2014-07-16, 10:24 PM
I began my Corsair a year after Pirates were released. One of the reasons was because I had always enjoyed the Old West (hence why I called her MorganEarp, since DocHolliday was taken by someone who hadn't played since the beta), and I thought this was the closest I could get. Another reason was because Gunslingers were the ones on top of the Henesys roof all the time. A bit silly, but I thought that was interesting. I wanted to try an attacking class as I had leveled my priest Didactylos to 80 and I wasn't satisfied with only getting decent EXP through party quests.
I stuck with my Corsair through the years because I liked the idea of training a Gunslinger through the "hell levels" and reaching the nirvana that was Outlaw and eventually Corsair. I would watch the videos of Outlaws wiping the floor with mobs from the Path of Time maps.
I sniped at Jr. Newties, being killed more times there than I have ever been in any situation involving my Corsair, just so I could get to a level where I could boss.
Now that I am a Corsair, I try to get better with my control (as I had when the boat had HP and you had to time your attacks), because there are situations where you have to flee for your life in fear of a massive attack, and so on and so forth.
There are many classes who get much higher ranges with similar funding or less funding, and there are classes whose damage output is not determined by a random roll of a die (literally) and other random factors. However, I continue to play my Corsair because when I pass people by, those people are amazed that there is a Corsair. I actually get complimented on my damage that I deal to mobs. I like Broadside and I like the gigantic 1800s hunting rifle that a Corsair pulls out for Headshot/Brain Scrambler. I like Ahoy Matey's summons taking abnormal status effects for me. I'd prefer a bit more stability with the damage with less reliance on luck, but I realize that is what Nexon intended with a class based on pirates. I will still play my Corsair because I know what to do with it, and I don't have to learn another class's quirks and skills. This is in spite of Nexon, which has, according to quite a few Corsairs, fornicated us time and again with updates that didn't fix problems with our class and gave us bugs with our skills - as well as creating a copycat class instead of updating our skills.
Sorry for the long rant.
I stuck with my Corsair through the years because I liked the idea of training a Gunslinger through the "hell levels" and reaching the nirvana that was Outlaw and eventually Corsair. I would watch the videos of Outlaws wiping the floor with mobs from the Path of Time maps.
I sniped at Jr. Newties, being killed more times there than I have ever been in any situation involving my Corsair, just so I could get to a level where I could boss.
Now that I am a Corsair, I try to get better with my control (as I had when the boat had HP and you had to time your attacks), because there are situations where you have to flee for your life in fear of a massive attack, and so on and so forth.
There are many classes who get much higher ranges with similar funding or less funding, and there are classes whose damage output is not determined by a random roll of a die (literally) and other random factors. However, I continue to play my Corsair because when I pass people by, those people are amazed that there is a Corsair. I actually get complimented on my damage that I deal to mobs. I like Broadside and I like the gigantic 1800s hunting rifle that a Corsair pulls out for Headshot/Brain Scrambler. I like Ahoy Matey's summons taking abnormal status effects for me. I'd prefer a bit more stability with the damage with less reliance on luck, but I realize that is what Nexon intended with a class based on pirates. I will still play my Corsair because I know what to do with it, and I don't have to learn another class's quirks and skills. This is in spite of Nexon, which has, according to quite a few Corsairs, fornicated us time and again with updates that didn't fix problems with our class and gave us bugs with our skills - as well as creating a copycat class instead of updating our skills.
Sorry for the long rant.