2008-10-16, 05:12 PM
Greg Wrote:Mmm, I understand you're just giving your opinion, Rei, but a 15x Marksman that states that a Bowmaster has a better 4th confuses me. What makes their Hurricane any better than what you've got by 155? What're you facing as a Marksman that has you unmotivated? Your response could influence the OP's decision.
HI ALEX line-dot.
I don't see how it confuses you. Simply put, Bowmasters > Marksmen in just about everything, just like KaidaTan said.
You ever consider how Hurricane can also be considered a mob skill?
The whole point of mob skills is to reduce the amount of overkilling you do.
Since Hurricane's arrows move on to the next target after the first is killed, there's no overkilling. Also since the attack itself is very fast so transition's immediate.
Suree Pierce can hit 200k+, but what's the point? It'll leave the monsters in the front alive almost every time, and I'd rather have each hit do 90k than the last two do over 200k.
Ohh but there's new monsters coming out huh? That doesn't help since actually having to mob them around [and most of them are huge] takes way too long. ALSO THE HORRIBLY LONG CHARGE.
Three seconds doesn't sound like a lot, but when a Bishop can kill 10+ targets in the time you simply charge your Pierce, it looks a bit inferior.
Also, a friend of mine said that I was strong for a Marksman, but weak for an unfunded Bowmaster. I can't help but agree. f3.
So it doesn't really matter about being the strongest/godliest, your Strafe damage will differ very little from someone with decent equipment.
Notice how nobody bothered to dupe a perfect Shiner Cross?
I don't see how everyone brings strategy and a variety of skills into MM vs. BM arguments.
When you train, you want the most things dead in the least amount of time.
If one skill [Hurricane] does that, then what does it matter if you don't jump around trying to position yourself, blizzard everything, push everything into a mob, set yourself to charge, and finally kill?
For bossing: Strafe is incredibly slow. I can't even keep HH pinned.
Sure, I can get Pap pinned but once he tries to heal I'm scrambling waiting for one of my Strafes to finally hit and push him back again. But in that amount of time he's advanced far enough to use Dispel and/or Stun.
Any perks from being a Marksman are trivial.
Compliments for being unique? lolthnx.
Inexpensive scrolls and weapons? You'll buy them for cheap, sell godlies for cheap.
Anything else, a Bowmaster has as well.
LASTLY. MY FAVOURITE THING TO HEAR.
"y dont u use hurricane?"
I guess I am being a bit biased huh?
Oh well, it's all true.

