Hello everyone, I played Maple many years ago and now I'm joining some friends who have been playing on this server for a while. I'm debating between two jobs that have always been my favorites, Bowmaster and Shadower. I read a bit on the forum about "correct ways for a beginner" but I just want to play and not selling leeches 24/7 or spending all my mesos on HP Wash. I intend to do HP Wash through mission, even if it takes time, that's all the fun. Now my questions are these: 1. Who is better as a main player and why (I plan to stay with the same main and not replace or use as a mule)? 2. Who will be more welcomed in all the content in the game? 3.With who do I have more potential to get stronger and get money at higher levels and better gear? 4.What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them? I intend to play daily but also enjoy the game, so please only consider these two jobs and do not suggest other jobs because, as I said, these two are my favorites The meta doesn't interest me right now, I play for fun But that doesn't mean I don't want to do some research before I make a main out of one of them. In conclusion, any answers or tips that could help from your experience with one of these jobs. I would appreciate as many answers as possible because they will help me choose as quickly as possible so I can start playing. Thank you very much everyone, hope to be part of the community in the future
Now my questions are these: 1. Who is better as a main player and why (I plan to stay with the same main and not replace or use as a mule)? Shad. Explained below. 2. Who will be more welcomed in all the content in the game? Shads are wanted for all bosses. They are S tier for VL & HT, and very good or excellent at all other bosses. 3.With who do I have more potential to get stronger and get money at higher levels and better gear? Shad is much more expensive to gear, but the upside is top 3 DPS at endgame. (Maybe tied for third with Bucc) BM will be much cheaper to fund, as you only need to buy a bow, and not. Dagger + khanjar. Middle of the pack in DPS. 4.What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them? Shads are the most popular class for a reason, their mixture of utility, survivability and damage make them the top class at the moment. Downside is they are expensive and require investing*** into their HP. BM pros are, NLs and Drks will love to party with you. Cons are, they don't excel is many end game content at the moment, and most people have SE mules of their own.
ty, from your comment i understand shad is better but more exp , i cant get any goals with bm? i mean he good just for SE and thats it no one main it?
Most of the time yeah, BM/MM is just a buff bot that provides SE and does a little damage. However there are some places where you shine. in CWKPQ for example, SE is by far the most wanted class because you need a strong SE to solo dps one of the stages. BM can also do some cool little tricks in Krex, Zak, and HT that other classes can't do. Shad is superior overall, but if you want to play a bow guy you should play one.
There has been talk for a while about a re-balance (But this is one of those 'someday' things) Right now Shad is Overpowered and BM is underpowered is a general community consensus. Other players have built around this. So basically do you play the class that's really good now, that everyone is playing now because it's good? - It is expensive to gear - It takes a lot of washing/HP questing over time - It can top DPS and is welcome into parties because of how good it's DPS is if you've got the right gear. Basically in the current meta this is the 'Every shad can be great with enough time/effort/mesos' but there are whispers of a nerf. Or do you play BM the class that their damage output isn't good enough to be a top priority and is mostly utilized because SE is so important to NLs. - It's much more reasonable to gear up. - It still takes a lot of washing/HP questing over time - It doesn't have great DPS - Many people will make BM/MM mules for SE making joining a party a toss up. Basically because so few people are playing BM it's easy to build a great Bowmaster and maybe they will be buffed some day. Or just play both, you can multi-client and level them together.
ty, how bm in LHC cuz understood that this is one of the important stations to reach level 200? and i know its far but bm can do end game contents (AUF , VL NEO) no as mule but as a main?
Thanks for the detailed response, as I said, I don't care about META right now, but it is important to me to know if BOWMASTER is relevant in later content just because of SE, and that is the only positive thing about this job right now.
BM is bad in LHC, you'll only really be able to join the rare ranged party and those get significantly less exp. You can probably join auf as a main, NLs do like SE. But keep in mind a lot of people tend to solo/duo auf while multi attacking so no matter what class you choose you might struggle to find parties. NT bosses besides auf are almost entirely done solo. BM is best when it's providing SE to NLs, so you'll struggle. And v1 has damage reflect which pretty much instantly kills you if you're using hurricane VL has no mules, it's too hard to survive on them. So everyone gets to be a main! BM is nice there, hamstring is such good QoL. Still, groups will only bring 1 archer usually (and 4-5 shads) so while you can get in, it's easier to join on shad
