Dark Knight: MapleStory's Most Iconic Class
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Tiger, FangBlade, and many other Dark Knights are considered to be some of the most iconic players in MapleStory's history. To this day, we still see some of the most respected players maining this class. So, why is that the case? Today, we take a look at Dark Knight and the impact it had on MapleStory's playerbase from the game's original beta release in September 2004 all the way up until the Big Bang update in December 2010.
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Every time you pop up on my RUclips home page my heart rate jumps for a second and then i click on it and i just feel euphoria cause I know I'm in for quality shit.
I have to stop consuming nostalgic maplestory content.. the urge to play is getting stronger, but I know it’s a trap. Great video, as always.
You'll play for a couple weeks then realize that this game is a relic of the past, even with improved rates
come join MapleLegends its a classic server of maple before the big bang update
@@studdley8564 DO not play shitty maplelegends. I even made a video how shitty it is. It's a ghost town. MapleRoyals is #1 most populated before big bang update private server. Also none of these servers can give you the same feeling old maplestory did. There's too much elitism and toxic players + they play differently than people did back when we were kids.
@@williamsaumure4883 I have been visiting both royals and legends since 2015 and i know pretty well what kind of server it is. Also there are not over 1000 players in legends, that’s a lie. Every map is a ghost town in Legends. Royals however has accurate player count on their website. Also i made a video how shitty legends is. There are tons of posts in reddit about it as well. Royals is more popular and more fun, but shitty server as well. You will find 20 people in kerning city every day and even in the middle of omega sector in royals but you can’t find more than 1 in kerning city in legends. Woah you got mesos is that a good server now? I suggest you try Royals instead of a server that uses multivote accounts and double vote events to get their spot in gtop100 😂 legends also scams their playerbase on their website, i have tested this many times and compared it to royals. It’s a buff mule server since half the playerbase uses buff mules to teleport themselves to free market with a single click.
@@DirtyFan2 unbiased third party here. i checked out your video on it, and frankly, you seem unhinged! your video actually wound up making me respect maplelegends and their admins *more* lmao
When the thumbnail is FangBlade and not Tiger
Man is pumpin out feature length videos on a regular basis jesus
How I wish we could live in this era again
I can't explain the amounts of nostalgia I feel when watching these videos
I'm like 99% sure slash blast hit all targets not just 6 in the old days. Somewhere along the line they nerfed it to just 6 targets. It's why all of the hackers were warriors. I know this because I am actually that old and played back then. No warrior maxed Final attack either seeing as it would actually cause a forced animation preventing you from doing anything and slowing your next skill attack. The only warrior that would consider Final attack was a crusader because he was single target anyways and I believe it helped build combo points I think? A to be Crusader would save all of his final attack points till he hit 70 before dumping into it. As for helmets most warriors used dex bamboo hats and tried to scroll the cheap 10% scrolls often obtained from KPQ to apply +accuracy to the helmets. A lucky young warrior could end up with a dex bamboo hat with like +10 accuracy. Between this accuracy scrolling bamboo hat and a blue chainmail scrolled for dex/accuracy warrior would carry around an attack glove and a dex accuracy glove depending on what they want to fight. Sniper pills too.
Even tho I haven't touched MS in like 15 years.. these videos are such a joy to watch
Your videos legit make me cry. I was only a child playing maple, and this game made me the person I am today basically. I still remember the day they closed BMS, I’ve never found a game that could make me feel like home the way OSMS did.
Your videos allow me to taste a bit of my childhood back. Thank you so much for the hard work.
So the game made you a greedy gambler who only cares about profit??? 😂
@@Xhalonick A game dev enthusiast looking to recreate the feelings i just described one day in one of my projects, but with a tiny bit of what you just said also 😂
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As someone that played a lot of Pre Big bang and until now , Dark Knight for GMS is huge for us :
- Back then when I was a bishop main , when I train on himes or galloperras or Skeles , I always train with a friend who was a Drk. Most of my friends back then were Dark Knights , which is funny so I can train whenever one of them was online.
- Not only that , they were needed for boss runs since Hyper Body is needed for you not to get one shot or lose your life on a stupid way. Before we have "life counts" , back then you only have "1 life" and bishop will only revive the DPS
- We transition this into the "Big bang era" , and Dark Knights got the aesthetics change as like if you were 120 , your aura was red and when you were 150 it change to purple. At that moment Dark Knights still have dragon theme
- Then Dark Knights got buffed with "Dark Impale" during the Jump patch and while they were not a power house , they were a very solid class
- Later on Dark knight will lose all its "dragon theme" and get replace with "berserker theme" as like a class that "has to tank or take damage" and that can endure a lot. This was reinforced with " final Pact" that gives you cooldown , and they give the "beholder" its own theme and gimmick.
