I'm stuck on what chr to play. I enjoy playing both equally. However I'm under the impression that archer's are under powered when it comes to fighting against mages and melee. Is this true?

their all equally good, pick your fav.

Archers are a pain in the ass (talking about Bow). Building a bow set is more painful than smashing your scrotum with a sledgehammer. Your post hinted that you'll be partaking in pvp with this character. If that's the case, you'll definitely want max/near-max bows with a damage cantrip and bd8.

If you enjoy playing both equally, I'd go mage. Your equipment grind will be far less painful, and spell components are much less tedious to work with than missile ammunition.

Hope this helps, good luck.

I have pked for some time and continue to when I can. I have played all types of characters.

When I compare mage vs missile pking - I find pking on a mage much more of a challenge, and more enjoyable.

With that said my main has been my bower for 6+ active years or so. And I LOVE bow. But I would say it is better for pvm for many reasons.

Bow is very weak in pvp when against melee (shield up). A melee would have to be completely noob or ungeared to die to a missile. And it is not difficult to dodge arrows as a mage - even without missile d. I have never died or can not recall the last time a missile character has taken me out 1v1 on my mage... And my mage has NO missile d.. But with that said a good missile pvper can also be very hard to take down. A good pvp mage vs a good missile usually = a really long battle.

But there is no reason you cannot mess around with both Maybe create a unique template like xbow + void. I find my void + uaer dominates with ease. Overpowered really.

Check out some of my pk vids @ http://vimeo.com/hotshot/production - there is a bow vs mage fight in there somewhere... Along with other templates - mages, melees, voiders, etc.

 

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Another consideration would be xbow as it seems to get more hit points than a bow.


Just a thought.


Joe T

I'd have to vote for mage, but i'm kinda partial.

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