2011-04-19, 07:51 PM
Alright, gee, so much ignorance. Here's the thing on Bishops being a "support class", and the guy saying we should just leech and support:
Being a support class in Maple has never fucking worked. I used to train my Priest (pre-BB) partying on Himes with a DK or another attack job... they leveled much faster than I did. When we complained about it back then, people would just say "oh, but you're not attacking, you're just supporting, stop bitching about it". Oh sure, I'm not worth the exp, right? Because all I do is teleport all around the map gathering Hime mobs, while the DK stayed in a corner chatting with guildmates, attack for 5 seconds to kill the mob, and continue chatting. The attacker deserves all the exp and supporters deserve to level slower.
Such a stupid idea.
At least we became the fastest levelers in 4th job to compensate, but that changed with BB, so we're now basically forever Priests, in terms of sucking. Do you think changing the rates back to 6:4 will help? Certainly it won't, it didn't help pre-BB, and it wont' help post-Jump. Because in Maple Story, attackers get all the experience, and leechers get the low end.
Now, people already mentioned about our skills...
Heal - Useful in pot cooldown bosses and when people get seduced, that's it. Most 4th jobbers carry hundreds of Power Elixirs.
Dispel - Whopee fucking doo, I can cure silence, darkness, and slow. Who cares? Same as using an All-Cure. When will we able to cure more stats?
Holy Magic Shield, Holy Symbol, Adv. Bless - I can cast these in 4 seconds, and have 95% of my time remaining with nothing to do, except hanging on a rope or hit for 1/5 the damage of the rest of all other classes. I don't wanna hit their damage, but why not 4/5 of it instead of 1/5?
The only time when I can really feel like "supporting" is at bosses. Even with the convenience of pots, Bishops can save your ass if you're careless, so that's the only time where I can say I'm useful "supporting" other people. But at training, what you call support is having us take 4 seconds to cast skills, and then do fucking nothing.
That's not real support, that's casting a skill and then hanging on a rope. And no, Bishops won't come down from the rope to heal you or hit mobs, because it basically makes no difference for them. With how weak their attacks are, they're just better of leeching. And leeching shouldn't be a viable way to level 120-200.
P.S. Glacial Chains should just rush mobs instead of pulling.
Being a support class in Maple has never fucking worked. I used to train my Priest (pre-BB) partying on Himes with a DK or another attack job... they leveled much faster than I did. When we complained about it back then, people would just say "oh, but you're not attacking, you're just supporting, stop bitching about it". Oh sure, I'm not worth the exp, right? Because all I do is teleport all around the map gathering Hime mobs, while the DK stayed in a corner chatting with guildmates, attack for 5 seconds to kill the mob, and continue chatting. The attacker deserves all the exp and supporters deserve to level slower.
Such a stupid idea.
At least we became the fastest levelers in 4th job to compensate, but that changed with BB, so we're now basically forever Priests, in terms of sucking. Do you think changing the rates back to 6:4 will help? Certainly it won't, it didn't help pre-BB, and it wont' help post-Jump. Because in Maple Story, attackers get all the experience, and leechers get the low end.
Now, people already mentioned about our skills...
Heal - Useful in pot cooldown bosses and when people get seduced, that's it. Most 4th jobbers carry hundreds of Power Elixirs.
Dispel - Whopee fucking doo, I can cure silence, darkness, and slow. Who cares? Same as using an All-Cure. When will we able to cure more stats?
Holy Magic Shield, Holy Symbol, Adv. Bless - I can cast these in 4 seconds, and have 95% of my time remaining with nothing to do, except hanging on a rope or hit for 1/5 the damage of the rest of all other classes. I don't wanna hit their damage, but why not 4/5 of it instead of 1/5?
The only time when I can really feel like "supporting" is at bosses. Even with the convenience of pots, Bishops can save your ass if you're careless, so that's the only time where I can say I'm useful "supporting" other people. But at training, what you call support is having us take 4 seconds to cast skills, and then do fucking nothing.
That's not real support, that's casting a skill and then hanging on a rope. And no, Bishops won't come down from the rope to heal you or hit mobs, because it basically makes no difference for them. With how weak their attacks are, they're just better of leeching. And leeching shouldn't be a viable way to level 120-200.
P.S. Glacial Chains should just rush mobs instead of pulling.