Hey there folks. New PC here. Been NPCing for about two games now, and I just got back from my first PC event.
I found out that I don't really like boffer combat that much, or at least I don't like the kind of high stakes two-hits-and-you're-dead combat that happens in alliance. I played a shield templar with 46 build and I didn't have that much fun. I rezzed twice.
So...I think I'm retiring that character for an archer scholar. The one thing I discovered that I did like a lot was bindomancy. The most fun I had was roleplaying, and the second most fun I had was with mystic force, when I neutralized a dangerous polearm fighter that was swinging 12 normal and taking down people left and right.
What advice can folks give me about building one of these? I'm thinking probably celestial, and probably not that many weapon profs at all. Maybe one or two by the end of the character, and none right away. Mostly I want the bow for something to do when the foes aren't worth wasting my spells. Should I get blacksmithing and make my own arrows, or buy them in game? Should I do a 4 column straight to formal magic? A 5 or 6 column? A full pyramid? Should I buy Craft Scroll, or is that really, really expensive goldwise? Any advice for playing the character and what my battle role is?
I found out that I don't really like boffer combat that much, or at least I don't like the kind of high stakes two-hits-and-you're-dead combat that happens in alliance. I played a shield templar with 46 build and I didn't have that much fun. I rezzed twice.
So...I think I'm retiring that character for an archer scholar. The one thing I discovered that I did like a lot was bindomancy. The most fun I had was roleplaying, and the second most fun I had was with mystic force, when I neutralized a dangerous polearm fighter that was swinging 12 normal and taking down people left and right.
What advice can folks give me about building one of these? I'm thinking probably celestial, and probably not that many weapon profs at all. Maybe one or two by the end of the character, and none right away. Mostly I want the bow for something to do when the foes aren't worth wasting my spells. Should I get blacksmithing and make my own arrows, or buy them in game? Should I do a 4 column straight to formal magic? A 5 or 6 column? A full pyramid? Should I buy Craft Scroll, or is that really, really expensive goldwise? Any advice for playing the character and what my battle role is?