Maplestory Sniper / Marksman Guide

1. Purpose

The purpose of this guide is to inform aspiring Snipers and Marksman about how to raise their characters, how they should train, what they should watch out for, and most importantly, what makes them worthwhile. This guide is specifically tailored for maplers who have raised their crossbowman close to lvl 70 and are looking for information as to what lie ahead.

To put it simply, use this guide for details on snipers and marksman,and refer to other hiddenstreet.net guides for more details regarding archers and crossbowman.

I'm going to say this right now...Don't make a crossbowman unless you are plan to
bring it to 3rd or 4th job. Crossbowman just don't have the attack speed or arrow bombing capabilities that hunters do. If you aren't going to beyond lvl 55, pick hunter over crossbowman.

2. Why Sniper/Marksman?

Pros
" High damage range stabilizes/strengthens immensely with 4th job
" Voted 4th-highest damage-dealing class behind NL/DKs/CBs with ME(May have changed slightly since the appearance of 4th job)
" Ability to freeze most enemies 100% of the time (Rangers have only 60% stun rate)
" Marksman's 4th job bird is useful for training (Bowmaster's 4th job bird is only for show)
" Amazing party buff attainable at 4th job (Sharp Eyes)
" Powerful long/short distance attacks in 3rd and 4th job
" Best anti-ksing class in the game
" Adorable the way they hug their crossbows <3>>123 skill points to distribute

Crossbow Mastery (20 pts)
Crossbow Booster (20 pts)
Soul Arrow (10 pts)
Iron Arrow (30 pts)
Power Knockback (20 skill pts)
Focus (11->20 pts)

153 skill points to distribute

Blizzard (21 pts)
Strafe (30 pts)51
Arrow Eruption (30 pts)81
Puppet (20 pts)101
Mortal Blow (20 pts)121
Golden Eagle (25 pts)146
Thrust (7 pts)153

Marksman (Lvl 120-160)

FrostPrey (1 pt)
Sharp Eyes (30 pts)
Marksman Boost (30 pts)
Dragon Breath (30 pts)
Piercing Arrow (30 pts)
Snipe (30 pts)

4. Lvl-by-Lvl Skill Pt Distribution for Snipers and Marksman

70 << 1 Blizzard, 2 Puppet
71-80 << 3 Strafe every lvl
81-82 << 3 Puppet every lvl
83 << 3 Mortal Blow
84 << 2 Mortal Blow, 1 Arrow Erruption
85-94 << 3 Arrow Erruption every lvl
94 << 2 Arrow Eruption, 1 Blizzard
95-100 << 3 Blizzard every lvl
101 << 1 Blizzard, 2 Golden Eagle
101-107 << 3 Golden Eagle every lvl
108 << 2 Golden Eagle, 1 Mortal Blow
108-111 << 3 Mortal Blow every lvl
112 << 1 Mortal Blow, 2 Thrust
113 << 3 Thrust
114 << 2 Thrust, 1 Puppet
115-120 << Max out Puppet and put last point anywhere

Note: If you haven't maxed Crossbow Mastery, do so before 4th job.
Otherwise, you can't add any points in Marksman Boost.

120 << 1 pt FrostPrey, 1 Marksman Boost, 1 Sharp Eyes
121-123 << 3 Sharp Eyes every lvl
124-128 << 3 Marksman Boost every lvl
129-136 << Max out both Marksman Boost and Sharp eyes (order depends on which skill books you can afford)
137-146 << Choose either Dragon Breath, Piercing Arrow, or Snipe (recommended skills) and max it out
147-156 << Choose another recommended skill and max it out
157-166 << Choose another recommended skill and max it out
166+ << whatever other 4th job skill you want

5. Detailed Info on How Sniper and Marksman Skills Work

Blizzard
" Lvl 1-10 provide one second freeze with varying damage
" Lvl 11-20 provide 2 second freeze with varying damage
" Lvl 21 provides 3 second freee
" Lvl 22+ universally considered not skill-point efficient

Strafe
" Main damage-dealing attack all throughout 3rd and 4th job
" Max this out as soon as possible to completely replace double shot

Arrow Eruption
" Attacks up to six monsters at a time
" Maximum area which Arrow Eruption affects increases in radius at lvls 1, 11, and 21
" First bowman attack which can attack monsters point-blank
" Has more vertical range (Ranger's Arrow Rain has more horizontal Range)
" Useful all throughout 3rd and 4th job
" Needed to make goby-training reliable (Aqua Road)

