Opeth Wrote:This roughly translates to: "Oh noes, Nexon made a class that pwns Shadowers"
Hahaha.
woah woah woah there. Sorry if i fail to see how a viper is better than a shadower. The only thing a viper is good for is single target damage; which we already have NLs and BMs for that. Training wise they're terrible. Up until 4th job their training is horrible, and even their single target dps sucks. Also, they practically have to be on top of a monster to attack it, yet they don't have any skill to reduce damage.
As alot of people know; I have a bishop as my main char. Also, as alot of people think, bishops are "the best class" in the game thus far, but even bishops have their weaknesses, which are the holy element, and single target dps.
Every class has a weakness, and that includes vipers (already mentioned it). Warriors are limited by range and accuracy, Ranged classes are limited by hp, Mages are limited by their element and single target damage, but what about shadowers? None of those apply to them. Bstep has as much range as lucky7, but it hits 4x as many monsters, stuns, and makes u invincible when u cast it. They have the best defense skill in the game, and the highest avoid. Not to mention they have the highest damage single target attack for 4th job (assassinate). I guess a NL could outdmg assassinate if they could do 99,999 x 6 oO. Hell, I solo'd manon this morning and only got hit 5 times, stunned once, and dispelled twice. Thats with lvl 1 bstep and fake. Thats the reason I picked a shadower, is because they really are the most versatile class in MS.
Sorry everyone for turning this into a shadower vs viper thread =X'
One thing i will say in viper's defense is that time leap and wind booster kick ass. Kind of sucks though how we won't have either of those skills maxed until we see 15x pirates. Fist, Super transform, and demolition need to come first.