Did you pick Tempest for the specialization? Seems like it would be the best way to go.
I tried Temptest for my Archer and hated it. It only seems useful within melee range. Tempest and dual-dagger? Yeah...OP to the max!
I'm going to go Artificer with my next Archer.
I tried Temptest for my Archer and hated it. It only seems useful within melee range. Tempest and dual-dagger? Yeah...OP to the max!
I'm going to go Artificer with my next Archer.
I spec'd in Assassin for my dw rogue. I keep hearing about how unstoppable a rogue is with Tempest, but I don't know. Well, it'll be awhile before I have to make a decision. I need to read up on the skill trees for both.
Heh, from my screenshots I posted, this one's my favorite... I love how happy Cullen looks here.
Did you pick Tempest for the specialization? Seems like it would be the best way to go.
I've taken both Artificer and Tempest for specializations as an archer, and... personally, I prefer Artificer. Tempest is awesome for dual wielders because it relies on taking melee damage, but it has very limited use with an archer other than the Flask of Lightning way at the bottom of the tree (if you wanna really cheese a fight on slow motion), and the Thousand Cuts(*) focus ability is kinda weak compared to Hail of Arrows. On the other other hand, Artificer's Fallback Plan is great for jumping away from dragons using that pull ability of theirs, and Elemental Mines does short work of mobs. I kinda suggest taking Sera and Varric around for a walk on another save and playing as them for a bit to test for yourself which Spec you find more useful, though, as it really depends on how you prefer to play. I do regret taking Tempest on my current playthrough, as I'm not using a single skill from it, and really miss my Elemental Mines this time around.
(*) the normal version of Thousand Cuts, Hidden Blades, is incredibly useful as a Masterwork feature in your bows, though. Look for Fade-Touched Ring Velvet or Fade-Touched Silverite, and craft your bows with those in the masterwork slot for a chance to use Hidden Blades on hit, and you'll be doing double the damage - arrows and daggers at once.
That smiling pic - someone posted that on Tumblr and the tag was #sweet cinnamon roll too good for this world. Had me laughing for a good bit. Because he really is too good (Not sure about the cinnamon roll part). I mean - christ. He has *just* enough angst to be interesting, but you could still be really happy with him. The perfect man - sorry husband.
I tried Temptest for my Archer and hated it. It only seems useful within melee range. Tempest and dual-dagger? Yeah...OP to the max!
I'm going to go Artificer with my next Archer.
I've taken both Artificer and Tempest for specializations as an archer, and... personally, I prefer Artificer. Tempest is awesome for dual wielders because it relies on taking melee damage, but it has very limited use with an archer other than the Flask of Lightning way at the bottom of the tree (if you wanna really cheese a fight on slow motion), and the Thousand Cuts(*) focus ability is kinda weak compared to Hail of Arrows. On the other other hand, Artificer's Fallback Plan is great for jumping away from dragons using that pull ability of theirs, and Elemental Mines does short work of mobs. I kinda suggest taking Sera and Varric around for a walk on another save and playing as them for a bit to test for yourself which Spec you find more useful, though, as it really depends on how you prefer to play. I do regret taking Tempest on my current playthrough, as I'm not using a single skill from it, and really miss my Elemental Mines this time around.
(*) the normal version of Thousand Cuts, Hidden Blades, is incredibly useful as a Masterwork feature in your bows, though. Look for Fade-Touched Ring Velvet or Fade-Touched Silverite, and craft your bows with those in the masterwork slot for a chance to use Hidden Blades on hit, and you'll be doing double the damage - arrows and daggers at once.
Thanks, both of you! I now have a notepad doc titled "How to Play an Archer" on my desktop. 
(Seriously, I really do.)
I'm thinking about firing up (yet another) Lavellan to test if that bug is repeatable. I only play Lavellans it seems o.O
Lol! I had seen a GIF, but not the video.
Did you guys see this?
Alistair and Cullen!
omg lol
Ok guys...here is the chess scene with flycam goodies. Please forgive me getting flycam into position at the beginning...it is a very tempermental tool!
It appears that Cullen wanted to get a better view of Dorian at 0:26 XD
I've taken both Artificer and Tempest for specializations as an archer, and... personally, I prefer Artificer. Tempest is awesome for dual wielders because it relies on taking melee damage, but it has very limited use with an archer other than the Flask of Lightning way at the bottom of the tree (if you wanna really cheese a fight on slow motion), and the Thousand Cuts(*) focus ability is kinda weak compared to Hail of Arrows. On the other other hand, Artificer's Fallback Plan is great for jumping away from dragons using that pull ability of theirs, and Elemental Mines does short work of mobs. I kinda suggest taking Sera and Varric around for a walk on another save and playing as them for a bit to test for yourself which Spec you find more useful, though, as it really depends on how you prefer to play. I do regret taking Tempest on my current playthrough, as I'm not using a single skill from it, and really miss my Elemental Mines this time around.
(*) the normal version of Thousand Cuts, Hidden Blades, is incredibly useful as a Masterwork feature in your bows, though. Look for Fade-Touched Ring Velvet or Fade-Touched Silverite, and craft your bows with those in the masterwork slot for a chance to use Hidden Blades on hit, and you'll be doing double the damage - arrows and daggers at once.
