I'm shopping for a level 8 power for my archer, and looking for some advice from folks who know the set. I took Taser Arrow at 5, and have focused on DEX/EGO so far. Supernatural would be in theme for my character also, though the close-range SN stuff isn't appealing to me as an archer.

What archery powers are must-haves? What should I avoid?

The few opinions I've seen are that Torrent and Storm of Arrows are weak. Is that so?

How good is Quarry? I can't really figure that out in the powerhouse; it doesn't seem to effect anything but endurance costs, and not by much. I am thinking about Regen instead but I hear it scales with REC (or will once it's fixed) and that is not a stat I am thinking about focusing on heavily.

Any other advice on playstyle or powers for a DEX/EGO archer (glass cannon)?

Quarry is bugged atm, well.. the advantage for it, is; even if you kill an enemy, it wont heal you.

Your bread and butter powers are basically sonic arrow, and taser arrow.
I took Force explosion, or w/e its called for when i get mobbed, plus - i took regen, it still heals a considerate amount of health.
I also took Force Shield, and the Force Sheath advantage, although i rarely use it in PvE, just when i got mobbed, again.

Thats it so far, i have a few powers that i haven't used up yet, i still have like 3 power points :p

I just made an Archer also.

My biggest question is...Is it intended to have that long pause at the end of a charge up like Sonic/Taser Arrow?

Dont think so, its a bug.. but its a small bug, so Cryptic wont get around to fixing it anytime soon.

Archery seems to go well with Lightning Reflexes, at least on paper. You're already focusing on DEX, and your energy builder has an advantage that will increase dodge as well.

I think so. You have an activation time on all archery skill of 1 second and a charge time. I believe the 1 second activation time is tacked on to the end of the power no matter what.

Currently, must-haves are Sonic Arrow and Taser Arrow. That's it.

The only reason Torrent is weak is that Sonic Arrow with the Deadly Dissonance advantage is just as good for hitting multiple targets at a much lower energy cost. That should change soon.

Storm, however, costs way too much energy for what it does.

Basically useless. The endurance reduction is trivial, the advantage that heals you when foes drop doesn't work, and you'll drop a lot faster without a defensive passive.

#1 - Look at Lightning Reflexes or Regeneration for a defensive passive, because it's not fun being a glass cannon when there's an easy alternative.

#2 - Pick at least one other powerset for your character. Even if you take everything from Archery, that will only get you to level 23 or so. With several skippable powers (like Quarry), you'll want another powerset to pull from sometime in your teens.

my advice is to try archery on ptr before you roll or continue up with a new archery char


they nerfed our damage, increased our energy costs - and we stil lhae the shortest ranged, longest recharging tier 1 ranged charge power.

interesting... what changed....

or is it just sonic arrow?

it's not just sonic arrow