Pirate Unlimited Corsair Works - A Comprehensive Corsair Guide

Bumping this as I have added some new updates.

I cleaned up the format a bit and added the "avoidability meta" as part of miscellaneous tips.

In the future, I hope to finish the boss section by adding something for every boss in the game.

 

Well i think the choice is somewhat easy to make based on what matters more to you.

Corsair heavily outperforms bowmaster in all content except horntail, cwkpq*, and maybe castellan toad. By heavily, I mean that if you are comparing corsair and bowmaster dps, corsair easily wins.

At cwkpq, corsair does more dps than a bowmaster, but a strong bowmaster / archer is mandatory to complete the PQ. So, in terms of usefulness at cwkpq, bowmaster comes out on top (though corsair still does VERY, VERY WELL at cwkpq).

The main issue in maplelegends is that the only two pieces of worthwhile bossing content are horntail and cwkpq. Every other content doesn't really give the same level of rewards.

Horntail is significantly better than cwkpq (in terms of both exp and mesos per hr), and cwkpq is significantly better than every other bossing content in the game (in terms of mesos per hr).

So, objectively speaking, if the goal is to use end game bossing content to farm mesos, bowmaster is the superior end game class.

Furthermore, it is significantly easier to host / start runs if you are a bowmaster. Since SE is usually the backbone of most bossing expeditions.

I would personally still choose to main corsair, however, because corsair can also do the same content (just like a bowmaster can) and is more complex to play.

 

This is a common misconception that new players have.

In order to fully understand why strless is superior, we have to understand first why str builds are so weak (in the early game).

Your damage is something along the lines of:
(Primary Stat + Secondary Stat) * Weapon Attack / 100, where primary stat is dex*3.6, and secondary stat is str.

So this means that having more DEX will always be better for your damage, because it has a higher multiplier than STR.

Now, the next thing to keep in mind is that there exist high level guns that have no STR requirement - Maple guns. There are lv 35, lv 43, and lv 64 maple guns. They give the same if not better attack than your normal STR guns, except they require no STR to wear.

As a result, a STRless player can use one of these maple guns, while having 4 base str. The strless player will have the same attack as you, but will also have ALOT more dex, hence do more damage. This is why strless is the preferred build (assuming you can get access to the maple guns, which to be honest are fairly cheap).

As for your situation, I would just not add any more str and keep playing as is. Yes, your character is currently weaker than it should be, but in the long run it doesn't matter since you would eventually add more base str to wear your end game gun.

You should be able to get enough STR from your gear (combined with your 50 base ) to wear a lv 100 gun easily.

 

I'm not gunna add this to the main guide because I don't think its too relevant, but this is my current range.


Gear:
Weapon 117 att 7dex
Cape 12 att
Glove 15 att
Shoes 22 avoid
Helmet 21 str, 25 dex 6 slots
face: 7 dex 9 avoid
specs: 2str 1 dex 2 speed 3 slots
earrings: 10 dex
HTP 23 str 22 dex 40 avoid
rings are standard, tier 10 MB ring +10 all stat, elin forest ring is +1 all stats, other 2 rings gunna expire but they give me +5str/+5 dex combined.

 

Updated DPS comparison to account for new corsair buffs. I have put corsair free fire dpm ratio at 55% since that's the highest I've achieved post buff.

I do still think that 60% is possible, but until I actually achieve it I won't be noting it down as realistic. One thing to note is that corsair's now potentially have higher DPM in horntail than bowmasters, but they still do fall behind nightlords by a fair margin.

The upside of corsair, however, is that having 1 on the squad makes the run less dependant on sharpeyes and makes it safer in case the bowmaster dcs or dies.

 

Yes to your first statement, except if you plan on mp washing. In that case you will first get to your INT goal, then use fresh APs on MP.

Leaving 1 AP / MP in the HP/MP pool is good because it lets you use ap resets to convert MP into HP.

It does matter when you reset your base INT out. You want to reset it out only after you have gained enough extra MP to get to your HP goal. Once you wash out your INT, your capability for gaining further MP is greatly reduced.

Yes, you can start gaining extra HP at any time, provided that you have extra mana.

 

Yup all seems good.

If we got standard amount of avoid, an end game corsair (with ~1200 dex) would gain an extra 150 avoid. It would boost my dodge rate by about 30%. I personally don't think it's too needed at the moment due to the generous battleship cannon buffs we received.

That being said, I certainly would have much preferred an avoid formula change over the battleship cannon buff.

 

Because 1 ap on mp is NOT 2 dex at reset. HP/MP share an AP pool, STR/DEX/LUK/INT have their own AP pool. The total amount of AP you have is limited. By gaining more MP, you are not actually increasing the amount of AP you have available.

Also, you don't need to stop mp washing, you can always keep going for higher hp / mp. One thing to note is that with the new Horntail change both arms spam mana drain on you the whole fight. So, having higher than minimum MP is definitely a huge plus in regards to saving mesos on potions.

 

1. This server has had some balance changes since i last updated my post, so the damage for SELESS NL is no longer accurate. I will need to update this.

2. This server has HEAVILY buffed bowmasters, such that their dps isn't actually that much lower than NL. (Higher crit rate, etc). Also, the bowmaster has more weapon attack than the NL because concentrate is very strong here. (Oh, that was also slightly nerfed in the last patch, but I forgot to edit that in).

Right now It seems that only the corsair calcs, and NL SE calcs are 100% accurate.

3. I mention dex here solely because an end game NL needs that dex to wear the purple dragon sleeve. It's not actually used in the calculation. I this formula to calculate the nightlord dps (average triple throw damage range (calc'd using only luk and weapon att with lucky 7 / triple throw formula) * Average Triple Throw % with Sharpeyes * 3 stars per triple throw * Shadow partner bonus * attacks per minute).

Feel free to post your calculations with the gear that i specified in my post and we can check to see if any of us is making any mistake.