The Shadow Archer (And Holy Archer)?

[Ivory]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nah Sk vamp embrace is same spell and sk's get an upgrade to it at lvl 55

Same spell, different effect for the different classes :P

[nothsa]

might do a kite video of an iceburrow on my paladin with my bow , would be intrestring

[Subidoo]

Aha, seen you kiting those DW crocs in oasis in my shaman, Shamanana. I was so confused at first, lol.

[Trungep99]

Originally Posted by nothsa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

might do a kite video of an iceburrow on my paladin with my bow , would be intrestring

Do they summon?

[RDawg816]

Originally Posted by Trungep99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do they summon?

Nope.

[port9001]

In my mind the failure of this plan hinges on low skill caps for Archery. 75 is terrible and will make for a lot of misses in the 30's and beyond. It's a real shame cause I really enjoy these off the wall class strategies. Unfortunately the game is not very supportive of this one. Of the 2 non-Ranger classes that have a decent cap (Warrior & Rogue), both are straight melee classes that don't really bring anything interesting to the table.

[Jimjam]

Warrior's could bring something interesting to the table for bow soloing;

They could use a blind spell (http://wiki.project1999.com/Blazing_...e_of_Fennin_Ro , http://wiki.project1999.com/Bioluminescent_Orb) to keep from tanking.

They could then dps with bow. To supplement DPS they could spam nuke clicky between bow shots http://wiki.project1999.com/Blazing_Bracer_of_Fennin_Ro

[Cecily]

Warriors can get some impressive crips with bows too. Rogues can snare poison.

[Ivory]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Warrior's could bring something interesting to the table for bow soloing;

They could use a blind spell (http://wiki.project1999.com/Blazing_...e_of_Fennin_Ro , http://wiki.project1999.com/Bioluminescent_Orb) to keep from tanking.

They could then dps with bow. To supplement DPS they could spam nuke clicky between bow shots http://wiki.project1999.com/Blazing_Bracer_of_Fennin_Ro

Yea that would work pre-50...kind of. But it would require HUGE amount of twinking to make happen. And the damage is still under shadow archer or ranger.

After 50 it drops off in its ability to keep up with rangers bow damage.

Shadow archers cap at 75 skill pre 50 (After 50 they catch up in bow skill though)....BUT it can be made up with a bit with their spells.

Siphon Strength, grim aura, shadow vortex, shroud of hate....these are all spells that help boost bows attack rating a bit (or lower the mobs ac you are fighting) to try and keep up with the skill difference.

If you are really good at keeping up with STR , you will also give your bow a lot better attack rating to keep up some to make up for loss of attack rating ups from just skills.

So, it isn't quite as good as ranger...but it still seems like it is serviceable. And the pet blasts ahead in terms of damage.

Then, if you can get a skydarkener at some point....the damage would boost a ton. The proc on it is really really nice if you focus on dex (and works on misses too). So, getting that would make up for everything.

[port9001]

What's skill cap after 50? I think the wiki needs updating cause it says 75 always

http://wiki.project1999.com/Archery

Ivory, with all your archery experience you should update this page.