Lol, am I the only one who enjoyed being a Tempest Archer? I fell in love with the spec thanks to Sera, this one time I remember she shot Hivernal out of the air and brought her crashing down onto the ice tower. I found them OP as heck and pretty fun once you got it down, and Assassin is fun as well; but Artificer I don't really care for. We all have our different tastes so it's pretty amazing that Bioware was able to make specializations that suit most people.
Ok guys...here is the chess scene with flycam goodies. Please forgive me getting flycam into position at the beginning...it is a very tempermental tool!
Whoa there Cullen! xD
A fellow Zevran fan! Let's be friends. And where is this magical Zevran thread you speak of?Oh, Alistair. Time for me to retreat to the Zevran thread, I see. Forever bitter that there's no Frostbite 3 Zevran images to post.
Zarro, got another one for ya! I just bought this one:
A fellow Zevran fan! Let's be friends. And where is this magical Zevran thread you speak of?
(Sorry I've been living on Cullen thread only. And why am I talking like this?)
Here's a link to the Zevran thread.
Zarro, got another one for ya! I just bought this one:
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HA! I have seen this one, lol! When you showed me the first video I pretty much went through a few playlists of their songs. It is a really cool video though. This song is from an anime that I watch from time to time. I actually use this as one of my own character's themes since it fits her rather well.
Ok guys...here is the chess scene with flycam goodies. Please forgive me getting flycam into position at the beginning...it is a very tempermental tool!
That's pretty hilarious. Levitating Dalish, well, that explains why my knee was on the board in that scene.
Lol, am I the only one who enjoyed being a Tempest Archer? I fell in love with the spec thanks to Sera, this one time I remember she shot Hivernal out of the air and brought her crashing down onto the ice tower. I found them OP as heck and pretty fun once you got it down, and Assassin is fun as well; but Artificer I don't really care for. We all have our different tastes so it's pretty amazing that Bioware was able to make specializations that suit most people.
I'm glad to hear that because I'm enjoying my archer, but I just can't warm to the artificer spec (I literally never used traps after the first hour or two of my very first PT). I'm glad to know that Tempest works well with it, thanks!
Thanks, both of you! I now have a notepad doc titled "How to Play an Archer" on my desktop.
Well, then. 
Your priority will be to max out the Archery tree, upgrades included. Skill upgrades are very important, they turn simple arrow shots into stun-locks, AOE, etc. But aside from that, you can also dump a few points into the Sabotage tree and the Subterfuge tree. From Sabotage, Poisoned Weapons is very interesting for an archer, because it gives you damage over time that you don't otherwise have (since Bleed effects are broken and don't actually work in the game). You can also get Infected Wounds, Fighting Dirty and Explosive Toxin when you start having leftover points you don't know what to spend on. Caltrops is a waste, doesn't really seem to do anything useful. Under Subterfuge you may want Evasion and Evade if you keep getting cornered and mobbed. You'll get the hang of how to not get cornered eventually, but meanwhile Evade can be useful to avoid a punch in the face on the last minute.
My favorite way to start any combat is by locating the mages or archers among a group of enemies and sniping them from a distance with Full Draw. Poisoned Weapons + Full Draw = mages and archers dead on the floor before the rest of the enemies even see you, now you only have meleers left to handle (and if you're smart and never ever leave the house without Blackwall or Cassandra with War Cry, your tank(s) will be right on top of that).
Depending on the difficulty you're playing, you will have to craft your own bows, no way around it. The bows you'll find out in the world, both in loot and in vendors, are bollocks, you can craft better Tier 1 bows at level 4 than you'll find in loot at level 20. Crafting your own bows is awesome, though, as you can use all sort of nasty tricks on them, like chance to use Hidden Blades, or +3 Guard On Hit etc, so you'll have fun with that.
And strafe!!!!! Strafe, strafe, strafe. The most important thing you'll ever do as an archer is strafing. Stafe!
Ok guys...here is the chess scene with flycam goodies. Please forgive me getting flycam into position at the beginning...it is a very tempermental tool!
I'm not ever going to be able to play that scene without thinking of this and laughing. Thank you for uploading this!
I'm glad to hear that because I'm enjoying my archer, but I just can't warm to the artificer spec (I literally never used traps after the first hour or two of my very first PT). I'm glad to know that Tempest works well with it, thanks!
My Qunari IQ started out as an archer and spec'd with Tempest. It didn't seem useful at all since she was never in melee range. I swapped her out to dual-dagger and HOLY BALLS THE DPS!
Great, and I get ToP with "HOLY BALLS" in my post...
I'm glad to hear that because I'm enjoying my archer, but I just can't warm to the artificer spec (I literally never used traps after the first hour or two of my very first PT). I'm glad to know that Tempest works well with it, thanks!
Considering I rarely ever use Varric in my party or feel the desire to be an artificer, I can't really rule if it is a good spec or not. It just doesn't fit my playstyle when compared to Tempest or Assassin. When it comes to being a Tempest archer it takes some practice and patience since I always take my time in that tree, I always go down the right side of that tree since I find it to the best side of the tree.
I always hear about people not liking Tempest for an archer, but I personally see Tempest fitting an archer more so than a DD rouge. Just mess around with Sera and see if you like an archer/tempest.
I'm glad to hear that because I'm enjoying my archer, but I just can't warm to the artificer spec (I literally never used traps after the first hour or two of my very first PT). I'm glad to know that Tempest works well with it, thanks!
All the specs work well with archers -even Assassin works really well with it, it you like flanking and getting ridiculously high Crit numbers- it's really down to personal preference of combat style.
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