- Dark knights at that time on 2014-2015 were one of the most solid class of the game because of the skill "Cross Surge" , and the skill sacrifice was used for you to be able to spam gungnir , so buff duration and more was needed to keep its up time + having a longer pact
- Then on the Destiny Patch , Dark Knights was one of the winners since pact became a toggle and you can choose the duration of final pact. Not only that , gungnir could be now spam , it improved upon their 5th job , and it became this "middle ground class" that can deal solid damage and have good survival
- Here on GMS , our first lvl 200 was a Dark Knight and it actually inspired many people to pick up the class. Even on 2024 , many people pick it up because of FangBlade or because they like how the class is.
Man..how many time we used to have!!
Final attack increasing DPS for spearmen is debatable; because of the quirk spears and polearms have with animations, and the unequal distribution of animations can result in a DPS loss with one of the two weapon types. I can't recall which of the two weapon types it was though.
Final Attack was a DPS decrease when using Slash Blast, and a DPS increase when using power strike on all warrior weapons. It was terrible for Spearmen though as your 3rd job skills could not proc Final Attack, making the skill a complete waste of SP past level 70.
The difference between stabbing and chopping did not matter for Final Attack. It did however matter for your 3rd job skills. Dragon Knights got a mobbing skill that was always a chop and a bossing skill that was always a stab. A pole arm Dragon Knight would do less DPS to bosses because pole arms were worse at stabbing than spears.
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I dont know much about current maplestory but I watch all of Togain's OSMS videos
I hate Nexon for what they have done to Dragon Knights...
Thinking of now-defunct stats like accuracy, can you make a video on the Hands stat? I can't find an old screenshot of the old character stat window with it. *I'm not crazy! It existed!*
I remember people theorizing what it did but iirc it never actually had any functionality and just displayed a factor of dex and a few other stats lmao
one thing i noticed you didn't directlymention, which is so silly to think about nowadays but was so MASSIVE back then, was just how freaking HUGE the dragon knight attack range was. Fury had more range than some first and second job magician skills, it was insane. and helped so much in the training. dragon/dark knights were weirdly one of the more complicated classes skill-build wise. some people even recommended going 1 point in spear fury because it had longer range than crusher and a faster animation, so it was useful in certain scenarios to aggro monsters further away into your crusher range.
the Dex thing was also very interesting, as mentioned we never really needed it, only the byproduct of accuracy it could grant, so your level of funding determined how much base dex you'd have since you wouldn't be able to afford all the accuracy scrolls and whatnot... but then post big bang we got 130 and 140 gear which demanded dex since they had the absolute best in slot weapons, and in such quantities that most people actually started adding dex, until a certain method was discovered to allow you to "cheat" the dex.
man, seeing good ol' chickenpoodl videos again almost brought a tear to my eye. one of the truly great OG's along with others like Daniel3B, the original holder of the basilmarket spearman guide who helped cement the hybrid build as THE right choice. all in all, so much nostalgia for a simpler time.
honestly, thank you very much for this video. you have no idea how happy it makes me to revisit all this.
You forgot to mention an important context of SP and AP scrolls costing real money. This is the sole reason why it's important to go low/no dex and hybrid build so you don't brick your F2P character and have to start all over again. Games nowadays have free reset or costing in-game currency so the weight of choices is vastly different back in the day.
Anyway, GJ on covering the stabbing and swinging mechanic. IMO it's the most interesting thing about Drk.
Lol I remember being like 6-7 years old when I played maplestory back in 06. I went a full strength warrior and couldn't hit the green mushrooms right outside of henesys LMAO.
Nothing beats a dragon roar and annihilate the whole screen
Just discovered ya, what an awesome channel. Recently I’ve been trying to remember random details back when I first played GMS and back when I started making maple story animations. I love the effort you’re putting into archiving and preserving the best era of Maple’s history. Thank you and great work :D
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Take me back to 2005 >.
@@DirtyFan2 lmao, love your channel name.
Loving this series! would love to see a Chief Bandit video, I used to main them back in Oldschool Maple!
so grateful you list all your music sources, i heard tekken tag 2 music and nearly had a panic attack trying to remember where it was from
LUK also gives 0.4 acc so zhelm is even better than you think
The best oldschool maplestory content in the internet for sure !❤🎉😊
before I start watching I just want to say these videos are a complete joy to watch. takes me RIGHT back to 2004. I know these videos must take an incredibly long time to research, record and edit. Thank you so much!!! MapleClassic please!!!!!
This is honestly my favorite video series on RUclips, thank you :3
Rush also had a very small i-frame when pushing a mob 🤓☝
i remember some haunted house leech that only a few classes could reliably do because of s
v.13 player reporting in. I feel ancient, but God do I miss those days. Thanks for your work on these videos, they really take me back to a time that I can only remember in scattered fragments.
