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[Orophin]

OP:

I posted this on Reddit this morning for another Archer. Should hopefully give you a few helpful beginner tips.

[Taecyeon]

Orophin Thanks so much for the link! Very good information there.

Thanks again!

[vanityobscene]

OP:

I posted this on Reddit this morning for another Archer. Should hopefully give you a few helpful beginner tips.

Something very useful for Archer/Bards is using a focus target to target.


This is as simple as going to your user macros and creating a new one with this:

/as <f>

So what you do is set your focus target to the tank, and then hit that macro and you'll be on their target once they've selected one. This is a good way to overcome the problems involved with a tank who doesn't mark targets. Be careful though, sometimes a tank will hit a target and switch to another straight away, or use one target to pull the mob but switch to the deadliest in the mob first. For example in Sastasha, in the grotto area, there is a wide pull with a (forgive my forgetting names) jellyfish, angler and crab. The crab's the closest, and you can't get the others without face pulling, but it's by no means the meanest. The angler is, so it isn't uncommon for a tank to switch to that one once it's in range.

Worried about getting the wrong target when they switch? Don't be. You shouldn't be attacking until it's plain as day that the tank has aggro. That means giving the tank a couple of seconds to establish it. Lots and lots and lots of Archers don't do this, and it's honestly a pain in the neck.

To add to that reddit post about checking your aggro specifically. On your party list you can actually see who has aggro. The tank should have an A by their name. Everyone else a number from 2 - 4 (or 8). The healer is usually 2. Checking here is a good way to make sure you're not only not pulling a mob to you, but also to see who might be about to pull it.