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

[NoctisUmbra]

40? You're right. So DEX+4/PIE+4 (+2 DEX from 1 II) vs. DEX+5 (+7 DEX from 1 IV) = Raptorskin Subligar wins still.

lol yea, fixed it now :P Meant 40. I'm still rocking my Trousers with STR?DEX +9 melded on it. Really wish I could get that belt though.

Also, I'm really torn on whether I should get another harness made to meld it with PIE IV when I have one already doubled with +66 crit potency.

[Viridiana]

I'll go into it in more detail when I rewrite my guide, but for now:

Paragon's Crown
Raptorskin Harness (PIE)
Raptorskin Gloves of Slaying (DEX/ATK)
Flame Sergeant's Sash
Raptorskin Subligar (STR+DEX or VIT+DEX)
Cobalt-plated Caligae / Cobalt-plated Jackboots (HP)
Amethyst Ring x3

Felt Bracers seem (at a glance) to be better than the gloves, depending on how good their PIE is.

[carraway]

Good call. PIE should be somewhere around 2:3 ratio to ATK, maybe slightly worse, but I'll need to do some testing to confirm.

(I posted that list hastily from work)

[Viridiana]

So, for those of us no where near getting Paragon, I'm seeing Rainmaker's Hat as the next-best. Or is Acc still useless, making Felt Cavalier the better choice (1 extra PIE)?

[Hoplite]

i was thinking along the lines of the woolen turban of invoking. it has 3 dex and 2 pty. if u consider dex/pty on equal scales, it has 5 points total, putting it on the same level as the felt cavalier's. but then dex also gives acc, so perhaps its a little better? hat slot has no useful materia, so this time u dont have to worry about the level of the piece :P

[Viridiana]

i was thinking along the lines of the woolen turban of invoking. it has 3 dex and 2 pty. if u consider dex/pty on equal scales, it has 5 points total, putting it on the same level as the felt cavalier's. but then dex also gives acc, so perhaps its a little better? hat slot has no useful materia, so this time u dont have to worry about the level of the piece :P

Hmmm. . . but if we're gonna count Acc for anything at all, Dex contributes almost nothing to Accuracy compared to actual +Accuracy.

[Hoplite]

i guess what I was really trying to point out is the fact that by considering damage modifiers alone, it's superior to the rainmaker by having 1 extra point of modifier, but compared to the felt cavalier, it not only matches the damage modifiers, but it also grant whatever little accuracy dex provides. on a side note, I dun think arc has much accuracy issues at the moment.

[carraway]

Yeah, Woolen Turban of Invoking should theoretically be the next best choice. I've updated the original post with a bare-bones guide, but when I have the time to pretty it up, I will change the original post to a link to the guide on my shell's website.

[Kiara]

Hi Carraway (and all),

Great guide. Thanks!

I had some questions / notes:

1. In your Guide, you list this:

Hands: Dexterity IV (STR+16~20) / Heaven's Fist IV (ATK+26~30)

I'm guessing the RED highlight above is a typo, and you meant "DEX+"?


2. I see no mention by anyone lately about Strength (STR). From the latest Patch 1.20 Notes, it lists STR as:

≪Parameters and Their Effects≫

Strength

• Attack Power

So is STR really useless for Archer? Thanks for the info!

[carraway]

Oh yeah, my bad. Sloppy copy&pasting.