journal of a guy who plays the game wrong

hi there, i'm an islander by the name of mase. i initially discovered the oddjob community through islanding on maplelegends. i've since found that there's so much more. there's an amazing history surrounding unique skill builds in maplestory and the maplelegends guild oddjobs is full of creative and inspiring people. for me, these unique builds breathe a new life into the game. it made me step off the island for the first time in a while.

the first build i tried was a bullet bucc: a buccaneer who wields a gun and utilizes only its first job skill as an attack skill. with only a gun in hand, the skills you're physically allowed to use are limited. i found the playstyle incredibly fun and it went on to inspire my permapirate, who i also restricted to gun wielding, but he interchanges between melee and ranged because he will never job advance past pirate. i started documenting my progression on that character through this thread. i discovered a love for the versatility of the pirate class, and i went on to create a punchslinger, which is the bullet bucc's counterpart; a gunslinger who uses a knuckle.

i've continued to try out several other odd jobs: an axe wielding crossbowman, a strength based mage, a pure hp warrior, and a dagger wielding assassin. i began logging progression on all of these characters, and i realized my old journal about a gun punch pirate no longer aligned with what it was originally made for, so i've made this new thread to dedicate to all my characters and their progression. i love this game and i love playing it wrong