Arti Arcane Archer with Many Shot

[redraider]

Any tried creating an elf/half-elf Arti Arcane Archerwith many Shot ? have a 4th life toon I will be TRing into an Arti and he has a Lit2 Bow and a Lit2 Heavy repeater. So I am thinking...

Anyone tried it and what did you think?

[Bunker]

Artie + bow = Poor
Artie + repeater = WIN
repeater + arcane archer = poor
......so artie + arcane archer = LOOSE!

[djsonar919]

Couldn't have said it better or more efficient.

[Dartwick]

Couldn't have said it better or more efficient.

How about.

dont

[Ausdoerrt]

As nice as it'd be if it worked, it's just one of those things that won't. Trust me, I hate repeaters and I thought about this at length. In current implementation, there's absolutely no synergy between the Artificer class and the AA prestige. Losing the ability to use runearms, which is one of the best things available to Artis, doesn't help any.

[Lifespawn]

it's a lot of work for a little gain you can hit the bow with elemental weapons and if you took helf dillie ranger could do good damage with a bow but only with manyshot.

So for 20 seconds you could put out some better than good dps but it's a lot of effort with switching weapons ammo runearms buffing......

[unbongwah]

It's doable, but as stated there aren't really any synergies between the two, as AA imbues don't affect repeaters and some of the arty infusions don't affect longbows (e.g., Insightful Strikes / Dmg). You also take an already MAD build and make it, err, MAD-er if you need decent STR to go with Bow STR for bows. Plus you'd have to get good at juggling both weapons & ammo, since you need to switch between bolts & arrows as well as bows & xbows.

That said, folks who know me know I can't resist a gimpy flavor build. I've already got a HE AA arty build somewhere; I'll try to find it later.

[unbongwah]

Proof of concept build:

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Level 20 True Neutral Half-Elf Female
(20 Artificer) 
Hit Points: 260
Spell Points: 1331 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 9
Reflex: 10
Will: 12

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(36 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             12                    14
Dexterity            16                    19
Constitution         14                    16
Intelligence         18                    28
Wisdom                8                    10
Charisma              8                    10

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 3
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7
+3 Tome of Dexterity used at level 11

Level 1 (Artificer)
Feat: (Half-Elf Dilettante) Half-Elf Dilettante: Ranger
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Barbarian
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Cleric
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Ranger
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Wizard
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot


Level 2 (Artificer)


Level 3 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Berserker's Fury


Level 4 (Artificer)
Ability Raise: INT
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Rapid Shot


Level 5 (Artificer)


Level 6 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Augment Summoning


Level 7 (Artificer)


Level 8 (Artificer)
Ability Raise: INT
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons


Level 9 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Manyshot


Level 10 (Artificer)


Level 11 (Artificer)


Level 12 (Artificer)
Ability Raise: INT
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons
Feat: (Selected) Precise Shot


Level 13 (Artificer)


Level 14 (Artificer)


Level 15 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Precise Shot


Level 16 (Artificer)
Ability Raise: INT
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Maximize Spell


Level 17 (Artificer)


Level 18 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Quicken Spell


Level 19 (Artificer)


Level 20 (Artificer)
Ability Raise: INT
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Empower Spell
Enhancement: Artificer Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Artificer Damage Boost II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Acid Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Explosive Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Force Burst Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Slaying Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Imbue Terror Arrows
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Attack I
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Damage I
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Damage II
Enhancement: Artificer Improved Rune Arm Use I
Enhancement: Artificer Improved Rune Arm Use II
Enhancement: Artificer Improved Rune Arm Use III
Enhancement: Artificer Battle Engineer I
Enhancement: Artificer Rune Arm Overcharge I
Enhancement: Arcane Empowerment
Enhancement: Improved Ranger Dilettante I
Enhancement: Improved Ranger Dilettante II
Enhancement: Improved Ranger Dilettante III
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Intelligence I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +2 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +3 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +4 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer: Conjure +5 Arrows
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Archer I
Enhancement: Improved Use Magic Device I
Enhancement: Improved Use Magic Device II
Enhancement: Kinetic Spellcasting I
Enhancement: Deadly Kinetics I
Enhancement: Force Manipulation I
Enhancement: Force Manipulation II
Enhancement: Force Manipulation III
Enhancement: Force Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Force Manipulation V
Enhancement: Artificer Energy of Creation I
Enhancement: Artificer Intelligence I
Enhancement: Artificer Intelligence II
Enhancement: Artificer Wand and Scroll Mastery I
Enhancement: Artificer Wand and Scroll Mastery II
Enhancement: Artificer Wand and Scroll Mastery III
Enhancement: Artificer Wand and Scroll Mastery IV

I still don't think it's a great idea, but at least it's possible without too many compromises. The biggest drawbacks seem to be (A) backloading the metamagics and (B) AA enhs crowd out more arty enhs. OP didn't mention their past lives, so I just threw a bunch in there.

[toaf]

hey, i have done that build but i did it 8 artie/12 ranger half elf, did it on a test toon. seemed fine so im mid TRing my ranger into it, the artie +20% works with manyshot. <---good fun. does take abit to switch from box to Xbow. not too bad tho. if you like that kinda stuff it seems fine i will find out forsure when my TR gets to lv 12 or so. the test toon is doing ok with all ghetto gear. its all about fun. and i should be able to allways get 2 training dummies down in 20 seconds now

p.s. i swear to the gods Xbows need to be targeted more left and bows abit right.. its odd

[savingsoul]

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?p=4284851

[Bowdiddly]

Thanks, for all the info. I was thinking of something along this line. Think I'll put it on the back burner for now though.

[Stillwaters]

The rifleman i post in my sig could use an update but is effective...

However the constant ammo/weapon swaps are tedious at best but my build packs on the burst ranged dps.

[toaf]

i love my artie ranger.