Hello, I just returned to UO after being away for 6 years. I believe my Mage-Archer template may be obsolete but I am hoping for some tips.
I mostly go for PvM but would really like to win some PvP for a change. I am looking for some direction on a template. I am hoping to keep Archery and Magery but make it workable in a PvP world.
100 Mage
110 Archery
100 Tactics
100 Eval
100 Resist
100 Anatomy
The rest is divided between healing, meditation, wrestling, some hiding
I left right around when PS came out and only got the one for Archery.
Hi there, I will try to help best I can. Well tricky thing will be mixing magery and archery. Gonna need a combination of HCI as well as LRC and DCI.
Basically you are going to need spell channeling bows. The real question though is if you are going to do max damage with bow or just use it to supplement your magery. Having a template like this will be tough to shine in both PvP and PvM.
Me Personally I would say
120 Magery
120 Eval
120 Archery (Need as high as you can get for accuracy purposes. i.e. chance to hit)
90+ you need min of 90 tactics now for secondary specials.
Rest is up to you really if you plan on spellcasting more or less. If it were me I would probably do:
120 Magery
120 Eval
120 Archery
120 Tactics (for max damage to help with 100 DI cap in PvP)...and help with getting to the 300 cap in PvM.
120 Meditation
120 Ninjitsu or 120 Resist
or if you don't like that then:
100 Magery + 20 crystalline ring
120 Eval
100 Archery + 20 Hunter's headdress
120 Tactics
90 Meditation
100 Hiding
90 Stealth
It just really is dependant on what tactics you want to use. More focusing towards the magery will mean being geared towards that. Focus on the Archery and specials more will be focused on making your arrows hit the mark.
Tactics of the first would be to break the enemy down, hit them on the run with death strike...if they move they'll take a heap of damage. Can do various combinations. Only catch is carrying trap box and items in leiu of having resist spells.
Second template if it were me would be focused on dismounting them and then fighting them on foot. With bow and magic, should be a handful.
Benefit though of first template is you can swap ninjitsu out for resist spells when doing PvM if you wanted, or just run that template without ninjitsu.
Lastly, forgot to say but some armor pieces you won't be able to meditate and get your mana regen back faster...so that's something to take into consideration as far as the spellcasting piece.