonkey Feb 01 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

As many of you all know, the Korean MapleStory website has revealed a silhouette of the third legendary hero. The character seems to be wielding two daggers, though the question of whether the second weapon is a shield or dagger became prevalent. I've seen two rough translations of the text above the characters: "Separating the two blades of darkness" ~Credits to Mrmooshi "the two daggers that separate darkness" ~Credits to VOKD Though both of the translations have completely different meanings, they both seem to imply dual-wielding . This brings me to one of the first pictures we received of the legendary heroes. Five characters are clearly visible, but there does not seem to be a single character wielding two daggers. I don't remember ever hearing if this picture is canon or not, but I do have my own thoughts about it. I think the picture was made to highlight Aran with the other characters being rough concepts of what the other four heroes would be like. Ex: One of the heroes was a mage, but that's all they had at that point (perhaps they thought of the Onyx Dragon concept later). Following my explanation, I think the far right character in the picture was the concept of having a dagger thief as one of the heroes, but dual-wielding wasn't entirely thought out until later. Now let's consider the previously released heroes and their special traits: Aran has Combo Ability. Rather than just using skills off the bat, a certain combo must be achieved in order to use a skill. Mir, Evan's Onyx Dragon, has ten "mastery" levels rather than the three/four job advancements we are used to. What does this new hero have? Here's two ideas off the top of my head: 1) His special trait is yet to be revealed. He uses a completely new weapon, perhaps classified as "Double Dagger" or something of the sort. It's considered one item in your inventory, but appears as two separate weapons on your character. 2) His special trait is, quite simply, the ability to wield two weapons. You literally have to use two daggers, replacing the "shield" panel in the Equipment Menu with another "weapon" panel. Now for the other two characters in the new picture. The one on the right is obviously a new character; she may play a role similar to Lilin for Aran. The one on the left seems to be the Dark Lord (thief job instructor). None of the other job instructors were specifically highlighted with the release of Aran or Evan, so Dark Lord may have a significant role in this story. Yep, there's my rabble. This "Legendary Hero" backstory is pretty interesting to me, so I couldn't help but theorize about this new hero.

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Tortoise 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I post a thread about it... it gets moved to the thief section, and a spur of new threads about it arise. GG. But anyways, there's probably nothing you can tell other than it's duel wielding-ness. There's no need to over analyze, what is a just a teaser. Those two NPCs behind it are probably like Aran & Lilin & them. So yeah.

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lilaznxtoki 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

finally the thief hero has arrived and if it doesn't use daggers whats the point of having all this dagger scrolls >:o

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tooken 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] TheGoatfry : i cant get the site to open. Does anyone have a direct link to the picture? [/quote] I need it too, anyone?

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TiMmYDouGj 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] TrampMonkey : Let's follow your logic for a second here: Where did Aran get their combo ability? Where did Evan get 10 mastery levels, let alone a permanent dragon? All of these traits are completely new, so I believe a double dagger is 100% viable and possible. [/quote] His logic is that the weapons were the same, thus the new weapons would be the same. 100% sensible. By YOUR sense of logic...the skills of Aran and Evan are new and fresh, thus the skills of new classes will be...well...new. Clarified it.

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Bountyan 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] tooken : I need it too, anyone? [/quote] Go to Tortoise's thread in the thief section.

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deadx123 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Why don't we just play the patient game? We will find out in a few months no use guessing...

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xenavion 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

i got a feeling its gonna be out in march and the skill is like 2 hand double stab lol

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TrampMonkey + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] TiMmYDouGj : His logic is that the weapons were the same, thus the new weapons would be the same. 100% sensible. By YOUR sense of logic...the skills of Aran and Evan are new and fresh, thus the skills of new classes will be...well...new. Clarified it. [/quote] I know what he meant, but it just seemed so simple to me. I felt the need to defend the whole "Double Dagger" thing because using two separate daggers would be ridiculously expensive and would leave its mark on the economy, so I thought there should be an alternative that would support the Korean text in the picture. EDIT: Basically I was biased to the core with that response. [quote] deadx123 : Why don't we just play the patient game? We will find out in a few months no use guessing... [/quote] Yeah, that's EXACTLY why Nexon made an enigmatic picture of a new legendary hero. I'm pretty sure the intent was to spark interest and speculation; to "tickle our fancies," if you will.

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suppeople 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The Pic http://i49.tinypic.com/fv9w6e.jpg

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nivlek321 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Lets wait 2 years for it to come out in GMS.....

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xBurntMilk + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

maybe this class has 2 weapon slots instead a dagger and a weapon slot? So u have 2 separate daggers? as appose to having one dagger which appears on both hands like the pirates knucklers.

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saveducks 02/01/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well my guess is that each legend so far has gone deeper into a rarley used class type (polearms) or a skill they thought they could do more with (summoning) so I kind of think that the new legend may explore the thief class in general focusing more on sneaking and such ie. backstab type moves, things like ninja ambush, going more into venom, and possibly a more hybrid rouge.

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kimchijiggae 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

does anyone know how long it took for the aran to release in gms after it was in kms ?

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cheeseman6 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] kimchijiggae : does anyone know how long it took for the aran to release in gms after it was in kms ? [/quote] i believe roughly 6 months.

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KillerZero4 02/02/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

awesome i hope it is a dual wielding dit, i always wanted to make 1, and if it is, ill probably make this legend,

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