Gudder3 wrote on 2014-11-17 00:17
hi everyone, i think its been almost 2 years since i last play. i notice that archery have pretty much die down, i have not seem anyone using it other then me. can anyone fill me in on what has been change
and whats been updated? i have max out the skills for melee, archery, puppet, and some life skill
along with magic.
my equipment was mostly enchanted with endgame scroll when i left and its got reforge 1 for crash shot but it doesnt really work anymore now unless i crit to one shot mobs. what is the trend nowadays? whats the enchant for control bar?
the skill lag is pretty bad for me, is there other method to reducing it? i have already Disabling Nagle's Algorithm. i know its alot of question but i have no friends in the game now, it seem they all left around the time i did and wiki can only help so much.
nandattebayo wrote on 2014-11-17 02:17
Nothing has changed to make archery useless.
k1nsoo wrote on 2014-11-17 02:46
Archery hasn't really changed unless you have been long gone even before implementing a skill cooltime for magnum/crashshot.
Nowadays it's really laggy because of AFK fishing events taking away the server but other than that, you should consider using a lag-reducing mods or improving your internet connection. If you are an elf archer, a lag-reducing mods can smoothen up spamming magnums and normal attacks.
I don't necessarily think that archery has died down, its probably because people still tend to believe close-combat (more specifically, lance) is better, or probably difficulties training up dex-related life skills. Other than that, ego bows have almost died too, they are now replaced with a slightly better bow called Black Dragon Knight bow. But you can still benefit from its 100% repair rate and a longer effective range (faster aiming speed).
Trend? Not that I know of, you will pretty much rank up all talents at the end, and now, it's all about how you utilize different talents/skillsets together. I'm not gonna lie, using an archery alone is not the best in terms of dps, but you can improve it with using puppets/dual guns/lances, or ninja skills.
For puppet enchants, Carved/Colossus or Carved/Pierrot will be "end-game". Colossus suffix would be better normally but if you have a high bfo % and buffs to add your damage, Pierrot will be better later on. Either way, both enchants are awesome.