Carraway's Guide to the New Archer: 1.18 and Beyond

[Enjou]

Sorry for the confusion; I've been using some poor terminology. When I gave a rate of 0.7dDamage/dDEX, I was implying that you do 0.7 more damage points on the mob. The actual "Damage" stat that you see on weapons is a completely different stat/term. The "Damage" stat on weapons is not the dDamage I was referring to in 0.7 dDamage/dDEX.

If I am talking about a change in the weapon "Damage" stat, I will usually use dDMG or DMG.

Hope this helps clear things up!

Indeed it does, thank you for clearing that up!

[cataclysm]

Sorry if this is a bit late. As was suggested earlier by Seiken, the "dreaded" macros are an option. For those that dont mind the extra couple seconds of waits every 3 minutes for the flexibility of DD/AF gear, you might give it a go.

/battlemode off
/wait 1
/equip body "Choral Shirt"
/wait 1
/action "Ballad of Magi" <me>
/wait 6
/equip body "Raptorskin Harness"
/battlemode on

Your mileage may vary with /wait durations, but this setup has been working flawlessly for me for the last couple weeks. Just rinse and repeat for Minuet/Paeon with the respective AF pieces.

[NoctisUmbra]

Sorry if this is a bit late. As was suggested earlier by Seiken, the "dreaded" macros are an option. For those that dont mind the extra couple seconds of waits every 3 minutes for the flexibility of DD/AF gear, you might give it a go.

/battlemode off
/wait 1
/equip body "Choral Shirt"
/wait 1
/action "Ballad of Magi" <me>
/wait 6
/equip body "Raptorskin Harness"
/battlemode on

Your mileage may vary with /wait durations, but this setup has been working flawlessly for me for the last couple weeks. Just rinse and repeat for Minuet/Paeon with the respective AF pieces.

... and so it begins...

*shudder*

[TheFatHousecat]

Sorry if this is a bit late. As was suggested earlier by Seiken, the "dreaded" macros are an option. For those that dont mind the extra couple seconds of waits every 3 minutes for the flexibility of DD/AF gear, you might give it a go.

/battlemode off
/wait 1
/equip body "Choral Shirt"
/wait 1
/action "Ballad of Magi" <me>
/wait 6
/equip body "Raptorskin Harness"
/battlemode on

Your mileage may vary with /wait durations, but this setup has been working flawlessly for me for the last couple weeks. Just rinse and repeat for Minuet/Paeon with the respective AF pieces.

Been using this macro for body and pants and it works great, thanks for putting it up!

While buffing in the circle pre-Mistress pop I use the Ballad macro so I don't have to switch bodies mid-fight. Then at the start of the fight, during Battle Voice/Paeon (mages don't get overwritten since they're in the back), I switch the pants really quickly. It's not as much as a pain as it might seem ;3

[carraway]

Just did a basic overhaul of the guide and edited the original post in this thread accordingly. There are still a lot of gaps in my own understanding, so any additions or corrections would be more than appreciated. I play several jobs on a regular basis, not just BRD, so I might've missed some things.

[Meatdawg]

Just did a basic overhaul of the guide and edited the original post in this thread accordingly. There are still a lot of gaps in my own understanding, so any additions or corrections would be more than appreciated. I play several jobs on a regular basis, not just BRD, so I might've missed some things.

You may want to take this part out, or edit it to reflect Archer and not Brd. (Since Brd can't have keen flurry anymore)

"- Quick Nock outdamages every other WS by far, and Keen Flurry should be saved so that it can always be applied to Quick Nock."

[carraway]

Oh yeah, my bad. Thanks for pointing that out.

[carraway]

Fixed a few minor mistakes and clarified some gear choices.

Looks like with good gear (x2 melds in applicable slots, HQ jewelry, Ifrit's Bow, etc.) BRDs should be pushing 110ish stationary DPS on Miser's Mistress. This is with BV Paeon. The number drops substantially if you need to support with cures/stoneskins, of course.

[HiirNoivl]

Thanks a lot for this carraway!

Is there a guide for MNK?

MNK is a class I'm really bad at. ^^;;;

[Sumii]

Forgive me if I missed it, I did search but came up short with nothing but a bunch of PLD talk. Is there anywhere a pretty clear point allocation listed? On LNC it seemed that capping STR and then putting the remainder into PIE was pretty much it, however with STR also having a bearing on BRD I'm a bit at a loss. Should I put only points into DEX and PIE and then meld STR? I see the caps and diminishing returns, but from a base stat allocation view is what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance for any help!