How To Use Nature's Protection: EGO's Tutorial

[Escobar390]

Hey I believe its time to let all my archer brothers and sisters know the correct use of Nature's Protection.

1. What is Nature's Protection?:
Natures Protection is a proximity skill that lowers your threat level to that of nearby characters.

2. What do I mean by proximity?:
The intended target(s) and caster must be within the dome at the time of the cast for the skill to have any effect. (i.e. you and the mobs must be inside the blue glowy thingy for the skill to work)

3. How long does the effects of the skill last?:
The effects will last for as long as tank or nearby characters can keep aggrro. (i.e. your treat level does not become higher than that of tank or nearby characters)

These are the 3 basic things you need to know about NP. Now I am going to give you some scenario where NP will or will not work because I am a nice guy:D. All scenarios are with a party of 2 (Archer & Fighter of same level) for simplicity.

S.1
Tank taunts a mob, you attack from a distance and the mob comes after you.
If you cast NP when the mob comes into range the mob WILL go back to the tank.
This is the most familiar use of natures protection. However you risk taking a hit before the mob goes back to tank and it only takes one hit from some mobs to take you out.

S.2
Tank taunts a mob, you attack from a distance but you cast NP before you aggro the mob.
NP WILL NOT work in this case because you are out of range of the mob and chances are it will still attack you.
Some archers use NP in this way and go like, "What the @%#$! why did the mob still come after me." This is because if the mob is out of range NP is nothing but a pretty lights show.

S.3
Tank taunts a mob, you attack from close range and cast NP before the mob attacks you.
This WILL work in many situations but there is still a 50/50 chance that you may still aggro the mob.
Remember NP lowers your treat level not erases it if not we can walk up to a mob cast NP and it would leave us alone. (Farming mushrooms would be so much easier :(). Therefore you should take into account that your dps is greater than that of a tank or a cleric (*whispers* and mages :p) so if a battle is prolong eventually your treat level will rise above that of the tank and the mob will attack you.

S.4
Tank taunts a mob, but you use NP from close range before you attack the mob.
If you use NP this way you WILL ALMOST NEVER be attacked by the mob. This method substantially reduces your treat level.
This is by far the most affective way of using NP but the situation may not always allow you to use this method. This method can be used on one mob or a group of mobs and is therefore perfect for aoe grinding. However this method is only good for as long as the tank can hold the aggro. (i.e if the the tank dies the mob will come after you).

Now here is a complicated piece of information and feel free not to read this part of the tutorial:D. (*takes a deep breath*). However there is also the possibility that if there are more than 2 members in a party and for some reason the tank looses aggro and the mob goes after say a cleric (it is still unlikely it will come after you) if the tank kick taunts the the mob for some reason the aggro for that mob becomes reset. As a result if you happen to be attacking that mob it is possible that the mob may come after you. Therefore if you see something like this happening it is best you use NP on that mob or recommend that the tank aoe taunts rather than kick taunt.

Well there you have it Ego's tutorial on Nature' Protection. So go try out some of what i said do not take my word for it. I promise you will find what i have said is true. So next time you see me walking around give me a shout and say thank you Ego. Later and Good Luck

[Giggster]

Thx for this great info!

[lightningmystix]

OMFG the mobs have to be inside the dome!?
Thank you for the update on info .... T____T

[tarugo]

Good info.

Though before I read the forums, I've thought NP as a memory wipe.

Thanks to the forums, I'm now aware that I need to cast this near someone who is on attack mode.

[tsj6k]

I knew it doesn't erase but didn't know it must be in the dome.

How did you figure that out?

[Escobar390]

Well actually the range of the skill is 1.5m which is appox. the radius of the dome. So it would be easier to average the effect range of the skill if you use the dome as a guide.:D

[blazedaces]

I had to slowly figure out most of what is said in this tutorial... the hard way. Thanks so much for putting this together because it taught me a few techniques I had not known before.

Will spread the word,

-blazed

[Mynkon]

OH god thank you so much for the information!!!

Now I know why it didnt work... lol xD

[monkeypoohead17]

lol thanks this is pretty awesome for people like me who use it before the monster is in the blue dome

[Onikasu]

Thanks for this man =)

useful in KQ 0_o

[Rzpect]

As u get stronger u will see NP is useless i barely use NP in party

[sKariin]

Thanks for the tip :D
i had absolutely no idea about that!


