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[quote=Anthorix]So many biased people.

The best class->Which ever class you give the best equipment to. >.<

Favorite->YOU gotta know what class you enjoy being.[/quote]

in terms of potential power/ mobility
i think angelic buster wins (and im not really a pirate class person) so no fav here

[quote=SerenadeBass]How does one constantly DC while playing Maplestory in 2013?[/quote]

Nexon screws up the coding involved with Scurvy Summons and teleporting those summons to the character, that's how.

[quote=haloplyr]Id say Corsair I can do easy 5L 400k at 151, now we have mobility; only exception is that I cant use him because I keep Dcing [/quote]

How does one constantly DC while playing Maplestory in 2013?

I would switch my bucc to a cannoneer, but I'd be weaker because I wouldn't have a nice cannon on me

Id say Corsair I can do easy 5L 400k at 151, now we have mobility; only exception is that I cant use him because I keep Dcing

So many biased people.

The best class->Which ever class you give the best equipment to. >.<

Favorite->YOU gotta know what class you enjoy being.

xenonnnnnnnnnnnnn

[quote=MyGunner]@Takeback3r: Vertically Cannoneers are the best pirate unless you consider AB a pirate. Not disputing that. IMO Cannoneers have one of the easier to use mobility systems.[/quote]

Actually i could argue cannoneers to be better than AB in that aspect. Grapple requires a platform to use so it isn't useful for evasion or additional damage whereas cannon jump is a godsend in bosses like gollux (easily the best way to dodge hands) and magnus or even chaos vellum where we otherwise have a wayyyyy harder time. Also it's a little restricting because she doesn't really have a lot of solid options for her come down due to not many attacks being castable in the air (that could be changing in the future though) which results in a lot of wasted time.

How do TBs compare with others? I know that they got a revamp, but are they still bad?

[quote=MyGunner]@Takeback3r: From someone who plays both a Cannoneer and Corsair regularly I can confidently say that they have the same horizontal mobility as of right now with Cannoneers being slightly better vertically. Corsair's Recoil seems to have slightly more range to it compared to Backstep but I'm not 100% sure. Either way they both move extremely well.[/quote]

I didn't have any notions that either class were better horizontally, but the vertical game influences the horizontal game quite a lot and cannoneers have that edge so...

I'm biased towards Cannoneer in everything except mobility (should be similar as Corsair). Although I quit my CS, I can't wait to try the revamped skills, though it seems we don't get our revamp skills until later patch. (From what I see in the patch notes, have to wait for the extractions)
Also, obligatory post:
[url=http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php?t=70573]Cannoneer Capping VS Chaos Vellum[/url]

Best [b][i]Explorer[/i][/b] Pirate as in dmg wise? Cannoneer. Best pirate out of all available right now? Angelic Buster.

same gear same everything,
Angelic BUster is strongest
in terms of funnest? i imo
buccs are the funnest

Umm bucc's are the best. Why? Well bucc's have the most godliest skill in the game. What's that skill you ask? The skill is called Typhoon Crush. End of story.

Corsairs new wings skill allows you to use recoil shot 3 times in the air <3

Whichever has the best equipment. <3

Angelic Buster > All <3

[quote=7thStarThrown]Sairs also have the Vertical Jump skill, so Sairs are up there in terms of movement.[/quote]

They aren't as good as cannoneers. Pretty sure you still can't use wings in the air so that's a lot of vertical distance lost. Also fairly sure you can't chain wings -> FJ/backstep like cannoneers can and have to rely on the glide which isn't as fast as FJ so cannoneers have that on them. Some confirmation post-RED would be cool though. Regardless, cannoneers have a lot more options than corsairs do for movement and are therefore superior in this category.

@7thStarThrown: Ah yes! Haven't played my sair in a long time. But okay I'll add that in.

Can't wait to ascend into super sayian 3 of purple stuff tomorrow. <3

Damage (reliable damage) - IMO pirates are kinda known for reliable damage. In Pyramid PQ, which is a good example of mobbing DPM in my opinion, Corsairs, Buccaneers, Jetts, and Cannoneers all end up dishing out high damage and everyone is always surprised.
But, according to JT's DPM chart, Cannon Master will be able to dish out the most damage per minute compared to the other pirates. Corsair is close behind. Both of these make sense.
Mobility - Corsairs and Cannon Masters both have vertical jump skill, as well as flash jump, and I think they still have that backfire type skill. Thunder Breaker has vertical jump and flash jump, and their skills cause them to travel. Everyone else just has flash jump.

Fun - Truthfully, all pirates are fun, except Angelic Buster. I mean that's just a fact. I don't know how fun they'll be after RED, but right now my favorite pirate to play is Cannon Master, then Buccaneer, then Mechanic. And Cannon Master and Bucc playstyle isn't changing much, so it'll probably stay the same amount of fun-ness.
All pirates are somewhat stiff even with mobility skills, they all attack pretty slow for the most part, but they're all fun because of uniqueness.

@herotj: no meeeeee.
OT: Well it obviously depends on what you want, but I'd have to say the one you can dump the most cash in. And once again (since %str being the prices they are) Corsair. And I'm totes not biased or anything.

Raises hand
But to be on topic, they all get a massive boost, i think corsair almost tied with cannoneer for 1v1 damage, Buccs gain alot more power and X4 their previous mobility so there gona be pretty beast looking forward to that, TB's nothing really changes, buccs are going to out preform them in most areas minus total mobs hit

sooo which one is the strongest?

depends on the situation,
If u want Boss dmaage and survivability go Bucc
Boss and 1v1 only pure damage nothing else, probly a cannon shooter or a corsair
If u want fast Mobbing with high damage and mobility, Go Bucc or TB there pretty much on par with mobility haveing Buccs ahead with hardest Hits