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Jules Registered user Last page view: 4780 days, 17 hours, 24 minutes and 47 seconds ago. |
I'm currently playing a Gnomish Archer, random choice, and I'm wondering if I'm wasting my time. Currently lvl 11, no time at all taken to get there, but starting to find it hard to do any damage with my crossbow. Any advice on how to play this character will be appreciated. Currently have excellent DV, sword of defence, but nothing else of value. |
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Echo Registered user Last page view: 3587 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes and 33 seconds ago. |
Gnomish archers are okay. Just pick the good shot -> keen shot -> eagle eye talents and the the talent that reduces missile attack time. What was it and what were the prerequisites, I don't remember. |
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Sargoth (unlogged) Unregistered user |
Be prepared to run out of ammunition - you will eventually. Train your meele skills, so that you are not totally helpless when those arrows jus won't let themselves be found anywhere... |
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BattleAxe Registered user Last page view: 6342 days, 8 hours, 14 minutes and 31 seconds ago. |
Also train on rocks, they can be created in almost any dungeon, and can be "farmed" easily. |
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tongHoAnh Registered user adoomed Last page view: 6636 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes and 56 seconds ago. |
To be precise, train on slings. Crossbow ammunitions are among the hardest to find. My RL dumpyard: http://www.geocities.com/ceruleannebula/index.html |
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Nchurmdaz Registered user Goblin flash mobber Last page view: 5997 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes and 39 seconds ago. |
Or get a boomerang! You'll train both 'boomerang and scurgari' when throwing it, and meele skills when trying to get it back when it doesn't return.:D Ubi patria ibi bene! |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4078 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes and 1 second ago. |
Actually, I feel ammo seldom is a problem for archers. Fletchery, anyone? You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Iridia Moderator on this forum YASD Last page view: 3765 days, 15 hours, 48 minutes and 1 second ago. |
That depends on whether you find fletchery sets, now, doesn't it? Die Gedanken sind Frei |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4078 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes and 1 second ago. |
Are they that rare? Even so, there is the starting fletchery set, and the hatchet from Yrrigs... Should be sufficient. It always was for my high elven archers... Okay, that one is gnomish, and he is using quarrels, so I can't really talk from experience. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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Nchurmdaz Registered user Goblin flash mobber Last page view: 5997 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes and 40 seconds ago. |
BTW, bomerangs *never* return after hitting their target. Even more - returning boomerangs are usually non-combat - ritual things or toys. The main aim of a combat or hunting boomerang is a lenght of flight - up to 200 meters. Accuracy also matters. In fact, a hunter has no benefits from a returning boomerang - he doesn't mind walking additional 50-100 meters to reclaim it, but if it returns to hit it's owner's head... Or a commrade's head %( Ubi patria ibi bene! |
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Morio Registered user Holy Champion of ADoM Last page view: 3908 days, 5 hours, 19 minutes and 51 seconds ago. |
Nchurmdaz has a point, when hunting with a boomerang, you're not supposed to miss "I don't know what World War 3 will be fought with, but I know World War 4 with be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein |
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Silfir Registered user Writer of Overly Long Guides Last page view: 4078 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes and 1 second ago. |
Real boomerangs don't return after hitting? In ADOM, they do, even if it's somewhat illogical. In real life, returning boomerangs are not meant for combat? In ADOM, they are, if too rare to be of real use. Remember that real life considerations are seldom relevant to ADOM. You drop the golden ball. You kick the golden ball. It slides to the west. Suddenly Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, appears! "That's not how you play Quidditch! are you even listening?" Which direction? (123456789) 4 Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is hit by a bolt of acid! Harry Potter, the apprentice wizard, is annihilated. You hear the ecstatic cries of a large crowd! |
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*Chaos Muffin* Registered user Chaotic Awesome Last page view: 6134 days, 11 hours, 42 minutes and 13 seconds ago. |
I found a boomerang of slaying in my last game, and i was like YEAH IM GONNA SLAY ALL OF YOU! and then a fireball trap took it away from me :( *<< Words go here >>* |