Few noob archer Q's

Roseddesor - Heavens Tear
Roseddesor - Heavens Tear Posts: 48 Arc User
edited February 2010 in Archer
Fire Arrows: Do they only work ( or work at all) when your normal shooting??

What spells do defiantly not learn?

Gems: Sapphire or Citrine?

Whats better for what as far as Sling shot vrs Loong bow thingy. Describe as far as skills as well.
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  • Veronica_ - Heavens Tear
    Veronica_ - Heavens Tear Posts: 157 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Roseddesor - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Fire Arrows: Do they only work ( or work at all) when your normal shooting??

    What spells do defiantly not learn?

    Gems: Sapphire or Citrine?

    Whats better for what as far as Sling shot vrs Loong bow thingy. Describe as far as skills as well.


    O.o <-- was my first inpresion but

    By "fire arrows" do you mean the buff Blazing Arrow , it gives a 10 min buff in which the damage is incresed by xx% ( depending on skill lvl ) in fire damage in normal attacks.

    Skills mostly uselss are Vicious Arrow others are personal preference. But you shoud leave knock back at lvl 1 it doesn't knock back any further so lower mana cost -> lower mp pots use.


    For Gems : b:shocked for weopn are Garnet becase they increse the psy attack and archer is a psychical DD. For armor use citrine shards for hp or garnet shard ( personal preferance , but mostly good to use citrines ) for psy def.

    There are 3 weopn choises for archers :


    Slingshoot - fires faster that the others but has lower damage, a very good weopn for grinding.
    Crossbow - fires slower but deals most damage , the suggested weopn for pvp
    Bow - it has a middle attack speed and middle damage from sling and crossbow , most of the archer's prefer bow
  • Roseddesor - Heavens Tear
    Roseddesor - Heavens Tear Posts: 48 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Bumps...b:laugh

    Want's more perspectives, even if you give same answers.. I'm taken votes here. Also for gems i mean purely armor, and yes I did mean the fire arrow buff. Detailed specifics welcomed b:victory

    Thanks in advanced
  • WaffleChan - Sanctuary
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary Posts: 2,897 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    citrine for armor.

    use a bow at lower levels, at 69 change to the legendary sling shot wind and the clouds. use it till maybe 80-90, then id suggest a crossbow if you like big numbers or bow if you wanna shoot slightly faster.
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  • Tomiko - Heavens Tear
    Tomiko - Heavens Tear Posts: 416 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Blazing Arrow buff works with auto attack and any skill that consumes one arrow only.

    Skills depend on your weapon refine and skill levels. Winged Blessing, Bow Mastery, Blazing Arrow max. The rest depends on playstyle and refinement.

    Garnet in weapon, Citrine(Primeval/Savant) in armor.

    Slingshot> Fastest attack, largest effective range(full damage range), high minimum/low maximum damage.

    Bow> Medium

    Xbow> Slowest attack, shortest effective range, low minimum/high maximum damage.
  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Roseddesor - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Fire Arrows: Do they only work ( or work at all) when your normal shooting??

    What spells do defiantly not learn?

    Gems: Sapphire or Citrine?

    Whats better for what as far as Sling shot vrs Loong bow thingy. Describe as far as skills as well.

    You're back? Haven't seen you in a while...

    Blazing Arrow - Works on normal attacks and all skills that require 1 arrow. Also works on fists (weapons). Does not work barehanded.

    Skill not to learn - Damage-over-time skills. Keep Knockback at level 1. Use it often, but do not level it, as that just increases the mana usage in an inefficient manner.

    Gems - Citrine for armor, Garnet for Weapon

    Weapon - See what the others wrote.
  • Ilenka - Harshlands
    Ilenka - Harshlands Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Blazing arrow yes. Max it, and Fire damage added for 10 mins in all normal attacks. I use it all the time i want to go grind or at metal bosses. Metal weaker to Fire.

    Frozen Arrow max it too.

    Skills not to level: Over the time dmg skills. Serrated Arrow, Vicious arrow and Knockback. In higher levels do not level Stormrage Eagleon as its Damage over time too.

    Gems for armor: PURE CITRINES i mainly use flawless because they are cheap now, and give good hp per socket. I would stick with them until tt90 armor, unless you can buy gear already sharded and refined with better citrines in Auction house. But yes... use only citrines... you will stand more hits in pvp or pve situations.
  • Roseddesor - Heavens Tear
    Roseddesor - Heavens Tear Posts: 48 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    You're back? Haven't seen you in a while...

    Blazing Arrow - Works on normal attacks and all skills that require 1 arrow. Also works on fists (weapons). Does not work barehanded.

    Skill not to learn - Damage-over-time skills. Keep Knockback at level 1. Use it often, but do not level it, as that just increases the mana usage in an inefficient manner.

    Gems - Citrine for armor, Garnet for Weapon

    Weapon - See what the others wrote.

    Yes!, Hehe.. I was gone since before BH lol, but I only play archer now NebuIa. I'm happy just being a noob leaving more time for social stuff xD But if anyway needs a 89 Cleric for TW purpose only drop me a line in game mail style. roseddesor, rosed_ or NebuIa.. hehe and thanks for so much help guys and gals.
  • XylolyX - Heavens Tear
    XylolyX - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Noob Archer here...

    My most used skills are: Frost Arrow, knockback, sharptooth, deadly shot, take aim, and wings of protection.

    In general I only use a skill to open an attack and then I will use regular attacks until the mob gets close, knockback and regular until dead. To do anything else is pretty much a waste of mana in my opinion.

    Currently I have the TT60 crossbow and the lvl69 Wind and Clouds slingshot. I find myself using the slingshot mostly, not because of it's attack level (even at +3 it's got lower attack than my xbow) but because of it's attack rate. I tend to do much more damage because of the extra attack or two I can get in on a mob in the same time period.

    As for shards: Attack shards for the weapon and citrine for the armor. I'm not a fan of sharding for pdef, as I think it has diminishing returns. (Pdef won't help against magic or poison mobs.)

    I hope this helps.
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