1. Is nx necesary for a decent dualer?
   
2. do we need hp wash after bb (let's say for gunslingers, dualers and shadowers)?
   
3. how many hp will an unwashed aran have at lvl100? (also, is it necesary to hp wash?)
   
4. Which classes can survive decently without hp wash? (besides warriors)
   
5. what's the deal with all those rings? how can a n00b get some? (rings were quite rare back then)
   
6. I've heard that everyone is joining the page/wk/paladin bandwagon after the bb changes, why is that? do they have good dps? is because of the heaven's hammer?
   
7. I'm considering gunslinger, page and aran as my new char... the fact that gunslingers have low hp is disapinting because I won't be able to boss decently without wash, arans are disapinting because they're soloers and they don't have any party skill, and pages because of the low dps (correct me if I'm wrong with that) any advice on thos clases?
   

Solarboy Wrote:*sigh*

1.-No, there are normal books as well.
2.- Not really, unless you want to go for PB.
3.- Depends on a lot, again no, it's not necesary to hp wash.
4.- Magicians.
5.- Wich ones do you refer to?

Kire Wrote:5. All of them... the only ones I knew were the nx +1 to all rings, and the gacha rings... idk, any piece of equipment i can get my hands on (as an unfunded nx less char) helps...

1. Almost. Skillbooks for your best skills come out from CS, the in game ones aren't really that common. Not necessary, but extremely reccomended.
   
2. You never needed to HP wash, although some areas could only be explored with a certain amount of HP, washing was never obligatory. It just gets easier to survive without HP wash post BB since monsters tend to deal less damage, but HP washing is still a good deal even after the update.
   
3. Absolutely no idea. It's not required to HP wash, but still good if you do.
   
4. Magicians, Infighters...
   
5. They were differently acquired with events. Some were rewards from leveling a certain job, some others were event ones.
   
6. Not really. Paladins get a very nice boost post Big Bang, their attacks become really powerful, as well as their defense being ridiculously high. Also, the elemental boost alongside their attacks make them look very good.
   
7. Actually... Get the idea that HP washing is required from your mind. Gunslingers have low HP, but that's paid by their high damage. All ranged classes work like that, and if you get used to playing them, you learn some strategies on not getting really high damaged by some bosses, instead of the default hold the attack key and use potions when damaged way of killing a boss.
   Of course Arans are soloers, but that doesn't have much things to do with them joining boss squads, because the same way Arans have almost zero party skills, Corsairs do, and they are pretty common among squads.
   Pages used to have a little low DPS, all that changed with Big Bang, and was already explained in the answer to your 6th question.
   

CarrionCrow Wrote:7. You have no idea what you are talking about here. Check up one of the many many threads here about how the classes work. HP is less of an issue because monsters are generaly weaker, you have more DEF and HP and you can never train or boss effectively when you are below a monsters level.

Kire Wrote:My point is, a monster that can deal at least more than a half of my hp scares me... I don't like tha idea of drinking a pot after every hit, becuase if I don't, 2 hits and I'm dead... are low hp classes like that? can monsters kill you in 2 hits most of the time while trasining normally?

aslemn Wrote:]Actually... Get the idea that HP washing is required from your mind. Gunslingers have low HP, but that's paid by their high damage. All ranged classes work like that, and if you get used to playing them, you learn some strategies on not getting really high damaged by some bosses, instead of the default hold the attack key and use potions when damaged way of killing a boss.

Worthyness Wrote:or instead of HP washing, you could sacrifice some damage and put points into HP.

There's a reason why we're allowed to put points into HP too. It's just maple is a damage whore fest so people don't generally add points into HP cause they will have "lol u has teh sucz demeg luOOOOlll nub"

CarrionCrow Wrote:I'm going to go ahead and say no, regular mobs will not kill you in 2 hits even as a low HP class, and if they do, that is easily remedied by some gear with high HP boosts, like Rex's earrings, Chaos boss equips or just plain old HP% from potential. Some bosses will most likely kill you in 2 hits though. But remeber this is because of the system where you will miss monsters above your level. You wont be going to bosses like HT before you at least match its level.

Worthyness Wrote:Just to add in, the 2hko thing was only really limiting before potential equips came out. Right now, people can easily get to at least 3 hko. I have 5.1k HP at 140 because i poured a lot of points into HP before this massive %; equips came in. Now that that has happened, if i could get the same % equips as everyone else could, I'd easily get to the 10K hp mark with hyper body.

Picking a class shouldn't be about utility. It's a game for crying out loud. If a class looks fun, play it. If you don't like it after a while, stop playing and make another character. Or you could be like me and raise like 128371983 characters all at the same time and never really level too much, but at least you can say: oh i don't feel like playing this character today, how about this one?