2011-04-12, 02:55 PM
Devil Wrote:And now, my Mechanic does twice the DPS of my Shad, despite being 7 lvls lower and wearing same equips (except for dagger), and since survival (HP) and tactics (Damage avoid) are not important anymore in Maple, Shadowers are a useless class to play. Cool movement, but really useless... Unless you pay a shietload of NX to get godly items (Dragon Khanjar) that doen't drop from monsters, except from the gachapon end-game boss monster...How can you lose faith of shadowers like that, anyone would tell you shadower is one of the best class to play right now. Survivability is actually quite desirable, how many other class can consistently survive a czak run? But I can see blooding your shadower is somewhat a downer... Also shadowers are not useless in terms of damage, we get the highest dps move in the whole game (ME), the trick is to learn how to position your character and control the mobs well so that no coin is gone to waste. It may take more skill to play than other classes that only spam 1 or 2 moves, but the payoff is well worth it. And fyi, gears isn't the defining factor for shadowers unlike many other classes. You actually need to play the class well to maximize your output.
Devil Wrote:It's funny to see the difference in DPS when both chars have the same unpotentialled equips:It has been agreed that mechanics are overpowered compared to every other class. There is a reason why mechs are nerfed and shadowers are buffed in the coming chaos patch. How are you handling pap on your shadower? If you're not doing so already, you might want to try staying on the top platforms and use bstep+assaulter between 2 platforms and forget ME altogether to avoid stun and dispel.
- Mechanic lvl 148 @ Papu -> 2min 34 secs (no potential crap)
- Shadower lvl 155 @ Papu -> 5mins 10 secs (no potential crap)
Devil Wrote:Also Shadowers totally suck at platform bosses, since mesos drop on the grond (for M.E.) and Assassinate 4th hit doesn't work (since you can't move, and other 3 hits have 0% Critical rate, even with 5% Base + 10% Ring + Sharp Eyes. And Assassinate range is too retarded small...I have to agree that shadowers are not optimal while fighting on platforms, but there are ways to get around it. The obvious one is try not to pin mobs on a ledge in the first place. Always try to face right to attack a mob since ME knockbacks mobs to the left, do so to move the mob back to the original place. If the mobs are pinned to a ledge, instead of facing them to keep them pinned (thus making half of the meso dropped down below), you should stand on top of the mob and attack facing away from the ledge. This causes the mobs to be KB away from the ledge and let more meso stay on the platform. Getting knocked off the ledge is not really a problem due to shadow shifter and high avoid. It is quick to flash jump onto a rope and assaulter back on to the platform and you can always drop a smokescreen if you want. As for assassinate, simply turn away from the ledge during the animation so that the 4th hit moves you away from the ledge if you're too close to it.