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

I like the idea of class differentiation and specialization. I like that some classes have glaring, horrible, practical flaws that they have to account for in their playstyle in order to be effective. I hate that Nexon is removing those things to make every class do everything well with and no degree of differentiation. Czak doesn't dispel mg anymore. Arans don't need to build up combos anymore. New classes never had weaknesses anyway.

Aran design is "good" to the extent it embraces the first part of my statement. But being the poster child for spamming flashy pomegranate in one direction speaks more to MS having a crappy aesthetic than being inherently good game design. There's nothing more depressing than being a mage in pvp and your only opponent is an aran. It feels like child abuse. Aran's design, in a game with variety, would be damning. They'd be a glass cannon thats only good for attacking relatively stationary bosses. "Fortunately" 95% of this game is attacking things that barely move and don't hit back.