Must....defend....archery!!
Archery is amazins! Don't let people tell you it is bad or slow exp!!!
At 40-50 it can slow down (if you don't have a good bow). But if you manage to land a skydarkener or something, then you will be soloing faster than most classes.
Sub 40 you solo DEFINITELY faster than most people. I remember I was outpacing a necromancer around level 30 on the firiona vie cliffs easily.
Just make sure you get a decent enough bow AND USE SPELLS (medding between shots).
The people who say it is painfully slow haven't really tried it with a decent focus on archery (velium swiftblade, quiver, basic arrows from merchant are fine, and a good bow).
I used a trueshot bow WAY longer than I should have and still was rocking it! With a huntsmans bow earlier (very easy to get with some random wanderbys help) I woulda been the archer supreme. Or if you can spend 1k for a velium bow, ohhhhh that is bananas good. (roughly 30/40 stats, even the lowest quality velium bow is a beast)
If you get a skydarkener at 40+ though....oh....then you will understand the true power of archery. You will never be seen again as you run across the lands killin everything (4 at a time) till things slow down again at 56ish (though, even then, I just got tired of grinding....with the skydarkener I could easily quad kite more for EXP at the armor spawns in wakening lands or the othmirs in cobalt scar).
Again, don't let these people tell you it is bad! They tried to tell me that....but I didn't listen...and now I know the great power of archery!
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