Hello Maplers,

Before I begin, I'd just like to thank every single one of you for participating in the MapleLegends Open Beta. You've all helped us out immensely by providing feedback, reporting bugs, or simply just voting. We've received so much support from players both new and old, and we cannot thank all of you enough for helping us improve the MapleLegends experience.

The development of MapleLegends began in August of last year with the goal of creating a GMS-Like server that brings you back to the prime of MapleStory, and provides not only a high quality nostalgic experience but also content never-before-seen in the private server community.

After months of work, we are proud to announce a release date for MapleLegends. Of course, this doesn't mean that we are done with our development. The development of our server will continue even after our release as we attempt to provide you with exciting new content and an overall improved gameplay experience.

The announced MapleLegends' release date will be April 1, 2015

I know that many of you have waited a long time for our release, with our Open Beta beginning over 3 months ago, and our Closed Beta beginning more than 4 months ago; however, we wanted make sure that we were able to provide a high quality gaming experience from start to finish, rather than rushing it. We hope that you have enjoyed what we have offered thus far, and that you will enjoy what we we have in store in the future.

Here's our future plan for MapleLegends:

1. New Installer

All Open Beta data will be obsolete after release. We kindly ask for everyone to re-download our installer with the latest files and updates since significant additions and changes have been made over these past 3 months. We will be providing you with this in the coming days.

2. New Content

We still have a lot in store after the release. Our goal is still to have everything from v.62 GMS available and working and we have no plans to stop anytime soon. We will also be providing new content and events to make your gaming experience more enjoyable.

3. Donations

Without proper funding, it is very difficult for a server to grow. The donations received will be used for the purpose of improving server specs, advertising, and other server-related activities. MapleLegends will make sure that there will never be pay2win content or donation content that gives advantages to a user. We will be providing a mix of post v.62 cash shop items for both donors and non-donors, making everything as fair as possible for both parties. Additionally, all donor items can be transferred with our Cash Shop storage, allowing them to be used on any of your characters on same account. Donations will be through Paypal and Bitcoins.

4. Applications

After our release, MapleLegends will be looking for players who are interested and suitable to join our staff. Our hiring process will be very stringent and we are looking for serious applications only. Currently, our greatest need is for Game Moderators and GFX Designers. In the coming days, we will have a section opened for staff applications.

5. Our VPS

MapleLegends is currently being hosted in Belgium. While our VPS is very fast for European players, we are aware that our players come from all around the world. Some players living farther away may experience slight delays due to latency. It is difficult for us to make everybody happy, but we will try to improve this over time. Our overall server is very stable with a record up-time of 8 days (before we had updates) and it should be very rare for you to get stuck online.

6. The Wipe

The specifics of the wipe are not fully finalized, but we will not be wiping your account information. What will be wiped for sure are all character stats, levels, items, etc. Everyone will start from the same point at the release. Open beta testers who met the level requirements necessary to receive a reward will receive them when the first enter the game.

Once again we cannot thank everybody enough for the amazing support you've all provided us during on beta testing. We made the top 10 (rank 9) on GTOP while still in beta which is extremely impressive. We sincerely hope you guys enjoyed playing during beta and that you will continue to enjoy what we have to offer in the months and years to come. Hopefully we'll see both new and old faces following the release and that you are able to successfully re-experience the good old days of MapleStory.

Thank you for the continuous support!

-MapleLegends Staff-

Hello Maplers,

Our latest update added a fully functional Cash Shop Storage. Since this is neither a very common feature in pre-Big Bang servers, nor would many people have used it in GMS, let me explain how it works.

Cash Shop Storage is your virtual storage found in Cash Shop where you can store cash items. Similar to your regular storage, it allows you to store your cash items for more inventory space and allows you to transfer cash items between characters on your account, instantly and at no cost. This will also work for the donor cash items coming in the future.

How to use the Cash Shop Storage

When you purchase an item from Cash Shop, you will now notice that it no longer appears directly in your inventory. Instead, it appears in the"Cash Item" section on the left side of Cash Shop. This is your Cash Shop Storage. All cash items in there are account associated, so by placing items in your cash shop storage, you can bring them out on any other characters on the same account. If you want to take something out of your Cash Shop storage, all you need to do is double click the item and it should appear in your inventory. Likewise, if you want to put something into the Cash Shop storage, you simply need to double click the item from your inventory and it will be moved into your Cash Shop Storage. Note that this will work only with cash items.

We hope you guys will enjoy this feature. Stay tuned as there is a lot more new content to come at MapleLegends!

-MapleLegends Staff-

Hello Maplers,

I just wanted to thank you all for the support you have provided us during beta. The help we've received over the past couple months has been fantastic and it really motivates us to keep pushing on.

If you look at our monthly GTOP voting you can see that our daily vote counts have been continuously increasing! We've reached rank 20 without the premium boost and would be rank 13 with it. For a server still in beta, this is amazing and I can't thank you guys enough for continuing to support us.

We know that there are a lot of players waiting for the official release before playing and we are equally excited for it as well, but we want make sure that our gameplay is refined and bugless before we launch. I assure you that your patience will be worth it!

Once again, thank you for your continuous support!

-MapleLegends Staff-

[COMPLETE] The maintenance is complete as of 1:34 AM CET on Saturday, February 21, 2015.

Changes and Updates:

• Players are now notified if they whisper another player who is in Cash Shop.
• Initial code has been implemented for Monster Books.
• Initial code has been implemented for Pet Revival and Pet AP Reset.
• Additional NPC functionality has been implemented.
• Cash Shop item expiration has been implemented.
• Party bonus EXP has been implemented.
• Maple Speed Quiz has been implemented.
• General code clean-up for improved performance and stability.

Hello Maplers,

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Friday February, 20, 2015. The maintenance will begin at 11:00 AM CET, and has no estimated length at the moment, but will take at a minimum a few hours. The maintenance will implement major changes in our code changes, which will be announced following the end of the maintenance. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

-MapleLegends Staff-

Time:

Friday, February 30, 2015
11:00 AM CET
2:00 AM PST

[COMPLETE] The maintenance is complete as of 5:13 AM CET on Friday, January 30, 2015.

Changes and Updates:

• Bug related to missing reactors, disappearing NPCs, and frozen mobs has been patched.
• More GMS-like drop mechanism has been implemented.
• Initial code has been implemented for Pet Quote Rings and Pet Item Ignore Pendants.
• General code clean-up for improved performance and stability.

Hello Maplers,

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Thursday January 29, 2015. It is expected to last approximately 12 hours. This makes it easier for us to work on server improvements without repeatedly needing to interrupting your gameplay. Our changes/updates will be announced following the end of the maintenance. Thank you for your understanding and patience. We hope everyone is enjoying Open Beta thus far.

-MapleLegends Staff-

Time:

Thursday. January 29, 2015 - Friday, January 30, 2015
6:00 PM CET - 6:00 AM CET
9:00 AM PST - 9:00 PM PST