Archer guide

[Mithran]

qft

here is some advice for ranged players

1. you are given twf feats for a reason..... use it

2. if you are ranging, do not

(a) shoot at anything you cant kill in 3 shots
(b) shoot randomly into empty space which can potentially agro an ass load of mobs to an unprepared party
(c) if you must range something you cant kill in 3 shots, debuff it (crippling, cursespewing, destruction) so that it is sufficiently weakened when it reaches you
(d) use your abilites well, you have precise shot for a reason. it is to allow you to shoot thru stuff you dun want to agro, like that caster that is nuking your party's melees
(e) you can use wands and cast spells, its not just for yourself, help the party out in tight situations
(f) if you want to kite, give the party a reason not to help you out by being able to take care of yourself
(g) multishots are meant for huge fights, quit using it for that lone kobold
(h) learn when not to attack first, like that badass looking boss who can pummel you in 2 hit

there are more but i cant think....

Kits the mobs to the melee specialists.

[Demoyn]

On a non bashing note ............... Why no basements in Texas ?

It probably has something to do with us being so close to sea level. I'm not sure how secure the standard variety is, but even if they were air tight it'd really suck if you jumped inside to survive a hurricane and then died in a flood when you opened the door (think Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans).

[Uska]

Best option pure ranger take tempest line and use ranged to soften target with multishot before wading in as a twf melee.

[Jay203]

qft

here is some advice for ranged players

1. you are given twf feats for a reason..... use it

silly Aranticus, that's only for the stupid Easy-Button RANGERS
TRUE archers are fighter splashes

2. if you are ranging,

(a) do not shoot at anything you cant kill in 3 shots

I seriously doubt you can kill anything in the new content in 3 shots

(b) do not shoot randomly into empty space which can potentially agro an ass load of mobs to an unprepared party

emphasis on "randomly" =)
if you know what the hell you're shooting at, by all means, tell your party about it before doing it

(c) if you must range something you cant kill in 3 shots, debuff it (crippling, cursespewing, destruction) so that it is sufficiently weakened when it reaches you

cursespewing and destruction are for the typical archers, true archers get 18~20 Crit range for Crippling =)

(d) use your abilites well, you have precise shot for a reason. it is to allow you to shoot thru stuff you dun want to agro, like that caster that is nuking your party's melees

to add to note, know when the hell to turn off the improved precise shot, wouldn't want to be shooting at the mage in the back but aggroing everything in between while doing it right? =)
taking out threats in the back are jobs for SNIPERS!

(e) you can use wands and cast spells, its not just for yourself, help the party out in tight situations

UMD archer ftw!

(f) if you want to kite, give the party a reason not to help you out by being able to take care of yourself

like stop taking hits and NOT backing yourself into a corner?

(g) multishots are meant for huge fights, quit using it for that lone kobold

hey, those named kobolds needs some extra holes in them!

(h) learn when not to attack first, like that badass looking boss who can pummel you in 2 hit

the lesson is NEVER attack first =)

there are more but i cant think....

of course not, if you could think, there'd be more important ones and less mistake like your point #1