2014-07-16, 02:46 AM
Marksmen are just amazing. Their numbers are huge, be it while you're bossing or mobbing. Against bosses, you have Snipe, one of the only, if not the only, single-hitting endgame skills in the entire game, sporting over 4,000% damage in one hit. Before the recent patches, it even dealt ~50m on normal mobs, making me feel strong. When it comes to mobbing, all you need to do is find a large group of monsters, and you'll find yourself dealing tremendous numbers on the last few mobs. Simply amazing.
This is shared with Bowmasters, but Hookshot could very well be the best movement skill in the game. It's not the fact that it drags you extremely quickly, or that it gives you iframes during the skill, or that it has an amazing range only beaten by the likes of Flame Wheel-tier skills that makes it so amazing, but the fact that it allows you to attack while being pulled. Hunting has never been quicker or easier, especially at maps like the Neglected Garden.
Oh, and who could forget Aggressive Resistance. Dat 60% damage reduction. Not to mention we already have passive damage reduction from another skill. With Hookshot already giving you so many iframes, this skill really is just a luxury.
And finally, although this is a very subjective thing, I just love how the class doesn't focus on a single theme. It is colourful and varied, with Dragon's Breath, Explosive Bolt, Frostprey and the golden bow skills. The skills aren't neutral, like the second job Iron Arrow is; they certainly have their own theme, but it is contained within themselves. Some other jobs, like Heroes, only have a fire theme, and Dark Knights, with only darkness (RIP Dragon Knights). Even Paladins, although they have several different elements, are confined within their elemental theme. Other jobs, like Corsairs, are too neutral and nowhere as colourful as Marksmen. The job just turned out this way over time, and I love it. It's obvious that a Dark Knight needs to be dark, etc. but Marksmen don't indicate anything, so the fact that they gave us all these skills with their own colours and themes was a blessing. Bowmasters contrast greatly with most of their skills red and/or fiery.
This is shared with Bowmasters, but Hookshot could very well be the best movement skill in the game. It's not the fact that it drags you extremely quickly, or that it gives you iframes during the skill, or that it has an amazing range only beaten by the likes of Flame Wheel-tier skills that makes it so amazing, but the fact that it allows you to attack while being pulled. Hunting has never been quicker or easier, especially at maps like the Neglected Garden.
Oh, and who could forget Aggressive Resistance. Dat 60% damage reduction. Not to mention we already have passive damage reduction from another skill. With Hookshot already giving you so many iframes, this skill really is just a luxury.
And finally, although this is a very subjective thing, I just love how the class doesn't focus on a single theme. It is colourful and varied, with Dragon's Breath, Explosive Bolt, Frostprey and the golden bow skills. The skills aren't neutral, like the second job Iron Arrow is; they certainly have their own theme, but it is contained within themselves. Some other jobs, like Heroes, only have a fire theme, and Dark Knights, with only darkness (RIP Dragon Knights). Even Paladins, although they have several different elements, are confined within their elemental theme. Other jobs, like Corsairs, are too neutral and nowhere as colourful as Marksmen. The job just turned out this way over time, and I love it. It's obvious that a Dark Knight needs to be dark, etc. but Marksmen don't indicate anything, so the fact that they gave us all these skills with their own colours and themes was a blessing. Bowmasters contrast greatly with most of their skills red and/or fiery.