Trick Arrow/Archery: The Silk Fletcher's Journey
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Ace_of_Hearts,
Posted on: 2011-06-07 17:45 in Defenders
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You are teaming no? I think most people agree that it not till 26 (which can be got to in an evening with certain friends) that it really kicks off.
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Originally Posted by Level
Sorry I've been away from this post, but I found playing the TA/A defender to be soooo tedious. However, I'm not giving up. I hit 12 [edited: I had originally posted level 13] and took Acid Arrow and immediately slotted it with a recharge. I'll keep you posted.
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He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
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Originally Posted by New Dawn
You are teaming no? I think most people agree that it not till 26 (which can be got to in an evening with certain friends) that it really kicks off.
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Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
Soloing on my TA/a at low levels pretty much forced me to team
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I don't know if you've ready any guides for it, and even though this is geared towards a mastermind, I think there's still some good trick arrow info in it - http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=124394
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It's worth getting alone if you are planning on building for defense. a 6.25% base to hit debuff is like another 6.25% defense to you and your allies.|
Originally Posted by JayboH
I actually ended up taking Flash Arrow last, I just didn't think it did much. It's basically Smoke Grenade from Devices with different graphics. I took ALL the powers in TA eventually.
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Okay, I don't know if it works out QUITE like that, but you get the drift. Defense + To Hit Debuffs = Harder to Hit.
My very first 50 way back in '05 was a TA/A, before they were buffed at all. I remember that I kept playing it mainly because it was so gimped compared to other sets that it was a challenge. Normal ho-hum standard difficulty solo missions were a chore, involving lots of hovering and entangling arrows to get out of range of some of the baddies so I could get the remaining ones.
I remember that thread about "My TA/A can't even kill a detoggled regen scrapper who is doing nothing at all." lol. That seemed to create at least a few buffs for the set.
It has been a while, and I have recently rejoined so maybe this is not true any more, but for low level soloing I would say:
* Yeah, both blazing and fistful are nice.
* Ice arrow is very nice. Yeah, it is a gimp hold yada yada yada but for a low level person being able to take even one guy out of the picture is really nice.
* Don't forget to keep re-applying acid. It might not seem like much but it is helping you down things faster.
With the buffs to TA and auto stamina now this honestly should be a lot easier. TA might still be gimped but it is plenty powerful for the current game and nowhere near as bad as it used to be.
"Hi, my name is Ail. I make people sick."
A partial selection from my 50's on Freedom: Ail = Ice/Traps, Luck = Street Justice/Super Reflexes Stalker, Mist = Bane, Pixy = Trick Arrow/Archery, Pure = Gravity/Energy, Smoke = Fire/Fire Dominator
Yeah when you get Acid and Disruption going it is quite noticeable. Mobs take more damage than when they are in tar patch or even freezing rain.
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You might know me as FlintEastwood now on Freedom
LEVELS 12-18
This happened in a flurry - about 90 minutes. I joined up w/ a team running level 48+ missions in PI. I was dinging every few minutes.
Here's what I picked up:
I can hold an LT while I fire away at everything else, but I'm still fairly useless solo. More updates as they come.
This happened in a flurry - about 90 minutes. I joined up w/ a team running level 48+ missions in PI. I was dinging every few minutes.
Here's what I picked up:
- 14: Ice Arrow
- 16: Hover
- 18: Fly
I can hold an LT while I fire away at everything else, but I'm still fairly useless solo. More updates as they come.
Grats! Fun thread.
"Hi, my name is Ail. I make people sick."
A partial selection from my 50's on Freedom: Ail = Ice/Traps, Luck = Street Justice/Super Reflexes Stalker, Mist = Bane, Pixy = Trick Arrow/Archery, Pure = Gravity/Energy, Smoke = Fire/Fire Dominator
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I don't have the patience to solo defenders and quite frankly if there isn't a team going, I'd play a more soloable AT like a scrapper. I do have a solo build, it does alright but like any defender your true strengths appear from making others look good. TAs by nature make those anchor killers that other defenders have to put up with look like they could know what they're doing.
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Originally Posted by Level
I can hold an LT while I fire away at everything else, but I'm still fairly useless solo.
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He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
Corruptors can solo better than defenders in my experience.
...but yeah, team more. See if you can grab Disruption arrow soon. It works exactly like sonic grenades from Longbow.
My new Youtube Channel with CoH info
You might know me as FlintEastwood now on Freedom
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On a different note: Ail, you snagged the BEST set of names ever! Beta much?
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Originally Posted by _Ail_
A partial selection from my 50's on Freedom: Ail = Ice/Traps, Luck = Gravity/Energy, Mist = Bane,
Pixy = Trick Arrow/Archery, Pure = Ice/Ice Tank, Smoke = Fire/Fire Dominator |
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Originally Posted by Level
On a different note: Ail, you snagged the BEST set of names ever! Beta much?
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Thanks for the compliment!
"Hi, my name is Ail. I make people sick."
A partial selection from my 50's on Freedom: Ail = Ice/Traps, Luck = Street Justice/Super Reflexes Stalker, Mist = Bane, Pixy = Trick Arrow/Archery, Pure = Gravity/Energy, Smoke = Fire/Fire Dominator
Level 19-20
I played with a team bent on suicide missions yesterday, but they got me to 20. I picked up Disruption Arrow and immediately fell in love with it. However, I logged out after I got it so I haven't played with it too much.
Back to the suicide squad: the leader was 41 running missions at 44. That meant everyone else in the group who was side kicked faced nothing but purples. We were fighting Council and got slaughtered by the werewolves - about seven times.
PUGs haven't changed in my absence. Some, most I would argue, are great. Some don't get it. You don't pull in three mobs when your teammates are seeing purple and you have no healer. I think there were 3 blasters, a brute, a controller, and me. Ugh! I quietly excused myself to the hospital.
I played with a team bent on suicide missions yesterday, but they got me to 20. I picked up Disruption Arrow and immediately fell in love with it. However, I logged out after I got it so I haven't played with it too much.
Back to the suicide squad: the leader was 41 running missions at 44. That meant everyone else in the group who was side kicked faced nothing but purples. We were fighting Council and got slaughtered by the werewolves - about seven times.
PUGs haven't changed in my absence. Some, most I would argue, are great. Some don't get it. You don't pull in three mobs when your teammates are seeing purple and you have no healer. I think there were 3 blasters, a brute, a controller, and me. Ugh! I quietly excused myself to the hospital.
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Fixed. A defender and controller is more than enough for people pulling a proper amount of mobs.
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Originally Posted by Level
You don't pull in three mobs when your teammates are seeing purple
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you really HAVE to team with this toon for the lower levels till you get OSA, I'm mostly with a fire troller so with Flash Arrow and Smoke from Fire we can walk right up to most mobs and they don't know we're there tee hee.
Keep at it, it's actually fun if not overwhelming.....