Hiya! New to the forums and to MapleStory!

Thanks for your heartfelt advice. I will take all of it to heart when I finally make my character.

From the advice I've been given, it seems like either a Bandit or a Brawler suits me more. Also, from what I've read, I'm going to steer clear of Assassin, because it seems like that's a major pocketsink, even more worse so than Bandit seems to be (unless of course, I get outside help from someone, but I'm not counting on it).

Brawler seems like the kind of melee fighter that gets down and dirty with his fists, so that's also a viable option.

I do have one small concern though: From what I've read, Bandits use two types of weapons: Daggers that rely on Strength, and Daggers that rely on Luck.

What are each of the stat types, and what do they affect? You guys have a knack for deciphering the game mechanics, you can tell me. Oh, and feel free to throw a bunch of math at me, it'll help in the long run.

Continuing on with my above concern, I'd like to know something: If I decide to become a Bandit, which Dagger type would favor a fresh, out-of-the-ground newbie like me?

Alright, I think I've said enough for now.

I guess after all is said and done, I'm going to choose Bellocan as my starting server. I'm probably going to take forever to come up with a name, so bear with me.

Shadowers are expensive as hell in general. Brawlers are extremely cheap.

That said, str bandits are always better than luck bandits nowadays. If you really want to know why, it's because dragon khanjars (high attack shield that requires a good chunk of str to use) is cheap as hell.

You should browse youtube for shadower and buccaneer videos. There's a lot of good ones. (and bad)