Originally Posted by Blaaaaaaaah
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it's hard to avoid getting hit at all with an archer. o.o
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Lies. Dex based archers won't really have that kind of problem, at least later on. Even at my level, with an evasion scroll, I'm able to dodge roughly 20~30% of the hits I take and I'm not pure Dex. I'm also not completely up to date with my equips, using only a level 20 suit(+6), level 26 helm, level 6 pants, and level 14 shoes.
Pumping end isn't gonna help much. You need a lot of end for the defense bonuses to do anything. You're better off adding more to either dex, str, or spr. If you can't kill off the monster efficiently, at least go make it so they can't hurt you more or kill them off faster with raw power. Tanking them isn't going to do you much good since archers aren't exactly good tankers compared to fighters or full end clerics. I myself have no end and I don't have a tough time with monsters.
Kiting is generally good for ranged chars, yes, but it's actually better for mages than archers. We don't deal enough damage to kite efficiently with. Mages do, however. I'd recommend loveless' method over kiting since I've been doing the same thing for quite some time and I found that it's very effective.