Some General Archery Questions

[Timjirdos]

Did/Do any of you guys train in a secondary weapon type?

Any Recommendations? I'm about to reroll my rogue. since it completely sucks ass to hunt. and i can't pick my main char's boxes anymore. due to never playing the rogue.

Right now i'm leaning towards brawling.


Also, given my lack of familarity of ranged combat, Is ambush a good thing to train in?

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.

[deadly]

This is my rogue at 17

IMO its the best way to train a ranged rogue if you want to triple in picking.

i went for brig asap going to wait a while before I start training in armor again as I wanted to use brig as soon as possible so i will now have more points to dump into dodge. going to try and double dodge or at least 1.5x it it leaves room for a lot of moving things around as this way of hunting is very flexible just gotta find stuff that is not resistant to puncture.

*******(at level 17), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 117 29
Ranged Weapons................... 136 38
Ambush.............................| 128 34
Physical Fitness...................| 78 17
Dodging............................| 114 28
Arcane Symbols.....................| 50 10
Harness Power......................| 5 1
Disarming Traps....................| 157 57
Picking Locks......................| 158 58
Stalking and Hiding................ 134 37
Perception.........................| 128 34
Climbing...........................| 50 10
Swimming...........................| 5 1

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 2

[SolitareConfinement]

fully 2x range fully 2x ambush and fully 2x perception...aim for the eyes get a long bow and wtfpwn your way to cap.

personally i do not train in a secondary weapon type mainly i just dump the extra points into going for 2.5x dodge

[Drakam]

My character used to have brawling as he was in Voln. It was nice to continue fighting undead that way without having to bless arrows. I've since switched to sunfist, dropped brawling, and found myself a perma-blessed elemental bow so undead hunting isn't much of an issue.

Follow Solitare's recommendation. but I'd suggest getting some CMAN skills as it does help later on

[SolitareConfinement]

sorry i should have cleared up heh...i pretty much

1x cm
1x pf
2x picking skills
2x+ hiding
2x bow skills (ranged/ambush/perception)
extra points goto dodging

basically here is my training at level 86...as a dwarf with col signs up he hunts with an AS of 463

XXXXXXXXXXXX (at level 86), your base skill bonuses, ranks and goals are:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Armor Use..........................| 180 80 80
Combat Maneuvers...................| 213 113 113
Ranged Weapons.....................| 276 176 176
Ambush.............................| 276 176 176
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 70 15 15
Physical Fitness...................| 188 88 88
Dodging............................| 251 151 151
Arcane Symbols.....................| 105 25 25
Magic Item Use.....................| 105 25 25
Harness Power......................| 105 25 25
Disarming Traps....................| 318 218 218
Picking Locks......................| 320 220 220
Stalking and Hiding................| 297 197 197
Perception.........................| 276 176 176
Climbing...........................| 130 35 35
Swimming...........................| 147 47 47
Pickpocketing......................| 90 20 20

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 6 6

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 1 1


the 25 ranks in MIU/AS/HP is for spellburst with this training currently my rogue can wear in spellburst 101, 103, 107, 202, 601, 401, 406, 414, 503, 509 and a small statue....his DS in offensive stance is 350ish...330ish without a small statue which does not count against spell burst...but at 86 he can hunt temple nelmar sniping solo...and is effective in group hunts as well...

PS- MOC is something i've never gotten rid of since i fixskilled into range...and am actually glad i did not get rid of those ranks because of the swarms that tend to happen in OTF/Nelemar the help i get from recovering from the swarms is actually very nice..takes about a group of 5 or so to really get a push down that actually hurts me even though i can't completely get rid of an extra critter in the group fully i still recover much faster than a person without MOC

[Timjirdos]

Well, i don't plan on doing any lockpicking at all. so i'm guessing, i could dump the points into bow stuff, and cman if able, right?


Well, like it always is: it's work in progress.

[JARVISN]

My ranger is training pretty much the way everyone has recommended... looking to be a ranged/Voln Fu combo.

Is it safe to say that everybody sucks with a bow for the first few levels?

[Gan]

http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?t=38205

A good thread discussing latest thoughts on rogues and archery.

[SpiffyJr]

Be a man and 2x edge/thrown

Hurling handaxes is so much cooler than shooting arrows.