TOGAIN, MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT BATTLE MAGE AND MY LIFE IS URS
I would love a video like these on Paladins or Bandits or lesser used range classes. I feel like I never really knew what they were about and still dont cuz they were less popular and uncovvered back then
Dit was really popular for a while if you were funded since Meso Explosion was the fastest clear you could get but until LHC and the associated buffs Paladins were considered garbage that were only useful for mid-funded party grinding in specific maps
Just finished watching the Bishop and Night Lord videos the other day and was itching for more. Can't wipe the smile off my face and I haven't even watched the video yet. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into researching and editing these videos.
Holy, the summon night swordcraft story bgm. Yet another banger milord.
Maaaaaan, this series is so rad, I miss the glory days of being 12 and having no clue about any of the major dynamics of each class and just picking what was cool.
Id LOVE a retrospective on the pirate class, because even though it was a late addition, it was the first major class added to the game and I think represents when it started to shift from OSMS into the Big Bang era. Corsairs and Buccs were so different from anything else, but not necessarily better - mechanically OR technically.
I should be working.
But instead I'm watching an hour long deep dive into a class in Maplestory,
a game I played for maybe a month 20 years ago.
Keep it up Togain! Keep giving me an excuse not to file the other 43 forms I need to file today.
God I miss old DrK
these are very fun to watch but also very informative. very dedicated old school mapler, I only mained hermit for the most part so there's a lot of things i'm learning just now about other classes. thank you
Very cool video! Also to mention, Luk was actually really useful for warriors as well, as it gave .5 accuracy per Luk.
This is what I missed of the old DK gameplay. The actual "I need X job to grind with and we can have a long lasting friendship". Instead, in actual GMS we get solo leveling till 250 then pay real $ to get stronger.
And the same is with private maplestory servers. No one wants to grind like the good ol' days. You either grind solo on mobs or you do specific pq's all day long then switch to bosses when you can't pq anymore.
And don't get me started on the people that often say "It's a waste of time" so they prefer to PQ all day long or if they can't PQ with others, they'd rather play with 30+ alt accounts just so they can "get better". If not that, then it becomes a problem of "we need more active players/ the server is dead".
I don't understand why Nexon won't just make up their own pre-bb server and keep it as is even with the virtual currency. I'd give a pretty penny to be able to play like how it used to be.
But you either stuck in nostalgia or you only get to play a "discount" version of how it used to was. And then there's the "community"...
It really is a shame.
Can you make one of archers? 😊
>Dork knights' turn finally
MOM, GET THE CAMERA.
I remember making an only dex warrior for shits and giggles. Got to level 40 before giving up. Was so funny hitting low but dodging tons of attacks
Love your videos, hopefully we get an old school official server. Nostalgia is unmatched here.
is there anyway to get back to this version of maplestory?
im just really sad because i know that Old School Maplestory is a limited pit of content, meaning one day togain wont have anything to make these documentaries about :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
I stumbled upon your videos. I used to play MapleStory waaaaay back in the day and you made me nostalgic af for it, to the point where I even downloaded it again and tried to play again. But Nexon won't let me verify my account, it just keeps giving me an error. Damn shame.
Goddamn you have been absolutely cooking these MS videos the last 3 months. I hope your channel is seeing the growth it deserves
Another banger dude. Subbing for more, your quality is top notch.
Great video as always. If you plan on making a Hero video. Hit me up, I can give you a perspective of how OSMS was as a fighter/sader/hero.
The only class i got to 70 before BB... got to 70 - 100 in a day after BB was released. Been loving these videos so much amazing stuff!!!
chickenpoodl pog
these videos are the besttttttt
I MISSED OLD MS, I WAS ONE OF THE OG DK MAIN. Back then dragon roar was one of the coolest AOE 😢
Another 1 hour video about ogms LESGOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bro the FlyFF Music is Nostalgic AS FUCK as well. Such a great Era for MMO's! Makes me warm and fuzzy inside thinking about the past simpler times before the world was crazy af, and also a bit sad too because those times can never come back or be replicated. The worst part of growing up is not being able to find stuff you used to enjoy, enjoyable anymore because of how much more complex your brain is and how much more input you need in order to be entertained because of how overstimulated we are now a days. Such is life I guess though :/ Much peace and love to you brotha
People now do billions or trillions of dmg wich sucks i like simple dmg numbers i remember when i had my dk in bellocan in the 1st rank on bellocan server i use to do 20k dmg and that was alot
For utmost late-game specifically dark night was nuts. Bishop was always the best early leech and was probably just as influential. Definitely not more, though 😂
great video and i always look forward to your next.. in spearman 2nd job build i actually like to only put ~12 points in the spear/pole boosters and dump rest into iron will.. increasing the boosters just increases buff duration.. but thats me min maxing trying to save more meso.. reason i do this is because realistically in 3rd job you're going to be rebuffing with your party every 120 seconds because everyone needs holy symbol rebuff from priest.. and as a dk you're going to be wanting priests lol.. i personally don't have an issue with rebuffing boosters every 120 sec as well
Your music selection is top notch mate
The red snowboard wasn't the best to use, the moment NLC released crimson wood keep, the crimson arcglaive was way superior due to normal atk speed and a 102 base atk and also included with the +5 speed buff. It wasn't easy to get which meant a huge grind in a cwk, but eventually to have the BiS pole arm it was worth it.
