Whats your build? come and be counted. (POLL)

BuCi - Harshlands

i had about 50 mag points at lvl 40+ so i bought(my firend bought me) a reset note. so now im on lvl 59 and i put 1 str 4 dex. but still i have something like 35 vit from before. my mag is 3 now. and if u add some +++status. u get +~10 dex, +~2 mag and +~3 vit ačlso i have +5 str that i dont need so i will not push str that much. can any high lvl arch tell me about barrage of arrows? i now i should keep it on lvl 1 cuz it drains mana but how do u use it if u are pure nad u don have a lot of mag. maybe the potions and charm sombining or?

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear

At level 1, Barrage of Arrows is not really used to deal lots of damage on a single. It's used as an Area of Effect attack, if for some reason you need to hit multiple targets.

For example, you might be targetting all of the additional monsters around Farren Sereneti in FB39. You could use Barrage against all of them until there is only 1 left. When there is 1 or 0 left, you can stop and resume using normal attacks on the boss.

If you decide to join Rebirth, TW, or some other instances that requires high amounts of damage, then you should level Barrrage.

Disappear - Lost City

I'm a Dex/Str build, and on my archer, pure int
b:cool

Kazue - Heavens Tear

Quilue - Sanctuary wrote: »

cuz you said you had almost 450...i'm just assuming vit build having 450, then pure dex having 550 at lvl 100, since the 17% - 18% more damage is referring to the gap in damage output of a pure dex build versus a vit build (strictly 3dex-1str-1vit)

if that's not what you have, then the gap i cited obviously doesn't apply to you. it'd be less. you know what i failed to define vit build clearly, so i'm sorry

kiyoshi is by no way vit build, but neither is he dex build. with equivalent gear hes probably less then 20 dex away from an absolute pure dex build. but with that trade off he got more hp, more phy resist, and i believe a 2% phy dmg reduction.
500 dex is pretty much the max any archer should achieve. it is possible to push dex higher, but that would be trading overall better gear for mediocre gear that give extra stat points.

Blizey - Harshlands

Magic Archer. FTW. b:laugh u can Poke everyone with ur Wand.. go go go

Caeria - Heavens Tear

Hybrid(vit) build
75 vit w/o equips. 85+ with equips.
82 str
~290 dex
14 mag

Going back to pure build after 89.

Elanxu - Dreamweaver

i wonder if i should put 1 point on dex for every str cuz i want to use melee weapons when the enemy is close

Twil - Lost City

Vit build 86 vit, 86 str, 251 dex (3 mag) base.

lonekillerz

am a ultra-pure archer. only add to str for light armour

Accelerated - Sanctuary

Melee fister, with light armor. b:laugh

felcreator

being new to this game, what build would you suggest?
im trying to decide between pure and hybrid.
if possible can you give some perks to being a pure or hybrid?

Elveenah - Dreamweaver

according to the options of the poll

Arcane Archers
Do Not fit any of them

As to how they are described

They have high Mag and low Vit
with Str and Dex

So yeah

I feel left out

Probably, for the best, I would rather NOT be one of you :P

Oh well *shrug*

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear

The very first post says:

Mixed
Significant contributions to all 4 stats INCLUDING magic

So Arcane would go under Mixed.

Elveenah - Dreamweaver

again, people who can't read... :P

Mixed, ALL 4 Stats

Arcane Archers only use 3 (Mag, Dex, & Str)

seriously, i thought this forum was for the literate as in 'ability to read'

and yes, that includes the 'ability to comprehend what you have just read'

oh well *shrug*

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear

Ah, I see what you mean.

Quilue - Sanctuary

Elveenah - Dreamweaver wrote: »

again, people who can't read... :P

Mixed, ALL 4 Stats

Arcane Archers only use 3 (Mag, Dex, & Str)

seriously, i thought this forum was for the literate as in 'ability to read'

and yes, that includes the 'ability to comprehend what you have just read'

oh well *shrug*

Do not talk down to people just because they made a small mistake; they don't need their literacy questioned or speculated upon, especially since Elena has proven to be much less arrogant and much smarter than you. It is a wonder that she does not rip apart your build right there. If you listened to any advice given to you at all, you would figure out by now that 3 magic per level will not let you wield a bow that is appropriate to your level as you level up. Plus, if you truly knew what you were talking about, you would not add 1 strength per level.

Enjoy your moonlight bow at level 68, wearing arcane armor, with 36 extra strength doing nothing.

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear

Quilue - Sanctuary wrote: »

<Snip>

My thanx, Lady Quilue, but there's no need.

