Kvow's Archery Journey (or sell everything and buy arrows)

My Ranged Combat is 41 after 10,000 arrows. It's super slow. Unfortunately spamming Aimed Shot is the key. Raises everything. Does good damage. Not very dynamic.
You also need to hit so you're not wasting arrows. Increased dex, str, int for your attack skill rating. I'm also constantly kiting (except now that I hunt skele archers).

If you limit skills raised to the ranged skills and some stats it does go faster. I just get bored of that.

 

Also it might be good to swich to something else instead for a while, especially if one intends to use a secondary (melee) weapon later, because it will be much easier to develop those dex/str/int.

I just gave up on archery until at least that worst bug is fixed (hopefully in the next patch, pleasepleasedevs..) but follow your Archery Journey with interest

 

Unfortunately, magery is not doing much better right now

 

Round 10 (1500 arrows - Made by @Thorgeirr Skjaldbakurr for 1500gp)
Total 11500 arrows and 13750gp

Location:
Ruined Keep - Archer vs Archer. About 10 arrows approx. per time they die... (less now)

Skill Gain:
Ranged Combat +2 (43)
Aimed Shot +8 (74)
Disabling Shot +10 (40)
Ammo Scavenger +3 (23)
Eagle Eye +4 (20)
Range +7 (17)
Draw Strength (0)
Swiftness +2 (52)
Acrobatics +4 (63)
Tap Soul +1 (12)
Death Touch +1 (13)
Death Mastery +1 (4)
Strength of Earth +2 (19)
Attunement of Earth +3 (32)
Sympathy of Stone +4 (27)
Healing Touch +3 (35)
Purify +1 (9)
Life Power (10)
Ice Arrow +1 (26)
Douse +1 (8)
Shield of Ice +1 (15)
Heightened Awareness (15) Locked
Train Intelligence +3 (16)
Inner Calm +4 (24)
Follow Through +4 (22)
Healthy (13) Locked
Train Dexterity +2 (29)
Train Strength +2 (25)
Heavy Lifter (20) Locked

Total Skills Gained +74 (30 from my macro trial)

Notes:
Went to try out my next skeleton archer spot. Got my butt handed to me. Back to the ruined keep.
Went to a completely random deck. Archers don't move so I needed a minigame for entertainment. Glyph whack-a-mole.
That being said... Pro tip! If you get in their faces they move and you keep shooting so you take way less damage. Dont do it in confined spaces (platforms) as the archers get confused and regen health...

 

Thanks. I'm actually getting to be a glass cannon. Hit some 120 crits with Aimed Shot.

Other than the 10k arrow grind my archer build is working out for now. Magery sounds rough.

 

It sure is Archer/mage hybrid build NOT working in this release...

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/f...waste-your-time-leveling-magery-skills.36681/

Hmm...another 3-4,000 arrows and my Aimed Shot skill should be close to yours (assuming I don't level up the other types of shots or build up my numerous mage skills any further right now...)

 

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SotA is the first game I've ever played without playing an archer at some point...saw the warnings early . But I am really enjoying following your journal, Thanks!

 

So my two chosen skill paths are both broken? lol, that is a shame!!

I am tempted to pick up a melee weapon, but I feel that my point investment in archery/magic is too great, and changing now would be a "waste". But I may be forced to do that anyway as I am down to my last 1000gold, and these arrows are so expensive!! Is this discussion here the best place for feedback?

 

Feel free to give feedback in the R21 feedback section. No proof that a dev is reading this thread really. Make sure your subject heading catches your concerns.

 

Where are you getting feathers? I can't seem to find them to buy or harvest. Thanks for posting all of this!! Amazing guide.

 

Put up 1000 arrows for 800 gold at the public vendor in Ardoris and it sold in about 2 hours. That's really fast. I don't think I can keep up with the arrow demand. I imagine when the game goes live there will be more crafters making arrows. The questions is, how will the crafters know what the demand is? An ordering system or bulletin board, as discussed in the telethon, would be helpful.

