Archer's equip

[LiorM]

Hey, Iv'e been playing for a while in cRPG but now I decided to make an archer.
Can anyone give me some advice's about good equip?
(equip not skills)
Thank you!

[Joseph Porta]

Light armor because of the wpf penalty and, if you have enough money bodkins(doh), bow depends on your build, rus bow is sick though, horn for fire rate and a bit less dmg, longbow if your build allows it. 

Keep the armor weight fairly low otherwise your accuracy will suffer greatly.

[Zerran]

longbow if you want a real bow.

ftfy

 

[LiorM]

Thank you but I know those stuff.
I really wanted someone to say what equip I should but not weapon's or about weight.

[Zerran]

Not sure what you're asking for then. 

[LiorM]

For someone to actually say the names of the Item's that are good for an archer.
Ex: leather jerkin, light leather boots, etc.

[Miwiw]

Most archers stay at around 8 - 12 armor weight. Anything under 10 doesn't give you any penalty.
Important to know is this:

Hand Armor counts 4x the weight.
Head Armor counts 2x the weight.
Body and Leg Armor counts 1x the weight.

My equip is a perfect example for that.

Tribal Warriour Outfit 5.6 weight
Mail Gauntlets 0.5 weight *4 = 2.0 weight
Rus Cavalry Boots 0.8 weight
In total = 8.4 weight, that means I don't have any weight penalty by my gear. I could also wear a helmet with up to 0.8 weight (*2 = 1.6 weight) and still be without penalty.

With leather jerkin, light leather boots and similar light helmets and gauntlets your fine as well of course.

You can surely go above 10 weight as well, even with medium gear you are fine as well, you just need to get used to the aim then. ;)

[MrShine]

Head: Anything under 1 weight (I prefer no helmet)
Body: Anything under 5 weight
Gloves: Anything under 1 weight
Boots: Anything under 1 weight

The closer you get to the max weight on all the above the more likely you'll notice a little bit of reduction.  Helmet & glove weight count for more, so if you're going to cut something those could be places to consider.

I currently use no helmet, a 1.9 weight body armor, a .3 weight gloves, and a .8 pair of boots, so I'm far below what I put above.

[LiorM]

Exactly what I wanted to know.
Thank you very much!!

[LiorM]

If anyone was interested here is what i got now (changed a bit):
Vaegir Helmet 0.6*2 (1.2)
Padded Leather (5.5)
Mail Gauntlets 0.5*4 (2.0)
Light Leather Boots (0.7)

So I'm on 9.4 equip wight.
That mean's no penalty for me
Thank's!!

[LiorM]

Do you have any suggestion's about what weapon's should I have with this equip?
I got tatar bow, bodkin arrow's and langes messer.

[Mogh]

That sounds pretty good. Maybe a lighter sword, but that's just a matter of personal preference.

[Shub]

why archers go with lenges messer? arnt there better one handers with 102 reach already? on body i wear byrnie  rest depends

[Bulzur]

I have a total of 11.8 body armor, and after getting used to it, it's really fine.
Also, never getting one shot by xbows, and sometimes surviving lance in the body.

I probably trade 5-10% of wpf, for a second chance. Depends on your playstyle, but for me, it's worth it.

Also, bodkins are sadly very expensive. Good thing is, there's a lot of archers who uses them. Take tatar arrows, kill archers or stay alive while your teammates (archers) get killed, and loot their arrows. You'll usually find half a dozen of extra bodkins, just for you, and for free. 

[LiorM]

Its fine with bodkin's I got money, and what 1H wep is 102 reach?