How Physiologic Plays PL: A video example on how to be an archer

[Tamino]

Really nice video, a demonstration of how an archer rocks!

Apart from excellent Physiologic positioning and timing abilities, the video shows two things I learned only after long play:

• Archer, don not be short on health potion. Yes, you can rely on mage healing, but if your style is enough aggressive (and appreciated) it comes a moment in the boss fight or the mobs group approach in which you must burn 2-4 health pot - this allows you to keep the attack position and continue to blast off enemies. If you retreat, save the pots but the rush or the attack dissolves in chaos.

• Most inflicted damage come from skills (and combo). Because you never will have enough INT for a good M/s (and you never should spend money in it), you need a slow, constant mana pot usage. Don't let the stinginess leave your group without support because you finished mana.

Thank you again Physiologic, looking for your next guide !

[adwin]

Yes, you can rely on mage healing

Unless you played with that mage and you trust him, you can NEVER totally rely on a mage, especially if there's only 1 for the whole group.
Don't forget, that except for keeping an eye on everyone's status/health, he has to throw in the occasional combo as well. They're doing double shift, and can sometimes miss a heal. Don't be stingy, and have a sufficient amount of pots, especially right before boss runs or while entering an area with a high concentration of both enemies and traps.


@Phys: depending on the party I'm playing with, I sometimes rush ahead, kill some or most of the mob, and leave the rest "wounded".
My fellows coming in after me just need to finish the job and put the poor mob out of its misery.
This style is quite often used when doing boss runs.
BUT
It also requires some degree of trusting your companions.