39 Archer

[d07.RiV]

I'm currently sitting at 38 with my archer and there are many things I'm not sure about.

- Is bloodthirsty worth the points? I currently have passives, 4 AS/MS, 2 sniper and luna.
- Only have 3 astral spots, currently using patk/crit/pdef. Should I go patk/pdef/mdef instead, considering how many mages are out there?
- Are lvl 30 jewels better than 15 legendary? It will be a very long time before I have enough gems/rods to use the 4th sockets (only getting rods from bg chests and gems from devotion/checkin). I'd lose some patk, but gain a lot in secondary stats once I can refine them.

[winlord]

I'll bump this topic to avoid creating a new one;
I'm thinking of moving on from 39 maybe, because it is indeed quite boring as it comes down to is getting tiny amounts of gold from wb to upgrade GS and astrals, all that while getting one gem a week.

Anyway what I'm concerned about is crypt tokens. I'd need a lot for 40 and possibly 50 sets; if I only do crypt for exp, can I get full leg 40 set without leveling to 45? (Assuming 100+ world prosperity, and starting at 39)

I can already see from your posts that slow leveling isn't for you, just do what most people do.

[d07.RiV]

I'll bump this topic to avoid creating a new one;
I'm thinking of moving on from 39 maybe, because it is indeed quite boring as it comes down to is getting tiny amounts of gold from wb to upgrade GS and astrals, all that while getting one gem a week.

Anyway what I'm concerned about is crypt tokens. I'd need a lot for 40 and possibly 50 sets; if I only do crypt for exp, can I get full leg 40 set without leveling to 45? (Assuming 100+ world prosperity, and starting at 39)

[d07.RiV]

Oh, was thinking about 20 set.. still, 1k pdef ignore should be worth much more at this level.. not like battles will last long enough for delphic, and I'd be unable to luna at start unless I buy a ton of clothes.

[MolochMage]

The pve 30 set gives 10 rage per action according to the game synthesis window.

[d07.RiV]

Its better to camp 44 than 38. You make much more with WB and catacombs, and archers are more versatile with more skill points and a 4th astro slot. You can stick determination into the extra slot for WB and Mdef for PVP. Or you can just keep determination full time.

I realized how useless it was to be 35-39 pretty quickly, so I leveled to 40-44 and camped there till elite crusader. They're the best levels to farm honor. I skipped 45-49 BGs entirely and rushed to 50 to farm PVE gear once I capped honor.

I know what you mean, its going really really slow and I don't even have the patience to cart/do 95 devotion, but as its not my main character I'm not worried about it being slow. However, at 40+ I'd need to invest in mounts and cloth (assuming pve set), which would mean less investment in my main.

Reason I was wondering was that the 10 rage is so useful for a mage in BG but I guess problem is at level 39 you cannot have enough rage intensive skills that you'd really benefit from it so I guess you're right.

There is a 30 pve, but it only gives 5 rage per action so no way..

d07, bloodthirsty isnt very usefull early game. unless your in bg alot.

There isn't anything else besides bg/arenas so that would make it half the time.

most slow levelers set themselves up with a game plan, they decide well in advance where they want to go and what they want to achieve. so spending time at lvl 38 refining stats and gaining rods for the 15 or 30 jewels might not be a good plan, if you decide to swap them out for 40 jewels as soon as you hit lvl 40 (2 levels) might be a good idea to hold off, then put the effort and resources into those jewels instead.

That's a valid point, though it all comes down to balens for rods/refines as I won't be getting them aside from a very rare bg chest drop. By far the biggest time sink is gold/gems for me, and that isn't bound to a certain level, luckily.
Btw since everyone's going on about 40, wouldn't I need at least 35 rage from cloth to use pve set?

[MolochMage]

35 set, no doubt.

Reason I was wondering was that the 10 rage is so useful for a mage in BG but I guess problem is at level 39 you cannot have enough rage intensive skills that you'd really benefit from it so I guess you're right.

[winlord]

On a complete side note and pretty unrelated to the thread, would a dedicated level camper mage at 39 be better off with Pve 30 gear or Pvp 35? I am making the assumption that both these sets are fully socketed.

35 set, no doubt.

[h4d3s]

this is jugling my mind.. is there even a 30 pve?? cant remember

[MolochMage]

On a complete side note and pretty unrelated to the thread, would a dedicated level camper mage at 39 be better off with Pve 30 gear or Pvp 35? I am making the assumption that both these sets are fully socketed.

[winlord]

guy comes in here asking for advice.. someone gives advice and you tell him not to judge?, right after you say youve seen too many weak slow lvling archers so you "cant be botherd" to give advice.. you can be botherd to tell everyone else to get off the post though,,, nice job in being constructive guy...

I wasn't judging d07 for his choice to be a slow leveler or to camp at 39, I merely pointed out that I'm disappointed by most slow levelers, and therefore I don't give advice anymore to those who ask for it.
chrisdab, on the other hand, was undoubtedly judging him for his choice, which is even better clarified by his 2nd post here showing his disapproval of this method with his sarcastic comment of "that's something to work for" referring to a grim reaper title.
Slow levelers don't slow level to cap honor and move on, each one has his own personal goals, and from what I understood from d07's original post, his goal was to stay 39 for a long time to reach a certain BR or to dominate regardless of his honor title.

[Skribz]

It's his choice and you're definately not the person to judge, I bet you're just another BG honor donor.

guy comes in here asking for advice.. someone gives advice and you tell him not to judge?, right after you say youve seen too many weak slow lvling archers so you "cant be botherd" to give advice.. you can be botherd to tell everyone else to get off the post though,,, nice job in being constructive guy...

chris, you raise a solid point,, sitting at lvl 38,39 isnt much different from sitting at 44 as you show in detail with your post. apart from the extra perks you can get.

d07, bloodthirsty isnt very usefull early game. unless your in bg alot.

early game crit isnt much of a game changer, almost all classes have low stats, unless you run into another slow leveler. personally id say save crit for 4th astral slot.
keep the 15 jewels if your staying at lvl 38. if you plan to keep slow lvling after 38, only swap them out for 40 jewels.

most slow levelers set themselves up with a game plan, they decide well in advance where they want to go and what they want to achieve. so spending time at lvl 38 refining stats and gaining rods for the 15 or 30 jewels might not be a good plan, if you decide to swap them out for 40 jewels as soon as you hit lvl 40 (2 levels) might be a good idea to hold off, then put the effort and resources into those jewels instead.

[h4d3s]

Ye, that's not his goal, so leave this thread.

everyone here can say what they want to say even if its an advice that doesnt meat the target of the original poster.

It's his choice and you're definately not the person to judge

even so it isnt for u to judge about what is said here so leave chrisdab alone.

[winlord]

Fine, if you want him to camp 39 forever, I saw a lvl 39 player with a shiny gold grim reaper title. Thats something to work for.

It's his choice and you're definately not the person to judge, I bet you're just another BG honor donor.

[chrisdab]

Ye, that's not his goal, so leave this thread.

Fine, if you want him to camp 39 forever, I saw a lvl 39 player with a shiny gold grim reaper title. Thats something to work for.