Sniper Assistance

Started by Seraphyx, Jul 14, 2008, 02:29 AM

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Seraphyx

Hello all, I'd like some assistance with my Sniper.

What I want is to get the highest possible DPS PvM, I don't care about PvP at all. I'll list my stats and equipment as well as what card is in what. Rates are 80/80/50, however some drops are modified to be lower than they should be to keep it balanced. You CAN suggested crazy MVP cards like Thanatos, but chances of me getting it are unlikely. No MVP room, each card drop is about .3 to .4

Stats:

Str: 51 + 14
Agi: 120 + 29
Vit: 1 + 3
Int: 1 + 5
Dex: 120 + 27
Luk: 62 + 8

Aspd: 185
Attack: 470 + 25
Crit: 40

Equipment:

Top Head: Black Cat Ears
Middle Head: Bell [1] (40% walk speed) - Vanberk Card
Lower Head: Black Cat Tail [1] (combo with ears, 3 dex, agi, str)
Armor: Pantie [1] - Ghostring Card
Weapon: Luna Bow [2] - Drosera and The Paper Card
Garment: Undershirt [1] (Pantie + Undershirt combo, +5 agi, flee +10) - Wanderer Card
Boots: Tidal Shoes [1] - Wild Rose Card
Access 1: Brooch [1] - Shinobi Card
Access 2: Brooch [1] - Dancing Dragon Card

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I was going to switch to a composite bow so I can add in more cards (skel archer, turtle gen, gloom (maybe...)) and other things of that sort. I'm willing to change up mostly everything depending on how promising the suggestion is.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, if possible post the aspd and attack at the very least from your suggested build. I don't want to try everything suggested and find that it's worse than what I have.

Pandora

Unless your server has modified something GR doesnt work in PVM, so choose something else for your armor.

I suggest getting some equip for your dex too, hitting fast is not everything, you wanna hit hard too. At least get a multiple of 10. Maybe replace the brooch by orlean glove. Same for STR, aim for a multiple of 10.

Also, why so much luk? Crit isn't that usefull with high dex you do close to your max damage. If it's for the falcon get some int too because the falcon's damage depends on your int. Int will also give you sp, always useful when hunting, unless you got access to an endless supply of sp items.

Also, not sure why you're getting the thief combo as it's not that good on archer. I'd go for direct agi/dex cards personally.
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Seraphyx

Hmm, thank you for your advice. When I started playing the server, my main "goal" so-to-speak, was to get max attack speed disregarding damage, however, I've put that aside and just want to get the max possible DPS.

I am currently working on getting dex items, some customs from my server. I have a choice of 3 dex, luk, agi slotted accessories or 5 dex and agi slotted accessory. So right now I'm sort of holding off on upgrading some equipment because of these items and the quest items required to get them.

Also, Ghostring card does work in PvM as far as I can tell. Damage from almost everything is greatly reduced, however I am willing to have another armor with a better card, or something that serves more purpose towards my goal. I'd "like" to keep the panties and undershirt just because of how much money went into getting them slotted, but I am still willing to change them for something better.

I heard about Int effecting falcon damage, but that didn't seem right to me, should have checked the damage formula I guess.

And for the thief combo, it was again, because I was going for attack speed more than damage at the time. I have the archer combo set ready to put into equipment.

So, what is with the multiples of ten, is it every 10 points you get a jump in damage or whatever you're putting it in to? Usually when I do my stats I have myself fully self buffed, and keep adding points until I see a larger jump in damage before maxing out the stat. But yes, the luk was for crit and the falcon. Would you suggest switching the Str over to Int instead? I have no significant damage increase from the Str, but having the extra weight is pretty nice.

Pandora

For nice crit and bonus you could consider the morigan set or simply other crit gears. I would lose the thief combo personally, as its costly on card slot, which you can probably get more from pure agi/dex cards.

Maybe keep a multiple of 20 str with bonus and get 40~50 int.

Also for weapon, for best damage if you have over 150dex, go with +10 composite bow[4] with 4 cards. Either 4 times the same card, or if you have easy access to card go 2x + 2x.

Example: 2x skeleton worker + 2x goblin cards and go attack medium/brute monsters with that.
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Seraphyx

I can get over 150 Dex easily. I was also planning on getting the +10 composite bow, I was just waiting on getting all the cards I need first.

I am currently working on getting a Turtle General card and 2 Archer Skeleton cards, as for the fourth card I have nothing in mind aside from the sniper card combo, if there is one that goes on weapons. If it's worth it I'll work on getting 2 Turtle General cards and replacing one Archer Skeleton card.

One last thing I was curious about was your statement on crits not being important with high dex. Currently since I'm hunting turtle general, I'll use him as an example. Right now with the current equips and stats I mentioned, I do around 500-560 damage to him, with crits and the paper card in it, I do maybe 1.6k-1.7k, using fire arrows of course. I don't know but it seems like a very significant increase in damage. Also since I have the Vanberk card, I have a pretty good chance of getting +100 crit for 5 seconds. That is one of the reasons I considered greatly lowering my luk and putting it into something else.

I will check out the Morrigane Set, but I believe the helm is upper headgear, which would conflict with the bonus stats I get from the cat set (3 agi, dex, str). Overall though I don't think I'd go for the set because almost none of them are slotted, I don't think it would be worth it.

Pandora

*drools at turtle general card*, if you can get your hands on that of course its awesome.

The archer combo card for the weapon is a cruiser, the set is pretty good overall, not sure if its 100% worth getting it all however.

I forgot the morrigan set isn't slotted, I guess you can get better stuff.

Go with crit build then, I never noticed the difference was that much, I'm more of a DS type myself.
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Seraphyx

Alright I got my PvM build set.

What about a pure PvP one? Should I go with FA or DS or what? I don't use either of them much so I have no clue what to get at all ;\ I'm absolutely blank with this, I never enjoyed PvP much on RO which is the reason I have not given it much thought.

Pandora

How much Int does your final build have? And how much Dex?

You're probably better off with DS spam, unless your Int is really high.
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Seraphyx

70 int and 120 dex.

Total int 75 without self buffs and 80 with, total dex without self buffs 150 and with 172.

Pandora

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Both would be good actually, use FA on tank class who would have a lot of vit, and DS the hell out of everything else ^_^
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Seraphyx

Alright awesome ;D Thanks for all the help.

ulzimate


Seraphyx

The Str was mostly for a slight damage boost while at the same time being able to carry more arrows, to switch between and what not.

The stats I went with was

70 Int, 120 Dex and Agi, and whatever remained in Luk, maybe 30 or 40 points.

ulzimate

You could save some stat points by making your total DEX 170 instead, since those last two points aren't going to do anything.