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Being called a bot?

LPAA6CRW6WLPAA6CRW6W
in TERA PC - General Discussion
Someone just said "We have a bot archer, they just auto attack"
What does this mean? Good/bad??

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  • LPAA6CRW6WLPAA6CRW6W ✭
    Hmm. Im not quite sure why they referred to me as that, because I didnt contribute until everyone else went hog wild.
    Still new to tera..
  • vkobevkobe ✭✭✭✭✭
    they asked you to use other skills than auto attack
  • ZoknahalZoknahal ✭✭✭✭✭
    vkobe wrote: »
    they asked you to use other skills than auto attack

    Pretty much this. New players often make the huge mistake of spamming auto attack instead of using a proper skill rotation. This is fine since they are new to the game. But when it repeats very often, people tend to assume either:

    - The player is clueless of what he/shes doing.
    - The player does not have skill at all or do not know how to play its class.
    - The character in question is a bot.

    If you do not wanna be called any of the 3 above, i suggest you to check a guide for Archer so that you do not constantly find yourself spamming auto attack.
  • MagraalMagraal ✭✭✭
    Have a read through this archer guide.
    It's all good information, but you may want to start with the Rotations part- the skills people will expect you to use, rather than just standing and holding down left-click.
  • NopiNopi ✭✭✭✭✭
    Auto attack is the last skill you want to use in any class. While guides describe it better, in a nutshell, archer should flow around rain of arrows, his charging skills (penetrating arrow and radiant arrow), rapid fire, thunderbolt sometimes, and traps glyphed to debuff enemies. Velik's mark and one of the stances (sniper for bosses) are also essential archer skills.
  • DeathologistDeathologist ✭✭✭
    I admit if I have a female char I auto a lot as a char to hear the voice makes me happy :D lol but you gotta use skills too, if you run auto mana, then AA, skill, AA, Skill, and mana potions can help too. remember to use the triple charm u get for infused.
  • KetothKetoth ✭✭✭✭
    Nopi wrote: »
    Auto attack is the last skill you want to use in any class. While guides describe it better, in a nutshell, archer should flow around rain of arrows, his charging skills (penetrating arrow and radiant arrow), rapid fire, thunderbolt sometimes, and traps glyphed to debuff enemies. Velik's mark and one of the stances (sniper for bosses) are also essential archer skills.

    But vanilla classes auto have a special effect that increase the attack speed of a certain skill after a number of hits. Maybe he is just using to charge PA faster.(not many people know about this)

    Back to archer depending on the lvl you are there, isnt to many skills to use, since roa and range trap are just unlocked at later lvls.

    Other option is that is that OP was using RF, but his ping is so high that looks like like a Auto attack.
  • MorokuMoroku ✭✭✭
    Hahahahaha, bot archers.
  • YuhataYuhata ✭✭✭
    edited August 2016
    Okay bud. Long time Archer here. This is a common rookie mistake. Simply put, just don't auto attack. And especially don't spam Veliks Mark when there is another Archer in party just to auto attack. If you are using auto attack to charge a shot faster or even to get some mana regenerated, it is going to cut down your DPS and isnt really worth it. Is your ping too high to use Rapid Fire for the fillers?
  • NopiNopi ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2016
    Ketoth wrote: »
    Nopi wrote: »
    Auto attack is the last skill you want to use in any class. While guides describe it better, in a nutshell, archer should flow around rain of arrows, his charging skills (penetrating arrow and radiant arrow), rapid fire, thunderbolt sometimes, and traps glyphed to debuff enemies. Velik's mark and one of the stances (sniper for bosses) are also essential archer skills.

    But vanilla classes auto have a special effect that increase the attack speed of a certain skill after a number of hits. Maybe he is just using to charge PA faster.(not many people know about this)

    Back to archer depending on the lvl you are there, isnt to many skills to use, since roa and range trap are just unlocked at later lvls.

    Other option is that is that OP was using RF, but his ping is so high that looks like like a Auto attack.

    I can't speak for pro archers out there since I'm average at most. But even with the charge buff(which I actually don't see anywhere but gonna give the benefit of the doubt), I don't see auto attack as something to be spammed. Plus, there's other ways to boost charge speed (of at least penetrating arrow). I personally use radiant arrow, then shoot cancel a glyphed final salvo to speed up penetrating arrow charge. Also rapid fire returns a fair bit of mana and has a very short cooldown. Enough to shoot it in between charge combos or RoA stuff.
  • DigitalJokerDigitalJoker ✭
    Only bot archer I've seen in the game so far has the word 'guard' above their head in blue text, just saying...
  • PossumsPossums ✭✭
    It's a compliment. It means you're so good, you must be a machine.
  • YuhataYuhata ✭✭✭
    @Possums LMFAO
  • RakWraithraiserRakWraithraiser ✭✭✭
    Well I encountered 2 archers during leveling my mystic at catacombs. The party composition is, archer x2, reaper, gunner and mystic. It freak me out to carry them with out tanking class. Most all of them are clueless of their class especially the archers because i don't noticed them spamming RoA. Well...I had to dps then. hehe
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