2010-06-15, 06:52 AM
I personally think Crossbow Mastery should take priority over Spring Shot completely. A single point in Mine would help quite a bit in Pyramid since Jaguar Roar is slow, and Spring Shot has a minimum range. Until you're 8x, Archers do not really have an option to stand still and train. They should always be circulating a map side to side killing mobs, such as in C-2.
You only need 6 Soul Arrow to sync with maxed Booster. Most Hunter and Crossbow builds top Booster and SA at 6 and 2 to sync at 60 seconds, 90 seconds is plenty of buff time. Having another 90 more seconds on Soul Arrow (level 12) won't make you train any faster. It's even perfectly acceptable to use Arrows for quite a while, even into 5x since you'll almost always be using Spring Shot which only costs one arrow per shot, and Jaguar Roar to gain range, which I presume costs no arrows. Jaguar Roar is likely to be your primary attack skill in Pyramid in any case if you go there. In CPQ, C-2, B-3, other general training maps at 4x~8x, you'll just be Spring Shotting forward and Jaguar Roaring if things get too close or you need instant stun, almost exclusively, and just Roaring mobs closer to be able to Spring Shot them unless you O-2HKO with Triple Shot.
Like Rangers and Snipers, Wild Hunters will have the option of Newtie Sniping for the rest of their career until they can tank hits, or they can go to mobbier maps such as Red Nose, Wind Raider, Gallos, etc. Spring Shot has a huge focus as Crossroads has pitiful DPS, damage in general, and Crossbow Mastery apparently doesn't affect it or Claw Cut. If that passive critical is available, they'll have a huge advantage over Rangers and Snipers at Newties with their massive Five Shot damage bonus, as well as their Riding Mastery bonus. Maxed Claw Cut does have better %/s than Spring Shot on smaller mobs due to its multihit mechanic, though the lack of mastery makes them about even; unless something like Riding Mastery improves Jaguar's damage mastery, Spring shot is a superior skill, especially if it has the Pierce mechanic, making it significantly stronger than Crossbowmen's Iron Arrow, and Hunter's Arrow Bomb.
You only need 6 Soul Arrow to sync with maxed Booster. Most Hunter and Crossbow builds top Booster and SA at 6 and 2 to sync at 60 seconds, 90 seconds is plenty of buff time. Having another 90 more seconds on Soul Arrow (level 12) won't make you train any faster. It's even perfectly acceptable to use Arrows for quite a while, even into 5x since you'll almost always be using Spring Shot which only costs one arrow per shot, and Jaguar Roar to gain range, which I presume costs no arrows. Jaguar Roar is likely to be your primary attack skill in Pyramid in any case if you go there. In CPQ, C-2, B-3, other general training maps at 4x~8x, you'll just be Spring Shotting forward and Jaguar Roaring if things get too close or you need instant stun, almost exclusively, and just Roaring mobs closer to be able to Spring Shot them unless you O-2HKO with Triple Shot.
Like Rangers and Snipers, Wild Hunters will have the option of Newtie Sniping for the rest of their career until they can tank hits, or they can go to mobbier maps such as Red Nose, Wind Raider, Gallos, etc. Spring Shot has a huge focus as Crossroads has pitiful DPS, damage in general, and Crossbow Mastery apparently doesn't affect it or Claw Cut. If that passive critical is available, they'll have a huge advantage over Rangers and Snipers at Newties with their massive Five Shot damage bonus, as well as their Riding Mastery bonus. Maxed Claw Cut does have better %/s than Spring Shot on smaller mobs due to its multihit mechanic, though the lack of mastery makes them about even; unless something like Riding Mastery improves Jaguar's damage mastery, Spring shot is a superior skill, especially if it has the Pierce mechanic, making it significantly stronger than Crossbowmen's Iron Arrow, and Hunter's Arrow Bomb.