Wind Archer vs Wild Hunter?
Do I stick with my lvl 150 Wind Archer? I just got a faf bow with an epic pot and got a lot fo the 70% spell traces to work. Or do I play a wild Hunter? I like the idea of riding a Jaguar. Which would be better for me? Which class is faster at dipq, btw I don't care about damage, but which between the two is naturally stronger?
September 8, 2014
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WA has been one of the better classes for a while. I'd stick with it.
[quote=mambo490]They have a draining skill? How good is it? do you still need to use a lot of pots while fighting[/quote]
http://www.basilmarket.com/MapleStory-Wild-Hunter-3_Swipe_Skill-598.html
There it is. It is a 3rd job skill. It isn't very effective on 1vs1 since it only heals a very small portion of your HP when it is 1vs1. The more monsters you attack, the more you heal. So assuming you heal 500 per monster, with every extra monster you just multiple 500 with the amount of monsters you attack(3 monsters would heal 500x3 = 1500. It is so effective when you are in DIPQ because you are pretty much invincible. And personally with my New WH i made like 1 month ago, I killed most of my monsters in 1-hit when I try to lure them together so I can Drain it all at once I had to use more pots since i can't swipe as much on multiple monsters.
I'll tell you that if you are going for it, you have my respect because they are very rare but let me warn you that you are going to be in a big deep hole filled with hardships with all the things you have to suffer being WH. But IMO, they are and have one of the best concepts made in Maplestory. And it really annoys me that they still fall in terms of damage even though they are so hard to play...
[quote=kiue]Lemme tell you the many downsides of being on a mount to fight.
You NEED to be on your mount for best Damage output
You NEED to be on your mount for best mobility.
You NEED to be on your mount for you use most/all of you skills.
You NEED to be on your mount to cast the buffs or even have them in effect.
And finally this is more of a fighting specific boss/monster problem. When you get "binded (Pierre's Hat, and Gollux's Abdomen Thorns), you fall off your mount and once you get off it you run the risks of everything listed above... Not to mention, WH's Hit Box increases when they are attacking with their Draining skill. You and the Jaguar leans forward biting/scratching them so when they Bind skill get casted in that spot, you just made youself more vulnerable for the bind.
And for WH especially, you lose one and most important Buff being when you fall off the mount... Feline Berserk the only Skill that keeps your HP and Damage high...
IMO WH really need a fix in their systems when they get revamped in the upcoming patch in KMS. The way the new bosses attack/cast skills it hurts WH a lot since they lose all their buffs if they ever fall off the mount and the fact a lot of the new bosses have Potion Lock making it even worse.[/quote]
They have a draining skill? How good is it? do you still need to use a lot of pots while fighting
Lemme tell you the many downsides of being on a mount to fight.
You NEED to be on your mount for best Damage output
You NEED to be on your mount for best mobility.
You NEED to be on your mount for you use most/all of you skills.
You NEED to be on your mount to cast the buffs or even have them in effect.
And finally this is more of a fighting specific boss/monster problem. When you get "binded (Pierre's Hat, and Gollux's Abdomen Thorns), you fall off your mount and once you get off it you run the risks of everything listed above... Not to mention, WH's Hit Box increases when they are attacking with their Draining skill. You and the Jaguar leans forward biting/scratching them so when they Bind skill get casted in that spot, you just made youself more vulnerable for the bind.
And for WH especially, you lose one and most important Buff being when you fall off the mount... Feline Berserk the only Skill that keeps your HP and Damage high...
IMO WH really need a fix in their systems when they get revamped in the upcoming patch in KMS. The way the new bosses attack/cast skills it hurts WH a lot since they lose all their buffs if they ever fall off the mount and the fact a lot of the new bosses have Potion Lock making it even worse.
mount classes are ugly visually. That's just my opinion though. Wind archer uses less money since no mastery books are required. Their buffs give you so much free damage. I have no idea about wild hunters.
I'd say wind archer is stronger mainly because of its 50% element ignore ability in first job.