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not unless ur funded

ok, whatever people shove down your throats, don't take it, phantom's are still strong even after the nerf, i'm only midly funded, not at those godly ranges
at lvl 160 i had a range of something like 21-25k, with mille only at lvl 10, max carte noire, lvl 10 cane expert, lvl 20 impec mem IV, max priere d aria and all link skills.
using magic guard, rage, combo and adv bless i have done things like solo hilla(i always die a few times from dmg reflect), solo zak etc, i have also barely touched anything since i was at lvl 140, there a few rules u just simply abide by, hs is really for those leechers, i only swap out adv bless for hs bcus i'm the one who does the majority of dmg when grinding so it's better for me 2 have an extra 25% than them having 25 att at such high level
other than still being a reasonable class they are incredibly fun to play with and are also a tank class when used properly i.e. if u ever have the chance at broa asking my guildies from australians, during vellum i did majority of the dmg and was also the lure, the person who constantly put their neck out to continuously aim it away from the rest of the group
although it's fun and decent, there is one big downside to it, the aoe of all attacks are small, people say "you can just steal an attack with larger aoe" to me yet due to the ner the dmg is halfed and also i lose one of my many buffs which are essentially building blocks to my dmg, there is one attack which i have yet to try "Rose Carte Finale", it is a hyper skll which unlocks at lvl 170 which not only does a short burst of dmg but also clears maps and also along with my newest links skill terms and conditions it makes for a good rapid burst as i have been doing with judgement draw for the last few weeks
i hope that you would still consider playing phantom as they were and still are potentially the most dangerous class in large numbers demonstrated when they came out

Personally, I loved playing as a Phantom. Super weak, so it was hard to deal with that after being an Aran, but the skills are fun. And because you have HS, everyone wants you in their party So getting in a party at LHC + SH was easy.
But it was a pain, because everyone could KS me without a problem. xD Even at Lv.200, I can't KS very well.

I never played before the nerf, though, so I don't know how hard it really hit.
However, Phantoms are extremely weak and it's insanely depressing :c I ended up just raging to 200 and quitting, because I couldn't stand being so weak, even with billions in funding.
EDIT: Read someone else's post about "how they're not that weak". Uhm, yea, they are, if you compare them to almost any class. Don't get me wrong - I loved playing as a Phantom - but they are weak. At level 200, my range was only 45k clean. I didn't invest seriously in a weapon or anything (which I should have), but I still had over 6b in funding. My lvl 157 aran, with the same amount of funding, had a 70k range. Of course, that's comparing a warrior to a thief, which are known to be stronger, but still. My aran was 43 levels lower, and had a range 25k higher. Lame.

I don't think Phantom is REALLY worth playing, unless you seriously don't care about damage.

It's all good, we don't need love from Nexon. We got enough coming from Aria.

As of damage wise, other classes with the funds you put on a Phantom, you could be hitting way higher. But if you really don't care and love the class then stick to it, otherwise nop =/

[quote=Jpwn]Steve you noob, make a DB with me ^_^ res mules ftw[/quote]
Get on Maple, nao.

We gonna duo ht nub.

[quote=aepaeshi]Easiest class to solo emp minions.

(not including Kaisers due to their unlimited morph glitch)

Other classes that can are merc/ds.. and that's about it.

Weak with no fundings, strong with fundings.[/quote]

lol what?
sure phantom could solo emp minions with high range, but easiest? hardly.
Merc has a hell of a time solo'ing minions with its crap defensive capabilities
I could solo minions hella easy on my dual blade
evans can solo minions
im sure NL can solo minions no problem(no IGNs come to mind)
shads can
heroes can
mihile can
battle mages can (even without hacks)
angelic buster can
i/l can
Bowmaster can
WH can
mechanic can
Corsair can
Jett can

[quote=drakanss]LOL?
and lol@ res mule hahah[/quote]

Ugh, fail by me AGAIN.. The "disregard" thing was because I put "I'm used as a res mule at PB pretty much" or whatever. Not to your post, lol.

But yeah, at PB's body I just sit at the left side and Vol D'Ame/Res when someone dies or PB is on DR >.>

[quote=drakanss]they're nothing but buff slaves now.[/quote]

Repeat, sorry. Disregard this message.

If anything Dark Knights get no love from Nexon.

OT: I find them fun actually, but I can't train at LHC when I'm on my phantom.

[quote=drakanss]they're nothing but buff slaves now.[/quote]
Yes, even at PB im pretty much a res mule -.-

What the blob said ^

Still very fun though