Hey guys Long time listener first time poster, Wanted to know the deal with collecting up bulk arrows on the server. Id like to train three archers up on each account at the same time. a) how many arrows do i need for gm? b) tips/suggestions for getting bulk arrows fast? (without buying from player vendors) Thanks guys!
a) I used around 6k from 30 to GM. b) chop wood with an axe, cut it into boards. With 30 Bowcraft you can turn boards into shafts with near-100% success chance (if you want 100%, turn boards into shafts one by one until you reach ~34 bowcraft or craft a dozen bows). You'll still need to get feathers somewhere to craft arrows. Players sell feathers @2-2.5gp each or you can go hunt some Harpies.
The fastest way, without buying from players, is to buy from NPCs and work up their inventory until they are selling 999 at a time. Other ways include: chopping wood and gathering feathers (making arrows requires 0 fletching skill) killing orc archers and looting their arrows killing ratmen archers in Ratman Valley and taking their arrows - this has the added benefit of providing spined leather that you can harvest from their corpses.
Cov lvl 1 sit in there and farm feathers from the harpies for a bit and you'll have enough in no time.
Yeah, good suggestions already. The three ways I get arrows are: 1. Chop wood into shafts, combine with feather from birds or harpies. Birds can be found everywhere, I usually hunt them outside Moonglow South entrance around the buildings. Harpies, Covetous entrance. In addition to feathers you also get gold. Not bad. 2. Buy from NPC's. Probably the second easiest, but it does take a little time to max the vendor out. Then you are golden. 3. Buy from other players. Hands down the easiest, but most expensive. I buy from @Shipwreck . Trustworthy guy with good prices.
You can drop harpies in Cov 1 until a Gamayun spawns and if you can drop that you get around 2000 feathers or so and possibly pec meat from carving the corpse.
I was under the impression that archery isn't that strong a skill on UO:Renaissance. Aside from being useful for fisherman, is there a build (or 3?!) that benefits from archery over a different melee skill?
Archery allows for range and chance to strike whole moving and at range. The "balance" is in the lower dps. It has seen a buff recently as well. Combined with efficient use of explosion potions and eval/magery, it's a fun way to kill people. It really helps if you would specify what you're looking to use it for be it, pvp, pvm, both, etc.
Oh, I was just curious. I prefer bashing things to death up close and personal or having other entities do the fighting for me.