Puppet
" Attack desired monster(s) first before summoning in order for it's effect to kick in
" Provoked monsters will try to attack the Puppet instead of you
" Makes it possible to solo some bosses like Thanatos, Griffey, etc if used skillfully
" Doesn't require a summoning rock to summon
" Needed to make squid-training reliable (Aqua Road)

Golden Eagle
" Stun rate, attack rate, and damage range all increase as more points are added to it
" Requires one summoning rock to use and lasts 3 min
" The more points you add to it, the less 'bang' you get from each skill point
" Leave at 25 pts instead of maxing because 97% stun rate is enough
" Need at least 15 pts in it in order to put point in 4th job bird (Frostprey)
" Needed to make newt-training reliable (Leafre)

Mortal Blow
" Main benefit is to attack monsters from point blank range
" Adding points to Mortal Blow increases success rate of point-blank atk, damage of point-blank atk, and possibility of one-shotting a monster that's at half health or less
" Max out for training/situational convenience later on down the road

Thrust
" First 10 points add 2 pts of permanent speed, while next 10 points add 1 pt of speed
" I chose to add 7 pts of Thrust to comfortably replace my Icarus Cape(2) for a Pink Adventurer Cape and to replace my 60% shoe speed scrolling with 60% shoe jump scrolling
" Don't add more than 10 pts to this skill

Frostprey
" One of the most useful one-point skills in the game
" The main reason why you would would choose Marksman over Bowmaster (besides Snipe)
" 1 point of Frostprey completely replaces 30 points of Golden Eagle AND eliminates the need to purchase summoning rocks
" Bowmasters still are stuck with their 3rd job bird because their 4th job bird can't freeze or stun enemies at all (only fo' sho')
" Universally agreed that 1 point of Frostprey should be added at lvl 120 NO EXCEPTIONS

Marksman Boost
" Increases xbow mastery by 5% every five lvls
" Adds 1 point of permanent weapon atk to every three lvls
" Try to max this skill asap because the damage increase for every 3-5 lvls is incredible

Sharp Eyes
" The only bowman-only party buff in the game; also one of the best
" Increases the critical rate and critical rate's damage of all party members, regardless of job
" You can make any job do criticals with this skill, even mages
" Hermits/Night Lord/bowmen benefit the most from this skill because Sharp Eyes adds on to their critical rate chance
" Max this skill out early if you train in a party a lot, otherwise max out Marksman Boost first

Dragon Breath / Piercing Arrow
" Both are mob skills which attacks mobs in front of your character
" No Marksmen I know use it to train, so I don't know how good they are
" Sniping Arrow is slower than Dragon Breath but does more damage
" Dragon Breath knocks enemies back a great distance, which makes it a good combo with Puppet
" Personally, I feel Dragon Breath is functionally more useful than Sniping Arrow (damage with knockback), but Sniping Arrow's 850% damage to up to 4 monsters, which is a heck of a lot more damage compared to Dragon Breath's 100% damage to up to 6 monsters
" Max out Sniping Arrow before Dragon Breath if you need to do more mob damage and if maintaining a distance between you and your monsters is not a big issue

Snipe
" 1HKOs non-boss monsters every 5 minutes unless you max it out, in which case it would be 1HKO non-boss monsters every 15 seconds
" Deals 99,999 damage to boss monsters
" Marksmen-unique skill which no marksman I know has utilized thus far

6. How to Train Efficiently

Training Spots (I will only mention the best ones)

Squids (Aqua Road - Dangerous Sea Gorge II)

Recommended Skills: At least 1 pts Blizzard, 5 pts Puppet, and 30 pts Strafe
Recommended Lvls: Lvl 83-95
Why Train Here
1. Fast experience once you get the hang of it
2. Water provides extra maneuverability/speed to your sniper
3. Beautiful environment to train in

How to Train
1. Blizzard desired squid(s)
2. Summon Puppet in out of reach area
3. Kill them one-by-one with Strafe
4. Repeat across entire map

Things to watch out for
1. Squids can 2-hit kill you so be careful
2. Bombing Fish Houses can one-shot kill you if you provoke it while standing within its magic radius
3. Very popular training spot now

Goby (Aqua road - Deep Sea Gorge II)

Recommended Skills: At least 11 pts Blizzard, 30 pts Strafe, 21+ pts AE
Recommended Lvls: Lvl 93-105, maybe past lvl 105 I'm not sure
Why Train Here
1. Crazy insane OMFG exp (one goby house = 6 goby = 8400 exp total)
2. Great meso-making because your are killing 6 monsters at once (the equips gobies drop npc for a lot)
3. Beautiful environment to train in

