[KMST] [1.2.389] Mercedes

[byakugan]

From the tutorial video posted by spadow I get what happened is this:

After the fight with the Black Mage, Mercedes meets with Freed and Afriend. Afriend tells her that it's to late for them as the battle has harmed them beyond healing (this is jus a guessing since I can't read korean ). Then she goes back to her town and she is told by the sage elves, counselors of her kingdom that the black mage has set a curse on her that will freeze all their people, which activated after she landed a foot in the town, So they request her to do some stuff to seal the town up in order to avoid any strangers to get in until the day they can return.

Anyway. I agree the job is broken. She has it all, flashy skills, mobility, damage and autosupport, for which I think the solution is to nerf their damage to the bottom and nothing else. That would make up for all the other stuff and keep them appealing. They should get rid of the begginer skill that heals 10% hp and mp every 4 seconds. but other than that I just hope they stay the same they are now.

Then again, there will be some greedy idiots unsatisfied by any of her other characteristics and will ask for a damage buff up

[SwordStaker]

From the tutorial video posted by spadow I get what happened is this:

After the fight with the Black Mage, Mercedes meets with Freed and Afriend. Afriend tells her that it's to late for them as the battle has harmed them beyond healing (this is jus a guessing since I can't read korean ). Then she goes back to her town and she is told by the sage elves, counselors of her kingdom that the black mage has set a curse on her that will freeze all their people, which activated after she landed a foot in the town, So they request her to do some stuff to seal the town up in order to avoid any strangers to get in until the day they can return.

Anyway. I agree the job is broken. She has it all, flashy skills, mobility, damage and autosupport, for which I think the solution is to nerf their damage to the bottom and nothing else. That would make up for all the other stuff and keep them appealing. They should get rid of the begginer skill that heals 10% hp and mp every 4 seconds. but other than that I just hope they stay the same they are now.

Then again, there will be some greedy idiots unsatisfied by any of her other characteristics and will ask for a damage buff up

Shes not THAT bad. I can see a small nerf but not much. Shes fast and flashy. A slight nerf and that's all she needs. Plus Legends are suppose to be above other classes. Evan has things other mages want and even takes and masters some of the skills other mages use. Just as Arans have extreme polearm control over other warriors. Point being the legends are suppose to be these super flashy super powerful league of classes, albeit not completely destroying the other classes but you get the point.

[byakugan]

The thing is Mercedes compares to no other char, maybe only dual blades. She has the best things from many jobs and upgrades them. Like someone in this thread said, she makes Aran and Evan look like boyscouts.

[Cactuar]

I think I'm in love. The only question left is can I dual wield my dual wield for Dodecarrowstorm?

[Alilatias]

The thing is Mercedes compares to no other char, maybe only dual blades. She has the best things from many jobs and upgrades them. Like someone in this thread said, she makes Aran and Evan look like boyscouts.

Then again, she is the first Legend from a job branch that is expected to dish out high DPS in the first place. It's like people complaining that Archers got overpowered during Jump when compared to what Warriors and Mages got, when Warriors and Mages aren't primarily known for high DPS in the first place.

After some thinking, when comparing Mercedes to the other Archers, she's not that bad. She has high mobility and all, but everyone has to notice, she doesn't appear to have a max HP increasing skill at all. I'd be inclined to think that she's the most fragile class in the game. Sure, she has defensive buffs, but I assume that those can be dispelled, while the other Archers' HP increasing buffs cannot due to them being passive/tied to summons. All the HP restoring skills in the world cannot help you if you get one-shotted.

Her mobbing seems good, but I'm inclined to think that Marksmen are still better at it, on the basis that a Marksman's main mobbing move is ranged piercing-type and that they have some form of mob control through Dragon's Breath. The majority of Mercedes' mobbing skills require her to rush up and smack everything in the face, or jump into a crowd before raining arrows from above. Often with combos involved.

