Im trying to figure out which Archer Build can be good at these following points:
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EarthTower
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World Boss Hunts
EDIT: I narrowed down the points to focus only on these 2.
ET:
Archer2 Ranger3 SR2
Archer2 Sapper2 wugu2 cannon1
Archer2 QS3 falcon1 musket1
World boss:
A2 R1 Scout1 Fletcher3
A1 R3 Fletcher3
A1 QS3 Wugu2 Wugu3/Cannon/Musket
GvG:
No clue, we’ll need arena leaderboards to really determine what’s meta for pvp
Low Budget Equipments Late Game:
QS3 probably requires the least amount of funding, very low costs on mana pots and no investment into attributes. Also the fastest farmer next to Scout C3, though aoe builds might be better for high-density farming.
Future Proof Build (Rank 7+)
Cannon1 builds
Musket1 builds
Schwarz Reiter2 builds
*Fletcher3 is still a tossup, depends on what rank8 classes or hidden classes get introduced
*Falconer2 is terrible right now, but if Falconer3 is amazing and makes the class more like how it was in Ragnarok Online with blitz beat, this class would easily be meta.
*Rogue3’s viability is also determined by what new classes are introduced, but don’t count on it being any good unless the rank8 class just does some insane amounts of channeling damage with 100% uptime.
“Archer2 QS3 falcon1 musket1”
doesnt work anymore. since the circling / snipe combo was nerfed/fixed.
Also keep in mind steady aim works is a lot stronger in the KR version of the game and the SR2 build relies upon it.
We may not be doing floor20 clears, but SR2 is still relevant in doing good dps for floors 1-5 and even 1-10.
Archer2 QS3 Falcon1 Musket1 is a build that is centered around providing support in the form of Deploy Pavise for the floors where you need to guard something or avoid damage, Falcon1 was for aoe support, and Musket1 was brought along for the QS to snipe ghosts on floor3 and kill the totem with running shot + 450 attack speed quicken.
I have the feeling SR is just good if the rest of the group is built around him. =S
Heard the same thing!
The thing is… I have an A2>QS3, but idk if I should continue buiding it or maybe continue building my Elememe (Currently W3>E1).
I really like archer gameplay, but I read a lot that Elememe is just better in many aspects… =X
Go for Elememe.
that class can do all
you go can try AA archer, a3,qs3 and musket or sr2.
However wiz/ele is the “bis” dps class atm.
@xgclaw @Mamark Yeah, maybe I’ll just stick with my elememe for now… wait until the next ranks to make a new archer… =/
This is much a support build through some floors but an asset in boss stages.
Plain bad, as Wugushi’s poison can be replaced by other Wugushi’s poison thus your damage will only be nullified.
@FoxBoltz
The only class that matters in GvG are Scout and your choice of Rank 7. Other classes are subpotimal.
What do you think about the State of Archers comparing to a Elememe?
AFAIK Elememe excels in all of those points, right?
I can’t say Elementalist excels in all aspects.
PvE
Archers - Most are burst damagers except Fletcher/Wugushi/Sapper/Scout. Great boss killer. Can solo.
Elem - Excels in AoE especially against mobs with high HP that’s why they are essential in ET.
PvP
Archers - With proper equips musket/cannon/rouge can 1 shot everyone except those classes who runs full con such as Cryomancer and Psychokino.
Elem - Needs CC from teammates otherwise they are a total disaster.
@kidsanity well, you said it… lets assume more like a PvE oriented aspect… ET and WB.
Cause I like more PvE than PvP
The reason why they are essential in ET because Elementalists AoE DoT are still unmatchable. Frost cloud has 32 ticks (if I’m not mistaken), not sure about AoE ratio but I heard it’s high and you can at least hit 10-12 monsters assuming they are all medium sizes and it has a relatively low cooldown. So teamed with Chrono then they become even more unmatchable.
About WB, fletchers win most of the time due to their high damage and extremely low cooldowns.
Did you give up on Chrono? 
Maybe wizards are the only class in a good spot when it comes to DPS for ET…
But when rank8+ are released, ET might be easier for the other classes.
Based on that line of thought: for Future PvE-wise, would you base your DPS chars builds on ET or WBs?
I did and I’ll tell you why: i’m a DPS player, I cant avoid it…
the most fun I have in mmorpg games is seeing those big numbers flying on the screen, looking at the Boss HP bar melting… So when I reached Cryo3 I figured CC/Support is not for me! =S
Nah it’s really hard to look into future and assume. But with all certainty wizards are still gonna kick their way to basically anything, one more rank wont completely change the meta.
Bro just play the game. Dont worry too much about being the best at this and that, having too many doubts about your class does more harm than good