A Few Reasons To Become An Archer

OlieTheKing - Lost City
OlieTheKing - Lost City Posts: 117 Arc User
edited April 2011 in Archer
Ive noticed a significant lack of archers in pwi, hopefully this post will remind people why archers are one of the best classes :)

Reason no.1
We have Metal and physical skills - This means we can effectively attack any class with some decent damage.

Reason no.2
We can attack without skills and with skills - This means we can save more mana compared to some classes such as wizards.

Reason no.3
We Have nuke skills and fast hitting abilities - Take aim and Deadly shot can often 1 shot Arcane classes and at end game with rank gear we can shoot pretty fast for aps damage.

Reason no.4
We have more defensive skills than most classes - Anti stuns and damage absorbtion can be very useful, not to mention our massive evasion buff (Although most archers dont take advantage of this?)

Reason no.5
We kill mobs before they reach us - Mobs our level dont usualy reach us saving our hp costs.

Reason no.6
We use range attacks - Although our damage is halfed at close range we still have skills that hit high at close range.

Reason no.7
Our gameplay is the most versitile - I think we have more options of what to do in a fight than most classes, this leaves each individual archers fighting style unique.

These are a few i could think of off the top of my head, Add your own :)
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  • CocteauTwin - Lost City
    CocteauTwin - Lost City Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Ive noticed a significant lack of archers in pwi, hopefully this post will remind people why archers are one of the best classes :)

    Reason no.1
    We have Metal and physical skills - This means we can effectively attack any class with some decent damage. Metal DMG isn't that great... Seekers and Clerics are more versatile in terms of DMG

    Reason no.2
    We can attack without skills and with skills - This means we can save more mana compared to some classes such as wizards. Either way you can afford charms at endgame

    Reason no.3
    We Have nuke skills and fast hitting abilities - Take aim and Deadly shot can often 1 shot Arcane classes and at end game with rank gear we can shoot pretty fast for aps damage.
    Compare Archer's APS to BM's/Sin's APS... b:surrender

    Reason no.4
    We have more defensive skills than most classes - Anti stuns and damage absorbtion can be very useful, not to mention our massive evasion buff (Although most archers dont take advantage of this?) Here I agree... but it still doesn't beat stealth...b:surrender

    Reason no.5
    We kill mobs before they reach us - Mobs our level dont usualy reach us saving our hp costs. Hell yea b:victory

    Reason no.6
    We use range attacks - Although our damage is halfed at close range we still have skills that hit high at close range. Yea, I agree

    Reason no.7
    Our gameplay is the most versitile - I think we have more options of what to do in a fight than most classes, this leaves each individual archers fighting style unique. HA/AA Veno is the most versatile class, I think. Later are Archers, Seekers and Clerics.

    These are a few i could think of off the top of my head, Add your own :)
  • grimreaperhc
    grimreaperhc Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Reason n.1 - Archers are epic.

    Reason n.2 - Refer to reason n.1, please.
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  • Boogiepanda - Raging Tide
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide Posts: 4,682 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    1) We has sexy wings.

    /thread
  • CocteauTwin - Lost City
    CocteauTwin - Lost City Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Reason n.3 - Archers are epicly epic in TWs

    Reason n.4 - Archers rock against AAs in 1v1. They suck against HAs, but who cares.

    Reason n.5 - Archers are wanted in squads until high levels.
  • Boogiepanda - Raging Tide
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide Posts: 4,682 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    CocteauTwin - Lost City wrote: »
    Reason n.4 - Archers rock against AAs in 1v1. They suck against HAs, but who cares.

    This tells me you know nothing.
  • grimreaperhc
    grimreaperhc Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide wrote: »
    1) We has sexy wings.

    /thread

    Brilliant Plumes b:dirty

    /thread
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  • CocteauTwin - Lost City
    CocteauTwin - Lost City Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    No, I mean 1% of what I should know b:laugh

    About Archers vs HAs, hm...

