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

Hmm, I find Arans to be a bit..."constrained" because the class is plagued with delays between the few actions it can take. Imo, the class should be allowed to have some of its skills transition without delay similar to how it was done for DBs and Mercs. It should also get more combo skills (NOT finishers) which coupled with transition would encourage the player to use different skills between their xSwings instead of spamming xSwing and using a finisher when they get tired/their combo is in danger of getting cancelled. Also, I still believe sacrificing combo for a buff (drain) is a bad idea.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea behind the Aran, but I believe there's more that can be done to provide a more varied and fun experience (+ flashy!).


Personally I find Merc to be the class with the most fluid gameplay and variety so far. Of course, variety does not mean much if you can kill anything with one hit (not my case). I also value flashyness and fun over training efficiency. So I'm always using a combination of 7 skills to traverse a map instead of jumping and spamming that bowgun skill.