Quick explanation of the potential system % equips

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thread starter Russisch Jul 19 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

A guide from south of perry, with pictures and some Q&A http://www.s0uthperry.net/showthread.php?t=29238 Patch notes for v.88 http://maplestory.nexon.net/News/News.aspx?boardNo=100&contentNo=008Gz&pageIndex=1 (Official Site) Quick note for those reading this that are afraid that the potential system is going to make us re-scroll our godly equipment - potential scrolls can be used on anything, clean OR scrolled, as far as I know. And enhancement scrolls (read below) actually need you to have 0 slots on your item. So no worries, your godly scrolled reverse gear is here to stay, so long as it doesn't explode. "Percent equips" aren't really real, technically. I thought you could just scroll an item and end up with 40% DEX. No, you can't. I didn't quite understand the potential system at all, and apparently some people on Basil don't, either. So here's an explanation. Higher leveled items are going to be highly sought after, because potential scrolls affect them the most. Facestompers, PACs, SCGs and the like are going to stay pretty popular, because of the level bracket they're in and the stats that they add. You can read more about the level bracket below. However, BWGs, 8-slot class gloves and regular work gloves are going to need a decent amount of attack on them in order to be useful to those that are willing to spend lots of money for nice damage. Reason being that potential scrolls have a limited effect on those items because of their low level, and wealthy people are going to be able to squeeze a lot more power out of higher-leveled gloves. Needless to say, as stayed in the SouthernPerry thread, if your BWG is 27 attack, it will still be godly. If your wg is 8 attack, you really should consider selling it while people still want it. Potential Scrolls Some items do not need to be potential scrolled - they drop from the monster already unidentified. Some items can't be potential scrolled at all: MoNs, medals, shoulders, and such. As for the potential scrolls themselves: you find them from normal monsters. That is, the scrolls with a 70% chance for success. For an advanced potential scroll, with a 90% chance of success, you'll have to kill Zakum/HT/Pink Bean. If your potential scroll fails, so does your item. Failure meaning your item breaks at a 100% rate. IT is unknown exactly which bosses drop Adv. Potential scrolls, but the official site has stated that Chaos bosses indeed drop Adv. scrolls. So that we know, 100%.You can use a potential scroll on an item so long as it's not already unidentified, regardless of how many slots it has left. Neither potential scrolls nor enhancement scrolls affect the number of slots on your item. After you use a potential scroll, your item becomes "unidentified." To identify it, buy a magnifying glass from an NPC for a maximum of like, 100k, and use it on the item. Suddenly, your item becomes identified, and it'll show you what kind of upgrades it gives you. There are three levels - ranks, if you will - of upgrad

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Russisch 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If you don't mind, I'm going to go ahead and plug that into the thread.

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Rexthief 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Russisch : If you don't mind, I'm going to go ahead and plug that into the thread. [/quote] Not at all I took it from the same northperry source

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wr4thbr1nger 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

thats pretty neat. lots of buffs

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Angelic 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

That's pretty epic how skill levels can go up to 40 now. :D 30 on the skill. +2 on top +2 on bottom +2 on weapon 2 on combat orders +2 on cape

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Sharpie 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I don't get this. At all.

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Rexthief 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Angelic : That's pretty epic how skill levels can go up to 40 now. :D 30 on the skill. +2 on top +2 on bottom +2 on weapon 2 on combat orders +2 on cape [/quote] Also +1 on a reverse/timeless weapon for select skills ;) That's level 41 of a skill and you DO get a damage increase above 30 that way ;P

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Russisch 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

How do they figure the amount of damage you're dealing with raised skills? Say, for a skill like thrust. I know thrust is being changed in the BB, but currently it adds 2 speed, then 1 speed each level for higher levels of the skill. If the skill level was raised by 11 from equips/combat orders, would it add one, or two? Or what?

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DraygonMage 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

So wait.. What are the chances of getting the scrolls from monsters? Not looking for an exact precent, just like every x amount of kills nets you an x amount of scrolls.

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CrazyLazy89 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] sabakigan : Many high levels might end up destroying their gear doing this....This shall be amusing. [/quote] Yes, this scared me as well. 100% success scroll please Nexon =(

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Russisch 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] DraygonMage : So wait.. What are the chances of getting the scrolls from monsters? Not looking for an exact precent, just like every x amount of kills nets you an x amount of scrolls. [/quote] That information could be used to directly determine the percentage. :P In KMST, drop rates were raised, but they were pretty darn common.

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DraygonMage 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Russisch : That information could be used to directly determine the percentage. :P In KMST, drop rates were raised, but they were pretty darn common. [/quote] I meant like: Every 150 kills you might get 1 or 2 scrolls. But yeah. I'm hoping that I don't boom my godly overall xD

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DreamGod 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

When you say the item dissolves what do you mean? The stats lowers? Item breaks?

Rexthief 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] DreamGod : When you say the item dissolves what do you mean? The stats lowers? Item breaks? [/quote] It means boom aka breaks

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Russisch 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I mean the item breaks. It dissolves. It goes away. I'll change that so it's not so confusing. Didn't know that it was.

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OmgPanda 07/19/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Are potential scrolls tradeable? And do items need to be have 0 slots (like the enhancement scrolls) in order to use a potential scroll? And after you scroll the items, they are still tradeable right? I r confused. All I know is a lot of things are going to blow up.

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