Opinions on post-mutiny Buccs

I've only played my thunderbreaker but they're pretty fun to fight arkarium with. I couldn't imagine trying to boss when buccs have so many more buffs, it's terrible rebuffing.

1) I'd say Buccs are doing pretty good in terms of power now, but skill variety has gone way down. I feel they gave Buccs a little too many buffs and a little too many actual skills.

Well duh. A buccaneers only major weakness i can see is the fact that they have a lot of buffs that have long cast times. Dispel f'ucking wreaks them, and i pointed this out as a flaw many many months ago when i was critiquing the class in the pros and cons thread.

2) Transformation gone is fine, you can now see your character and yadda-yadda. I just find the male spirit sprite really ugly. Wish they kept female spirit for female characters. Both for all the skills and the mount.

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3) The tornado thingy you get in second job is ugly and annoying as hell. Glad I'm well past these levels so I won't have to see that skill in my keyboard. But really, Somersault Kick is better than that. It just doesn't fit in. Seems like a skill made for Thunder Breakers.

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4) The distance covered by Corkscrew Blow and the new rush you link together is pitiful. Specially playing a Mutiny-update Dual Blade, our rushing skill (Tornado Spin) now has a nice animation, does good damage, and covers more distance than a Bucc linking both of his rushes. For a class that has no flashjump-y skills, I was expecting a much better rushing.

Maybe you just suck at it? I haven't used the combo myself, but it's clearly superior than a lot of rushing other classes have. Corkscrews range might suck, but at least it's longer than fist enrage so you can use it to get in range if you get pushed back or to evade attacks.

5) Speaking of movement skills, I've found the first job rush exploitable in certain irregular ledges, you can make a small jump which will proper you forward like a small soul jump. A running movement skill has potential (specially now that Tornado Spin from Dual Blades doesn't have a running animation anymore), I wish they would improve the speed, or do something better with it. It's -almost- good.

The speed is fine. The stance is great. The sliding is cool. My only problem with it is that you can't attack so easily out of it.

6) The potential awesomeness of the 4th job lazor is totally ruined by the fact that you don't fire the blast with your own hands. A spirit does. WTP Nexon, lrn2marketing, your customers want to fire a Kamehameha, not invoke a summon that fires one for you.

Lol. Get over it.

7) Energy Mode feels more dynamic now, I'll give them that. But the aura is tacky and Energy Blast is a dull skill. They should have totally moved Energy Orb to 3rd job (and give it a nice revamp) and removed Energy Blast, which is just as tacky as the gay tornado.

Again, get over it. You've had what, 6-8 months to deal with it?

8) Why the hell are Buccs the only pirates without a vertical movement skill?

Because they currently have the strongest horizontal mobbing of all pirates.