So...............under the advice of a close friend of mine I decided to try out Mercedes. Against my own will. Don't get me wrong, I think Mercedes is a very fun job to look forward to, but to actually play Mercedes before its release in MapleSEA would be kind of cheating, don't you think?
So I tried out this private server, link provided by my dear friend, and I downloaded it within two days (I don't use the computer much so the downloads are paused and resumed over time) and gave it a spin. Well one thing's for sure, the storyline reminds me of Aran's storyline. Though the starting was a bit anime like XD. I'm sure some people on the internet have already seen the starting of the Mercedes job. After picking your gender and all that the video starts.
Video available here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG4G8Fy4Ifg
Then at the end of the video, you wake up to find out you are cursed XD. Turns out none of the heroes involved in defeating the Black Magician actually died, but were actually weakened to the point that they wake up at different times. Like Aran after a thousand years trapped in ice(if I'm not wrong) or Evan after getting a spirit pact with Mir.
Freud and Afrien. Cute names. But I'm sure the names will change after arriving in MapleSEA. Moving on. You ask them what happened to the others. Long story short, the Black Magician casted a spell that has separated all the five heroes who went to conquer the Black Magician. Mercedes says that they were lucky to be in the same place unlike the others.
Then you proceed to your little elf town of Elluel. Strange name, which will change once it arrives in MapleSEA. You arrive at the little town to find that, the town too, was cursed, and that nothing more could be done. You have a slight argument with the elders of the town before you eventually win the argument. Then you have to do three quests before going to sleep for hundreds of years. After each respective quest, the elder from which you get the quest from will be entombed in a block of ice.
Then you go into your room and sleep for hundreds of years. Then you wake up (still sleepy lol) and go back out into town. The problem is the town is still frozen, when they were supposed to defrost (lol) when you woke up. That's all I have that's solid. The rest is all part of the private server. No idea what comes next so I guess it's time to share the skills XD.
The clothes look badass. That's for sure. Oh yeah, and note the Magic Arrow slot next to the Mercedes' weapon slot. And for the record, the weapon Mercedes uses is called a Dual Bowgun. The name might make no sense but meh, nothing much we can do.
Now really onto skills XD.
Level one leaf tornado. Costs 33 mp and does 97% damage. Attacks four times and hits 8 enemies. Must have 120 jump to use this skill or you will be told that you are not "high" enough to use this skill. This skill is spammable. At max level, level twenty, mp cost will be 45 and damage will be 135%.
Level 15 Spirit Surge. Consumes 45 mp and is a second job skill. Lasts for 180 seconds and adds 15% attack and critical.
Level 20 Dual Bowgun booster. Duration 200 seconds. Second job skill. Mp cost 11.
Level 20 Ignis Roar. Has both passive and active effects. Active effect : +40 att for 180 seconds. Mana cost : 60. The passive effect is that you get 20% avoidability permanently.
Level 20 Water Shield. Absorbs a certain percent of damage from mobs and increases resistance to abnormal states and elemental attacks. Kinda like Achilles for Warriors. Sad they remove Achilles after the Jump! patch >_<. Anyway, at master level Water shield costs 100mp and absorbs 30% damage. Duration is as normal, 3 minutes or 180 seconds. And increase resistance to abnormal states and elemental attacks increase by 25%.
Level 20 Elemental Knight. Mine is still not maxed XD. Summons one random Elemental Knight to aid you in battle. Now, there are three types of Elemental Knights. A Fire type, an Ice type and a Shadow type. The Fire Elemental Knight(FEK)'s damage over time is 550% chance of causing 110% damage every second for 5 seconds.
The Ice Elemental Knight (IEK) does 550% damage and has a 90% chance of freezing the monster it's attacking for 5 seconds. The Shadow Elemental Knight (SEK) only has increased damage compared to the rest. Doing 625% damage. After using this skill there is a cooldown of 120 seconds at master level and a 160 second duration at master level.
One of my favourite skills is Rising Rush. It's basically a combination of Dark Knight's Rush and Aran's Final Toss. Instead of pulling, you are pushing forward up to 8 monsters and tossing them into the air. Now the rushing damage is 130% at max level, which is level 20. This is a second job skill. Throwing the mob into the air does 210% damage. Extra damage while they are in the air is 30%.
The rush.
And the final toss. This alone is not enough to kill the mob. At second job, you get another skill to use after Rising Rush. Parting Shot does 90% damage attacking 4 times on 8 monsters at master level, which is level 5 and can only be used after Rising Rush.
This combination is fun to use. I use another skill but that's after you get it in 3rd job. After your 3rd job advancement, you get another skill called Aerial Barrage. This skill slashes at the mob that are in the air after a successful Rising Rush skill. This skill also increases the damage for Rising Rush. Aerial Barrage, at master level, level 20, can do 120% damage 6 times upon 8 monsters in the air, with a 15% chance of instant death. The damage increase for Rising Rush is 30%, and is also a passive effect, which means it's permanent.
Another one of my favourite skills, would be Unicorn Spike. Finally Nexon releases something very very badass. The reason why is because even at level one, Unicorn Spike is capable of doing 112% damage and hit 8 enemies with 5 critical attacks. And an additional debuff chance of 19% for 5 seconds and the amount of additional damage is 5. Cooldown is 20 seconds.
A rather good combination would be Rising Rush > Aerial Barrage > Unicorn Spike. Unicorn Spike is a 3rd job skill, so it's not included after Parting Shot in 2nd job until you get it after 3rd job.
Ok last skill before I go to bed. Another one of my favourite skills is Gust Dive. Requires 120 jump and does 195% damage at master level which is level 20. Attacks three times onto 6 monsters.
It looks like I drove a huge Fairfrozen into the ground xD.
Ok That is all for now, good night. Might post more leader xD.
