polearm or spear
So I've decided to play maple again with the class that I first started as; a dark knight. I'm not really sure what changed for them over the past couple updates, because I don't really care about attack or being the best, this class just brings back a nostalgic feeling. Anyways, I wanted to know which do you guys prefer? I'm on a limited funding for him, most likely 1.5bil and I'm not sure what to get. I've heard that polearms are sometimes twice as expensive as spears, but they add to your attack more. I think I'd rather spend meso on gear with %str though, would that be a good idea? thank you
July 1, 2014
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"You've seen the pro's and the con's of the class and thought "yea, this is for me!" so now you're here wondering which weapon you should use, what's the difference between spears and polearms?
Functionality wise... there's none. A spear and a polearm that have the same stats and speed will perform exactly the same, but most of the time this won't be the case; spears tend to have a lot more attack at higher levels while polearms feature lower attack but a faster attacking rate, so the new question would be which is best, more attack or more attacking speed?
I'll always recommend the faster speed for one several reasons, some simpler than other, first being that attacking speed is much harder to get meaning that it's more valuable, on that same line the better geared you have the more attack you'll have which makes the bonus that the spear has much smaller in comparison.
For a more mathematical approach, a single speed increase (which is the usual difference between a spear and a polearm of the same level) is equal to roughly a 9% increase in damage. so if you had 200 attack with a polearm equipped, the spear would need to get you over 218 attack to be better, a dark knight has 70 attack from skills, comparing the spear and polearm with the highest attack in the game currently, the Terminus Warmonger (Lv. 160 Polearm, Fast speed, 161 attack) we end up with 231 attack, just from skills and a clean polearm, for the spear to be better you'd need to have 251 attack or more.
The Terminus Impaler has... 180 attack, which added to our previous 70 attack makes it 250 attack exactly.
So just because of the polearm's faster attack speed it becomes the better option in pretty much any situation, as you can see however the difference between the two when unscrolled is marginal so at lower levels I wouldn't fret over it too much and just use whatever I can get my hands on. Once you're ready to scroll your own weapon or buy one however I'd look for a polearm.
...But that's only from a purely perfectionist point of view however, inside the game you'll probably notice that polearm prices double and may even triple that of spears and that's also an important factor to consider, since buying a polearm could mean not being able to afford some extra gear that buying the more affordable spear would get you. We also have to compete for polearms with the Aran class which only helps to drive the price up. [Especially with the recent patch making Arans stronger than before]
So there you have the factors that determine what you should get, polearms being better with spears being much more affordable in comparison."
Empress Polearm is faster than Empress Spear.
Polearm because of the speed. I'm currently using a faf spear because I self-scrolled it.
all i can tell is that polearms are faster then spears (attack speed that is).
i'd suggest that you use polearm. doesnt have to be a faf if you can't afford.