MapleStory

[Afrobean]

First of all, I'm level 42.

Second, heal doesn't give good enough exp. I can get around 30 exp per hit in the tree with Zombie Lupins, but 42 from boars seems to be better. And I can grind on boars for however long I want because the MP regens fast enough that combined with MP pots from drop, I never need to use my reserves of Mana Elixers or go afk to regen MP. Basically, the best thing for me to do it seems would be zombie mushrooms, but there are no dedicated maps for those. The exp from boars is about the same though, and I can easily fight just boars (as opposed to a few zombie mushrooms and a lot of hornies). The only downside to boars is that heal doesn't damage them, but that doesn't matter anyway, because I one hit the boars anyway.

Third, I already owned a bunch of zombie lupins. I completed the quest a few days back. Like I said though, I can't get as good exp from zombie lupins. Maybe in a few levels, but not right now.

[ImEric12]

Chris, I hate to tell you, but you're gonna have to start working on your JQ skills if you want to make it through your 40s and 50s with any semblance of speed. B3 all the way for Clerics.


Anyway.. found another blue umbrella. Got up to 54%. It's kinda disappointing that that many people still use fences, but oh well. I'm planning to eventually use 5 60%s and one last 10% on it. I'm also aquiring 60% wand scrolls for when I get my cromi. I've got 2 so far, and I think someone offered to sell me one for 200k, but they're offline right now. I'll definitely pick that up when I can.

[ckj846]

I am really pissed off at the leveling speed of archers. I played for around 3 hours and only gained around 40%. This is horrible compared to the leveling speed of my mage who in the same aount of time, could have leveled twice. 90% with my level 29 archer... Does leveling go faster after the first job with archers? Just wondering because if it is this speed for the rest of the game with archers, it might not be worth it.
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[evilbutterfly]

Once you get arrow bomb you will be able to hit 6 things at a time from a distance. Eric is leveling way fast because he has lightning and can multi-attack a bunch of things, but he has to get in between them to do it. You can just stand way away and bomb the hell out of them. Thanks to that, you'll be able to level MUCH faster. Also, once you get soul arrow you won't need to buy/make any more arrows, so you'll have more money. You may hate it now, but being an archer is very much worth it.

[Wayfaerer_]

Inconsistant damage with archers makes it hard to level. I had the same problem with my AB Xbowman. After Mastery/Arrow Bomb it will get a bit easier.

[Omeganitros]

See, going and putting everything into accuracy and luck is for losers. On my archer, I put alot more STR than he should have had. The payoff? I could just use a sword and do more damage until I got some awesome attacks. It made life easy.

[ckj846]

Well, I made the job advancement and got one point into Arrow Bomb. Should I max Arrow Bomb or Mastery first? Also, would you guys recommend Final Attack or not?
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[Cute_kelsey]

Hihi, i just started and im on broa server lvl 9 magician user id ILuvFalcon if anyone wants to play. kthxbai

[evilbutterfly]

I'd say max mastery first, definitely, and it's been said like 3 times before to NOT get final attack at all ever. I think the one point in arrow bomb is enough to make it really effective, just because you can hit 6 things at once. Once mastery is at 19 (do not max it, that's just stupid) you can go hard into arrow bomb, but I would get soul arrow/booster and the like first or at the same time, but that's just me. You'll probably want the higher damage for bomb and will max that before anything else.

Let's just see what Squeek says about it, though. XD

And kelsey, none of us play on Broa. That fact that you even picked Broa pretty much screams "lolnewb" to me. Do you play on Channel 1 there, too? XD

EDIT: Also, after looking at the skills some more, don't get soul arrow above 10. After 10, the MP cost doubles, and when maxed that means it has the same MP efficiency as at level 10 (15 MP for 300 seconds or 30 MP for 600 seconds, so at level 10 it's just 30 MP for two casts, which adds up to 600 seconds). So, if I were you, I would do this, for now:

1 on arrow bomb
19 on mastery (this takes 19/3 = 7 levels to do, yikes)
5 on booster (to unlock soul arrow)
10 on soul arrow
tentative:
max arrow bomb
max booster
work on power knockback
I dunno what else.

[Cute_kelsey]

Uh, im sorry? what server do you guys play on?

[Squeek]

Archers suck until Mastery, Booster, and your multi-hit attack are maxed (mid-50s).

Final Attack gets you killed.

1 Point in multiattack -> Mastery -> 6 Booster -> 2 Soul Arrow -> Max multihit -> Max Booster -> Max PKB -> Max...soul arrow?

~Squeek

PS Kelsey: Everyone but me plays on Bera. I play on Scania.

[evilbutterfly]

Bera is where it's at. Pretty much everybody but Squeek is on Bera. A couple 50+ (if MM is 50 yet...), a few 40somethings, and plenty of others. And we're all awesome people that are helpful, except for Tosh. He's an ass. :P

[falconsfan14]

I think im gonna start playing, whats more fun?(char class)

[ImEric12]

falconsfan: by asking that, you have already failed.

Read the thread. It's stated 4389394 times over that there is no "most fun" class. Read the FIRST PAGE OF THE THREAD for all kind of introductions to what different classes are like.

Oh, and I hit level 45 earlier. I'm flying through my 4xs =D
I also found 2 60% dagger scrolls. I loooooove lorangs so much.


UPDATE:

Minus 2 dagger scrolls.
Plus 1.4 mil.

I'm up to about 2.8 mil.

And not only that, but some guy was quitting MS, so he ran around perion dropping all his stuff. I got a 58 atk lionheart (Above average, worth 500k from what I can see) and a 10% for one handed something. sweeeeet.

[evilbutterfly]

I think im gonna start playing, whats more fun?(char class)

If you like melee, warrior or bandit. I would prefer warrior out of those two because they do more damage and can hit multiple things at once before any other class.

If you like PURE AWESOME DAMAGE: Fire mage. You will do consistent damage in the thousands before anybody else.

If you like support/healing: Cleric.

If you like looking bad ass: Any kind of thief, most likely assassin, since they have throwing stars, and those are supremely bad ass.

If you like...shooting...arrows: Archer, duh.

Just go to www.hidden-street.net and look at all the skills you can get for each class. That's probably the best way to choose without playing, but to really know what you wanna be, make a bunch of characters and restart over and over with every class. I suggest trying warrior first, since they're easy to get up to level 10 and experiment with.