PvP and Archer

Blackula__ - Archosaur

Hey so I posted about accuracy and it sounds like I need to increase my accuracy....Is it standard these days to have gear that increases accuracy.

The other thing I was wondering about was how quickly archers can cast against HA toons. I was on flame this evening....and I don't know if it was internet lag at my girlfriend's house but I felt like alot of my skills took too long to channel....It would start and stall out....only to not complete. Is this common? I assume its either that my target died .....or that they ran away....out of range?

qzazn8

Casting time for your skills should be the same no matter what type the enemy is. The only ways your skills can be interrupted is if:
1. You get stunned/silenced/slept/etc
2. Target moves out of range (most common)
3. Target dies in the middle of channeling
4. You die

To solve your problem, you need to get close enough to hit your target or prevent kiting with a stun or aim low. This problem happens to everyone, so don't worry too much.

I think I answered your earlier post about the whole accuracy thing, so I'll let someone else answer. Always better to have a second opinion.

Nenor - Dreamweaver

Idk, i've had skills cancel in the middle of casting during pve. Even had WoP cancel mid cast for no reason.

Elvenhawk - Heavens Tear

It's not for no reason. It was probably because someone used an interrupt channeling skill on you. Loads of skills have the ability to interrupt targets channeling. Two off the top of my head are Demon knife throw from assassins and demon absorb soul by mystics. You will probably find an assassin just used knife throw on you as you started channeling said skill.

Decus - Dreamweaver

Nenor - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Idk, i've had skills cancel in the middle of casting during pve. Even had WoP cancel mid cast for no reason.

Were you getting hit?

Blackula__ - Archosaur

Yeah the accuracy thing has already pretty much been covered....I am just mention it because it shocks me....I always thought accuracy stuff was for barbs and bms.

I think the channeling issue is due to people moving away....sadly if I was hit with knife throw I probably would be dead (So squishy). Only L99 and gear is old I stopped playing archer 2 years ago when I quite game. There are some good posts, glad to see some people talking in here.

So rank 8 is no longer really suggested, since G16 armor is better for PvP? People don't farm Nirvana so no need for APS build? I was happy to see that the TT99 bow is one of the easier ones to make....In a game where gear is such a ***** to get, nice to see one that is reasonable. I know some people will say gear is easy to get these days but honestly as a new person or returning to game its VERY hard to get anyone to squad for tt mats.

XxRagzxx - Sanctuary

Blackula__ - Archosaur wrote: »

Yeah the accuracy thing has already pretty much been covered....I am just mention it because it shocks me....I always thought accuracy stuff was for barbs and bms.

I think the channeling issue is due to people moving away....sadly if I was hit with knife throw I probably would be dead (So squishy). Only L99 and gear is old I stopped playing archer 2 years ago when I quite game. There are some good posts, glad to see some people talking in here.

So rank 8 is no longer really suggested, since G16 armor is better for PvP? People don't farm Nirvana so no need for APS build? I was happy to see that the TT99 bow is one of the easier ones to make....In a game where gear is such a ***** to get, nice to see one that is reasonable. I know some people will say gear is easy to get these days but honestly as a new person or returning to game its VERY hard to get anyone to squad for tt mats.

More than likely, they ran out of range when you were channeling your skill and it just stops and puts it in cd, which I personally think is bs.

Most people nowadays just have a sin/bm with aps gear and pretty much solo TT. Not really a lot of people out there that run it as a squad anymore.

Personally, I don't like G16 on an archer because your aps is so slow. Being a demon archer is all about getting as many arrows out as you can as soon as possible.

Nenor - Dreamweaver

Decus - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Were you getting hit?

No i wasn't getting hit. The most recent event was last night in CoF standing at the starting npc. Was trying to buff before i started, cancel mid-cast, and had to recast to buff.


I've had other weird things happen as well. Today doing W2 for bh on veno, the cleric went down and i hit AD+IG to hold me over until they were back on their feet. I was dead about 4-5 seconds after that. What kinda pissed in my cheerios was the fact both the AD icon was was ticking down on timer as well as the IG icon. I KNOW i clicked both, and i should not have died.

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear

- I think most believe for archers that Rank 9 Stage 3 is better than Nirvana Stage 3. It comes down to if you want to spend several hundreds of millions of coins vs several billions of coins.

- High-end gear is much easier to obtain than before. On Heaven's Tear, Raptures and Uncannies are 1/7 the going price during the Nirvana-APS craze. Just keep doing BH 100 and Cube of Fate on all of your alts (multiclient if you can, as Cube is more efficient that way).

You will not gain coin as quickly as those already decked out and capable of earning several dozens of Supply Tokens. However, you should still be able to earn coin as quickly as before, and prices for high end gear have dropped dramatically.