    Archers offensive:
    - Metal skills being just base DMG + amount which is very low after PvP reduction
    - nice crits, but still low DMG

    Archers defensive:
    - low P. Def
    - low HP
    - nice Elven Alacrity
    - some kiting skills

    Yea, I'm noob in terms of Archer-ism, could you give some light on?
  • Quilue - Sanctuary
    Quilue - Sanctuary Posts: 5,787 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Jone's Bless, cheap Rank, air kite, ornament refines, Purge.
    Elena Costel: I wash my hands of this affair.
    Legerity: *drags you back* *stains your hands with said affair*
    Elena Costel: Noooo... I don't want to have a dirty affair with Lady Legerity...
    Qui: b:dirty
  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Reason 1: Archers are the sexiest class in the game. Period.

    Reason 2: With how sexy they are, who needs more than a reason 1?
  • Fiorrello_ - Raging Tide
    Fiorrello_ - Raging Tide Posts: 76 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    bm- yay! i just got a 20k crit!
    archer- and?... you mean you haven't been getting them?
    patience is a virtue
  • Bellefleurs - Raging Tide
    Bellefleurs - Raging Tide Posts: 733 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Archers pwn.

    Reason why?

    because i <3 boogiepanda.

    Archers always make the best trololololols
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  • Cell - Raging Tide
    Cell - Raging Tide Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Bellefleurs - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Archers pwn.

    Reason why?

    because i <3 boogiepanda.

    Archers always make the best trololololols

    Did someone say...

    realtrollfacepainting.jpg

    And, yeah, my guild leader tried to get me to not be an archer due to it's general upheaval by the evil Sins, but I'm going to roll one today anyways!

    (Yes, I WANT a reason to buy Dark Lord) Q~Q b:surrender
  • Aesthor - Heavens Tear
    Aesthor - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,845 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    And here I thought people rolled archers to have a share in the **** action* and the even more sexy maths on the forums.



    *Gender of participating archer has no correlation with real life gender
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  • Boogiepanda - Raging Tide
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide Posts: 4,682 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Aesthor - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    And here I thought people rolled archers to have a share in the **** action* and the even more sexy maths on the forums.



    *Gender of participating archer has no correlation with real life gender

    Let's goooooo

    Another thread derailed
  • Quilue - Sanctuary
    Quilue - Sanctuary Posts: 5,787 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Aesthor - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    And here I thought people rolled archers to have a share in the **** action* and the even more sexy maths on the forums.



    *Gender of participating archer has no correlation with real life gender

    Damn straight b:laugh
    Elena Costel: I wash my hands of this affair.
    Legerity: *drags you back* *stains your hands with said affair*
    Elena Costel: Noooo... I don't want to have a dirty affair with Lady Legerity...
    Qui: b:dirty
  • Random - Harshlands
    Random - Harshlands Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    is there any other class that gets to look as silly but yet deadly than an archer with a slingshot :P?
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  • Sarrafeline - Sanctuary
    Sarrafeline - Sanctuary Posts: 4,661 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Random - Harshlands wrote: »
    is there any other class that gets to look as silly but yet deadly than an archer with a slingshot :P?

    A Sin with dual hammers. b:chuckle
    101 Sage Sin*/Archer
    100 Demon BM*/Barb
    96 Demon Cleric/Sage Seeker
    95 Demon Wiz/
    94 Sage Veno
    85 Psy/80 Mystic
    And a handful of other alts, all 79 and under.
    *Pre RB level
  • Elviron - Dreamweaver
    Elviron - Dreamweaver Posts: 812 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Sarrafeline - Sanctuary wrote: »
    A Sin with dual hammers. b:chuckle

    Silly...yes.

    Deadly...no.
  • Summer_Blush - Heavens Tear
    Summer_Blush - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,187 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Archers have real ****, every over class has fake implants
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  • DaKillanator - Raging Tide
    DaKillanator - Raging Tide Posts: 2,965 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    I suddenly want to roll a panda barb...
  • Jeremied - Sanctuary
    Jeremied - Sanctuary Posts: 2,259 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    GrimReaperHC wrote: »
    Brilliant Plumes b:dirty

    /thread
    b:chuckle You said it. fdjkhaflkdjfha~ Yes that's underwater. It's the only screenie I had with my name on it XD
    truekossy wrote: »
    Reason 1: Archers are the sexiest class in the game. Period.

    Reason 2: With how sexy they are, who needs more than a reason 1?

    PROOF
    <3

    I'm the cleric to my roomie's archer <3
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  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    truekossy wrote: »
    Reason 1: Archers are the sexiest class in the game. Period.

