2009-02-12, 09:55 PM
Cyanne Wrote:I was actually deciding between these two classes as well because they're the only two pre-pirate classes that use more than like 2-3 skills to train xD Both classes are very fun and have great variety.
I chose marksman though because of range and better bossing future.
By the way, marksman can deal nice damage at bosses, especially when more buccaneers with speed infusion pop up and with the 200k cape and 5 second snipe coming later(essentially quadrupling the effectiveness of current gMS). Also, marksmen don't have low mobility because of thrust. Most marksmen now get 9 thrust, which is already 128 speed with a speed pill. The rest can be covered with speed on the crossbow, pants, or pet. There are also mounts. I'm also wondering why overkill with pierce is a bad thing. Even if you think it is, time temple and skill updates will probably be out by the time you max pierce, assuming you're not one of those grinders. I don't know whether or not you'd like to play a shadower though.
Overkill pierce is listed as a con because when your class deals such high damage, it doesn't benefit to your exp, because you are missing out on EXP to HP ratio. Think of it as this, suppose Mages had the ability to deal 1 and a half million damage in 5 seconds on one monster (But they dont do that, they have the ability to attack 15 monsters for 99K damage, ensuring every damage point will get them exp, thats about) . Outside of bossing that attack would not be getting them good exp, even though they are dealing massive damage. Right now there are just not enough monsters that can take 200K damage and give a worthy experience for that.