Archers Role?

Akah - Sanctuary
Akah - Sanctuary Posts: 12 Arc User
edited March 2009 in Archer
Hey Guys,

I'm new to the whole PW thing and decided to go with an archer, so far i am really enjoying the class and think the weapons and armours i have seen so far are awesome!! But the one thing i am unsure about is the role of my character, so far i have grouped for a few quests and it doesn't seem apparent at just what exactly I'm there to do. I'm not the tank, I'm not the healer, I'm not the damage dealer nor the support/buffer so what exactly are we here for? What do we add to the mix to make us a viable choice for guilds/groups and PvP?

Hope someone can help clear this up for me :)
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  • Suiryujin - Sanctuary
    Suiryujin - Sanctuary Posts: 449 Arc User
    edited March 2009
    Akah - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Hey Guys,

    I'm new to the whole PW thing and decided to go with an archer, so far i am really enjoying the class and think the weapons and armours i have seen so far are awesome!! But the one thing i am unsure about is the role of my character, so far i have grouped for a few quests and it doesn't seem apparent at just what exactly I'm there to do. I'm not the tank, I'm not the healer, I'm not the damage dealer nor the support/buffer so what exactly are we here for? What do we add to the mix to make us a viable choice for guilds/groups and PvP?

    Hope someone can help clear this up for me :)
    A,

    actually, we are the damage dealer, we might not do as much dmg as other classes early on but our dmg really starts to shine later especially when your crit is like 20%+ with TT60 or high weapon.
    archers and wizards are the 2 damage dealing class in PWI.
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  • ecliptic
    ecliptic Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited March 2009
    I have no idea where we Archers fit in, I am level 69 and a level 55 Cleric does more damage then I do how that happens when I have 270 Dex I have no clue but this is puzzling me...

    Pure healing cleric of level 55 does 4,000 - 6,000 damage with 5,000 - 13,000 critical
    using plume shot that shoots at a speed of 1.5 seconds and recover time of 1 second

    A pure damage level 69 Archer with 270 dexterity only does 1,800 - 2,300 damage with 3,000 - 8,000 Critical 3,000 - 5,000 using Deadly shot that takes 6 seconds to shoot and 12 seconds to use again and other skills that take 3 seconds to use and 6 seconds to recover.

    So far I have not seen anything that justifies calling an Archer a DD. Cleric a healer is more useful and does more damage. I wish this wasn't so but it is and always will be I guess.
  • Nevlik - Heavens Tear
    Nevlik - Heavens Tear Posts: 265 Arc User
    edited March 2009
    prove those numbers for the clerics damage :P
  • Chaotiic - Lost City
    Chaotiic - Lost City Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited March 2009
    We do more damage as we attack faster and crit a lot. Especially at later levels.

    For example my cleric friend does 8000-10000 damage with his cyclone and 6000-8000 with plume shot. Plume shot =2.5 secs Cyclone=2 secs. With normal shots i do 4.5k-7k but i attack at 0.67 so 1.5 secs per attack.

    That gives 3k-4.7k per sec for me and 3.1-4k per sec for the cleric(cant spam cyclone need to alternate). As you can see i do more damage per second and if you factor in my 28% crit then over 1/4 of those shots are double damage.

    As you can see archers are very much damage dealers just dont spam skills normal shots ftwb:victory. If you do want to include skills my hell take aim is 3.1 secs and deals 10k-14k.

    All these values are pve
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  • Mothergoose - Sanctuary
    Mothergoose - Sanctuary Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited March 2009
    Chaotiic - Lost City wrote: »
    We do more damage as we attack faster and crit a lot. Especially at later levels.

    For example my cleric friend does 8000-10000 damage with his cyclone and 6000-8000 with plume shot. Plume shot =2.5 secs Cyclone=2 secs. With normal shots i do 4.5k-7k but i attack at 0.67 so 1.5 secs per attack.

    That gives 3k-4.7k per sec for me and 3.1-4k per sec for the cleric(cant spam cyclone need to alternate). As you can see i do more damage per second and if you factor in my 28% crit then over 1/4 of those shots are double damage.

    As you can see archers are very much damage dealers just dont spam skills normal shots ftwb:victory. If you do want to include skills my hell take aim is 3.1 secs and deals 10k-14k.

    All these values are pve

    Well, aside from grinding skills like Cyclone and Plume shot, Attack Clerics also can nuke much the same way Mages can. Tempest will one shot most characters other than Barb.

    But under realistic situations, Archers do more damage. They're meant to be fast, versatile ranged dmg dealers with a fast fire rate.

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