 

You get them from the merchants at the crafting pavilions in Owls head and Ardoris. They are called "Bundles of feathers" and they are expensive. It's about 375 gold for 100 bundles which will make 1000 arrows. I have not found a place to gather/collect feather at this point.

 

It's fun for me. Glad your enjoying following along with the grind. There are a lot of dead skeleton archers in the making of these posts. Another 3000 arrow update to add soon. Got distracted with the good folks of Port Phoenix.

Despite the chickens right in the town square. I did check. Featherless chickens.

 

Round 11 (3000 arrows - Made by @Thorgeirr Skjaldbakurr for 3000gp)
Total 14500 arrows and 16750gp

Location:
Ruined Keep - Archer vs Archer. About 10 arrows approx. per time they die... (less now) (even less now!)

Skill Gain:
Ranged Combat +1 (44)
Aimed Shot +7 (81)
Disabling Shot +5 (45)
Ammo Scavenger +2 (25)
Eagle Eye +3 (23)
Range +3 (20)
Draw Strength +8 (8) <-------- New innate.
Swiftness +5 (57)
Acrobatics +7 (70)
Tap Soul +1 (13)
Death Touch +4 (17)
Death Mastery +1 (5)
Strength of Earth +2 (21)
Attunement of Earth +7 (39)
Sympathy of Stone +8 (35)
Healing Touch +5 (40)
Purify +1 (10)
Life Power +3 (13)
Banish Undead +20 (20) <-------- New & Fun!
Ice Arrow +2 (28)
Douse +3 (11)
Shield of Ice +2 (17)
Icy Breath +2 (2) <-------- New innate. Not sure if I care for the slow cast of ice arrow over disable. Stacked they stop things.
Heightened Awareness (15) Locked
Train Intelligence +4 (20)
Inner Calm +3 (27)
Follow Through +4 (26)
Healthy (13) Locked
Train Dexterity +3 (32)
Train Strength +3 (28)
Heavy Lifter (20) Locked

Total Skill Gain + 119

Notes:
Banish undead is pretty fun. I need to figure out what % chance it has of preventing res of skeletons.

 

I moved to archery for this release and noticed similar results to you having trained in similar lines except I took Moon tree skills to get charm effect and moon beams locking night sight off at lvl 10.

I've stayed in leathers opposed to plate as some folk did in previous release and wear augmented stuff that's cheap to buy in city plus a player made bow from Rahl with additional speed on it that I'll swap out for crit later on. I carried 600 arrows to start with and now comfortably carry 1200 each trip out. Adventure level 19 so far and all basic skills in the 30's on archery with scavenger around 15-16 ish.

I've stayed in Kingsroad purely to ensure I got meticulous in all harvesting lines and from lvl 8 went over to rotating deck which seemed to help with focus management. I regularly kite 5-7 small spiders round without getting hit now and charm the bear / wolf if it agro's with them (yes I get hit then). I have all three magic arrows and verdict still out on those at present especially with the magic nerf.

I tried using my obsidian bear from last release but its a real pain going in and out of combat mode to regen and haven't really had need for a pet though I may try one later.

Very happy with my tree choices so far and progression seems fair but will most likely be slower come release but personally I'm not in any hurry + I make my own arrows so cost hasn't been a big issue but appreciate it won't be as easy next full wipe.

 

Round 12 (3000 arrows)
Total 17500 arrows and 19750gp

Location:
South Ravenswood (Go left into the arch for non-stop archers and a few mages) Ankh right there.

