Lil' help with a marksman

[Dreamfoil]

hey boys =)
My Sprinkle right now became a marksman =]
and here comes the question, what bows should I use? what other skills or categories? I dont want to make a bummer on my first class you know ;-)
I will be gratefull for any help =]

[mrclean]

Well, I think a pretty nice marksman would combine both bows, althought you can really take advantage of range thanks to passives (aiming mastery).

Primary you should think about what interests you, for example I would use long bows if I want to fight enemies from fort walls and long bows + short bows (long ones for the first attacks) to fight in pvp: most of the powerful spells you have (like death sentence, sudden strike, confuse) are of range 25 so you'll lose a bit of the benefits of having big range of long bows, and dual shot is really an awesome spell cause it piggybacks a normal hit.

Evasion tree is pretty awesome, give a try to dodge, at lvl 5 is really really cool, while spell elude and the other one I can't remember the name (sorry ) have duration = cooldown lasting 120 seconds at lvl 5, so really powerful.

Anyway I'm not so good as a marksman, but I hope this would help

EDIT: to train fast, death sentence and sudden strike are the best

[padreigh]

If you "just" became marksmen, youve got 25-30lvls of grinding and questing before you. longbow(shield pierce), arrow mastery(recharged arrow, serpent bite), tricks (stunfist + ambush) sufficient for lvling, aiming mastery(foresight) to keep greater distance to enemies. Good timing is nice for lvling, shoot a mob, walk backwards while shootanimation runs, stand till shootanim starts and retreat while it works ... that way youll loose less life.

[Dreamfoil]

Thanks boys! =)
I really appreciate your help.
One more question, can I change the skills I chose? just in case I chose wrong?

[mrclean]

Sure, you have to type /reset_powers in chat box (realm, general, clan or whatelse doesn't matter)

Then wait for a minute and you can reskill again ^^

[ncvr]

On my Marksman I found the best way to lvl was to get highest possible Foresight, Shield Pierce and Recharged Arrows then attack mobs with a range 30 slow or medium depending on what you prefer while running back between shots (which might take a while to get used to). Also use one Shield Pierce per mob.

[Dreamfoil]

Originally Posted by Necrovarus

or medium depending on what you prefer while running back between shots (which might take a while to get used to).

The what? :O

@ fean0r - thanx :* =)

[Inkster]

He means slow speed or medium speed long bow

[Lovele]

Theese are the spells wich I use.

[Miraculix]

Originally Posted by Lovele

Theese are the spells wich I use.

Cyclop's Curse? LOL

Dreamfoil, you need to setup for PvE right now, since it's too early for PvP. That means choosing skills for the fastest mob killing possible. This in turn means resting as little as possible, ie receiving the least possible damage.

For marksmen, the way to do it is: Get a long bow, range 30. Medium/Slow is your choice really, see what works best. Depends on what mobs you kill to level. The whole point is to get the mob dead (or as close to that as possible) before it gets in your face, so you dont take any damage. Try out both a medium speed, range 30 long bow and a slow one, and see which one gets this done better.

Skills to use: Shield Piercing from the long bows discipline, Recharged Arrows from Arrow Mastery and Foresight (range boost passive) from Aiming Mastery.

The running-back-while-shooting trick is also essential for this tactic. I'll edit this post to show you a video of how it is done.

Of course, you can feel free to experiment and find new ways of leveling, better ones than the traditional... I'm experimenting on leveling with a 25 range fast short bow, the range passive, recharged arrows and Dual shot...

Results: Fast bow + recharged arrows = you're bleeding mana, LOTS of mana

EDIT: This video could be it... was bored to see the whole thing, too much clan-whore-out ;p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_PDC3kWjS0