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Help a class in extinction out>Outlaw in need of tips for lategame. Also, Slinger appreciaton thread

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Nimbus, May 13, 2020.

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    TL;DR
    I have a lv80 gunslinger right now (ign: GrayNimbus), with about 2.5k HP, not counting HP gear (which takes me to ~2.8k HP). I have been washing with like 20 INT (I know, I know...) from lvs 40-70 and with 40 INT from lvs 70-80.

    I just want to open this thread to look for ways and/or tips to save this character's late game:

    - How much HP do I really need, considering I HAVE to get HP gear now? Maybe if I can't get my desired HP washes for lv150 (which will probably happen) I can maybe get them for lvs160-170.

    -AP resetting to get some more INT isn't out of the table if you guys 100% recommend it (I think I will be able to get 25 extra washes for lv150 with the INT gear and base INT I have, and I must have done around 10 washes already... I forgot since I haven't played this character for more than 2 years)

    - Can HP gear really save me? I am willing to take the monster book ring as high tier as possible, use NX to get 3 pets with HP equips and sacrifice some equip slot to gain more HP. This will most likely be my cape for a Black Fist Cloack, but I want to know if Chaos Scrolling a MoN is a good idea, considering I'd be missing on HT necklace, and how worth is it to get a Ravana Helmet for that +60HP instead of Scarlion Hat (also, how soon can I get a Ravana Helm?)

    - Any Corsairs who want to add me or leave a comment here so they can teach me tricks with the ship and how to survive bosses later on is highly appreciated.

    -Any other kind of help or tip for the class is appreciated (mostly for lving on my own or helping me in-game to lvup PLEASE 3RD JOB IS HARD).

    Assume erasing this character is out of the table. Maybe some other day I'll have a chance to create the ultimate Corsair or any other ranged DPS class, but I don't think I'll have the meso funding for godlike INT gear OR the time to get the 1M+ NX required to HP and MP wash a 'sair with 11.5k HP+ anytime soon. I love this game, but HP washing that much really takes the fun out of it IMO. I want a respectable character, not a character that just trivialized the game because one of their main cons was their squishiness and now it has double HP than a vanilla warrior thanks to half a year's worth of NX funding.
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    If you want a better explanation on why the character is so unoptimized and why I don't just "create a NL instead", here we go:

    I started playing Maplelegends around July 2017, where I played with a group of 7-8 friends during the span of 2 months. Nothing really serious, but we still agreed to play different classes to have variety in our party. I had never played a Gunslinger, so I just picked it. I also never heard about HP washing, so I played casually until lv40-ish, were I started to care more about my late game and noticing that my HP was really low. Managed to get my char to lv64 with some washes thanks to some INT gear and the inherent extra MP you get and then we all stopped playing the game.

    I thought that was it, so I did not care if my character was perfectly minmaxed since we did not get to play that long or get that far. However, ever since the 15th of March of this year (2020), an even larger group of people and I came back to the server. I created a DK to mix things up and start fresh with my friends (I have that character properly HP washed, don't worry), which is now 4th job and my highest lv character on this server. After 2 months of almost exclusively playing my warrior, it felt bad to see I had a character so close to 3rd job just lying there. So I started AP resetting some points to INT, got the Ellin's Savior Ring, monster book ring (Tier 1) and a Zak Helmet, and leveled him to lv80.

    I really want to make this character work. Most importantly, I really want to take him to 4th job so I can experience the best a gunslinger can offer. However, I also know I'd be competing for party spots with other more optimized characters or classes during boss runs. So I know I have to become a beast Corsair, both mechanically and in minmaxing terms.
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    "Why not just create a Night Lord/Bowmaster?" Here is why:

    Despite every single guide and thread complaining and talking about how bad this class is and how one would be better off choosing a NL or BM instead, I fell in love with it. For the first time in my life playing Maple, this game felt challenging, and I felt like I had a keyboard full of skills to use as soon as 2nd job (!). None of them were great on their own,(and most of them get inmediately replaced on your next job advancement) but that is exactly why the class felt fun: you have to THINK to play it (no offense to any other class, but I've played many classes up to 3rd or 4th job and this is the one I had to concentrate the most playing it, and I haven't even started bossing). I really don't think it is a contentious point to say that Corsair is the hardest ranged DPS class to play. I embrace that challenge.
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    Conclusion, and hopefully the start of a Gunslinger appreciation thread
    So, if you have any good tips on how to save this gunslinger from playing 40 levels unoptimally and some other 40 levels with minimal HP washing, I am all ears. It would also be awesome to hear the experiences of people who also have fun with the challenge this class brings to your character roster or of other gunslingers/ ranged DPSers who brought their unoptimal HP build into a respectable one.
     
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