Saturday, January 8, 2011

Maplestory new classes!

Hehe, sorry about the long delay. As for now, I stopped my Persona 4 progress until further notice due to 1 thing: Maplestory new classes test!

There are 3 new classes that was made available back in 2010, Aran, Evan the Dragonmaster, and most recently, Dual Bladers.

I have tested 2 out of 3 characters up to level 40s so far (I haven't train up my Dual Bladers yet.) and have some comments.

Evan the Dragonmaster
Like all Magicians, Evan is a class that commands the dragon bounded by some kind of destiny with various types of magic attacks.

Pros :
- Advancing jobs is not required, the dragon automatically grows as you level. So you don't have to spend on a dark crystal.
- Unlike Fire/Poison Wizards and Ice/Lightning Wizards, Evans utilizes in Fire, Lightning and Ice at the beginning, and later on will specialize more into Fire and Dark magic skills.
- Unlike other mages (clerics/priests/bishops inclusive), Evans can make magic criticals.

Cons :
- Unlike other mages, Evans DO NOT have Improved MP recovery until at later levels where he can learn Recovery Aura, so burning pots wise, its pretty higher than normal especially with MG (Magic Guard) on.
- Most of them are quest-based, so if you are more to hardcore training then this is not the class for you.

Aran the Hero
A long time ago, legend has it that Aran was once the greatest Maple hero during the Black Wizard crisis. Unfortunately, the Black Wizard sealed him up in ice. On the present, he is awokened by Lirin. The Black Wizard may be gone, but new threats to revive him is now present and its up to the awakened Aran to stop the revival.

Pros :
- Less keyboard messes! Unlike other classes, most skills are command-based. For example, double pressing attack button triggers Double Swing.
- Can hit multiple targets, so you can basically do faster training!

Cons :
- Only polearms are equipped by Arans.
- Like other warriors, accuracy is often an issue.