Sorry if this is a noob question, i just don't get it. Why does the community always advice to use higher level weapons, which require the secondary stat, over Maple weapons which do not? Let's take for example the Marksman class. The strongest weapon's(Dragon Shiner Cross) average attack is 103, while the latest maple weapon's average attack is 87. So 16 W.atk difference(Also, the maple weapon is 1 point faster than the shiner cross). Does this difference really justify wearing STR equips jsut to get to the STR cap, over investing on high DEX equips which could theoretically surpass the 16 atk difference? What am i missing?
imo, it's pretty iffy for mm. early on, maple weapons should be better but you will find that as you progress further and further into the game, you will have more and more passive str from equips. base str/medal/zhelm/htp/mon/rings/belts/bm dex oa/face/eye all will eventually give you so much str that the 16 atk gap+attack speed will be negligible or even outweighed with the shiner cross
cos the higher level weapons look cooler Spoiler: and and they give u a higher range so that they can hit 10k clean on NL
Technically if u look at bishop end game gears for full supportive healer bishop end game weapon is a Pyrope Staff / Wand If we look at attackers, u can get substats from Zakum helmet, Krex rings, Alchemist rings, and Horntail pendant just for example. It gives u all the required sub stats that a player needs to wear that end game weapon for that maximum weapon attack u can get
