[RO] New leveling spots for archer classes?

[Crow]

When I still played RO map selection for leveling archer classes was rather simple. Geographers (geo map changed few times, but when I stopped playing Metalring map was the map of choice) till they stop giving you exp, than stings till 99. I wonder if it changed in recent updates and indeed I see some other suggestions. Anubis, Hill Winds, Thor 1, Nameless Island - those are the most common suggestions. Does any of you have any experience in choosing leveling spot for archer classes? It is still a long way till I am there, but I want to know what cards will I be needing for my bow.

Also, do mercenaries play a large role in leveling? Do they speed you up by a reasonable amount of time? Or are they just plain stupid and die all the time?

[Sanakoev]

mandragora carded earthen bow = oneshot hillwind with like 80 base dex. irrc, 1 hillwind = 1.5k zeny oc loot. say 2k kills gives u a card (imagine playing on a 5x drop rate server), you'd have 30M oc loot each (worthless) hillwind card you find... plus the better-than-average exp.

hillwinds is boring, but its probably best from the list you gave. some ppl go muscipulars instead of geos because its empty. droseras are good instead of geos too.

[Crow]

Thanks Sana. One more question, about arrow shower. Is there any possibility that this skill could be used in party leveling? I remember leveing in Niff with Clae, where I would mob and he would kill with arrow shower. Is that still viable? If yes I assume it is worth the pain to get to job 50 as non-reborn archer too, to get lvl 9 shower ?

[Sanakoev]

i've never heard of anyone levelling like that =o. but afaik the arrow shower didnt change, so if it worked back then, it should work now. it just looks weird to me.. =p

[Crow]

At first sight I thought that Mental Sensing is crap. That taking in the duet for it will cause other party members to get less xp than without it. It turns out however that I was very wrong. That all it takes is three other party members (say, mobber, healer and AoE dps) for other party members to gain more xp with that duet in party than without.

At three members the difference is only minor - Without the duet every member gets 1/3 of the xp the mob gives (33%) while if we include the duet in the party each member gets 36%. If the core of the party consists of 4 people (say, whats above + string bard) than without duet each gets 25% of exp, and with it 30%.

In a seven people party, duet included, each member will get more xp per kill than in 4 people party without it.

So I am taking this build (with maybe more points in arrow shower), and I am looking forward to some organized party exping.

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[Crow]

Parties- You accually get more experience in parties, with a 2 person party you get 60%/60% and thats 120%. With 3 its 40% 4 is 30% 5 is 25% and so forth and so forth. When leveling try to keep it in a 2 person party. To make a party type */organize "Party Name Here"* type it with out the **s. The name will show up if your in a guild.

This is what I found on RoEmpire forums today. It was in a post about iRo, but it was 'quite' old. Anyone knows if this is true? (If yes it would make taking in MS duet even more kickass). Also, anyone knows if the thing 'monster gives more exp if more people hit it' is true?

[Sanakoev]

Parties- You accually get more experience in parties, with a 2 person party you get 60%/60% and thats 120%. With 3 its 40% 4 is 30% 5 is 25% and so forth and so forth. When leveling try to keep it in a 2 person party. To make a party type */organize "Party Name Here"* type it with out the **s. The name will show up if your in a guild.

This is what I found on RoEmpire forums today. It was in a post about iRo, but it was 'quite' old. Anyone knows if this is true? (If yes it would make taking in MS duet even more kickass). Also, anyone knows if the thing 'monster gives more exp if more people hit it' is true?

im pretty sure its wrong, judging from every pserv i played. however - if the second person in your party hits the mob, you both get +-13% more exp comparing with the situatio nwhen the second person is not "tapping" the mob. everyone always says tapping gives +10% exp, but when i look at the numbers, its something like 13% (or more, i dont recall correctly)

i'd say ROempire forums are full of BS.

your calculations on mental sensing are correct it seems, however.. is a measly 3% or 5% increase worth the hassle of setting up a 6-7 man party? this works the same was as on pservs (at least, i think so?), and no one ever did this... ppl only ever used the duet as slave clients.

your idea is worth trying anything crow, what exactly areyou sacrificing for mental sensing?

[Crow]

To get Mental Sensing I skip:

1 point from Frost Joker (35% chance instead of 40%), but that seems fine as I am agi build which isn't good for woe anyway
4 points from melody strike (On one hand if I have mana to burn and want some pew pew DPS I am better of flashing strings and spamming DS, on the other this is not possible in duets. I can always take 5 melody strike 0 Frost Joker for pure PvE...)
3 points from Song of Lutie (meh anyway).

The looses are not huge, in terms of PvE, but if I am never going to use Sensing, than I can just go with the normal build. Thats why I was asking if we intend to do party leveling. Also note, that in party leveling first bard will be doing strings most likely anyway...

[Turbo]

it seems like your going clown

bragi support is a great position to lead parties though and tag along for the xp :)

[Crow]

We were supposed to have two (or maybe even three) bards, that why I am considering it, as second Bragi isn't useful. But yes, thats what I intend to do - try to get into biolabs with some trans classes to plvl me to 99 :D.

Btw I have tried leveling on Hillwinds but it was very hard as archer. I need 2 DS to kill them atm, but due to Valk lag I can't do it properly without getting hit (they move rather fast so I need to dance first DS). The xp is great though and if I had a priest tank this could be a very good leveling spot.

To 1 hit Hillwind with Earthen Bow with mandragora (3,5 mil zenny at least) I need 130 dex (8x base + good dex gear, or 9x + crap gear, plus bless ofc). Other than that it is almost impossible to 1-hit them.