She has a Hurricane type skill, but I'm also inclined to think that Bowmasters still have better 1 VS 1. Mercedes lacks Spirit Link.

[Takebacker]

Mercedes lacks Spirit Link.

Deer buff is constant 1.3x damage.

[IllegallySane]

I think I'm in love. The only question left is can I dual wield my dual wield for Dodecarrowstorm?

If you do that, a wizard will pop out of nowhere and punish you for that exploit.

[Alilatias]

Deer buff is constant 1.3x damage.

I think Deer buff is her variant of Sharp Eyes, just on herself, the damage bonus being outright damage instead of maximum critical hit damage, and an additional evasion bonus. Which makes the Spirit Link part remain valid.

[Satellite]

I just might make a female Mercedes, because male Mercedes is too ladyboy anyway.

[Sorien]

I liked this class, until I saw hurricane.

Pretty much this. I'm very disappointed in Nexon for making yet another Hurricane spamming class. Is it so much to ask for them to just make a move that's good for 1v1 but doesn't rip off of Bow Masters!?

[Baklava]

Honestly I think this class is just mostly flash, which is cool I guess (not enough pure flash in maple now)...but in the end it's just another class that runs around using Hurricane. :l

It's basically a bowman version of Dual Blade that trades power for more hits. :l

[JoeTang]

Mercedes is designed to be the fastest class in the game right now. If you don't give them a Hurricane skill, you have to give them a skill faster than Hurricane. Otherwise, their design is flawed.

[Baklava]

Mercedes is designed to be the fastest class in the game right now. If you don't give them a Hurricane skill, you have to give them a skill faster than Hurricane. Otherwise, their design is flawed.

Then give them a skill faster then Hurricane. I would have loved them to make a new concept rather than just to reuse what every other archer has.

[OrangeGuy]

LF> %DPS comparisons between Mercedes and Cannon Shooter

[Takebacker]

I think Deer buff is her variant of Sharp Eyes, just on herself, the damage bonus being outright damage instead of maximum critical hit damage, and an additional evasion bonus. Which makes the Spirit Link part remain valid.

Wha? No it doesn't. You mentioned lack of spirit link to show the lack of multiplier somehow balancing the two classes. Mercedes gives up 30% max crit damage for 30% overall damage. Rate is the same. If you wanted to mention something that balances bm and mer, it's lack of 100% crit when missed, which is significant because she has a lot more % avoid than bms.

[Sorien]

I think she was mentioning Spirit Link partly because it also increases the maximum amount of health the other archers have. So lack of Spirit Link or any other hp boosting skill would make Mercedes very easy to kill if she get's dispelled.

Of course, that's only assuming she doesn't have some special hp growth that puts her above and beyond the other archer classes.

[Baklava]

I think she was mentioning Spirit Link partly because it also increases the maximum amount of health the other archers have. So lack of Spirit Link or any other hp boosting skill would make Mercedes very easy to kill if she get's dispelled.

Of course, that's only assuming she doesn't have some special hp growth that puts her above and beyond the other archer classes.

The Lv122 one at Papulatus has 4332 HP.

[AkaSora]

Does this legend have any sort of new system gameplay mechanics or anything? Haven't seen anything of the like would be boring if its like every other class even Evan had something unique.

Anyways more interested in the other two classes and not Mercedes it seems like the same old archer crap with enough flashyness to cause a blind guy to have a seizure.

[Baklava]

Does this legend have any sort of new system gameplay mechanics or anything? Haven't seen anything of the like would be boring if its like every other class even Evan had something unique.

Anyways more interested in the other two classes and not Mercedes it seems like the same old archer crap with enough flashyness to cause a blind guy to have a seizure.

If Dual Blade and Bowmasters had a baby, it would be this class.

[Chameleonic]

If Dual Blade and Bowmasters had a baby, it would be this class.

That's what I was thinking. It looks more like a melee class than a ranged class from the videos I've seen, which makes it slightly less apealing to me.

*and the skill animations are to flashy for me too*