Skill Gain:

Ranged
Ranged Combat +2 (46) I'll hit 20,000 arrows before I hit level 50 in Ranged Combat 10,000 a master makes
Aimed Shot +6 (87)
Ammo Scavenger +2 (27)
Eagle Eye +2 (25)
Range +3 (23)
Draw Strength +7 (15)

Light Armor
Swiftness +6 (63)
Acrobatics +8 (78)

Earth Magic
Strength of Earth +2 (23) Going to quit using this when I have more cards from other skills
Attunement of Earth +7 (46)
Sympathy of Stone +8 (43)

Life Magic (All of them!)
Healing Touch +5 (40)
Healing Ray +17 (17)
Healing Burst +10 (10)
Healing Grace +1 (1) Can't wait to try it out. Apparently it's OP.
Resurection +1 (1)
Purify +1 (11)
Purify Burst +10 (10)
Banish Undead +11 (31) Still my favorite skill as I love skeletons so much. I hit for 98? uncrit once. It's pretty fantastic. Crazy animation with near unlimited range. Great for pulling.
Life Power +4 (17)
Life Reach +10 (10)

Water Magic
Douse (11)
Shield of Ice +3 (20) Up to +4 Avoidance now with 5% fire damage reduction. Hope it keeps getting better. Almost like adding a plate chest if it gets to 9-10 avoid.

Focus
Heightened Awareness (15) Locked
Train Intelligence +5 (25)
Inner Calm +3 (30)
Follow Through +3 (29)

Tactics
Healthy (13) Locked
Train Dexterity +3 (32)
Train Strength +3 (28)
Heavy Lifter (20) Locked
Defensive Stance +6 (6) Locked ~ 20 resist for negligible swing speed decrease? Yes please.

Notes:
Ran across a group of Port Phoenix and a group of BMC that had me tag along. Changed my deck goals thanks to them.

 

2 Milestones (20K Arrows and Mastery of Aimed Shot)

Round 13 (2500 arrows)
Total 20000 arrows and 22250gp

Location:
South Ravenswood (Go left into the arch for non-stop archers and a few mages) Ankh right there.

Skill Gain:

Ranged
Ranged Combat +1 (47)
Aimed Shot +5 (92)
Ammo Scavenger +1 (28)
Eagle Eye +1 (26)
Range +1 (24)
Draw Strength +3 (18)

Light Armor
Swiftness +5 (68)
Acrobatics +10 (88)

Earth Magic
Attunement of Earth +10 (56)
Sympathy of Stone +10 (53)

Life Magic (All of them!)
Healing Touch +12 (52)
Healing Burst +3 (13)
Healing Grace +15 (16)
Resurection +1 (1)
Purify (11)
Purify Burst +2 (12)
Banish Undead +11 (42) <--------- Just keeps getting better
Life Power +3 (20)
Life Reach +6 (16)

Water Magic
Douse (11)
Shield of Ice +2 (22)

Focus
Heightened Awareness (15) Locked
Train Intelligence +3 (28)
Inner Calm +3 (33)
Follow Through +3 (32)

Tactics
Healthy (13) Locked
Train Dexterity +5 (37)
Train Strength +5 (33)
Heavy Lifter (20) Locked
Defensive Stance +6 (6) Locked ~ 20 resist for negligible swing speed decrease? Yes please.

Notes:
I'm not good at PvP (I already knew that)

 

Not so bad!

 

Round 14 (5000 arrows)
Total 25000 arrows

Location:
South Ravenswood (yep, still there)

Skill Gain:
Ranged
Ranged Combat +3 (50)
Aimed Shot (92)
Ammo Scavenger +1 (29)
Eagle Eye +2 (28)
Range +2 (26)
Draw Strength +2 (20)

Light Armor
Swiftness +1 (69)
Acrobatics +1 (89)

Earth Magic
Attunement of Earth +4 (60)
Sympathy of Stone +5 (58)

Life Magic
Healing Touch +7 (59)
Healing Burst +3 (16)
Healing Grace +11 (27)
Resurection (1)
Purify (11)
Purify Burst (12)
Banish Undead +18 (60) <--------- Just keeps getting better
Life Power +6 (26)
Life Reach +2 (18)

Water Magic
Douse (11)
Shield of Ice +2 (24)

Focus
Heightened Awareness +11 (26)
Train Intelligence +2 (30)
Inner Calm +3 (36)
Follow Through +3 (35)

Tactics
Healthy +7 (20)
Train Dexterity +2 (39)
Train Strength +3 (36)
Heavy Lifter (20) Locked
Defensive Stance +4 (10)

Notes:
It's getting slow and painful.