Well, haven't posted in a while and I am actually playing maple story again. I have gone to training both my wizard and my crusader now - just to keep things interesting. This weekend though - I got interested in running my crusader more and actually managed to boost up ~30-40% on him - so he is well on his way.
I've been reading some of the posts and having conversations about training locations for a crusader and everyone pretty much just says "Dude, go to FoG..." with some variation or another. Since the last time I went to FoG I found all 20 channels to have 4+ people in them, it seems to me there might be a place that is better for me. Let me stress that - for me.
I trained at Icy Cold Field (Yetis, Transformed Yeti and Jr. Yetis) for about 17% on Saturday and found it to be enjoyable. It too about 2 hours (give or take) to earn that much, but I wasn't training heavily. With a 107% speed - I don't think that's too bad. With a sin to party with - I suspect I would have done a spot better.
Last night, I moved back to Victoria and trained at Camp 2 (Skeletons and Officer Skeletons). This screen could use to be split by a party member whom you never care to see (so - someone you don't need to buff and who doesn't need your own buffs). Without it - I still managed 9% per hour or so (again - I'm not precisely sure because I don't often watch the time or my exp). If it weren't for the flipping independance day hats that drop - I think it would be a very good screen to train on.
Both of these places have very few people coming through - which, to me, is a big plus. If you cite the drops from FoG - you can take a look at the drops of the creatures above and I think you'll find an equivalent selection of valuable drops.
On another note - I noticed a thread about money-making ability at various screens and at various levels. One consistent item in most of the areas was that many people rely on drops in order to turn a profit. I can't think of a single area that I've trained in recently that didn't turn a profit - including the Cave of Trial I that I tried out the other day... If this is because of my superior play - I would be surprised. If this has to do with my focus on defense, well - I guess that's telling. The other day, while at Yetis, I was partied with another warrior. We both had power guard on, but he was taking 150-200 or so with it on, while I was taking from 50-80 or so. Over the course of training - that difference is quite significant.
For money, my warrior is sitting on around 30 million in cash, and has a fair amount in sellable items (+4 luk Dark Identity, 60% scroll for Spear Attack, 125+ elixirs, ~100 power elixirs, 600+ cure alls, etc)
On my wizard - I've been stuck at stirges for a bit - but its good exp - so I can't very well complain. As his thunderbolt gets stronger, I'm sure he'll be more and more fun to play... I'm still not sure what build I will use for him though. He's still autonomous from my warrior, and already has a mystic shield, a scrolled fairy wand (gift from a former lizard - can't use it for a few more levels though), and a few other nice items. He's boasting about 1 million mesos in cash on hand though - so he's not hurting for money and at stirges he is actually gaining potions rather than using them.
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