ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

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"As dying is one of the leading causes of death, you should avoid dying." -rekenner

"I'll bond with a cactus until my buttcheeks touch the sand before I play nethack again" -Gagarin

Hi guys. I'm new to the game, but managed to win once with a Skeleton Archer on Normal/Adventure and then stumbled on this thread. The thing that got me curious is that it seems like PES is considered a great prodigy. Could someone, please, tell me what's so great about it? Is the bonus to other stats that great?
I used Vital Shot (which was just ridiculous, imo. Got crits almost up to 6k) and Subcutaneous Metallisation (which I'm really not sure about). Is PES better than Vital Shot at lvl 30? Is it more reasonable to take PES at lvl 42?

Thanks in advance.

PES was badly nerfed in the 1.5 update. The cooldown was changed so it used to have almost twice the uptime. In any case, it's most useful for classes that use a stat other than str for damage.

I just wrote up an Archer guide for bow builds. Here's the .

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, which contains a guide and resource compilation and class tier list.

Quick question - heavy armor or light armor for Archer?

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English isn't my native language.

Archer has the mobility tree, so you're best off going light armor.

Also can we buff light armor egos? And their defense values?

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A little bit of a starters guide written by yours truly .

Hey Bpat-using your guide -how much of this guide is outdated? I see your point on PES etc