Is it worth being Archer?

Sheyde - Sanctuary wrote: »

Hi guys, i have been playing PW for some time already as a Cleric but got bored with everyone around killing me, cant stand any class in Pvp, i though about archer, physical ranged attack, shield i was also thinking about assasin but i hate melee...with light armor? I saw Archers in Pk swooshing people away, also in TW so i have question as archer would i finally have some power? Is it worth to play elven stick shooter? :P

playing an archer is totally worth it if you play it and stop lvling at the peek of its power which is at 7x.

i am having fun on my archer, and think its worth it if you have what it takes to be a good one.

Well first of all archers at end game are not the most powerful guys on PW for pvpb:cry

There are some advantages tho:
1) You can zone out during those frigg'n long bosses that have upward of 2-3 mill hp.
2) By my lvl you can usually kill the mobs before they ever hit you.
3) I was going to say we have the most awesome crits of any class....but then sins arrived...
4) You can shoot from a long way away..which translates into you being able to avoid party wipes sometimes...
5) We look cool
6) Our repair costs are not horribly high
7) We can use fists
Cons:
1) You will take aggro by accident and **** off the squad
2) LA90 armor looks downright **** for males.
3) You will spend $$$ on ammo
4) You will run out of ammo if you arent careful and be rendered useless (unless u have some fists)
5) At lower lvls you will have to kite and spam knockback
6) Mag attacks will hurt like a muthafker
7) annnnnd if u wanna rock at PvP later on you will need to cash shop like mad.

I'm sure I forgot some.....

tbh...you want a veno..Nix is epic in PvP or if you can get 10x wiz is best-wiz is like a nuke

Klizzahrd - Lost City wrote: »

Well first of all archers at end game are not the most powerful guys on PW for pvpb:cry

Is this a QQ? Your not supposed to be the most powerful, neither the weakest.

There are some advantages tho:
1) You can zone out during those frigg'n long bosses that have upward of 2-3 mill hp.

2) By my lvl you can usually kill the mobs before they ever hit you.

I guess thats true :P

3) I was going to say we have the most awesome crits of any class....but then sins arrived...
4) You can shoot from a long way away..which translates into you being able to avoid party wipes sometimes...
Anyone can avoid party wipes, but at same time anyone can die in party wipe, this is not an actual pro xD
5) We look cool
Not a pro
6) Our repair costs are not horribly high
Not horribly high which any class can avoid, not too hard to do, but still imo the 2nd most expensive class ever <.<
7) We can use fists
no comment b:sweat
Cons:
1) You will take aggro by accident and **** off the squad
squishy death
2) LA90 armor looks downright **** for males.
lol no comment... I rather put fash on non-barbs anyways
3) You will spend $$$ on ammo
4) You will run out of ammo if you arent careful and be rendered useless (unless u have some fists)
This is horrible for all archers lol, its best to carry at least 10k arrows (9999 exact)
5) At lower lvls you will have to kite and spam knockback
with 3 second slow is hopeless b:surrender
6) Mag attacks will hurt like a muthafker
I remember getting 2 shotted by an FB mob casting spells on my archer
7) annnnnd if u wanna rock at PvP later on you will need to cash shop like mad.
Cash shopping to PVP... I lol'ed, you think others that dunno how to play don't think the same?

I'm sure I forgot some....
you forgot close range = damage reduction, slowest attack rate which makes them have the worst DPS at early LVLs if not using skills (lack of crit b:surrender) so that means they rely a high load of MP recovery items to kill faster
They are powder/potion dependent,

There, fixed for you

Ussichu - Sanctuary wrote: »

Archers are the cheapest class in the game, great class to start off then to use to make money for your alt

They are 2nd most expensive... repairs... arrows... pots / powders / charms. Venoes are the most expensive. Yes they get least repairs, but to get both pets, skills and pet skills are worse.

Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »

This is wrong.

Repairs are negligible because you should not get hit often.

True.

Arrows are negligible because you should stick to the cheapest arrows.

Yep.

Potions are negligible because you should use less than you get from grinding drops.

At MY level (36) you chuck potions like mad. You literally spam them, and you doublespam hp+rejuv, because you take ALOT of damage. Melees reach you because they have more HP than you can remove. Casters get atleast one spell off before they die, and then they hurt. I feel it's getting better already, but a few levels earlier, it was just as bad. Take this into consideration.

Powders are negligible because you should not need them. If you do use them, there's no need to use many.

I don't use any, but I would if I wasn't that greedy.

Charms are negligible because you should not need them. If you do use them, you should not tick often because you should not get hit often.

Can't comment on that. Since things start to get easier (very, very slowly) already, I believe all the statements on the Archer boards to be true - for higher levels. I don't know when that magical break through point will be, but at 36, it hasn't arrived just yet.

I'm kinda optimistic, and I just love the Archer class.

Well I'm fighting my way to level 40 at the moment, where hopefully lots of problems will vanish. The BHs will help quite a bit, but mainly the Tideborn questline. That's like 4-5 levels you jump ahead in one day, which means 2 more levels Blazing Arrow, Frost Arrow, Winged Shell and Winged Blessing, 1 more Bow Mastery. That's a huge boost!

I did the kiting thing. Did that also on my Cleric, with Greater cyclone, but on my Archer I find it a bit more difficult. Maybe it'll improve later, with longer snare duration on Frost Arrow.

Yep I did I'm restocking to 100 every time I'm in town, just in case

Lets not forget LA is the cheapest armor in game

EDIT: to further my point on archer's being cheapest

You should definetly roll archer guise i mean from level 1-89 you is pro.


But them at 90-100 these wizords come out from being squishy to hitting you for 20k+