2011-10-14, 01:44 AM
DrRusty Wrote:All I know is.... archer damage is SICKKKKKKKK
I got mine to lvl 18 this morning.
However, we don't get any new damaging skills until like Level 32 after that point. Everything in between is either an evasion skill and/or meant to stun/pin enemies/break superarmor. Not complaining though, those skills are good at doing their job (maybe except for Siege Stance, I've only heard bad things about the skill).
Some tips: Stunning Shot does not need to be hotkeyed to be used, nor does it require you to preform a leg sweep on a downed enemy beforehand. Just right clicking (kick) and left clicking immediately afterwards launches the stun arrow instead of your basic attack, even if your kick hits nothing but air. I wouldn't recommend getting Stunning Shot unless you plan to PvP though, as we're strapped for 2nd job SP as it is and its range is a bit wonky from personal experience. Aerial Chain Shot is similar, you can use it by jumping and then left-clicking twice. I believe you can also use it after you trigger Aerial Evasion as well, but I haven't yet tried to see if this works.
I used to think Sharpshooters sucked. Then I learned how to use the evasion skills, and now my Sharpshooter is probably my favorite character and I never die in Mino nest anymore despite only having like 9k HP (while the rest of my characters have like 14k+ HP). I'm probably still raising her to 32 last though, mainly because I'm hoping for a free SP reset scroll since making the switch from Sniper/physical to Artillery/magical builds ensured that I won't have enough SP to get both Guided Missiles and Rain of Arrows.
Argh, this mino nest event is infuriating. Did everyone really rush all of their characters to 32 like immediately? I mean, my Sharpshooter, Priest, and Mercenary are still hovering at level 24, so they'll get into parties for this event very easily. My Priest already used up all 7 runs this afternoon, and my Sharpshooter has 1 run left. Going to finish up her last run tomorrow and then go on my Mercenary before the runs reset Saturday morning.
But my 32 Mystic probably won't find any event parties at this rate, as it seems the amount of 26+ characters far outnumber the 24-25 characters... Unless people are wanting to get this over with on their Level 26+ characters first before actually using their 24-25 characters, but I really doubt it judging from the two pages worth of party listings here in Velskud demanding that Level 24/25's join their party and stay there for 7 consecutive runs. Worst case scenario for my Mystic is that the people who already did the runs on their 24-25 characters won't run with them again after the runs reset on Saturday, limiting the amount of 26+ characters who can get the event prize.
At least my Sharpshooter ended up getting a Cow Strike crest. Rather amusing stuff, there. Too bad the cooldown is so massive that it will rarely ever see any serious use.