10-12-2007, 05:28 PM
Heiho,
no worries, I always use Standard View :-)
FA is mostly skill-based damage, independent from your weapon damage, so it doesn't require a particularly good bow/xbow. Going Strafe/Multi will need a decent bow, more so if you want to spend some amount of stats into vita. Mileages vary, but I think you don't stand a chance later on with a worse bow than, say, Lycander's, if you rely on physical damage.
FA freezes your enemies (Holy Freeze and/or cold damage will just slow them down).
You want to invest points in Pierce, since in a bulk of enemies the FA splash will add with the next splash, thus, against tight packs, each individual will suffer damage from multiple splashes. This adds up to some very decent damage. It needs some herding of enemies sometimes, but it is Bowie's best damage booster with no equip.
Don't boost Penetrate too early on. Always check your CtH with Standard Attack in char screen.
FA splash doesn't do a CtH check, but for piercing (remember, multiple splashes) it's essential.
A blueprint I've always considered as viable without equipment fancies would be
CA/IcA/FA -> 20/1/20
MagA -> 1
Multi -> about 12-15 (or 1 if focus on Strafe)
GA -> 1
Strafe -> to your taste, I've always enjoyed using the skill, but it is really inferior to Multi in many aspects
IS/SlM/Decoy -> 1/1/1 (if you spend that much points into vit Decoy is sturdy enough at base)
Valk -> to reach 8 with adders
D/A/E -> 1/1/1
CS -> 16 (doesn't improve significantly further on)
Pene -> depends on actual CtH
Pierce -> 16 (see CS)
If spare points available, push Pene
You see this one needs about 94 points, which will need cLvl82 and all quest rewards. My chars met their destiny (defeating Ball/Hell) in 1.1x usually at ca. cLvl90, so this would be ok.
As a side note to the order of allocation, don't push Multi hard early on, you won't be able to keep the blue mana bubble. If focussing on cold early on it's quite manageable to use FA base while improving the CA synergy first, this also keeps mana cost low.
no worries, I always use Standard View :-)
FA is mostly skill-based damage, independent from your weapon damage, so it doesn't require a particularly good bow/xbow. Going Strafe/Multi will need a decent bow, more so if you want to spend some amount of stats into vita. Mileages vary, but I think you don't stand a chance later on with a worse bow than, say, Lycander's, if you rely on physical damage.
FA freezes your enemies (Holy Freeze and/or cold damage will just slow them down).
You want to invest points in Pierce, since in a bulk of enemies the FA splash will add with the next splash, thus, against tight packs, each individual will suffer damage from multiple splashes. This adds up to some very decent damage. It needs some herding of enemies sometimes, but it is Bowie's best damage booster with no equip.
Don't boost Penetrate too early on. Always check your CtH with Standard Attack in char screen.
FA splash doesn't do a CtH check, but for piercing (remember, multiple splashes) it's essential.
A blueprint I've always considered as viable without equipment fancies would be
CA/IcA/FA -> 20/1/20
MagA -> 1
Multi -> about 12-15 (or 1 if focus on Strafe)
GA -> 1
Strafe -> to your taste, I've always enjoyed using the skill, but it is really inferior to Multi in many aspects
IS/SlM/Decoy -> 1/1/1 (if you spend that much points into vit Decoy is sturdy enough at base)
Valk -> to reach 8 with adders
D/A/E -> 1/1/1
CS -> 16 (doesn't improve significantly further on)
Pene -> depends on actual CtH
Pierce -> 16 (see CS)
If spare points available, push Pene
You see this one needs about 94 points, which will need cLvl82 and all quest rewards. My chars met their destiny (defeating Ball/Hell) in 1.1x usually at ca. cLvl90, so this would be ok.
As a side note to the order of allocation, don't push Multi hard early on, you won't be able to keep the blue mana bubble. If focussing on cold early on it's quite manageable to use FA base while improving the CA synergy first, this also keeps mana cost low.