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Zeb
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Post subject: Why should STR archers take fire? Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:58 pm |
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I'm currently making a pure STR archer, and am up to level 10. I currently have force Lightning (for speed boosts and shadowstepping)) and was looking for a possible second force element to use. I was looking at ice, but everyone else has said that I should take fire. However, these people also have no clue why I should take fire. If MMO experience serves me correctly, there is probably a reason why fire is better but these people are just reciting what they have read on online guides. So, what is the reason why Fire would serve me better than ice?
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canakin
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:00 pm |
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in sro fire has buffs and passive to increase phy. damage so any pure str will do good with fire and also there is mag. resistance buff which is handy for str builds who lacks mag. resistance 
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Da_Realest
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:03 pm |
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People say fire the fire phy buff and passive. Also fire for the imbue. People don't recommend ice imbue because people can become immune to it because of the fire shield bug. Ice imbue would be the better choice if people couldn't become immune to it. Joymax is suppose to implement the fix to the fire shield bug in our version bug one day....
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4-n-zics
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:05 pm |
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People say fire because it deals more damage. They say not to use ice because of the high level players being 100% immune to freeze/frost bite (IIRC, this is not the case anymore, or will be, because of the change to the fire shield or whatever skill that reduces abnormal effect). You have to remember that 99.9% of those that tell anyone that wants to build an archer are 99.99% PvP. I have a Hybrid archer and switched from fire to ice and an much more happy. I don't PvP much, if any, except for guild/job wars, which is where archers are most effective anyway.
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Zeb
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:15 pm |
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So would ice be better for mobbing then? I plan to mostly PvE except for jobs fights so that's really what's most important. I highly doubt I'll stick around long enough to get to level 80 anyway, and if whatever makes ice useless at high levels will be changed by then that shouldn't matter.
I rarely stick to cookie-cutter builds anyway, so I'll probably choose ice. I would still like to know if Ice has any advantages over fire in PvE. Thanks!
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LadyB
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:41 pm |
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id rather get ice. people with ice immunity is rare but awfully strong
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Gwai_lo
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:01 pm |
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Zeb wrote: So would ice be better for mobbing then? I plan to mostly PvE except for jobs fights so that's really what's most important. I highly doubt I'll stick around long enough to get to level 80 anyway, and if whatever makes ice useless at high levels will be changed by then that shouldn't matter.
I rarely stick to cookie-cutter builds anyway, so I'll probably choose ice. I would still like to know if Ice has any advantages over fire in PvE. Thanks!
Absolutely. Ice is my preferred imbue for PvE since I don't have to carry many hp pots when I grind. The damage difference is minimal as far as I can tell and I've tested it pretty extensively. If you're not interested in PVP, I would go for Ice. Not to mention, Ice has increased phy defense which is nice for PVP and PVE as well.
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MastaChiefX
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:34 pm |
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Ice bows agaist someone with ice immunity get so demolished, its not even worth it.
Bows have low dmg normally. Ice wont help.
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LadyB
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:41 pm |
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MastaChiefX wrote: Ice bows agaist someone with ice immunity get so demolished, its not even worth it.
Bows have low dmg normally. Ice wont help.
well it slows them down. thats when they take the chance to run
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phresh
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:19 pm |
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Ice if you want to kill mobs slowly (and painfully imo).
Fire if you want to kill mobs as fast as possible.
I've actually built archers with both.
People say Ice stops you from getting hit. Sure this is true, freeze up the mobs and kill them before they get to you. Thing is, with fire you don't freeze them up and you're still going to kill them before they get to you. This is much faster. Ice imbue drove me nuts, it seems to slow the whole game down, not just your target.
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