Angero

[Tamlinari]

That is some great information!
But I kind of wish they would change the name of the skill to something else because it makes me snicker every time I see it.
Kind of like "GIMP" does.
Even though I know it means GNU Image Manipulation Program it still sounds funny.
LOL

[BlazeLiberty]

Wow, thanks that helped alot! Now I won't have to waste anymore SP on doing it wrong.

[Rzpect]

Ego..can i ask how come in kq i always see u shoot and then run away and do that again...come on u are a dps..u suppose to hit dragon and not hitting at the small mobs mob controllers can take care of it >.>

[Rzpect]

kk..............................................if u kno u will take aggro..u should put some END to ur char like me..cuz i kno how much i can aggro..so i can tank them also

[Azalea_Raeka_Daear]

Very very good.
I praise you from typing all this up.
The other day I was trying to figure out a way to explain this skill to other archer.
Buuttt saying that they can read it in the forum, is soo much easier.

=]

<3

[THr3eS01di3Rs]

Egolus your rule I had no idea that it only worked if the mob was in range, thanks for the info. 11m11 >.< 11m11

[darknessprevails]

thanks i never knew that it had to be in the bubble.:D

[Finaljc]

thanks for an explaination helps alot now. Outspark doesn't really explain much and things are misspelled and misslabeled everywhere.

[marlone]

Great Information, I thank you good sir.

-Yamazaki

[krazykris_2000]

kk..............................................if u kno u will take aggro..u should put some END to ur char like me..cuz i kno how much i can aggro..so i can tank them also

Ego I love you to pieces, and you know that, but I kinda have to agree with him. Besides, tanking a mob when you draw aggro is fun :) Like back before some of us lvld out of MD KQ I knew I was going to die and using NP only threatened the lives of others around me so I never used it. And I get aggravated when I pt with Slasher and he says I wish you guys knew how to use NP like ego. I know how to use it. After 64 lvls of playing a character you get pretty familiar with using their skills. I think that it would be better if they would take out np entirely and give us another AOE!!!! That way I can actually start getting some parties for once. MAGES ARE TOO POWERFUL NOW AND NOBODY LIKES US ARCHERS!!!!!!! *cries

Sorry I had to get that off my chest!

Anyway, it is a nice thing you did though Ego typing that up for the younger archers to read.

*Huggles*

[HateUchiha]

lol, i disagree with anyone saying NP is useless. i always find it 'ok' to use when grinding. the only problem i see is when the tank loses aggro yet the cleric heals it just goes to the cleric.....this is when NP becomes useless.

if u notice a dps takeing aggro the tank can wait a few seconds for him to kick a mock....but let a cleric take aggro, watch the tank almost break their neck to save the cleric ^^, thats y its kinda fun the use NP.

[Balder]

A very well written explanation on how NP works. Thank you. Once, I thought this skill was useless but it turns out i wasn't using it properly.

A request for the CL: please sticky, at least for a good while.

[HateUchiha]

***bumps down***

[Zyrianna]

^_^ oooh, so that's how it works! I always wondered what NP was for. Thanks for posting this!

[Rawreth]

You deserve a cookie.

[mstryoda]

I found that information really helpful

Thanks for that :D

[djddmd69]

i find a i rarely use this skill in partys unless fighter i teaming with mocks/kicks cause if i use most likely gonna attack healing cleric and thats just dumb since both archer and cleric ussaully in back so next target it gonna agro is heal hate from cleric so keep argo and hope cleric can keep u alive

[mcvey56711]

OR, u can use it when some noob kses you in a high lvl place to kill the nooblet that is a kser

[anandkr]

Good Guide but its threat not treat.

[MissusDolly]

-puts link in my archer guide- Very useful!
-Dolly

[TinYaR]

Hey tat was reall useful info bout NP.
archer 20x apoline

[Music_Dominated]

You guys didn't know this?
I knew from just reading the skill info >_>

[AuraWolf]

.....nvr kne many ppl didnt kno how to use np.....

....took me 1 day to decipher the use of np....and i think myself as useless and stupid

......or maybe not :D( no means of offend)

remembered once in gc.....ders a cleric i pt wif and he keeps complainin that my def sux and the sp he waste was not worth the exp....den i pulled 2 ...took a few hit but nvr hit back and 5sec later the cleric is down XD...cos i use np :p

it sorta tick me off to see a cleric complainin so much more den healing ( waste some stones and potst2 to survive)and he cant take even 4 hits while i cud take 5 XD.....

found a cleric that didnt complain in eld 2 mins later (and shes 4 lvls higher den that cleric XD )

[kight38]

This Info Made My Brain Bust~~!! Lolz
Ty Anyways

[_Rhen_]

OR, u can use it when some noob kses you in a high lvl place to kill the nooblet that is a kser
LMAO that does wrk lol

[_Rhen_]

.....nvr kne many ppl didnt kno how to use np.....