Quilue - Sanctuary

yaaa but if it's little Teapot, i cannot let such things go~ b:chuckle

Sylphiness - Dreamweaver

and, i enjoy it very much so ;D

i like having a little in each stat, especially vitality

it helped me in 2 duels with a Human Wizard, where I won both times ;D
("...if you cannot beat an elven archer in 5 seconds, you have lost already..."~Sylphiness)

~^*^~
i think, personally, to make a custom-tailored character is uplifting and vital

that way, people know who you are through the character that you make
~^*^~

Purists in my mind remind me of the Malfoy family from Harry Potter, in term alone.

I can still hear Bellatrix Lestrange screaming, screeching even, like a harpish banshee... (that is the picture of a Purist in my mind :P)

I do feel that Purists in my mind are muggles, since they have to pace themselves. Every guide for Purists I have come across, suggests pacing several skills; nonetheless, since most of them, they wouldn't otherwise, be able to use effectively.

muggle-to indicate those who are not aware or are lacking in some skill
[Oxford English Dictionary, 2003]

Well, take care~ and best of luck to everyone, no matter how they play:
Mainstream & Everything In-Between

truekossy

Sylphiness - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I do feel that Purists in my mind are muggles, since they have to pace themselves. Every guide for Purists I have come across, suggests pacing several skills; nonetheless, since most of them, they wouldn't otherwise, be able to use effectively.

Archers are a damage dealing class.
Pure archers deal so much damage that they can easily take aggro from even the best of tanks from the sheer amount of damage they deal.
Those archers that have low enough dex to be unable to take aggro from a tank even when going all-out will never be able to deal as much damage as a pure archer even if said pure is holding back to control their damage output (and thus lower the aggro they generate).
Archers are a damage dealing class.

Hecklar - Sanctuary

For my archer I weighed the Pros and Cons of being a pure aggro stealer, and being an actual useful addition to a party. I decided to settle with NOWHERE near a pure build, but instead add some vit, so when I DO steal aggro, which I will, I can tank the boss, or mob anyways. I have about 150 vit as an archer, and I can tank Krimson with Two Clerics, lets see any of you Pures do that... I did notice I was lacking in the DD department... So I've maxed all but two of my skills... got Sage Winged blessing, sage Bow mastery, Sage Barrage, Sage Take Aim, Sage Burning arrow, Sage thunderous blast, and Sage frost Arrow. Now I hit like a Pure archer, and I can handle the damage I get from having the aggro.. Soon gonna have 10k+ hp with Barb buff >:D

Quilue - Sanctuary

i've tanked DoD, which hits just as hard, with 1 7x cleric when i was 8x in my **** +2 molds. the only diff is Krim has a debuff that any competent cleric can purify anyway. i can confidently say i can do Krim with 2 clerics lol.

and don't think 9x pures have **** hp. the only difference 150 vit makes is about 2.3k more hp buffed, if you will have 10k hp buffed, some pure will have some 7.7k hp buffed with appropriate gear, that doesn't make their survivability vastly horrible.

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear

Hecklar - Sanctuary wrote: »

I have about 150 vit as an archer, and I can tank Krimson with Two Clerics, lets see any of you Pures do that...

I did Krimson with 1 cleric back around level 92 or so. 7-2-1 Hybrid.

I'm not insulting your build or disagreeing with your reasoning. I am just stating that tanking Krimson at level 99 with two clerics is not really a big accomplishment.

Veronica_ - Heavens Tear

I am hybrid b:surrenderb:cry must restat to dex b:sad or most of them b:cute

DrkLordZ - Sanctuary

Annor - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Heavy Armor / Melee (variant)

There be a 10x archer who uses mountcrasher set and behemoth fists, his name is Elyawatson.

Foltern - Sanctuary

Pure since the char was created. I will add str at the last possible levels when I need to add it not before.

Current build:

http://pwcalc.ru/pwi/?char=1079ebc39b8f8bc8

In the process of updating my gear.

Regards

Lusca - Sanctuary

threepointone wrote: »

/Facepalm.

>=[ sage archerz r pr0

if mrotys archer got 89 it would be sage >=[

Lusca - Sanctuary

threepointone wrote: »

Pl0x lock thread.

Andracil said we cannot speak of He Who Can't Be Named.

>=[ fein den

Aniella - Harshlands

on my archer i take 1str 3dex 1vit every lvl

Captain_Fury - Sanctuary

I just recently switched to Pure DEX. It was well worth it. I was originally a Fisted Archer, using fists when enemies got too close. I don't need it anymore now that I'm level 57. No enemies get that close to me anymore! But it was useful in the early levels. Pure DEX all the way. I'm strictly a PVE player.