[Guide] The Life of Archery

[Xeionite]

This is a guide I've put together from the info I've gathered up and all, I'm hoping it'll help you start your archer great, or fix it up. Well I hope you find some of this useful to being an archer in Fiesta.

«-~`Table of Contents'~-»

{I} Introduction

{II} Deciding Your Build

{III} Crossbows and Bows

{IV} Skill Empowerment

{V} Miscellaneous

{I} Introduction

Well, I'm not the most experienced archer. I've learned quite a decent amount about archers from experience and other players who are more experienced than me. Below is the hard work I've done of the info I've gathered up and hope it'll help you beginning as an archer and some of your questions if not all.

{II} Deciding Your Build

Well, the stat points you get.. Don't think too hard about them because they don't help as much as the base stats you get every lvl anyways, but they still do help.. Think of them as bonuses! First, this is taken from Fiestafan's wiki.




STR = +1.2dmg
END = +.1%block(1~50)/.05%block(51+), +.5def, +5hp.
DEX = +.2%evade(1~50)/.1%evade(51+), +.3%aim(1~33)/.2%aim(34~67)/.1%aim(68+)
INT = +1.2Mdmg
SPR = +.2%crit(1~25)/.1%crit(26+), +.5Mdef, +5sp


If the max level is 100, then this is how a PURE build would look like.


STR = +138dmg
END = +8.25%block, +57.5def, +575hp
DEX = +16.5%evade, +21.2%aim
INT = +138Mdmg
SPR = +14%crit, +57.5Mdef, +575sp

Int is of course useless to an archer for obvious reasons so forget about that.

STR
Well, the stat that raises your dmg. It's static, and looking above, it's really up to you whether or not you think it's worth it. A lot of people say that +138 dmg isn't worth it when you reach Lv. 100, since it's really not a lot at that high lvl (if you ever reach it..)


DEX
Hmm, the stat that you get mainly for the evasion and aim. Is it really worth it? Well many high Lvl archers are saying they regret doing so because it doesn't really help evade the monsters of their lvl. For aim? It's unlikely for an archer to miss because of the high DEX boost they get already, unless you're fighting red-named monsters or a boss, an AIM scroll is usually enough.


END
I haven't thought much about this stat. Some archers put a bit into this and just put everything else into others. Well I'm not putting any points in this since I'm rarely going to get hit anyways because of a tank unless I solo, really depends on your preference.


SPR
It's recommended to put at least 25 points into this stat to get +5% crit, after that, the crit rate you get gets halved to 0.1%. SPR isn't only for crit though, it's also useful for the SP and of course the magic def which is also useful or both PvM (on certain monsters) and PvP against mages.

{III} Crossbows and Bows

Crossbows have more dmg but are slower..
Bows have less dmg but are faster..

I've done the math and crossbows actually have more DPS (damage per second) but that was w/o counting the mastery bonus, and bows get an extra mastery lvl. So I imagine they'd be around equal in uses and a matter of preference to the archer. People have said that crossbows are more suited to those who spam skills, and bows for those who preserve sp as they grind or w/e since I'm guessing they'd dmg more over time.

But really, who says you can't have both masteries and weapons? Money is the only problem :D

{IV} Skill Empowerment

Yeah, under construction >_> Haven't been able to play for abit


{V} Miscellaneous

Well this guide is of course going to be updated.

I'd like to hear what people think, and encourage what your opinions are and why maybe I'm wrong in something and stuff. I'll make sure to give you credit for it :D

Psh and once I find out what bonus the masteries give from a reliable source, I'd have more to place, and there's a lot more to add to this guide! *cough* reputations are very welcomed xD

Har har har, guide is under construction.

[Allnighte]

"People have said that crossbows are more suited to those who spam skills, and bows for those who preserve sp as they grind or w/e since I'm guessing they'd dmg more over time."

this doesn't make sense.
the crossbow does more damage. even when you factor in how slow it is. so how does the longbow preserve sp? or do more damage over time?

[mikybee93]

I think that the crossbow would be worse, because it has less chance to shoot the skills, while every half second when the longbow shoots, you could be shooting out a poison arrow...

[Xeionite]

The crossbow does more dmg but is slower.
The bow does more dmg over time because of its speed.

*Like when you're training and you decide to save sp on one monster .etc, but in KQ I'd imagine most of you would spam skills no matter which one you have.

I'm not so sure myself since as I said, I calculated the stats they had, and the crossbow does more DPS overtime than a bow. Though I didn't add in the mastery factor, and the bow has an extra one.

It'd be helpful if someone somehow knew how much they add per lvl or something, then I can add some calculations on which one can really be better.

[Long_fingers]

I love longbows if you ask me cross bows might be stronger but thet lack authenticity

[Xeionite]

Apparently no one knows how much of a bonus a mastery lvl gives (or if it differs each lvl)

I hope it shows it on skill description after open beta though =\

[PufftheMagicDragon]

You could make a new char and get the skill and see how much it adds, thats just an idea...

[bronkolawbringer]

i'm a lvl.6 archerand get good armor and bows if your doing any kind of quest including kingdom quests, oh yeah and you should get some pretty good skills too

[topdoggy57]

ok im downloading the game and i want to be an crossbow archer im still confuse on what stats i should add and how much i should add?

[Xeionite]

ok im downloading the game and i want to be an crossbow archer im still confuse on what stats i should add and how much i should add?

Well, while you're still deciding what builds you want, you can try going PURE Spr until lvl 20 (by that time, you'll have 25 SPR, +5 from advancement quest)

[Columbia]

Well, while you're still deciding what builds you want, you can try going PURE Spr until lvl 20 (by that time, you'll have 25 SPR, +5 from advancement quest)

Well, if you try and go 'pure', are you saying level out only certain stats, or all? I'm really the most insinuative novice of this game. Downloading it while posting this as well. :( Unforunately, that counts for my whole opinion.

[Xeionite]

Well, if you try and go 'pure', are you saying level out only certain stats, or all? I'm really the most insinuative novice of this game. Downloading it while posting this as well. :( Unforunately, that counts for my whole opinion.

by pure, erm put all your points into that one stat.

A minimum of SPR 25 is good, it's up to you whether you want to raise anymore since after 25, you only get .1% crit rate per point. Though the added sp can be good :D

I won't have much time to update this guide btw, might do so after open beta once people find out more stuff about Fiesta.. specifically how much mastery gives.. and some other stuff.

[Masimune]

I'd just like to make it clear that Xbows and regular bows have a difference in CRIT %, xbows tend to have a wee bit more crit %, XBOW FTW!?

[laguiole]

I thinks... that crossbows are better cause they do like double of damage, have 2% more than reg bow, have only like 5 point of aim less than a reg bow. The only big difference is that they have 1.4 sec of shoot and a reg bow 1.1 sec bow but if they do twice more damage .... i think its better to have a cross bow

for the build i am putting my 25 first point in SPR to have more crit rate and after i will put all in DEX think its a good balance.