I feel worthless & useless as an Arch-Mage.

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thread starter Ubuntuz Apr 05 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hey guys. I'm a level 140 I/L arch-mage. I put tons of effort into leveling up and this is one of the things I focus on in MapleStory. But now I feel dissapointed. Playing on the char, training it and etc is really fun to me but when it comes to bossing I just feel worthless, useless and what not. Today I asked like 5~10 people that R> people to zak if I could join. It was pretty much like this: Me: Ey, can I join? The person: Are you a bishop? Me: ...No? The person: Nope (F3--man, that's mean). I don't know why it's happening. These people are not going as sellers, they're going for fun. I could be on a seperate party if that's the thing. But nope, they still won't take me. And it demotivates me, makes me want to quit this char (which I don't). I know that arch-mages weren't made for bossing but we are unwanted in every possible place. I can't sell leech, can't boss, can't train with people. Then what am I doing on this char? Grinding @ skeles all day long? I don't have connections. And my guild leader isn't really active lately so we don't zak. D;

My Characters: Ubuntuz - 140 Bera I/L Arch Mage

ravkin + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The most significant reason they don't want you on the run is probably because you will outdamage them on the Zak arms. Thus they would lose out on exp where you get the majority of it. Just my guess, though. -Assuming this with small groups of people.(Just in case, I am purposedly leaving out some stuff.) A/m's can sell leech. Might not be as much at first but when you 1Hko and the Bishop 2Hko, you will be able to sell for higher. You could always try to organize your own run with your friends.

My Characters: SageRavin - 122 Bera I/L Arch Mage

VietDreamer 04/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hey you know what? I quit for Arch Mage because I got bored of both my CL and blizzard. If you are frustrated, make a new job, have your Arch Mage stand guard your map for ksers. It's pretty fun.

My Characters: HopStepLove - 35 Scania Brawler

hunt3rshadow 04/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Organize an all A/M zak run in bera, just like those other guys. They pretty much ownded Zakum...

My Characters: shadowazn646 - 100 Bera I/L Mage

Beggy + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

This lingers in my mind too. Really whenever I feel like this I just play around at random ass places. My AM is the only one of my characters that can deal with the 9m HP imperial guards in the new Neo City area because of Ice Demon's burn effect, and Dunas Unit is lightning weak, if somewhat annoying to take on due to the fact it hovers. I'm well on my way to being able to 2hko chief qualm guardians with the lead hit of CL and I solo Lilynouch on a regular basis (sometimes Lyka too; if you have max Slow, you can basically push Lyka into the corner so long as you have the middle platform clear). While on the subject of Time Temple, the Oblivion zone will become Ice-weak with the series of balance patches that are planned; this along with the Spell Attack upgrade on Blizzard and increase in Amp percentage makes it feasible to 1-hko the entirity of the zone within the scope of the game. My Pap solo time hovers somewhere around 14 minutes (last I checked, might be less now); this is still respectable seeing as I'm still training faster than a 15x attack-based class at level 17x even without the use of Holy Symbol and am probably using one of the weakest 4th job skills for 1v1 as the main damage dealer (all I've got, mages were designed to be mobbers by nature). Really, ignoring large singular and/or elementally resistant bosses (ALL classes need weaknesses), Archmages can basically do anything you want. They have high survivability, unrivalled large mob control, excellent small mob control and passable 1v1 damage, as well as skills to inhibit/immobilise enemies (Seal, Slow, Ice Demon to some extent). Most people just don't see this and disregard all mages as terrible because of their theoretical 1v1 damage relative to other classes. Worth is where you want to find it and is totally subjective.

My Characters: Gobbins - 173 Scania I/L Arch Mage

Ubuntuz 04/07/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Thank you guys for all your comments, they definitely motivated me. I'll see if I can organise zak runs, but thanks to you guys I know it's not worth it to quit a character that I like. Ubun

My Characters: Ubuntuz - 140 Bera I/L Arch Mage

rockboarder 04/07/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

u could jjoin a more active guild

My Characters: RRockk - 41 DemethosGMS Assassin