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@SkyTheDestroyer: I knew that, but my level 12 archer guy only had the attack skills and his flashjump, nothing else. His arrows didn't drop in the slightest even after holding the key down for nearly a solid 3 minutes. Either my guy has broken "luck" in that he doesn't lose arrows and procs the %chance nearly every time or the skill's glitched slightly.

[quote=xXlinkedXx]Also have to mention that BM's been glitchy for a while now. Added onto the already buggy skills, BM's and I think MM too don't use arrows when attacking or using skills regardless of whether soul arrow is on or off. I tested this with a new archer and he's not losing arrows at level 12 when using skills/basic attacks on mobs.[/quote]That's a feature of Archery Mastery. It makes it so normal arrows can never be consumed. Attack arrows will still be consumed, but however, once you get Soul Arrow, it gives you a 30 att boost, and overrides any attack arrows.

Basically, arrows are useless. You don't need any.

Also have to mention that BM's been glitchy for a while now. Added onto the already buggy skills, BM's and I think MM too don't use arrows when attacking or using skills regardless of whether soul arrow is on or off. I tested this with a new archer and he's not losing arrows at level 12 when using skills/basic attacks on mobs.

Upgrading your arrows are useless now, because the Soul Arrow skill that makes you not use arrows is now also like the rangers old skills concentrate which gives a 30att boost.
So you pretty much don't have to worry about ammo, use soul arrow and you don't use any arrows plus you get a 30att boost.

[quote=elizabehtx3]Or you can make a wa and use the old style off an bm.[/quote]

this will be consider null since Sylphs Aid has the same function as soul arrow just that gives 10% crit rate and instead of 30 att it give 20 att

BTW BMs now has their adventurer cosumming style u will never use arrows for sure since archery mastery from the beggining lets u fire arrows with 0 att for ur attacks the bonus comes once u get soul arrow that adds 30 att to ur "arrows"

Or you can make a wa and use the old style off an bm.

I already tested it, arrows don't matter because the infinite arrow skill thingy gives +20 attack and cancels out any attack from the arrows. I had a friend try it and i tried it on my BM too

[quote=DawnEmperor]^ He is right, most people are saying BM skills are glitched atm.[/quote]

Well, that's because some BM's are having d/c issues with Arrow Blaster and/or Flaming Hurricane, as well as the Turret. Not to mention, AFA and Armor Piercing aren't activating at their respective rates (70% for AFA, roughly 25-30% for Armor Piercing), and a lot of the damage comes from AFA when combined with key-down skills like Arrow Blaster and Flaming Hurricane.

Bowman (BM and MM) is different than NL and Corsair. You don't need arrows at all, but it's nice to have some for backup when your Soul Arrow (2nd job skill) gets Dispel'd. That was pre-RED, though. Post-RED Adventurer Bowman don't need any arrows at all once you put at least 1 point into Archery Mastery (1st job skill). Soul Arrow is still in 2nd job, but its post-RED function is to give 30 Attack.

The one thing regarding arrows is that there's not many that have a high Attack at all (i.e. it's mostly around 4 Attack), and Soul Arrow cancels out the Attack effect given by any arrows as opposed to NL and Corsair's skills that keep the Attack effect while the skill's active.

Whether this has changed post-RED (meaning do they stack with Soul Arrow's 30 Attack buff now) remains to be seen, but as an example, 4 Attack arrows are negligible in the long run, and you're better off using that extra Use inventory space for potions, and other useful buffs.

^ He is right, most people are saying BM skills are glitched atm.

your better off making a marksmen, everyone seems to hate bm now.

@GhostRazer
+5 attack makes a difference for higher funded players. But yeah, for the unfunded, doesn't really scratch the dmg output much.

[quote=DawnEmperor]Since like 3years ago you get a skill for any Archer class that allows you to never use arrows.
for Nl's you get the same thing except it costs like ~100stars or something
Corsair is the same as NL[/quote]

yes but do you need to upgrade to arrows that are stronger than the base ones?

Since like 3years ago you get a skill for any Archer class that allows you to never use arrows.
for Nl's you get the same thing except it costs like ~100stars or something
Corsair is the same as NL