Can you tell us anything about the Archer class?

FROZEN5

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With the release possibly being this month can you let us know anything about this class? How do you think they would fare out in PvE PvP etc? What do they bring to the table that the other classes don't? Also how are you balancing this class? Are you yourself adjusting what skill does what damage or is this based on shanda's version? Anything? >.<
 

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I don't want to give to much away, however, the vision we have for archer is that he will be a high powered single point of damage for his precise arrows (straight and fast but not through walls)... And for those of you who have already seen the images, the Archer can switch between straight and fast arrows to high and slow; high and slow is designed to be of a similar damage and style as that of a wizards tbolt etc so one doesn't out do the other in terms of bossing.

Like I say, if you really want to find out about the Archer... You will have to come and play :).

Sam
 

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I don't want to give to much away, however, the vision we have for archer is that he will be a high powered single point of damage for his precise arrows (straight and fast but not through walls)... And for those of you who have already seen the images, the Archer can switch between straight and fast arrows to high and slow; high and slow is designed to be of a similar damage and style as that of a wizards tbolt etc so one doesn't out do the other in terms of bossing.

Like I say, if you really want to find out about the Archer... You will have to come and play :).

Sam
Am a little scared almost any class will out damage an archer on a single target that's moving slowly

wizzy has fw+ tbolt
tao has sfb+ psn + pets
warr has high st dmg with fs and tdb
assassin has double slash and poison coating skill and fatal sword
Archer? spam st dmg arrow?
 

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I don't want to give to much away, however, the vision we have for archer is that he will be a high powered single point of damage for his precise arrows (straight and fast but not through walls)... And for those of you who have already seen the images, the Archer can switch between straight and fast arrows to high and slow; high and slow is designed to be of a similar damage and style as that of a wizards tbolt etc so one doesn't out do the other in terms of bossing.

Like I say, if you really want to find out about the Archer... You will have to come and play :).

Sam

Will attack speed items benefit how fast they shoot?
 

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I said this on another post and it was ignored.

Alot of maps may need tweeking for this.. As archers could be rendered utterly useless in ALOT of caves due to small objects on floor.

Archers can switch between shooting straight / shooting over.
 

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I said this on another post and it was ignored.

Alot of maps may need tweeking for this.. As archers could be rendered utterly useless in ALOT of caves due to small objects on floor.

Yes, especially OrcCave contained an immense number of obstacles.

Wonder how will game be like.

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Archers can switch between shooting straight / shooting over.

Nice
 

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Alot of maps may need tweeking for this.. As archers could be rendered utterly useless in ALOT of caves due to small objects on floor.

This used to drive me mad on a Tao with sfb! still does!!
 

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got a feeling archers going to be the anti wiz class, gunna ****ing suck for wizzies! with the cast speed change aswell! D:

wizzies should reroll to archer i think :P
 

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I don't want to give to much away, however, the vision we have for archer is that he will be a high powered single point of damage for his precise arrows (straight and fast but not through walls)... And for those of you who have already seen the images, the Archer can switch between straight and fast arrows to high and slow; high and slow is designed to be of a similar damage and style as that of a wizards tbolt etc so one doesn't out do the other in terms of bossing.

Like I say, if you really want to find out about the Archer... You will have to come and play :).

Sam


Are the archers programmed as the official or did you code and adjust the balance yourself? You say the vision you have but I just don't see how you could have balanced the class from scratch.. Are the skill levels and such the same as the official servers?