Nexon America releases new MapleStory update featuring new character class set, the Cygnus Knights

 The Cygnus Knights update allows players to take on new roles and experience a slew of new adventures with new skills and abilities in Maple World

 Nexon America has released a new major content update for MapleStory, its epic massively multiplayer online role-playing game with more than six million registered users in North America, which adds an entirely new set of classes called the Cygnus Knights and brings a whole new storyline for Maple World inhabitants.

 The Cygnus Knights characters are available for players at level 20 or up. Once enlisted as a Cygnus Knight, players start at level one, but after training and a few adventures, they will quickly be able to reach level 10 and select between a set of five new jobs: Dawn Warrior, Blaze Wizard, Wind Archer, Night Walker or Thunder Breaker.

 The Cygnus Knight classes have their own quest line with advancement through 120 levels. Cygnus Knights come with one additional character slot, extra stat points and new sets of skills based on the character class. Additionally, new mounts have been introduced to the game specifically for Cygnus Knights.

  “MapleStory is the premier free-to-play game on the market, and adding Cygnus Knights adds a whole new chapter to an already epic story,” said Min Kim, Nexon America’s vice president of marketing. “Cygnus Knights continues the tradition of Nexon delivering deep and exciting new content. Players will be able to take their MapleStory life in a whole new direction and accomplish some heroic deeds while trying out new jobs and skills.” 

The brave knights came to MapleStory to help defend Maple World from the evil Black Mage. To help fight off the evil of the Black Mage, the young empress, Cygnus, enlisted help from Maple World and has drawn volunteers to the game’s new zone Ereve. The new zone is where the Cygnus Knights army is trained and embarks on dangerous missions to keep the world at peace.

 The Cygnus Knights expansion also includes a new “Maker Skill” for players above level 45. The skill allows players to craft items out of materials found throughout Maple World. The Maker Skill can also be used to upgrade crafting materials like gems and to turn unneeded equipment items into crafting material.

 The update also includes two new skin colors, pink and green, and plastic surgeries, giving more customization options to a player’s characters. Also, Vicious’ Hammer is a Cash Shop item that can be used on any piece of equipment, except for pet equipment, to increase that item’s upgrade slots by one.

 For more information on the new update or to download and play MapleStory for free, go to http://maplestory.nexon.net.

 

About MapleStory

MapleStory is a 2D side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) launched in North America (http://maplestory.nexon.net) in May 2005 and now has over six million registered users in North America. With a warrior, magician, bowman or thief character, players can band together in guilds to fight monsters and explore dungeons, play mini-games, upgrade their characters in the Nexon cash shop or socialize online. MapleStory features cute and colorful 2D graphics and is played by more than 92 million players worldwide.

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