How to Train
1. Clear out all the Bone Fish swimming around a Goby House by alternating between 1 Blizzard and 2-3 strafes
2. Once Goby House is isolated, break it open with 5-7 strafes (if it takes more shots than this, you wait until you're stronger)
3. Blizzard the 6 gobies the instant they appear
4. Come close to the gobies and Arrow Eruption them to death with 5-7 AEs
5. Swim somewhere else and repeat

Things to watch out for
1. Don't goby if there is someone else already in the map because for some reason, gobies fly off randomly instead of chasing you if someone else is there, making it impossible to contain them all with Blizzard and thus slowing down training immensely
2. Goby Houses have high magic attack, so keep a distance from them at all times because even if you freeze them, you never know if a bone fish will spawn on top of you and distract you long enough for you to be finished off by already provoked Goby House
3. If you add points to Golden Eagle early, don't summon them here.The last thing you want is for a Goby House or Bone Fish to be provoked before you are ready to take them on

Jr. Newties on Middle Platform (Leafre - Destroyed Dragons Nest)

Recommended Skills: Lvl 20+ Golden Eagle, 30 pts Strafe, 21 Pts Blizzard
Middle Platform Recommended Lvls: Lvl 107-131
Why Train Here
1. Amazing Experience if you have the recommended party (stated below)
2. Just stand and fire Strafe / Blizzard
3. People here are willing to train with you if they need middle attacker
4. Drops Marksman Boost 20

Recommended Party
1. One Holy Symbol Priest hanging on rope spamming Holy Symbol (ESSENTIAL)
2. One 4th job Bowmaster/Marksman in Party with Sharp Eyes or Night Lord with Maple Warrior fighting bottom platform (ESSENTIAL)
3. One Night Lord or 4th job Bowmaster/Marksman fighting top platform (OPTIONAL)
4. Party is better than solo because its way faster experience, less boring,and newts don't atk you before your 3rd job/4th job bird can immobilize them. Plus, party member can increase your damage with party skills like Sharp Eyes and/or Maple Warrior

Recommended Potions for 3-hr training
1. 300 Sorceror Elixirs
2. 300 Popsicles (Jr Newtie does about 1.95-2.1k magic damage per hit)
3. 100 Cheeses (in case you accidently fall off middle platform and survive Transforming Jr. Newtie's 3.2k magic damage)
4. 300 Summoning Rocks (unless you have Frostprey)
5. At least one magic rock if you wish for a priest to door you back

Things to watch out for
1. Getting to this area requires 3-5 min travel time, so be patient and familiarize yourself with Leafre
2. If you can get a Priest to door you over there, that would preferable
3. Steer clear of the Transforming Jr Newties on the bottom and top platforms unless you have over 3.2k hp, they will one-shot kill you with their magic or vines if they're provoked

How to Train
1. Standing on the left, facing right, you will be dealing with the two Newts closest to you
2. The Newtie closest to you will transform once you 'kill' it
3. While the Newtie is transforming, do as much damage to the Newtie behind it as you possibly can with Stafe (you normally take bottom platform if you can kill this 2nd Newtie before the 1st one fully transforms)
4. Once the Transforming Jr. Newtie has completely transformed,freeze it with either Blizzard or Frostprey, then Strafe it to death

Maplestory news: v.85 Going Live 05.05.2010

The v.85 5th Anniversary update will be going live this Wednesday. The much-anticipated 5th Anniversary is here! We will be performing a routine network maintenance as well as our game update, Tuesday, May 4th, starting at 10PM. During this period, all games will be unavailable. Additionally, web services may experience brief lapses of service. This maintenance will last approximately 13 hours. Server : All Servers Time: Pacific: Tuesday, May 4, 10:00 PM – Wednesday, May 5, 11:00 AM Eastern: Wednesday, May 5, 1:00 AM – Wednesday, May 5, 2:00 PM The following will be updated: * Dragon Rider PQ * Cake vs. Pie * 5th Anniversary Events * Cassandra's Events * Durability Items * Welcome Back Event The website will be available throughout the update. Happy Mapling!

Nexon News-Low Rider in Gachapon

From April 28th to May 4th, maplers can win the new Low Rider Riding skill from Gachapon. As with the Unicorn Riding skill, maplers don’t need to have mastered the Riding skill to drive this sexy ride. All they have to do is level 13 and above and they can “bounce a Deuce” from Henesys all the way to Florina Beach! When they win the Low Rider or any other Riding skill, they can open up their Use inventories and double click on the skill coupon. Then they’ve just mastered the ride! Then they can check the Skill Inventory and double click on the brand new skill under Beginner’s Basics to enjoy the favorite new mode of transportation. Take actions now, maplers!