Haven't played this game in years (I played some old school server circa 2019) but these videos are so fun to watch and remember the good old days
We grabbing popcorn with this one 👌
Corsair next please! I’m convinced they the true stronger range dps and NL just nostalgia range dps. Mainly cause they don’t rely on SE
Please do a Paladin
I'm still on copium hoping that Nexon will release an official OSMS server... Seeing that the most popular maple worlds map is a 'mock' OS server.
2 things you didn't take into account were we had trash computers and had to play on 56kb dialup internet. I would die so many times from lag and dc like every 15-20 mins
I did not want to go into work today, but now work is a lot more bearable with a new Togain video WOO
Can you even get Dark Crusader Chainmail nowadays? Last time I saw it was only dropped by a monster in Florina Beach and you couldn't go there
Also FA animations were cool, missed it
definitely not the most iconic class. everyone knows it's assassin / NL and bandit / shadower and it's not even close. bishop and drk were the most iconic and popular of warrior and magician though.
I miss playing DK but sadly once they removed dragon roar, I stopped. A dragon knight without a dragon roar doesn't called dragon knight anymore
Back in the early days of the full release, my first "online boyfriend" in maple was a DK. I was a Cleric when we met, and I've always wondered if that was the reason he first was interested in me 🤔 lmao
I just reached 120 with my DK on MapleLegends and I wish I had seen this video before. I choose the ' only spear' route.
Look as a crusadaer/hero main pre big bang and big bang. I can easily say I hated DK they legit were always wanted in every party HB was better then rage. As a hero I trained mostly by myself sometimes I’ll have a priest but that was only because there wasn’t a DK online.
So yes they were the better warrior class. I still enjoy Hero love the color and the animation but my lord it was a grind to get that brandish move.
Mind doing a Hero one of these 🥹
The real question is how many Cash Shop EXP coupons did FangBlade purchase to hit level 200?
thanks for reminding me why I chose being a Dark Knight after all these years.
I played beta, most my time was spent doing kpq or farming to try to get a pan lid because they sold for like 200-300k iirc lol
DKs were not revered as being strong lol people just wanted them for HB. Dexless Hermits who HP washed were quite literally the cream of the crop.
Any advice for playing GMS via VPN? It seems like the launcher always detects it :/
in osms end game content was simply not popular by the simple fact of not many players having 3rd job. Very few people min-maxed as most players were kids that had no idea what they were doing. Also the average osms player spent most of their time in hennesys talking to other players.
So, tons of people commenting on the nostalgia and how much we miss this. Is anyone scratching the itch with one of the osms private servers or are we all just committing the good old days to memory? Just curious cause if everyone was having a blast in osms still I wanna know 😆
Playing JMS. I last played the patch where allowed to double mount a skill and doubled what we actually did. And oh my god was a NL with booster was so good
WHY did u say NOVINHA backwards in the end of your Road to 200 video??
What a surprising amount of old gaming ost (sword craft story!) in this vid as well, very nostalgic.
Dragonknight was my favourite untill they killed the dragon theme and my happiness.
not bain parties, miner and coolies were top $$$ for clerics, cromi and zombie tooth/gold tooth is too op
I will never go back to maple, but i do sometimes miss my old dragon knight. I especially miss crusher.
Use to be a dragon knight main in maple sea
I stop due to studies
Aquila bros
Now I playing mapleM as dark knight
purplesurfboard in 2009 was the most saught after skyskis, 99 att and fast 4 or 5
i keep watchign your maplestory stuff cause its good but now i wanna play it again but wont bec ause thats like a toxic relationship T_T
Togain uploads, I click and like. LETS GO!
dude fuck yea cant wait for the l/i mage (my main highest lvl 91 back in about v83
I hope you make a video on paladin since they were pretty unpopular, and I'm pretty sure they're still among the least popular explorer class.
"yeah boys get the game going i'll be right th.... oh, a new Togain MS video, nvm guys.."
Dude your content is so cleaaaaaaaaaaan
I got to 140 at wolf spiders with my priest back then xD pretty much afk the whole time lol
See you all on MapleLegends . Start a DK ! There's too many bishops! Lol
you combine FFX music and ms og music in a video you instantly get my sub friend
Don't hog the popcorn guys. Pass it around!! I brought coke drink
I just hyper burned a DK in GO WEST too. Sick!