Archery

[mazda]

Hello
Does archery with hvy xbow or say 2 of them working in tandem still good at killing mages in pvp? I used to run fencer with arch and it was alot of fun as our guild Retribution *R* played order and used to have some great battles in moonglow and brit against the Council of mages.

Thanks very much

Brad
Aka sell cars for mazda
character Gerald Ford blacksmith for SB.

[Jayrich]

archers are very good but you have to generally spring a trap as most people will see an archer and just run off screen. if you had 2 or more archers you can do fantastic burst damage as generally the first few shots will all land and kill the person.

but i mean not too many people are going to stick around and tank your archers so its either kill them very fast by like synching targets usually with the element of surprise or they are just going to run like heck and u probably will never land another shot.

[mazda]

So what would be a good template for a stealth pvp archer?


Thanks

[Jayrich]

well archer builds are hard because it depend what style you want to play.

if you wanted to be a great support type of character you could make a mage archer
magery
eval int
tactics
anat
archery
resist
100 str/ 25 dex / 100 int

now comes the hard part if you want to have element of suprise you add hiding. if you want more survival i would add wrestling which will keep people from both landing melee hits and keep you from being disrupted in casting spells. you could open up with a a hit from your bow drop explosion and then run back a few tiles and put your bow back on and do alot of burst damage in pvm. plus when playing with friends you would be able to heal friends and yourself.

if you wanna do more of warrior archer most people are taking 2 weapon skills.
archery
2nd weapon skill
tactics
anat
healing
resist
hiding
100 str/ 100 dex / 25 int
this build you would open with your bow and then switch to a faster weapon when the monster is on you. or if you just wanted one weapon skill you could take wrestle. personally i would not make character without wrestle as its just such a useful skill.

if your going to go the whole hidden archer deal you should find a friend or two and do it together because no one is going to survive 3 heavy crossbows all at one time.

archery has a lot of ways to play it but i think the reason few people play is due to the long reload time between hits most people will take one hit and then run off screen and avoid your next arrows so unless you have magery or a ton of purple potions your going to be chasing someone a long time and eventually they will recall.

stealth archer build is all about suprise. maybe you hide in a vendor house and get someone when they not expecting it maybe your hidden in a dungeon and waiting for someone to have low health and u do a strategic last hit.

[mazda]

Not going red as I dont have that much time to play anymore. However I do want to occasionally just wander around and pvp or maybe go order ok probably go order and town fight. So I like your last build, I have a buddy started up when I did and hes going to do archer build also, if he can order too then we can do the whole hide blast in battles?

Thanks for your help man.

[Jayrich]

if your going to be townies so to speak ditch resist as all magic in town is 1 damage and resist would be worthless but if you venture out of town you will be squishy as heck to all mages.