General

My f/p is fun so far. And you were right, it is so easy to kill Jesters with Poison, even from early levels.

However, I'm really lonely. If anyone is in the CYMK world alliance, buddy me. My ign is Galvonized.

yea 30mil is definitely enough
second job is really boring if you drag it on for too long, but that was probably just me being stuck at second job pre-big bang

I know that feeling, man. <3 My first class was an F/P too!

Anyways, training's fairly simple as it is, 30M is more than enough to get you through the majority of the early levels (levels 8 to 14x). As for skills and such, there's an amazing guide for F/P which you can refer to when raising skills.

All I can say is, unlike other mage classes, F/P mages take a little more practice to get used to, since for the unfunded player, they've got no choice but to rely on ME for best possible damage.

@cccurrified Hahaha, thank you my dear.

@IImaplers Thanks for the information!

@Chup Oh! I forgot Pioneer moved there! I'll get on it.

[quote=axleary2010]I had no idea elemental staves were element-identified by color. Calling me colorblind because I didn't know is ass-like.
A little encouragement for playing this class would be nice instead of telling me not to waste my time.[/quote]

Okay, if you want me to restate that post into fairytale/detailed mode:

Elemental staves are designed by colour, there are 8 different staves and 8 different magical wands altogether! Guess what? Elemental wands are so much cheaper than the last 4 staves! The 4 colours are: Red, purple, blue and yellow. Blue and yellow are definitely no-nos, if you DO use them however, you suffer a 25% penalty of your damage. The wands/staves that you can use safely however, are red and purple. Those are commonly numbered as 1, 2, 5 and 6. With 30 million mesos, you get to use the first 2 numbers, due to 5-6 wand/staves being the expensive weapons.

If you keep on failing gaining exp on the first few levels of the class, no worries! You can always join Aswan PQs, PQs, events, grinding, or even questing! Questing is such a fun thing to do to pass time, plus you get to grind while you're at it. Grinding is the most common method for one to gain levels and exp, hooray! What's more, you can do it in either party mode or solo mode. However, beware of the kill-stealers, as they are a major pain in the butt. But! When you get the Mist skill in 3rd job, you can safely guard your Mp3 map, or even Jesters, however the map might be too small for Mist to have enough time to poison a mob, making the kill stealer kill your group of mobs fast. Speaking of poisoning, you're able to kill Jesters somewhat fast in 2nd job due to having Poison Breath! Why you ask? You poison AND attack a group of mobs, splash style, at the same time!

Lastly, don't forget to check out the F/p skill guide! The user, sexy @IImaplers even included a FaQ section for DoT and Mist eruption! It's like killing 2 stones with one bird!

Good luck and have fun making those farts!

Please check out the guide for builds. Raising Flame Arrow past level 1 is not at all beneficial at this point.

[quote=axleary2010]I had no idea elemental staves were element-identified by color. Calling me colorblind because I didn't know is ass-like.
A little encouragement for playing this class would be nice instead of telling me not to waste my time.

@Ecyx Thank you! <3 Are Yellonde and Chaos in the same joined server?[/quote]

Come to Renegades!

F/Ps use ele wand/staff 1/2/5/6. Each of those gives an additional 10% fire and 5% poison damage bonus to your fire/poison attacks. Ele wand/staff 2/6 (the purple ones) should give 10% poison and 5% fire damage, but they are currently glitched to give the same things Ele wand/staff 1/5 (the red ones) do (10% fire, 5% poison) . For an F/P mage, using any other ele wand/staff (the blue/yellow ones) will give a 25% damage reduction, so that's a no-no.

And leveling F/Ps right now is quite easy.

Hell? I got my f/p to 120 in 3 days with no funding. I found f/p mages easier than i/l IMO.

[quote=cccurrified]How is that being an ass? They were just pointedly truthful statements.[/quote]

I had no idea elemental staves were element-identified by color. Calling me colorblind because I didn't know is ass-like.
A little encouragement for playing this class would be nice instead of telling me not to waste my time.

@Ecyx Thank you! <3 Are Yellonde and Chaos in the same joined server?

Don't max Fire Arrow. Leave it at 1.
We're not THAT bad in 3rd job, but I hear 2nd job is awful (I never had to do it because of 1+1 potion).
DoT is one of the big factors we have, but Mist Eruption is the real deal. For example my DoT (fully stacked) only hits 180k per second, but my Mist Eruption hits 800k-999k per line (8 lines).
If you're willing to put in the effort to learn our skills and how to play an F/P, it won't let you down <3
@cccurrified you seemed a little condescending

EDIT: OH and if you actually get hooked on the class I can give you some of my old equipment.

[quote=axleary2010]You have no reason to be an ass.[/quote]

How is that being an ass? They were just pointedly truthful statements.

[quote=cccurrified][url=http://www.basilmarket.com/MapleStory-Guide-FP-Skill-Distribution-Guide-420.html#qa]Q&A section.[/url]

As for the staves, I don't see a reason why you can't differentiate them unless you're colourblind.

If you can't manage the class' playstyle, stop wasting your time and play something else.[/quote]

You have no reason to be an ass. I am genuinely an extremely nice person. I expect the same.

[url=http://www.basilmarket.com/MapleStory-Guide-FP-Skill-Distribution-Guide-420.html#qa]Q&A section.[/url]

As for the staves, I don't see a reason why you can't differentiate them unless you're colourblind.

If you can't manage the class' playstyle, stop wasting your time and play something else.