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🔥Page 3: Seeking Ghost Flame, the Final Betrayal

Real-World Usage Scenarios:

Scenario 1: Bossing

  • Expectation: Seeking Ghost Flame will prioritize the highest HP enemy and contribute significant damage.

  • Reality: It exits the map entirely. Possibly begins a new questline in a different region of Maple World.

The most heartbreaking part? Watching it target something correctly for a single moment before changing its mind and flying away. You had hope. It gave you a glimpse of potential. Then, like a MapleStory patch that buffs Night Walker instead of fixing class balance, it crushed your dreams.

Scenario 2: Mobbing

  • Expectation: Assists in farming by clearing mobs efficiently.

  • Reality: Attacks mobs that have already died, or chooses to target the weakest enemy on another platform.

One would assume that a seeking flame would be capable of seeking enemies—but this assumption is incorrect.

Scenario 3: Party Play

  • Expectation: Coordinates with other players, dealing meaningful DPS.

  • Reality: Confuses party members, occasionally appearing and disappearing like a ghost haunting the battlefield.

It doesn't just let you down. It lets everyone down. Your entire party. Your guildmates. The spirit of Tai Yu himself. Seeking Ghost Flame is the perfect metaphor for MapleStory balance patches—disappointing, frustrating, and actively working against you.

Seeking Ghost Flame Sightings

Over the years, players have documented its pathfinding inconsistencies, forming a theory that it may be searching for its original summoner, Tai Yu, or worse, attempting to unlock the seal on Taotie.

Reports claim that:

  • It has visited unreleased areas in Grandis.

  • It once circled a boss for an entire phase before engaging.

  • It ignored enemies and attacked UI elements in the corner of the screen.

  • It once got stuck in the Map UI and refused to come out.

  • On one occasion, it disappeared into the cash shop and did not return.

“At least someone is farming.” — You, dead inside.

🔥 Final Thoughts: Seeking Ghost Flame is not just a skill. It’s an experience. It does not serve you. It serves chaos. Or, possibly, it serves something else entirely.

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