Critical Build for Marks

[AMPZORD]

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[Tamui]

Originally Posted by AMPZORD

http://ompldr.org/vZ3Vjcw o.O

You made me look stupid
Nice hits....

[Linuxmage]

I have a 42 marks, trying for something effective using Long bows only, that I can mix up fort war and grinding with....any ideas?

[_Enio_]

What critchance did you get in charscreen?

[Tamui]

Originally Posted by Linuxmage

I have a 42 marks, trying for something effective using Long bows only, that I can mix up fort war and grinding with....any ideas?

I wouldn't advise going with a crit setup. I think I would go with this;
http://trainer.claninquisition.org/t...aauJfaaaqgeaqa

Bases on normal hits. Lightness, Specialist for Damage. With the new RA I'm not sure how to approach. Atleast this is what would be similar to I think I had.
Dead Eye is a good alternative damage spell for me. You might use it while turning off RA. Same with Manuever.
Eagle Eye for hit chance. If you think you're not getting alot of evades, get it on 1.
Parabolic and Foresight for maximum range.
Winter Stroke to catch enemies or to recover range from mobs, Serpent Bite, is the best damaging one of which I think a Marks could have.
If you'll be participating in fort wars only and grinding, Ambush(2) would be enough. Sudden Strike for some knights at fort wars or some Challenging/Hard mob. Retaliation can keep you alive from DoTs.
Evasive tactics, Acrobatics is what I'd use mostly for mobs. Strat. Pos. is good if you encounter someone while grinding or at fort wars.

Now as I don't know how the new RA affects low players, if you run out of mana quickly, Tone the Arrow Mastery to 15, and maybe increase Tricks or Longbow tree.

Hope I helped.

Originally Posted by _Enio_

What critchance did you get in charscreen?

23.3% with WM LB with +13 Blunt in it, fully buffed.
25% with WM SB with +10 Slash in it, fully buffed.
By fully buffed, I mean from the setup I posted before.

[Linuxmage]

Thanks Tamui,

It actually works really well, though I miss not having something else on the Arrow Mastery tree. The Serpent Bite at 5 really works wonders with mobs picked off at range.

RA 5 is fairly effective, though I do wonder if I could get away with RA 3, and maybe drop 2 points into Dirty Fighting for any mobs that do get too close.

[Tamui]

Hey guys, so my previous setup here Has worked very good. I was satisfied with my results.

Now I'm fiddling again and thought maybe I can improve it.
So I came up with this.
(Aiming Mastery can be lvled down to 7 and WM tree to 15.)

Added note; This can be useful to hunters as well but it takes a lot of power points

On paper it looks good. In practise I haven't tried it yet. Also, the only way I can test it is perhaps on a 1v1 or on mobs as I can barely run CoR any more.
If I can start up CoR again will definitely try it.

However if someone could try it on a bigger scale than mine it would be appreciated. Screenies of logs and the Crit. Chance would be welcomed.

Feedback and criticism is welcome as well.

[Linuxmage]

Only thing that puzzles me here is Foresight 1 -- I have always thought that doing anything that extends your range is a good thing.

I would have at least put that upto 3, possibly killed off Winter stroke (I dont personally think that its really useful unless escaping mobs), and replaced that with Serpent bite.
Also personally, as I like to be as ranged as possible, I would specialise to one bow type, dropping everything but lightness on the sb tree.

Don't take this an "amateur not knowing what hes talking about" type of thing, its just based on my experiences of playing the marks class in the wz.

Also, what hardware/OS are you running? I have run regnum on Linux for a number of years, and its not been too bad, the client is very adaptable graphics wise.

[Tamui]

Originally Posted by Linuxmage

Only thing that puzzles me here is Foresight 1 -- I have always thought that doing anything that extends your range is a good thing. I would have at least put that upto 3, possibly killed off Winter stroke (I dont personally think that its really useful unless escaping mobs), and replaced that with Serpent bite. Also personally, as I like to be as ranged as possible, I would specialise to one bow type, dropping everything but lightness on the sb tree. Don't take this an "amateur not knowing what he talking about" type of thing, its just based on my experiences of playing the marks class in the wz.

I could. I could drop mobility for it. To be honest range isn't everything. Just depends on your setup. This isn't for long ranging. More or so for criticals.

Winter Stroke is a really good stopper providing I don't have Distracting shot.
(Looking now, I can have distracting shot )
I would be carrying lvl11 Arrow Mastery. In my opinion, lvl3 Serpent Bite would be useless.
Specializing in one type of bow will hinder you greatly. Either weak in range or weak in close combats.

Keep in mind this is solely built for criticals mostly. Focusing much more on normals.

The problem is that I'm trying to get everything. I am trying to have a critical build for both longbow and shortbow. Keep in mind Shortbow has the highest potential(imo) to have the most Criticals.
While that I need evasion and defence AND CCs so I can survive. What's missing? Range.
The best I can do so far is increasing Foresight to 3. However I cannot have Distracting Shot.
(In that setup I don't have neither but with discipline points I can have either of them.)

Originally Posted by Linuxmage

Also, what hardware/OS are you running? I have run regnum on Linux for a number of years, and its not been too bad, the client is very adaptable graphics wise.

Windows 7 home Premium 32-bit
2 GB Ram
Pentium Dual Core CPU @ 2.93 GHz
Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family

(Or what I like to call it; Crap, Crap and Crap)

[Linuxmage]

Originally Posted by Tamui

Windows 7 home Premium 32-bit
2 GB Ram
Pentium Dual Core CPU @ 2.93 GHz
Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family

That system is quite good, apart from the GPU setup. The intel chips have never traditionally supported 3D graphics properly, and half of the problem lies in the fact that the Regnum client is tuned more for Nvidia/ATI chips, and they are only just sorting out the intel card code.

I've done some research about your intel chipset, and its noted to have very poor 3D support in both windows and linux. Is your system a laptop? If so, I suspect a trade in for a machine with a well supported GPU is your only option.