An Archer's "Where to Train" Guide

[jackthegreat]

Originally Posted by WoChiFan

wow nice job. one thing i noticed though. for the std part of your guide, the picture is from zipangu: a night in the forest. it's the same pic as the one you put for zipangu: a night in the forest a few entries above stds. i'm not sure if it's intended as the std and zipangu: a night in the forest maps are very similar. they are both flat, and the only difference is that the zipangu map spawns 2 different monsters while the std map only spawns 1.

Fix'd. Thanks for catching that.

Originally Posted by Yukiko

Very nice guide! =D

One comment: the summery section is very text heavy, and everything looks the same. Perhaps just bold or use a slightly larger font size to make sections stand out. It's not necessary, but helpful.

A comment to add to the Herb Town Pirates section of the map: on the 3rd pirates map (Red Nosed Pirates Den III), you can stand on the railing and use arrow rain. It hits all three platforms. No HP pots required except when looting. I can get around 10% an hour there just from using MP potions (this is from levels 77-81). The money is still good, and it cuts down dramatically on the large HP potion costs associated with Arrow Rain training. It's just much slower XP. But it's a great place to take a break and chat with friends while getting some money and exp.

Just to reiterate, very nicely done! Great job!

Thank you!

The summary section is for people who dont want to read =X If I put pictures in or something, then it'll be just like the rest of it. Im not sure, would color coding it make it better?

As for that pirate spot. I'll go give it a look later. I remember training at that map for a bit back in the day when 2x exp events were on and the 2nd pirate map was full and I found the spawn really spread out.

Originally Posted by oruny

Here's a suggestion:
For late 120's and 130's the map called Leafre: Peak of the Big Nest

On the top half of the map, only Skelesaurus and Skelegons (?) spawn.
On the bottom half of the map, only Nest Golems spawn.

The spawn is great if you have a proper party.
This map is an easy alternative to the crowded Skele maps at Leafre: The Dragon Nest Left Behind

Offtopic: I'll see you around jackthegreat, moving back to Scania :)
Great guide btw

I'll add that in later. I remember training there once and it burned a lot of pots (though I did it before I had dragon breath) and found it not worth the effort. I will add it in though and welcome back to Scania xP

Originally Posted by cooldog67

great guide but last time i checked leech level for risells was 92. L>guide on how to have that little maple leaf effect.

Right, my bad. Fixing it now. As for the leaf effect, its a cs effect (but Ive promised a friend not to reveal it so... you'll have to figure it out yourself D: Hint: shoes + overall + hat).

Originally Posted by WhiteAsIce

About time

lol Automerged Doublepost
If you want to make it sequential, let someone post after the first post, then I'll delete the separating post.

Yeah, that was pretty lol. It took me around 2-3 tries to figure out what was happening, rofl. Too late for the "let someone post in between and delete the post idea now" unless all these useful comments are to be deleted =X

And on another topic regarding guide linking: Do I need permission from the respective authors before putting them in here or do I just put them in and add them in a list of thanks?

Originally Posted by cooldog67

also, cornians are good exp for level 120+

I remember the Cornian discussion back when leafre first came out and the consensus seemed to be that it was slightly slower than gobies and wasted a lot more pots, which is why I didnt put it in. However, it is an alternative so I'll put that in later tonight (when I go explore the map, hehe).

Thanks for all the comments in general (the ones I didnt quote and respond to). I'll fix whatever I can now and add the things I seem to have forgotten to have put in: Himes, Bains and MDTS (anything else?) along with the few places suggested already.

[oruny]

Originally Posted by ArrowsOfDoom

I'm sort of out of date but... how do you get to the Haunted House?

P.S: Never mind, I just found out, and I'm in MapleSEA. No wonder I could'nt find it...

To get to the Haunted House, you have to take a NLC Taxi which can obviously be found in New Leaf City.

[Pepe_Fishies]

Originally Posted by Impassive

nice job.

kind of off topic, but wha'ts that pinkish purple maple leaf behind your character?

Cash Shop Items which involve red headband thing, the overcoat and shoes i believe. anyways, yes, add cornians. The map is really good because they are fairly flat and short... well the top three and the bottom is easy as not much spawn there. I think these are more recommended for Marksman though... someone prove me wrong because I havent seen Bowmasters there yet.

Hm... just a thought but it might be time I started writing guides a guide o.O just a dream i have.

[ArrowsOfDoom]

Originally Posted by oruny

To get to the Haunted House, you have to take a NLC Taxi which can obviously be found in New Leaf City.

I'm in MSEA. Damn, thought I could go exploring soon...

Anyway, there's a bit of a mistake:


Flyeyes (Location: Hollowed Ground) <<< Supposed to be The Dangerous Cave?

[OceanBlue]

very nice guide, jack, keep it up !



An Archer's "Where to Train" Guide

[WhiteAsIce]

Originally Posted by jackthegreat

And on another topic regarding guide linking: Do I need permission from the respective authors before putting them in here or do I just put them in and add them in a list of thanks?

Link 'em under their names. Likewise with my guide. I posted links under credits.

[F3aRoFbAnDiT]

Awsome guide Jackk xD this should get stickied!

[LifeAdmiral]

Jack, I love the guide. It's great, and easy to decipher too. The pictures also help. Better than anything I've seen (WhiteAsIce, that doesn't include you, cause you got the whole shebang in yours). 2 things:

1. The pic for Gryphons isn't up. Because it's not up, I have no clue what you're talking about for the other map. But, I'm Strafe first, so it doesn't make that big of a difference to me.

2. You should put down that Hoodoos can be started at late 5x (I started at 58, I believe) and can be trained on 'til about 75. I tried going there at 76 and made a measly 10% an hour. Just something to note.

EDIT: I lol'ed hard at the Ilbis above your head in the Spirit Vikings pic. Be like Jack and you'll find Ilbis as every drop!

EDIT #2: Is it possible for archers to train at Himes, with a party? If so, include that.

[cooldog67]

jack add that B0wJobs's %on archer or soemthing xD

Edit: here it is =) http://b0wjob.wordpress.com/the-hr-for-archers/

[LifeAdmiral]

Originally Posted by jackthegreat

1. That you know what an archer is and how to allocate both SP and AP properly (meaning you don’t have points in LUK, didn’t go thrust first and didn’t acquire items like INT overalls and +7’d melee weapons for use during training, etc.)

Who are you kidding? I always 7+ my melee weapons!