MapleStory Equipment Guide

It should be noted once more that assassins are often very expensive. Huge amount to: the need to maintain a strong assassin. The price of stars, banners, claws, pharmaceutical, and other random items and equipment can be very difficult. Members of Parliament do not have a Master evil regeneration, so burn Members of Congress continue to syrup. In addition, archers, assassins barely defeat the monster, so they have a wider range of throwing stars.

Assassins are a very common class on GMS, and prices for their equipment are inflated. Claws and Scrolls cost upwards of millions of Maplestory Mesos, and the highest attack stars, Crystal Ilbis, can now sell for up to 90 million Mesos. However, due to constant changing economies, prices of stars differ. The price an Assassin pays to have decent equipment is basically offset by their large amounts of speed. With Haste maxed, an Assassin can travel across an entire map quite quickly, killing monsters along the way.

MapleStory Experience for Monsters

Eventually the exchange becomes merely a way to clear useless etc items for usable items in Maplestory, though selling them for pure meso is always an option. Solid horns are usually preferred to level up a lower-level character, due to the number of players training on the Jr. Kitties at any one time. Zombie Teeth are more expensive, but the chance of getting a Fairy Wing as a reward can offset this extra cost.

Also, players train on Zombies far longer than Jr. Kitties. Jr. Yeti Skins fall in between, more expensive from a higher-level monster, and providing better potions than Solid Horns, but nothing too special. Every exchangeable etc item has a specific scroll type (usually 10%) that has a small chance of being given as a reward for a trade-in.

Maplestory or Runescape?

There has always been the question: maplestory or runescape?

lets start with graphics:

maplestory: the graphics are pretty quirky and 2D, though it has one of the best graphics or a 2D mmorpg, 4/5

runescape: one of the most hated gameplay:

maplestory: pretty fun at 1st but gets tiring to level with the constand grinding and questing. tutorial is seriously annoying as for experienced player who know how to do everything, but now you can skip it! 3/5

runescape: with 24 skills and many interesting monsters, you won’t get tired for so soon! 4/5

weapons and armor:

maplestory: MS has pretty cool armor, looks awesome in the shop but when you actually wear it, some of the low level armor is kind of covered by your characters face. 4/5

runescape: armor is a serious problem as all the good looking armor is for members, and free armor look all the same but different colors, but $5.95 isn’t much..is it? 3/5

communty:

maplestory: experience players are always willing to help, i got 500k once off a lvl 140! there is a report feature and you can’t repeatedly say the same words over 3 times (evidently to stop taunting) but you can swear it it isn’t blocked. 3.5/5

runescape: interestingly, swear words are blocked and there is a report feature experienced players tend to keepto themselves and sometimes taunt low leveled players. 3.5/5

outcome: maplestory 14.5/20

runescape: 15/20

winner:runescape

The Nexon Games Treasure Hunt

Playing Nexon games has always had its rewards, but how would it be if you could find amazing treasures for one nexon game while playing another? Wonder no more! Between April 21st and May 7th, 2010 you can receive awesome rewards in MapleStory and Mabinogi while trying out two other Nexon titles.

All you have to do is be a registered MapleStory or Mabinogi player prior to April 21st and become a registered user for iTCG Online or PopTag! Get yourself up to level three in either game by May 7th and you��ll receive a four hour 2X drop card to use in MapleStory or a two hour Combat 2X item to use in Mabinogi!

If you reach level three in both games, you will receive two of each reward!

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New Areas! Kerning Square Mall and Neo City!

Hello Maplers!

Have you heard the rumors? There are incredible things happening in Maple World. Some are happy and exciting--like opening of the new Kerning Square Mall in Kerning City. Are you ready to shop in style and help a young entertainer's dream come true all while enjoying new dungeons and PQs? Then there are darker tales unfolding. There are stories of a mad traveler in the wilds near Magatia bearing tidings of a terrible future

Check out the details below:

Maple Idol at the Kerning Square Mall!

Dreams really can come true in MapleStory. Take Blake, a humble public service worker at the new Kerning Square Mall in Kerning City. He may not be much now, but he has the talent to become a superstar! Unfortunately there are evil Rock Spirits who are trying to steal Blake's debut song and keep him from his destiny. Blake needs heroes to help prepare the way, battle these evil spirits in a brand new dungeon and make sure the stage is secure for Blake's big debut. Do you have what it takes to create the next big MapleStory superstar?

Fight for the Future in Neo City!

Andy is a madman who has recently been spotted in the wilds near Magatia. They say he tells a horrible story of machine feet trampling over the human race in the future and claims to be looking for brave adventurers to fight for the future of Maple World.

