Zikachu wrote on 2011-02-15 22:43
Greetings fellow members of Mabination~
A few weeks ago I finally finished my Refining and started ranking up archery, although archery for me is useful in some dungeons such as Fiodh Inter. which makes it really easy, its' damage still fails to amaze me, as I can do much more damage than that with melee, with almost no melee skills whatsoever. I understand it might be my base DEX, but only time will tell.
Base stats: 130 STR, 110 INT, 185 DEX, 146 WILL, 19 LUK.
Enchants: Quartz Destional Tork Merchant Cap, Victorious Wild Boar Bracelets, Diamond Imp Tioz Armor, Fox Giant Wave-Pattern Boots. (Waiting for Hard Peaca in the auction house. xD)
Weapons: 2 upgraded Broadswords followed path 222, 41 maximum damage Leather Long Bow with Mirage Destional on it, Lizard Composite Bow for some advanced dungeons (I need to replace this crap with a Revolver Lizard Crossbow ~_~)
Current Skills:
Combat Melee Tab: Combat Mastery rank B, Windmill rank 1 , Critical Hit rank 1, Smash rank 9 (For Raven enchant), Counterattack rank C, Final Hit rank F.
Combat Ranged Tab: Ranged Attack rank 1, Arrow Revolver rank 5, Support Shot rank F, Magnum Shot rank F, Crash Shot Novice.
Magic Tab: Everything on Novice besides Firebolt and Icebolt, which are rank F. :srsly?:
Life Skill Tab: Production Mastery rank 1, Refining rank 1, Cooking rank 9, Weaving rank A, Handicraft rank B, Playing Instrument B, First Aid rank F, Tailoring rank B, Blacksmithing rank Novice.
Alchemy Tab: Water cannons through a device called Cylinder? NONSENSE!
Before I step back into melee yet again, I plan on completing a few goals, but I really don't know on which to start;
Cooking 6, Weaving 1, Handicraft 6, Playing Instrument 1, First Aid 8, Tailoring 5, Blacksmithing 9, Magnum Shot 1, Support Shot 1, Arrow Revolver 1.
Currently I've got 105 AP left to spare on one of those skills, but which one first? D:
Meikeru wrote on 2011-02-15 22:59
If you can manage it, I would suggest going elf. Human archers are in need of a buff.
I would recommend doing magnum shot next.
Wing wrote on 2011-02-15 23:25
Magnum/Arrow revolver.
kevinXIV wrote on 2011-02-16 00:27
Magnum Shot -> Rank 1
Weaving Rank-> Rank 1 OR
Crash Shot -> Rank 1
stay at r5 Arrow Revolver.. only max that if you need the extra dex.
as a human archer.. Crash Shot and Magnum Shot is your main damaging skills..
Kenny? wrote on 2011-02-16 00:29
Magnum is the powerhouse, arguably in tide with AR.
At rF my magnum did 300, and now at r3, my magnum does 700 with base Dex 155.
Rank Magnum Shot to 5, and I would recommend doing some weaving for dex.
If you want more dex, rank support shot and crash shot as well as production mastery.
Zikachu wrote on 2011-02-16 00:45
Quote from Meikeru;337131:
If you can manage it, I would suggest going elf. Human archers are in need of a buff.
I would recommend doing magnum shot next.
I've known that for a while now, but I never found any interest of magic whatsoever, especially as an Elf, so I decided to be a human.
The thing I like about human archery is that they can actually go back to melee, which is why I considered on stopping ranking up Life skills until 300-350 DEX, and then going back to melee.
Since all the comments so far recommend Magnum Shot, why is it so good? D:
I got enough AP to rank it up to rank 5, but uhh.. would it really be worth the AP?
Kaeporo wrote on 2011-02-16 01:34
Quote from Zikachu;337232:
I've known that for a while now, but I never found any interest of magic whatsoever, especially as an Elf, so I decided to be a human.
The thing I like about human archery is that they can actually go back to melee, which is why I considered on stopping ranking up Life skills until 300-350 DEX, and then going back to melee.
Since all the comments so far recommend Magnum Shot, why is it so good? D:
I got enough AP to rank it up to rank 5, but uhh.. would it really be worth the AP?
Arrow Revolver is mostly useless later on. It effectively serves as a more reliable skill should you miss magnum shot or crash shot. Arrow Revolver eats durability and stamina in order to deal multiple hits, each dealing relatively low damage. The high defense of newer enemies cuts your damage output on every shot. Arrow Revolver also pings natural shield more frequently than its harder hitting but slower counterparts.
If i'm not using Crash Shot, it's because i'm facing very few mobs. If i'm not using Crash Shot or Magnum Shot, it's because I missed.