What was lvling like

It is a easy class to level if used correct skills.
Also with archer either be prepared to buy lots of MP pots or MP charms.

As you have the chance to get your first moldslingshot (sinister shooter, later on wind and clouds) take it, they're the best for grinding. Simply frost arrow and most mobs won't get to hit you if you have enough atk power through dex.
I, myself, wasn't grinding until lvl 40 (just doing quests).

Archers kill things easily, and die easily. It's a trade-off. :X

Only the first few lvls is anoying when u dont have frost arrow or knockback and after that its a breeze. Very easy to lvl since u kill quickly, dont use mana much (unless u skill spam), and have low cost compared to others mid to endgame (only thing that should really cost u is arrows, shots, bolts depending on weapon u use and u should only be getting the cheapest one availiable).

Mystical - Dreamweaver wrote: »

It is a easy class to level if used correct skills.
Also with archer either be prepared to buy lots of MP pots or MP charms.

I think you are not playing as efficiently as you could. I have never bought an MP or HP potion (I have bought instant potions for emergency purposes).

The combo to use is Frost Arrow -> Normal -> Normal -> Knockback -> Normal afterwards. For harder monsters, add a Winged Shell or Stunning Arrow after the Knockback. You can see Annor's guide for more details. It's a sticky on this forum.

If you still have issues with mana consumption, I suggest crafting the level 2 MP Recovery items.

Mystical - Dreamweaver wrote: »

It is a easy class to level if used correct skills.
Also with archer either be prepared to buy lots of MP pots or MP charms.

I dont use charms, Pots work perfectly fine and at that I hardly use pots.

its not all that simple. grinding mobs that you've chosen (torgirns, pterosaurs, foxwings, nightstalkers, etc) is pretty much using the same macro again and again, but some mobs that quests make you kill are a lot more complicated. you can't do frost hit hit knockback in the later lvls when every mob and its mother aggros every time you hit one of them (cough mermaids). in those cases prepare to pack some hp pots or squad with some friends.

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »

This is true; you have to be selective of who you attack and all. Try to find those that are alone, and always watch your back.

I was merely addressing the point that someone stated, in which you need to buy many MP potions. *That* is dependent on your game play style. I have never bought a single HP / MP potion. I have never used an MP charm, and only used a bronze HP charm once. I give away MP potions to clerics all the time, whenever they resurrect me or give me buffs. I recently gave a stack of 100 MP potions to my guildmate because I needed inventory space.

This isn't bragging, as far as I know, most other archers have the same experience. There is no need to ever buy potions. If anything, you'd want to manufacture apothecary items.

In my first 60 levels I burned mana like crazy. My normal shots didn't deal the damage needed to kill before the monster gave a nice whack dealing a good chunk of damage. This is including the frost and knockback skills giving me extra shots. I was a 4:1 DEX:STR built archer.

Once I reached 60 and used my first (TT/HH)60 Crossbow my mana-problems were gone forever.

But to answer the original posters question:

Levelling 61+ is really, really, boring!

If you zhen, you dont do much besides stare at the screen for a good hour while your MP charm or $4 investment (less if you bought the charm pack) drains away. Although you do gain experience points quicker - zhenning quickly becomes costly for archers later on (9x for example.)

It gets slow, rediculously slow, once you hit your 6x's. Now if you think thats bad, just wait till you hit 7x, 8x. Now if you had the drive to get through your 8x's the 9x's are here to punish you! You can spend hours for a mere 1-3% (sometimes it can be even less)

If you have the drive to repeatedly tap and click the same buttons for hours on end - you're in great shape.

The Frost Arrow/normal/normal/normal combo is booooring.

Once you get to a level where mobs drop items worth about 2k then use Focus Powder and spam the hell out of those mobs. Just two drops will pay for the powder and after that you can kill many mobs quickly by spamming your skills. After those first two drops you get to sell all the loot (including potions...don't use potions).

I find it best not to have a MP charm activated while using Focus Powder.

If you want to make colours, explosions, lightning balls and electric eagles then use Focus Fowder. Its fun, you kill quickly and you get a good profit.

It's good sheet man.

Kishanhood - Heavens Tear wrote: »

yeah it is fairly easy to level an archer, but now i am getting kind of bored with doing the same things over and over, and i might make a character of a different class.

lol i had the same prob... but i found the answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! use different skills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i nvr go with the same skill straligy u have many and if i get bored i just use a diferent one. trust me i have 6 characters lvl 36 barb lvl 29 venom and i have a cleric, BM, and a wizard all at lvl 20!!!!!!! and finally a lvl 52 (soon to be 53) archer i played them all well enough and frankly the archer is the only class i nvr get bored with.

Mosa - Harshlands wrote: »

no body ever zhen pasts 80+ and some ppl quit zhening all together when they hit 75+...

ppl who zhen at 80+ shouldnt have gotton there am just saying my belief..b:bye

what do you mean nobody zhen past 80+? There is no limitation to zhen beside money to get charm and exp scroll. You did not state any reason to support your argument. b:chuckle