    Reason 2: With how sexy they are, who needs more than a reason 1?
    What are you smoking? Nothing can surpss the sexiness of my mystic. End of discussion.
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~
  • Jeremied - Sanctuary
    Jeremied - Sanctuary Posts: 2,259 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Typhyse - Sanctuary wrote: »
    What are you smoking? Nothing can surpss the sexiness of my mystic. End of discussion.

    Post proof please. <w< For comparison see above post.

    Archers are still sexy regardless. <3
    And they own with crits.
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    Slow and steady stays alive~ I'm in no rush, I'm enjoying the journey to end game just as it was ment to be. b:victory
    "You sir, are why I love clerics <3" < Liba - Heaven's Tear
    b:thanks Well thank you Liba<3
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Jeremied - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Post proof please. <w< For comparison see above post.

    Archers are still sexy regardless. <3
    And they own with crits.

    Just added the link.

    Ok I have to ask, WHERE did you get the pic that's your siggy? Who has a Warsoul bow?
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  • Jeremied - Sanctuary
    Jeremied - Sanctuary Posts: 2,259 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Good question. <w< Where does a lvl3x cleric get brilliant plumes? I'm not telling. XD Borrowed it for the screenie a long time ago. I gave everything I had for him to have a few minutes with it. Q.Q Owner's probably quit by now, it was so long ago, before r9.
    The archer still seems to be sexier though.
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    ~Demon as of 5/6/12 - On the night where the moon is closer to the earth and brighter than any other night in the past 18 years.~

    Slow and steady stays alive~ I'm in no rush, I'm enjoying the journey to end game just as it was ment to be. b:victory
    "You sir, are why I love clerics <3" < Liba - Heaven's Tear
    b:thanks Well thank you Liba<3
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Jeremied - Sanctuary wrote: »
    The archer still seems to be sexier though.
    b:surrender
    Let me get a screenie of my mystic doing his one-handed kamehameha, then he'll own you xD
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~
  • _blood_rain - Sanctuary
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary Posts: 2,532 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Typhyse - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Just added the link.

    Ok I have to ask, WHERE did you get the pic that's your siggy? Who has a Warsoul bow?

    No one cuz it's not worth

    That siggy pic is likely from a private server

    @ Jeremied: you are REALLY proud of your archer design aren't you? lol . But I must say, I would very willingly rub titties with her, she so sexy :3

    And that brings me to my reason for rolling archer
    We are pure sex
    And our combat stance totally looks like a lap dance( as Quilue pointed out in a very well-written archer guide :B)
  • Jeremied - Sanctuary
    Jeremied - Sanctuary Posts: 2,259 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary wrote: »
    No one cuz it's not worth

    That siggy pic is likely from a private server

    @ Jeremied: you are REALLY proud of your archer design aren't you? lol . But I must say, I would very willingly rub titties with her, she so sexy :3

    And that brings me to my reason for rolling archer
    We are pure sex
    And our combat stance totally looks like a lap dance( as Quilue pointed out in a very well-written archer guide :B)
    <_< Shhhh!

    Anyway, yes I am XD I designed the female one for my roomate, but the male one is his main. Both versions are sexy if I must say. Female one is currently my computer background *w*

    I suppose I should say a few things other than the visual aspects....The crits, the damage, the distance, the crowd control, the aoes, bows with purge/seal/freeze, the fact they look awesome owning things with a tiny slingshot--****, sidetracked into the visual aspect again...>_<
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    Slow and steady stays alive~ I'm in no rush, I'm enjoying the journey to end game just as it was ment to be. b:victory
    "You sir, are why I love clerics <3" < Liba - Heaven's Tear
    b:thanks Well thank you Liba<3
  • _blood_rain - Sanctuary
    _blood_rain - Sanctuary Posts: 2,532 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Lol yea,

    I stuck with archer because to me kiting is just fun as hell, and archers are perfectly suited to it.
    It's like the most trollish strategy to win a battle(that actually requires skill)

    Its just so much fun to give people the run around, jump up and down, fly, land, run this way and that way, I really like to have fun with it :3



    ....plus we look so hot while we do it
    <.<
    >.>
  • Kritical_x - Heavens Tear
    Kritical_x - Heavens Tear Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    [P]ew [P]ew.

    Nuf said.

    kthnxbai.

    p.s" Other classes... Are always jealous of our dominating stylish sexiness.
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