and wearing the Doom Light set for a total of +8 Dex. I figure I should be able to outrun most enemies and Evade the rest, all the while hitting fairly often with large crits.
-con + str/dex. A well played archer doesnt get into melee range.
i had the same thought about that. however, as of late, there has been much PvP in the catacombs, where i don't always have the room to kite. i was hoping the frequency and magnitude of my crits would make up for the str loss. this way, i don't have to give up quite as much hp/cp.
Yes, I recommend it. And then at higher levels if you find yourself dying too quickly in PvP, you can reduce or kill off some of the tattoos (if you choose to). Although by then you may be already addicted to your boosted strength/crit/evasion/running speed/etc.
If you're fighting a lot in close quarters, and if you're locked in to being an archer, and if you're at any significant risk of dying, I probably wouldn't modify my stats at all.
Open field, probably nerf your own con and try to avoid getting hit...but it just sounds painful if you know you won't be able to fully utilize your speed or range.
that makes sense to me, and you are right, if i am in close quarters as an archer, no combination of tatoos is going to save me anyhow. i shall capitalize on what my strengths are then. speed and damage.
Hi, Im playing a SR lvl 48. Im also thinking about tattoos.. What bugs me is that -con will make me unable to carry anything. Even without tattoos, my SR is constantly overweight (due to the 800 weight of a sineater) so I cant carry more than 5k ss and very few potions. If I go +DEX -CON Im worried I might not even be able to carry 5k ss.. and an archer needs a lot of ss :/ And opinions? :)
Hi, Im playing a SR lvl 48. Im also thinking about tattoos.. What bugs me is that -con will make me unable to carry anything. Even without tattoos, my SR is constantly overweight (due to the 800 weight of a sineater) so I cant carry more than 5k ss and very few potions. If I go +DEX -CON Im worried I might not even be able to carry 5k ss.. and an archer needs a lot of ss :/ And opinions? :)
Greater compressed packages are an option to be able to carry more ss. It will also become less of an issue once you are using b-grade or higher bows, since ss comsumption is much lower.
Hi, Im playing a SR lvl 48. Im also thinking about tattoos.. What bugs me is that -con will make me unable to carry anything. Even without tattoos, my SR is constantly overweight (due to the 800 weight of a sineater) so I cant carry more than 5k ss and very few potions. If I go +DEX -CON Im worried I might not even be able to carry 5k ss.. and an archer needs a lot of ss :/ And opinions? :)
Frist lvl your sin eater 2 lvls above you and turn it in, when i did it it removed 19-20 pks. doing that will also take it from your invatory as a quest item.
On the PTS with my HE I did -5 con. I all ways carried about 1k-1.8k A/g SS and about 3-5 greatter compressed packages. and 2 or 3 A crys for more arrows,
HP pots,CP pots(not alot about 20-30), a few greatter haste pots about 5-10. with the bonus of mejestic armor my waight was about 53-56%.
Not I understand your in C/g, frist don't carry too many arrows, they waight you down way too much. don't carry too much Css. don't pvp, so no need for CP pots.
that mite help you some on waight.
I think +dex is best for archers/(I've yet to try the SR but I want to) maybe you should try just +4 dex -4 con first. if you like it go with +1 dex -1 con. from that point if you feel your crt out put or dmg out put insafishent, try +2 or 3 str - 2/3 con
If that isn't liked then try something else out, the lower your con gets the less CP/HP, stun resist, HP regen you will have.
once your in B/g get rid of the emi, keep the PL set. stop lvling in catas go solo on 1x HP mobs.
If you are going to + DEX do it for evasion, run speed, or attack speed. As far as crit rate you don't gain that much. As a SwS i gained 2 crit rate for every 1 DEX. But then again it MAY be different for class/race. I remember a PR buddy of mine went +5 DEX and I actually gained more run speed from it than him.
dont go nuts with -CON. +2 STR, +2 DEX, -4 CON is reasonable and still a noticable increase. Either that or DON'T get tatoos. Tatoos are not required by any means to make a great character. It can make them great in one aspect but at the expense of another, just remember that.
Thanks all. I decided to get one DEX+4 CON-4. I lvled my sineater 2 lvls like you said and lost that extra weight + 8 pks. Im not wearing plated, Im wearing drake. Now when Ive lost the sineater, the weight does not bother me a lot and I hope the -4 CON wont change that too much. I can carry 10k ssc, 15 healing pots, 10 swifts, 2 soe, 2 res, 2k arrows right now. I think with the -4 CON Ill have to reconsider carrying all that tho ^^
My final tatts will be something like..
DEX+4 CON-4
STR+2 CON-X
And I dont think Ill go for a third tattoo, that might get too extreme.