I will leave my input here, not because I want a buff. I don't really care about that anymore to be honest.
I am commenting here because I have tried this build and I want to share my experience (take it for whatever it is worth - which is probably not much).
A few things to note:
I did not have a guardian secondary. My str was not negatively enchanted (but I did not boost it either). My agi was around 300 - 400 (it has been a while - I probably tried different amounts and do not remember exactly what I did). I was not using a legendary shield (they had just come out at the time).
My shield related skills were pretty decent (80 + in everything that works while autoshooting) which like a year ago was not that bad I suppose - I could have raised these skills even further but...
I always found that two whips worked a lot better than a shield/whip combo and a shield/1 hander combo for an archer. I had around 90 in all bm skills. When I dueled, fought bosses, did arena etc etc, I tended to perform better with 2 whips than with a shield combo.
The problem, in essence, is that a typical archer is not going to have the stats needed in order to block properly. With dex, pst, int, cnc, mst, agi, cnt and dur being necessary - the most over stretched build in the game, there is really not that much room left over for str - which basically does nothing else for an archer except maybe provide a small increase to block chance). On top of that, the 50 % block penalty just makes a shield sort of worthless. With a whip, there is growl, pretty decent dps and heals. With a shield, there is a very low chance to block. Take your pick.
I sort of understand where Chris is coming from though. A legendary shield is a big investment. I grew disillusioned with the shield archer build a long time ago while trying it out with an epic shield. Chris has more at stake here I suppose.
If you really insist on using a shield as an auto-shooter, pick a guardian secondary, boost your str big time and raise your agi as well. I am sure that it can work. But you will never really be as good of a tank as a melee tank. That is a given. And it sort of makes sense too. Melee shield users have an empty hand to wield a shield. Archers need to use both hands in order to shoot making the usage of a shield cumbersome (hence the penalty).
Also, I think Runews has been using a melee configuration in order to tank recently. That is another option. Have a second suit that you can switch to and use autoattack instead of autoshoot when tanking.
Also do ranged shield users actually have higher dps ? I keep hearing people say this but if you account for deflects, bash etc etc, that might not necessarily be the case.
Good luck
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Originally Posted by Gooddevil
I will support it if casters were allow having bow set - 500% slower archery is fine by me - just need to be able to hunt and use some extra stats.
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I am all for allowing casters to equip archery sets now. With Raiden armor, casters are already pushing 1500 + magic as is. What difference will an archery set make. I support.
shield archery please undo 50% less chance to block
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but i'll tell you i'm not the only non-caster in the game that has this feeling.
