Hello everyone and my name is AvonGenesis. As some of you may know/heard of, MapleStory will be adding a new job to Global MapleStory soon. As far as I know, Korean MapleStory and Taiwan MapleStory have the jobs added, Korea had their pirate job released first. I'm just here to share my thoughts on it and give off a few information about it.

Introduction to Pirates

Well, where should I start. Pirates are a new job that have been recently added and its the first time that they have released/made a new job somewhat different from the 4 standard jobs we have (Warrior, Magician, Thief, and Bowman). Pirates can go off into 2 branches, one being an "Infighter" who uses knuckles/fists to kill and the other one is a "Gunslinger" who use guns to kill. I won't go too deep into detail but give you a brief overview of what each branches' pros and cons are. I'll start with the infighter.

Infighters  

Pros:

1. Very high damage at low level and throughout their continuing levels.
2. They have a transformation skill at 3rd job which gives them a good boost.
3. They have a "Special" Darksight that turns them into a barrel.
4. At 4th job, having demolisher and fist, they are a great addition to any boss.
5. A lot of mob skills.
6. Fastest classes to train in the early level 40s to the early 70s.

Cons:

1. Really, REALLY, unstable damage.
   
2. They have really low accuracy, some accuracy equips can make up for them though.
3. Mob skills don't do a lot of damage onto a single target.
4. Have very few single monster hitting skills.
5. Really low hitting range. ( You literally have to go up and almost hug the monster to hit it!)

My Overall Opinion:

This is a very good branch to go for because of their insane damage and bossing abilities. Although the only downside is their lack of accuracy and unstable damage but hey, that's nothing a few scrolled equips can't fix right?

Gunslingers  

Pros:

1. They have amazingly high accuracy! A level 20 can nearly hit yeti and pepes without any misses.
2. Very fast damage per second. Fastest attacker in game I think.
3. More summons than any class ever has in game.
4. You get a skill that allows you to "float" in a pirate ship.
5. Has elemental attacks.

Cons:

1. Damage is VERY weak, any level 20 class can out damage a level 30 gunslinger.
2. Not very night damage so not very good knock back.
3. They don't get criticals to make their attack better.
4. They don't get any ammo saving skills. (Bowmans get soul arrow, Hermits get throw meso)
5. Bullets require levels in order to use them.

My overall opinion:

Very good class for people who like fast attacking. Their attacking speed is amazingly fast so it makes up for the small damage. Their summoning also helps them so if you play them just right, they can be the ultimate class.

Conclusion

Well, my conclusion is that pirates are a VERY good class if you play them just right. Each branch has their pros and con just like any other class. It all depends on how you wanna build your pirate. I hope this brief blog has helped you as it has helped me.