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Since it's my first post, i wish to thany everyone on this forum for the wealth of information which was priceless in the process of learning the game's mechanics.
Now, on to the point, I started playing Silkroad a while ago, made at least 6-7 characters (of whom only 3 made it past level 16 and only one past 24), but I've been unhappy with most. I just didn't have the patience to make it to level 30 with pure ints (and the sheer amount of dying was quite a deterrant), and the fire blade was just too slow for my style. I don't want a glaive (seems tempting but i just don't want to have a build that is played by 99% of the server). As far as hybrids go i don't have enough faith in their power and i'd like to wait a while and see how high level players fare. Thus, in desperation I turned to the only thing i haven't tried so far: the pure str fire bow (noway i will get ice unless some patch fixes the immunity).
But i'm not sure how well it would work out for my playing style (i want to focus a lot on jobs and group pvp; 1v1 would be nice but I am not the one to fancy duels). Basically I want to be a thief and gank unsuspecting people by using the element of surprise; but being able to live trough if that is lost is quite important. I want to hit as fast and hard as possible, and take them out before they know what happened.
Unfortunatelly altough I wasted a good 2 hours with the search function, input on str bows was sparse at best. The 2 stickied guilds did not help much either (except for confirming that bow+fire+light is the way to go); no offense to the authors, i apreciate their effort and the information they provided me with.
So in conclusion I would like to hear what people (especially caped and high lvls) think of this build. Is it good in pvp(wars)/thieving, and worth following to the end? Should i rather put up with leveling a nuker and is that better for my purposes? Is the lack of stun/knockback compensated by range? And if the bowman dosen't cut it, what is the most suitable thief build that will do well in wars or small group battles?
I would really like a straightforward answer on this (not a "all builds have pros and cons" or "try it yourself", because i dont have enough time lately, and if i have to reroll yet again i think it will be the end of my sro days. (If i see another yeoha again it's going to be too soon). Thank you in advance.
Ps: what server should i start on? I used to go for the newest servers available (greece and then olympus) but i'm thinking that xian, being the oldest, might have less newbies, making leveling easier.
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