AHHH, Marksman or Bowmaster! Which one!

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thread starter Korbyn Aug 11 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The title pretty much says it. I am not planing to get too funded on this guy because I have a level 95 CB but I just wanna know which one is better in your opinion. I plan on getting this character as high as possible, while training my CB at the same time. Some questions I would like answered are, Which one is better for bossing and which one is better for mobbing? Which one is less expensive? Which one levels faster? After some hard thinking I'm going to go with Marks Man because they seem like they can boss better and have higher DPS against ZAK and snipe is an awsome skill :D.

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pokemon744 08/11/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Its so hard to choose

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Shadowfade 08/11/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] coolsmiley1 : Marksmen for all of the above. I like how some people voted without even reading his questions. @ this guy: "Exactly how would Pierce first allow you to skele? Especially without any SE or MMB. I still can't really find a good time to use pierce because it takes too long to charge. If I don't freeze/puppet the mobs first, then my pierce will simply aggro them into blasting me. -.- Pierce certainly won't kill 'em in a few hits. Sorry if I'm such a noob marksman, but I really do not understand pierce at all. To the TS: It seems that the unstoppable bowmaster is the stronger of the two, even after the BB patch. Hurricane is simply unbeatable. Marksmen may be cheaper, but that really depends on your build. Since I don't believe that there's such a thing as early piercing your way to fast lvls, I'm gonna say that Bowmasters lvl faster because they have the all-powerful Hurricane. Makes me wonder why I became a MM in the first place." You overestimate hurricane and underestimate pierce. DB then bliz then pierce then pierce then bliz then DB then pierce then strafe = should be dead mob. It takes some time to control it. Also, your pierce should be at least lvl 21 to go skeles with. BMs lvl faster for like the first 10 lvls, then we are faster the rest assuming we get pierce. After BB we get ultimate strafe and that should help us earlier on more. [/quote] What skill build did you follow? Just max pierce first and allocate points into sharp eyes/frostprey as needed?

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JayTeeWee 08/11/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

why're these polls always so even? lol -.-

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coolsmiley1 08/11/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Shadowfade : What skill build did you follow? Just max pierce first and allocate points into sharp eyes/frostprey as needed? [/quote] 1 FP, 1 DB, 9 SE, and 21 pierce. After, it'll be better to get 10 US before getting pierce.

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IceMe 08/11/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Bowmaster is the way to go <3

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OwntProage 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Bowmasters are better at bossing in my opinion. Marksman train faster, are less expensive and there good mobbers hands down. I wanted to make a Marksman, but my friend went on my account and did the job advancement for me. II think BM's are fun though. It's fire vs Ice. :P You choose

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Russisch 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

http://www.basilmarket.com/forum/1651904/0/Marksmen_and_Bowmasters_After_the_Big_Bang.html# I'd like to emphasize the awesomeness of how similar they are after the BB.

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Kevvl 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

http://www.basilmarket.com/MapleStory-Guide-Bow-or-Crossbow-159.html and I'd like to emphasize the awesomeness of how similar they are before the BB.

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lezhu 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

if u want dmg mm's will be one of the highest dmgs after bb ;D

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raymond10123 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I really dont like that their too even after the patch. MM are better with mobs, meaning that they should be weaker on 1v1, but thats just my take on it.

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Russisch 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Kevvl : http://www.basilmarket.com/MapleStory-Guide-Bow-or-Crossbow-159.html and I'd like to emphasize the awesomeness of how similar they are before the BB. [/quote] They were, although the potential system saw to chewing that up and spitting it out. The DPM difference, against bosses, for marksman and bowmasters, was very small. When the potential system came out, godly bowmasters and godly marksmen were on two different pages -- books. So they were, and they will be again.

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JayTeeWee 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] lezhu : if u want dmg mm's will be one of the highest dmgs after bb ;D [/quote] if you're refering to marksmans snipe (1m on monsters & 500k on bosses), i personally think that sucks. All of the classes will get such a huge boost, it will outdamage that little 500k. Ultimate strafe, is the only thing i'm looking forward to.

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xKhashi 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hardcore early bossing : Bowmasters Harcore late, but STRONG bossing : Marksman Mobbing: Marksman Cheaper: Marksman

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lezhu 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

JayTeeWee well it will be slow but still being huge dmg without that much fundings also scenario1: bossing 500k every 10 secs and while that happens u can use ultimate strafe thats good dmg ;D

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JayTeeWee 08/12/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] xKhashi : Hardcore early bossing : Bowmasters Harcore late, but STRONG bossing : Marksman Mobbing: Marksman Cheaper: Marksman [/quote] O_O i think you have it mixed up. marksman is the better earlier bosser if they go with the snipe build. Bowmasters have it better in the end. Correct me if i'm wrong.

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