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Bow Master 3rd Job - Why am I a Fire Mage?

WufflesWuffles
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edited September 2018 in Suggestions, Feedback, and Requests
So...yeah. The core abilities of Bow Master 3rd job seem out of place. The screen is on fire and I have a conjured Phoenix following me around.
2nd Job fits - explosive tipped arrows and an enchanted quiver with a few useful effects.
4th job fits - you get three new arrow-based abilities.
3rd job - I showed my friend who has never touched Maplestory my 3rd job bowmaster on mobile l and asked him what class I was playing. He watched my character auto fight for 10 seconds and said "fire mage".

Do you see what I mean?
I feel like this should be different. Like...move the 4th job abilities down to 3rd job and come up with something a little flashier for 4th job that doesn't seek like it belongs to another class. Tbh when I hit 4th job on reboot I was underwhelmed with the active abilities. Whereas you look at Cannoneer or F/P Archmage, they get some flashy, exciting abilities for 4th job.

Granted this isn't what you end up using at endgame but it just feels out of place for the few hours I spent in 3rd job.

Thoughts?

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  • DarkPassengerDarkPassenger
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    edited September 2018
    considering the 3rd job name is "Ranger", the phoenix is a hunting "assistant" the arrow blaster another hunting assistant, flame arrow > still an arrow.

    If you want flashy 4th job arrow class, try Wind Archer from Cygnus archetype
  • AznboiEAznboiE
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    edited September 2018
    DarkPassenger wrote: »
    considering the 3rd job name is "Ranger", the phoenix is a hunting "assistant" the arrow blaster another hunting assistant, flame arrow > still an arrow.

    If you want flashy 4th job arrow class, try Wind Archer from Cygnus archetype

    okay, but why does Ranger suddenly have fire skills (despite not having a fire elemental but DoT), and Sniper have Ice/Lightning with their Explosive Bolt Skill and Frostprey summon?

    I've wondered the point of for some reason giving these archer classes a fake elemental 3rd job skill rather than keeping the hawk/eagle summon they had prior tho having Phoenix and Frostpray moved down from their original 4th job classes, plus using a fire/lightning arrow skill rather than something "normal."
  • WufflesWuffles
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    edited September 2018
    Giving them an animal companion that hopefully scales into 4th job would be nice. It's just that the Phoenix in particular is a stereotypical fire mage summon in most games. Personally I'd rather see an upgrade to the Quiver mechanic in 3rd job and have the elemental stuff go away.
  • HousePetHousePet
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    edited September 2018
    I've always just assumed that someone enjoyed Bowazons in Diablo 2. ^_^
    Actually a lot of the Explorer classes make me think of Diablo 2... >_>
  • DarkPassengerDarkPassenger
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    edited September 2018
    HousePet wrote: »
    I've always just assumed that someone enjoyed Bowazons in Diablo 2. ^_^
    Actually a lot of the Explorer classes make me think of Diablo 2... >_>

    you wouldn't be wrong to assume devs get ideas from other games. If they fit the time frame.