Why do people say Bow(anything) suck?

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thread starter meikusa666 Feb 08 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I have had a lot of adventurers past level 30: Pirate (one of each) Magicians (I/L & Bishop) Warrior (Fighter and page) Thieves (Dit and Assasin) But for some reason I never focused much on bows and arrows, so I decided to try it, and I loved it, honestly it's the class that has the most damage on 1st job, I actually never tried it since I saw lot's of archers at CPQ hitting purple 1's and I went like "WTF a critical 1 LOL", anyways I realized that withouth a lot of funding it's the adventurer class that can hit the highest at lower levels, of course this may change further on with the D3xle$s $inz runnign around and the Arans. Go archers! n____n

My Characters: Nauusicaa - 127 KradiaGMS Corsair

VLBows 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I haven't tried any bows on Maple yet. But from PS' i can tell you their one of the best. Their hurricane makes up for their AVG dmg. Easily out damages any other class. and let em emphasize on EASY.

My Characters: HHeartnet - 47 Bera Assassin

gunju246 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] groundonrage : Death to archers, the prices are rising. [/quote] SHAME ON YOU , you call yourself an archer. >=0

My Characters: powerup88 - 48 DemethosGMS Wind Archer

Tenka 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] GunDelHel : Lets see... 1st job: Critical only makes your range wider--making your mastery "problem" more problematic than other 1st jobs, no way to keep enemies away from yourself = a lot of butt hurt from people who don't realize your regular KB attack can still do decent damage 2nd job: Arrow Bomb only does 1/2 damage on first shot, PKB's damage is mediocre, Iron Arrow gets weaker per each enemy it hits, Soul Arrow takes away the + attack effect of special arrows making them relatively useless, Final Attack is a big "Woah wait what?" I'm not even touching 3rd and 4th. Note this is a joke post--this opinions are not quite my own, I love my X-bowman. [/quote] 1st Job: Hell 2nd Job: Wasn't I supposed to be stronger at 2nd job? 3rd Job: Is this some kind of test? Cuz it's hard to train. 4th Job: OMG I'M SO PROUD OF MY CHAR!

My Characters: XavierTenka - 137 Yellonde Bow Master

goldsage2 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

haha if people are worrying about prices just wait till the hero comes out, LMAO good thing im finalizing my equips already, poor u guys that are bearly making one XD

My Characters: oOgoldsageOo - 120 Broa Ranger

killerfan 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Eeveepony : I might make one. Next I am making a Priest though, I want a cool dragon summon. I do like my Wind Archer at times, I level fast at Windraiders :3 [/quote] dragon doesn't look as cool as hawk or eagle but I say frostprey, phoenix and bahamut look equally cool

My Characters: StaticPierce - 144 Bera Marksman

1337Platypus 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Their 1st job crits actually annoy me. Unlike sins and mages, archers don't have fixed mastery, so all crit does is make their damage super unstable and generally pretty bad.

My Characters: 1337Platypus - 86 Bera Hermit

powermax100 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Because they are ignorant 10 years old morons who can't make the difference between their pig face and their ass.

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goldsage2 02/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] doepo : Just try to survive the newts till 120, thats what I'm planning to do. 117 ranger doepski -# [/quote] Ur making a big deal its not hard at all, and partying is pretty fun...don't exaggerate

My Characters: oOgoldsageOo - 120 Broa Ranger

coolsmiley1 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] chao195 : yes i hate it when people call me a noob for sucking at the monster carnival just because i can't hit much or kill fast. [/quote] I went strless and I could easily beat dexless sins in mcpq. Besides, archers ks sins. @ 1337Platypus: Archers are the original critical class. I fail to see how sins have higher critical rate than archers when they're just throwing stars at random rather than aiming and shooting. Yes I don't like our unstable damage either, but that all changes in 2nd job. We have the best stability in 4th job.

My Characters: zOmGiTzJaCkY - 120 Broa Marksman

CygnusBlaze 02/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

My Characters: SnipingDawn - 55 Bera Crossbow Man

killerfan 02/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] coolsmiley1 : I went strless and I could easily beat dexless sins in mcpq. Besides, archers ks sins. @ 1337Platypus: Archers are the original critical class. I fail to see how sins have higher critical rate than archers when they're just throwing stars at random rather than aiming and shooting. Yes I don't like our unstable damage either, but that all changes in 2nd job. We have the best stability in 4th job. [/quote] as I said TT has fixed 50% mastery and without SE nls have a lower critical rate then we do with SE (ie soloing situations). they also suck terribly at mobbing so they become less of an issue as you get passed 2nd job.

My Characters: StaticPierce - 144 Bera Marksman

skilman254 02/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Yeap Archers have unstable damage but only up until 2nd job. Beyond that and into 4th, we have one of the most stable damges EVER. All Weapon classes get 60% mastery, Sins get 50% mastery but Archers get 90% mastery. OH and one more thing, can we pls not start up CFCS again?

My Characters: skilman254 - 0 Aquila Archer

JasYo 02/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

cause they do suck at lower lvls and i thought they sucked cause whe n i played it whcih was lvl 1x (LOL) i thought what a useless class but it's almost bm now and im liking ranger enough as is

My Characters: AucklandCity - 159 Windia Bishop

Freeinternet 02/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] killerfan : make a real archer you've made it to 70 almost which means you'd be in the ranger/sniper heaven soon (we suck a lot less 3rd job up) [/quote] Archers suck at any point in time? First job they can attack from a great distance, and at a low level they are versatile with melee and ranged weapons, they can get high damage without consuming any mana because of Critical Shot, and can do some decent damage. In second job they become much stabler with mastery and now they get ranged mob attacks and able to push up to six monsters off of them for single hit or mobbing purposes? None-the-less using Soul Arrow and never have to worry about arrows ever again. Some classes are pretty good at certain things, like Assassins with mobility and ranged one on one damage, Wizards/Clerics with their mobbing (except Fire Poison for now), Bandits for their melee single hit attacks, and Warriors for melee mob damage, and Brawlers for mobbing as well. What can we do? We have a pretty good single hit attack and a darn good mob attack with the ability to shift the positions of monsters while having plenty of room in our inventory for potions. I don't see anything that would make first and second job Archers weak, we are a powerful class.

My Characters: Freemodem3rd - 130 Khaini Marksman

issacrandom 02/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] GunDelHel : Lets see... 1st job: Critical only makes your range wider--making your mastery "problem" more problematic than other 1st jobs, no way to keep enemies away from yourself = a lot of butt hurt from people who don't realize your regular KB attack can still do decent damage 2nd job: Arrow Bomb only does 1/2 damage on first shot, PKB's damage is mediocre, Iron Arrow gets weaker per each enemy it hits, Soul Arrow takes away the + attack effect of special arrows making them relatively useless, Final Attack is a big "Woah wait what?" I'm not even touching 3rd and 4th. Note this is a joke post--this opinions are not quite my own, I love my X-bowman. [/quote] I was like nodding when reading the first job section, then when I read the 1/2 damage for impact on arrow bomb I was like "Uh....OOHH YEAH I REMEMBER THAT!" Although in seriousness, that was a pretty big downer that it did such low impact damage.

My Characters: IssacDX - 127 Broa Bow Master