AcornStory -- Playing a Cannoneer

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Welcome to AcornStory, our ongoing feature helping players get started in Maple World - everything from choosing a class to finding friends to understanding combat to tips for participating in a online community. MapleStory is easy to learn, but once you learn the basic game mechanics, where do you go and what do you do? Read on to find out!

Playing a Cannoneer

Sometimes help can come from the strangest of places. In an era when another legendary hero has returned from the past and a former disciple of the Black Mage has turned against his dark master, who could have predicted a mighty foe might emerge from the wreckage of ship and a too smart monkey?



<div class="hr"/> Lost and Found: Beginnings of a Cannoneer

The Cannoneer begins his adventuring career on a ship in the middle of the ocean. At the time, hes just a pirate wannabe heading for the Nautilus in order to get the blessing of Former Pirate Kyrin and become a pirate himself. Unfortunately his ship is attacked in the middle of the ocean and destroyed, leaving him washed up on a deserted island staring at a strange monkey.

As you and your new friend explore the island, youll do a number of quests that will teach you the basics of movement, combat, and questing. Eventually youll reach level 10 and find a way to escape the island and get to the Nautilus to meet Kyrin. Rather than making you an ordinary pirate though, she tells you and your monkey buddy to use your newly developed skills to become a new kind of pirate - a Cannoneer!

Job Advancements

Once your Cannoneer character reaches level 10, theyll have the opportunity to begin to refine their abilities. This is called a "job advancement." Unlike many Explorers, however, Cannoneer job advancements do not have a branching advancement path.

In order to get your job advancement, return to Kyrin at level 30. When your character reaches level 70, you should speak to Kyrin again. Your final job advancement is available at level 120.

<div class="hr"/> Ability Points and Skill Points

What are Ability Points?
Ability Points are used to increase a character's basic abilities. Abilities are inherent characteristics that affect a character's abilities to perform Skills and other actions. "Strength," for example (abbreviated STR) affects the amount of damage a character inflicts when striking a monster. The most important abilities for a particular class are sometimes referred to as their "primary attributes."


Primary Attributes -- Cannoneer

Strength (STR): Strength measures how physically strong your character is. The higher your Strength, the more damage you'll do when hitting a monster at close range. For a Cannoneer, higher STR means doing more damage with the hand cannon. Most of your Ability Points should go into STR, and DEX will be your secondary attribute.

Dexterity (DEX): Dexterity is a measure of how nimble and agile your character is. A high DEX increases your accuracy and greatly increases the damage done by ranged weapons. As a Cannoneer, this will raise the damage of your cannon balls as well as assist the accuracy of your shots.

Pro Tip: If you make a mistake allocating your Ability Points, you can reallocate them by purchasing an AP Reset Coupon in the Cash Shop.



What are Skill Points?

Skill Points are used to learn new abilities that help Cannoneers kill monsters or to increase the power of an already learned skill. Many MapleStory players on the Internet have taken it upon themselves to write detailed guides that recommend various character "builds." This simply means that they give lists of skills they believe make for a skilled and useful player and tell you how many Skill Points you should put into each ability.

If you would like to get some recommended builds or discuss it with other players, you can get started on the official MapleStory Forums. The guide below won't recommend a specific build, but will point out a few sample Cannoneer skills. (Click hereto learn more about Skill and Ability Points.

Note: Certain skills will not be available until you reach a certain level.

<div class="hr"/> Cannoneer Skills

Cannoneers are a ranged pirate class that brings two main skills to parties. First, their cannon is a surprisingly versatile weapon that can do massive damage to single targets or less damage to multiple targets. The Cannoneer also has a number of excellent knockback skills that allow it to do a certain amount of crowd control. The best reason to bring a Cannoneer along though, is their Monkey Magic skills with provide an incredible buff that applies to an entire party.



Special Skills

Special skills are skills that are acquired by Cannoneers automatically when they gain their first Job Advancement. They cannot be improved through the use of Skill Points but will improve each time you gain a job advancement.

Master of Swimming: Increases the Cannoneers swimming speed, making him the fastest swimmer out of all classes.
Master of Organization: Allows Cannoneers to start out with more Equip, Use, ETC, and Set-up slots.



Sample First Job Skills

Cannoneers are ranged fighters that like to blast their enemies with the powerful hand cannon they have strapped on their wrist. The Cannoneers friendship with the monkey he found on the island also lets him call on their simian magic to protect and boost him in times of trouble.


Cannon Blaster: Shoots a flame bomb that

Oh my! Right on time for once =o

I'm proud of them ='] They're growing up.

The description on primary and secondary stats is pretty dang lolworthy. A new player would make misstakes going after that.

The description on primary and secondary stats is pretty dang lolworthy. A new player would make misstakes going after that.

Hence the immediate mentioning of CS AP resets lol.