Radient Archer

[Asymetric_War]

deleted and re-posted under a different name to avoid confusion with similar builds: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?p=3160727

[unbongwah]

Hey! Don't think you can swipe my build name just by misspelling it!

As you can see, I did ranger 2 / wizard 1 / cleric 17. Wizard splash is to meet AA pre-req w/out MT and gets a free metamagic (so a net gain of 2 feats); free usage of arcane wands is a plus and helps make up for no UMD.

You may also want to look at the Zen Arcane Archer. I'm skeptical of any AA without Bow STR, but the OP says it's fun & effective.

[Asymetric_War]

I realized I'd misspelled it after I posted, se la vie. Guess I may have to delete and re-post under a different build name - don't wanna step on toes!

I saw the Zen Arcane archer after I'd posted this one. Missing bow strength seems silly to me and so does having a dex that high when you're taking zen archery. If I'm gonna burn a feat on zen archery I'm gonna dump dex and pump Str and Cha. And I don't make toons with less then 14 starting con.

I thought about the wizard splash but doing that drops you below 18 which makes you ineligible for Radiant Servant III when it's released. I'd rather just take Mental toughness.

[unbongwah]

If you dump DEX, you can't take Manyshot (min DEX 17). That's a pretty significant hit to your ranged DPS.

As for Radiant Servant III: that's true, but this build is REALLY starved for feats. I figured I'd rather have the extra feats now; if and when RS III comes along, I'd do an LR +1/+3 to get it.

[Doganpc]

The search function. It really is that useful!

As for the Radiant Archer... I'm building one as well and I keep finding myself going back and forth between Cleric who dabbles in Bows or AA who happens to heal. Currently i'm leaning Cleric who bows as the cleric thing would be totally new for me as well as the AA.

Dogan
Respec'd my Rogue/Wizard to abuse repeaters, but its not the same.

[wax_on_wax_off]

I realized I'd misspelled it after I posted, se la vie. Guess I may have to delete and re-post under a different build name - don't wanna step on toes!

I saw the Zen Arcane archer after I'd posted this one. Missing bow strength seems silly to me and so does having a dex that high when you're taking zen archery. If I'm gonna burn a feat on zen archery I'm gonna dump dex and pump Str and Cha. And I don't make toons with less then 14 starting con.

I thought about the wizard splash but doing that drops you below 18 which makes you ineligible for Radiant Servant III when it's released. I'd rather just take Mental toughness.

Having capped my toon im starting to see its limitations and also its strengths. In my opinion, the metamagic feats that I have (quicken, empower healing, maximise) are the bare minimum that a healer needs and you can't go below that. Maximise is important to up the damage of your blade barriers but in raids it is sometimes necessary to be able to output enough healing quickly.

Missing bow strength might seem silly to you but I saw that you suggested missing manyshot, now that is silly to me. Your end game strength is listed as 22 which gives you +6 damage, I have +6 damage from divine might without spending a feat. I realise you can push that damage up with rage clickies/madstone etc. but the extra turns and awesome turning ability that my charisma gets me is a consolation prize along with my extra feat.

I see that you are trying to go for high wisdom as well as high dexterity to avoid having to take zen archery. I think perhaps you should edit your post and specify exactly how you get to 32 wisdom and 30 dexterity. You realise with my build i could be hitting 38 wisdom with the gear that i think you are using to hit your numbers? (+7 epic, +4 tome, +3 exceptional)

I see you are missing toughness. I think it is strange that you say you never build a toon with less than 14 con and yet don't take toughness. Toughness feat gets me 52 hp which is pretty important for an arcane archer with slayer arrows and manyshot. The 4 build points you are using to get from 12 con to 14 con as an elf is getting you 20 hp. I'm on target to get over 450 hp possible with the right gear (for pesky power word: stun in pvp) so that 20 hp would represent <5% of my hp pool.

Having manyshot and zen archery works for me because im at 32 wisdom now, 17 dex, hopefully ill be able to get my wisdom up to 36 when geared out. Trying to up my dex from 17 or 18 including tomes to similar values would just unnecessarily take up gear slots and increase the amount of grinding for the right gear that i'd have to do. This gives me more room to concentrate on my healing/casting which is the hardest thing about a build like this.

To be viable in raids for DPS and healing you need a gear set that can do both rather than switching between. That much is obvious to me.

I'm considering TRing a ranger alt into a FvS version of the zen arcane archer build but may try to fit in strength shot on that depending on future experiences with my cleric version. Wings would bring a huge boost to the build being the main attraction as well as a much larger SP pool, not sure I could stand the sucky spell selection though. If I did do I certainly wouldn't skip on any of the feats that I have chosen so would have to splash more in all likelyhood, not sure if I could make it work.

Anyway, good luck with your build.