....took me 1 day to decipher the use of np....and i think myself as useless and stupid

......or maybe not :D( no means of offend)

remembered once in gc.....ders a cleric i pt wif and he keeps complainin that my def sux and the sp he waste was not worth the exp....den i pulled 2 ...took a few hit but nvr hit back and 5sec later the cleric is down XD...cos i use np :p

it sorta tick me off to see a cleric complainin so much more den healing ( waste some stones and potst2 to survive)and he cant take even 4 hits while i cud take 5 XD.....

found a cleric that didnt complain in eld 2 mins later (and shes 4 lvls higher den that cleric XD )
thats awesome^^
i use it by accident on the cleric though and they survive but its kind of hard to pull ALL of them bak even with multi

[MOOSETOWNTHUG]

Thanks.
I didn't know it had to be in the dome so I never even tried it really.

[Aestba]

Important note to other archer:
If you are partied with only one archer or mage, don't use NP, it'd rude. You are just trying to get him killed. I hate archers who use NP while he's partying only me.

[Pwnzer]

Ty :3

Was wondering how this worked...

[Aisle]

It only works when the monster is in the range of your NP animation

[Kizuku]

I like the sound of using it as a tactic to control monsters in order to kill people in Guild Wars, (not just out of random, except if it's a KSing noob.) I'll probably do that once I get into a good warring guild and if we war in Uruga or some other field like that.

Anyway, thank you for the inside-the-dome information. It helps a lot to know it and now I can stop wondering why I'm dying....

[risinginfinite]

lol i wish i could have everyone in my friends list

[Strang3r]

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[Valientes]

Ty for clarity. A great job.

[cooperwuzhere2]

wow very useful.
i never knew how to use NP until now! :)
+rep all the wayy. :cool:

[OmgItsBacon]

I have a question, say u are bein plvled by a higher lv archer, the archer casts NP because he has too much aggro on him. if you are within the dome, will they still atak u , even if u didnt attack them??? And in alot of times in Gold Hill, the archers use NP if they are just attaking the boss. I realized that this might mean that, even if u be the dmg dealer, it wont attack u because it lowered ur threat. So ur sayin that even if u cast NP it wont matter unless the target is in the shiny dome, no exeptions???

[wannabeguyo]

I have a question, say u are bein plvled by a higher lv archer, the archer casts NP because he has too much aggro on him. if you are within the dome, will they still atak u , even if u didnt attack them??? And in alot of times in Gold Hill, the archers use NP if they are just attaking the boss. I realized that this might mean that, even if u be the dmg dealer, it wont attack u because it lowered ur threat. So ur sayin that even if u cast NP it wont matter unless the target is in the shiny dome, no exeptions???

nope, it only works on him, they will attack you even if you didnt attack them. His threat lvl has just been lowered even lower than yours because NP gives him the lowest threat lvl in the pt.

[milkyway520]

ty didn't know y it wouldn't work now i do thanks bunches XD

[Escobar390]

Lol just when you thought things couldn't get any worst lol.

[AmazonPhoenix]

OMG it's Ego........

:D :D :D

Even if there is no way in a million years you'll ever dream of coming online in Fiesta again... yay for a sign of life from you ;).

[fireyair]

hahaha it reminds me how i sometime fight another archer and they use natures protection on me lol.
i sorta figured most of that out when i first used it, thought it was pretty obvious...



Peace:cool:

[kieny3]

lol, i had the same experience like fireyair once a while, maybe those archers think NP will work on pvp as a attack cancel :S (or not..)
but thanks Ego for the info ^^ (though i figured most of it outmyself =) )
:P i find NP's really really useful in KQ, esp first stages of ROBO (though for the last part, it rarely works cuz i usually get KOed by mobs >.< )

[fireyair]

the only things that kill me by robo are vivis and robo lol



Peace:cool:

[Farashimisanoob]

Won't it also works like this? (From the new patch)
You attract a mob (2-10 enemies). You run towards the mob and before you make contact with them, you immediately cast NP while still running towards the tank.

[fireyair]

you cant get within range of NP without getting hit unless the monster is coming at you



Peace:cool: