Mercedes vs wild hunter
I haven't been on maple for about 10 months and I was thinking of starting again on an archer class, and I narrowed it down to Mercedes and wild hunter. I did see the bowman class thread, but I heard about the wild hunter revamp, which helped them a lot in bossing. Which of these two classes have more potential to solo end game bosses? Funding isnt too big of an issue and I have both of them at about 16X, and I was just wondering about which one to keep playing.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
May 4, 2015
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@iPodFTW: My bad for not clarifying 100% while mounted*
[quote=Traitor]Note: WH has 100% stance, I think this is a big factor.[/quote]
This only applies if you're attacking while mounted. Otherwise, stance is at 50% while fighting next to the jag (as it's the main stance for bossing, since it also increases min. crit. and status resistance).
Note: WH has 100% stance, I think this is a big factor.
[quote=gamemage3]can you link me to patch notes for mercedes buff?[/quote]
[url=http://orangemushroom.net/2015/01/14/kms-ver-1-2-227-maple-ice-burn-mechanical-grave/]We don't have the actual patch notes but we do have the info, any guesses on when is simply speculation[/url]
can you link me to patch notes for mercedes buff?
i would say WH in terms of dmg.. as for the PDR part.. i do have that problem except the number of lines i do is kinda outweighing it
[b]Wild Hunter[/b]
The raw output of a WH far surpasses most except for BM (because of Armor Break, which you cant really quantify until you're against a boss) but unfortunately they lack methods of preventing damage loss in their skill set.
As you progress from easier to harder bosses you will feel like you're getting pulled down in terms of damage output. Obviously the simple solution to this is get some %ID(ignore defense or PDR as it was commonly called back then). They have a very solid hits/s with minimal set-up required allowing them to be fuelled with exorbitant amount of funding and reflect this as fast bossing times.
[b]Mercedes[/b]
Raw output is pretty average and with all these recent buffs they're not that far off from a MM (doesn't seem like it but maths says so!). They're heavily loaded with ways of preventing damage loss to the point that your funding scenario is pretty simple: All into stat,att or att%.
With the least set-up required for a fair amount of hits/s, bossing with this class is fairly easy to pick-up (and also cater for heavily funded players). But this means they have struggle on bosses that require you to multi-task such as Hellux.
[b]My Pick[/b]
Probably WH in this current patch. They have a good reason to be hyped about and mobbing is far easier on a WH than a Mercedes (you still need to train to 210 for bossing). That said, Mercedes will be receiving a buff in a month or two.