So what if archery worked?

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• mylyf2 Member Posts: 17 Arc User

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  There is a nice video here, that i started with until i switched to Trapper...
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sw982YhJCc
  
  paired up with this link..
  
  http://mmominds.com/2014/11/10/sharra-delarmgos-archery-dpscover-fire-build/

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• katozee Member Posts: 42

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  Personally Archery path is still viable though the user skill level required to make it viable is rather steep like the dps cleric.
  
  I would suggest that pathfinder using key combos like hunters teamwork + hawk eye + ambush + Hawk shot/aimed shot would net you large numbers that would make you happy. Just have to remember that the archer is all about the single target mobs. For the life of me I don't understand why the majority pick all the aoe encounters like thorn ward/split the sky/rain of arrows. All that will do is gain too much unwanted attention and detract from your overall performance. I'd say commanding shot would be also ideal to pad out that last spot.
  
  Ultimately their damage comes from range, so focusing at taking out single targets at range should be paramount, throwing out aoe's to make all those chaps rush you not good combat strategy. Of course this build then becomes something reliant on good teamwork since you need people to keep mobs controlled.

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• kestrelhawker Member Posts: 103 Arc User

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  Well said .
  Im in the process of planing the build .
  ill let you know what i get out of it .

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• kestrelhawker Member Posts: 103 Arc User

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  Think Im coming up with some crazy ideas
  
  http://nwcalc.com/index.html#/x/hr?b=2xhq:wf6zbe:9mbg:2fl,13kiiii:1uu5u1:150u00:100000&h=0&p=pfr

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• vincentkurayama Member Posts: 13 Arc User

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  katozee wrote: »

  I would suggest that pathfinder using key combos like hunters teamwork + hawk eye + ambush + Hawk shot/aimed shot would net you large numbers that would make you happy. Just have to remember that the archer is all about the single target mobs. For the life of me I don't understand why the majority pick all the aoe encounters like thorn ward/split the sky/rain of arrows. All that will do is gain too much unwanted attention and detract from your overall performance. I'd say commanding shot would be also ideal to pad out that last spot.
  
  Ultimately their damage comes from range, so focusing at taking out single targets at range should be paramount, throwing out aoe's to make all those chaps rush you not good combat strategy. Of course this build then becomes something reliant on good teamwork since you need people to keep mobs controlled.

  
  Hmm. Reading that it actually makes a good deal more sense to me why people playing Archer perform poorly most of the time I see them. It also makes sense of something I've noticed from running Combat for the sake of trying it out and being pleased with the results.
  
  Pretty much every guide I read that decided to focus on Combat tree was Pathfinder build, but looking over the different abilities in both paragons along with the Combat feats, it's meant for AoE, and thus Stormwarden serves it better than Pathfinder [granted Careful Attack's debuff is nice]. It'd make sense, then, that Pathfinder would support Archery the best. Trapper, then, works well with either - Stormwarden gets you Twin-Blade Storm to go with Aspect of the Serpent but you lose out on running other useful class features while Pathfinder frees up a spot for Aspect of the Lone Wolf/The Pack.
  
  I'm tempted to use my eight character slot to work on an Archer now...it could be interesting.

  
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