Hello I'm reaching endgame in maplestory for the first time and having a wonderful time, but I have run into some confusion about how the game calculates your stats when you are equiping items. I am trying to get a balance of Dex and STR for my CB and I plan on rolling dex on all my gear then taking the points out of dex and putting them into STR to get to 75. I have recently rolled a 7 luk 19 dex(2 slots left) Osfa pants bringing me up to a total of 158dex and it requires 130 dex, when I have it on I have well over 130 dex and I should be able to take off other gear with dex on them because of the pants. I should be able to lose 18 dex and still have 140dex to equip my dagger, but it isn't working like that. I am only able to lose 9 dex before all my gear falls off and I have no idea why. Can anyone help me by explaining how the game calculates stats while you are taking gear on and off?
To equip something, you have to NOT take into account the stats you get from the equipment you are putting on. This means that when you equip the pants, you do not take into account the 19 dex you get from it in the stats you need to wear. This means: 158 - 19 = 139. Thus you can only drop 9 dex before you can't equip your pants anymore.