Can we afford to believe this madman? Can we afford not to?

If you'd like to check out the truth of Andy's story, Broker Han in Magatia has the scoop on a time traveler who has come back from the future to recruit Maple World's mightiest heroes. It seems that in Neo City in the year 2503, the human race barely survives by scurrying under the metal feet of killer robots. That dark future doesn't have to pass though. You can fight for the future in a huge new dungeon and make it a better one for all humanity!

Some Fun Mmorpg Introduction

Good Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games!

Firstly you should know that playing these games need some requirements.

-At least 1GB ram to run the games smoothly

-At least 500MB Graphic Card

-DirectX 9.0c
-And at least a 56kps
Internet connection

First on my list is:

Maple story

Website:http://maplestory.nexon.net/WZ.ASPX?PART=/Main

My Rating: 4/5

Maplestory is a 2D-side scroll er game. This means that you move up,down and side to side. This game may appeal to gamers who watch anime or read manga due to the cute graphics and since the characters are “chi-bi” looking meaning having a slightly bigger head than their body.

Gameplay

The controls for this game is very simple, using the arrow keys and keyboard as shortcuts and using the mouse to click. Classes and skills are very interesting and have many to choose from. Some classes are available are Warrior, Theif, Archer, Mage, Aran, Cygnus Knights and the latest Evan.(This is the North American version [Global]) The leveling system is very simple. You gain Exp ( Experience ) by killing monsters, doing co-operate missions with other online players (Party Quests/ PQ’s) and most obvious doing quests. The level cap right now is levels 1 to 200 and there are 4 current job advancements for each class. There are plenty of areas to discover throughout the continents of Victoria Island and Ossyria.

Second on the list is:

Flyff

Website:http://flyff.gpotato.com/
My Rating: 3/5

Flyff (Fly For Fun) is like maplestory but is a 3D game instead. This means you can see your character in all dimensions, you can fly, swim etc. It is an intersting game due to the flying system it has. You can buy a board or broom and fly int he sky and fight with monsters and reach some incredible speeds.

GamePlay

It is more complicated to maplestory but all you really have to do when in combat is click and press your skills. There is a PvP system where you head to an arena and request someone and duel and you fight them. You can gain various ranks that show next to your name as you get better.It also contains co-operative missions where you go to a dungeon and defeat the boss.

And lastly on the list is:

DragonNest

Website:None

Although this game is not yet out in North America it is surely a game everyone should look out for. It has a great combination of PvP and PvE (Player Versus Environment). It has only started to spread around South Korea where it first started. In 2010 China had released their Open-Beta. And it is suspected to be released somtime at the end of 2010 or start of 2011 for North America. I’ve looked around and watched a few gameplay videos and it seems to be a combination fo Maplestory and World of Warcraft. It is not auto – attack like wow but uses the Maplestory attacking system where you press when you want to attack. The interesting aspect about this game is that your armor has nothing that contributes to dodge rating but you have to move your character to dodge attacks, thus requiring alot more skill than normal games.

Thanks for your reading,hope you can like this article and enjoy playing MMORPG!

Maplestory Gameplay

Maple Story is a free-of-charge, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Wizet and Nexon. Although playing the game is free, character appearances and game play enhancements can be purchased from the "Cash Shop" using real money. Maple Story has a combined total of over 50 million subscriber accounts in all of its versions. Maple Story North America, for player mainly in North America and outside of East Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe, has over three million players in the game, players travel the "Maple World", defeating monsters and developing their characters skills and abilities as is typical in role-playing games. Players can interact with others in many ways, such as through chatting, trading, and playing minigames. Groups of players can band together in parties to hunt monsters and share the rewards. Players can also join a guild to interact more easily with each other .Maplestory is different from other game gold.
Like most MMORPGs, gameplay centers on venturing into dungeons and combatting monsters in real-time. The players combat monsters and complete quests, in the process acquiring in-game currency called "Mesos", experience points (EXP), and various items. Players can kill monsters alone, or they can form a party with up to six total characters. Loot is shared based on relative damage and level of characters in the party, more being awarded to the higher-level members.

MapleStorys 2D scrolling viewpoint more closely resembles a platform game rather than the typical 3D environment or top-down perspective of other games, such as Guild Wars or Mu Online. The controls for the game are executed using the keyboard and mouse. The keyboard is used for many game functions, and much of it can be rearranged to suit users needs. The mouse is mainly used to trigger non-player characters (NPCs) and manipulate items.

This is some simple introduction about the maplestory gameplay,hope you can like it !