When you first start out on Maple Story, you will be on Maple Island. Every new game begins here and once you reach level 10, you will not be able to go back to the island. You want to take advantage of this opportunity to do all the quests on the island before you leave [...]
Due to a general lack of skills and equipment unique to the class, beginners are the weakest of the classes and most players will take the first job advancement at their first opportunity. In spite of this, some players remain beginners and continue training without taking a job advancement. These characters are called permanenet beginners.. [...]
All explorers start as beginners. Beginners are usually melee attackers due to their inability to use ranged weapons and the relative unavailability of attack skills. The Three Snails skill is the beginner’s only ranged attack skill, but has relatively low damage. Beginners have no other attack skills and rely on normal attacks to deal damage. [...]