Solo with an Archer?

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I want to play solo, a barbarian or berserker, I know I post another topic but I have a question about the archer:

Can you play solo with it?
Because youre bonus with the renged weapon is godd for nothing because the ennemy will be on you when you see them so...

I dont know
what do you think about the archer to go solo?

 

In BG1, Archer would have ruled the day.
In BG2, they are not particularly useful

 

Umm Jack, don't let BTA hear you say that!

 

Lets be frank about this:

The archer is probably the single most brilliant power playing class when you are in a group (i have decided that monks are just rubbish now! nobleman )

On a solo game though the fact is that they will not be as powerful. Basically you would get bored out of your mind running around in your bots of speed. Taking another shot and then legging it again.
If your the only one then if you can't fight hand to hand your screwed.
Mind you i can think of harder solo classes (wizard slayer, shapeshifter, beastmaster, jester, assasin)

 

I have made my choice, I will try it and see by myself

just imagine if im able to play solo what it would be when I will play with my friend in a multiplayer game

It would be hard for sure but I will have a lot of fun I think...

 

All this talk of 'solo play' just doesn't sound that fun to me. I need to be able to find/disarm traps, I like having some cleric/mage spell, I like using an archer and I like melee. I also like some character interaction. I guess each to his own.

 

Well I don't know if anyone tried to play solo with and archer but it can be hard when you have to fight big groups. I think playing solo with an archer would be lot's of fun, especially for when you have to attack melee, an Archer isn't bad but just not as good as a ranger/fighter and when playing solo, it can be a cool challenge so I say: Go for it!

 

I think that it would be a challenge but a fun one

I post a topic because the game bored me but now I'm happy again

 

hehe
why don' you try a shapeshifter. thats a challenge

 

yea...but druids suck(by now most of u who have read my messages think im picky about stuff but im not!i just...um...dont like alot of stuff )

[This message has been edited by shadow_thief (edited June 12, 2001).]

 

Soloing with an archer can't be that hard. I mean you don't have to use the bow all the time. People solo with thieves, mages, how hard can it be with an archer. Doesn't matter that he can't specialize with close combat weapons. He's still better in close combat than thieves, bards, clerics, and mages. And against magic users he will be devestating.

Just make sure you specialize in shortbows. It'd be annoying having to lug around all those arrows when you're going solo.

(and druids don't suck you power monging cheater )

[This message has been edited by Tyresian (edited June 12, 2001).]

 

so??? whats wrong with that?!

 

I'd say archer is a kensai with a bow that can wear armor. I soloed with an archer (well, almost, i had Imoen in the end) and it was not particularly hard, not like going through with a solo asassin.
(Just seeing THAC0 of 0 at level 10 [Tuigan Bow (GM) + arrows of piercing] makes monsters flee in terror)
Tyresian: Specialize? Why, when an archer can grand master ranged weapons?
I did GM short bows, but there are few reaaly heavy magical ones (Tuigan +1, Gesen -?, while there is a +3 long bow in De'Arnise and several good ones later); side specializing in crossbows would be good, and Stealth bonus helps too.
Archers rule the day!

[This message has been edited by ayecapitan (edited June 12, 2001).]

 

Really its up to him as long as he goes beyond proficient. The reason to GM in shortbows is because there are two shortbows that have infinite ammo. Tasheron's bow which you can get early in trademeet and the Gesen shortbow. It doesn't matter what enchantment most bows are since it's the arrows that determine if you can hit it. The bolt/arrow with the highest enchantment is the +2 bolt/arrow. You'll need the tasheron or gesen shortbow since their phantom arrows are +3 enchantment. And you wouldn't have to lug around all those arrows.

(also you wouldn't want that Tuigan bow since it sets your attacks to 3 per round and eventually you'll exceed that)

Is it just me or do the attacks not matter for missile weapons? I can only pull off one or two shots with mazzy despite her having 5 attacks per round before the enemy close in on her.



[This message has been edited by Tyresian (edited June 12, 2001).]

 

I begin with my archer and he rock, I though that the enemy would have the time to come to me, 1 or 2 on 5 hehe, he shoot like 7/2 round with the strong arm (long bow) with all the bonus I'M hitting my target for a average of 15 damage par hit, not bad at the quantity I can shoot per round!

I have fun again

 

The arrows of piercing give +4 to your thac0 but they are counted as a +1 weapon.

 

Sometimes graphics just mess up the attacks factor...
I dont know about BG2, but in BG1 my mage did *show* 2 hits per round, while he was suppose to do only 1 and he did 1, by rolls; not saying about Coran who seemed to shoot some machinegun bow, while doing 5 attacks per 2 rounds as he was s'possed to

 

One thing you could try would be an archer dualed to a mage. That way you could summon creatures to hold off foes while you "filled them with arrows." Just a thought.