Aran is the best designed class in maplestory, and here is why.

I disagree,i have both as well in kms and i prefer arans.
Yes sure he is nerfed atm but i had him before the nerf and he was nice but imo aran is just more smooth experience

So much of this.

Most of DS's skills lock up the keyboard so bad you can't even open your stat window while using them. Whereas with Aran, just tap the combos in at your leisure and it executes them.

Mobility's a fraud, cause their main attack locks you in place, it's like hurricane but with a longer warmup and it skips every 9 attacks or so. And they use that type of attack in every job...

Of the 3 'excitement adventure' classes we got this spring (DS, Cannoneer, Mercedes) I found the DS to be the slowest playing of the three. Most of your time is spent waiting until you can do something. Insane mobility skills just mean you spend all your time sitting next to a monster waiting for it to die. Not to mention, where's the challenge in a class that has FJ, float, super jump, and combat step but you can use it in the air? It's more interesting getting around when you don't just automatically win everything.