I’ve been having a bit of trouble deciding between these two builds. I’m not sure if going R3 is worth the circle over going A2 ever since the steady aim nerf. So I guess my dilemma is choosing between the swift step crit attribute and bouncing shot + spiral arrow.
Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks!
While steady aim isnt as broken as before(before wasnt just good it was straight up broken,w ay too OP) with atributes its still decent % for some ur hard hitting skills.
Swift Step imo is nicer from the evasion debuff, the crit thing can be solved with some green gems imo.
I personally like spiral arrow, bounce shot is not half bad while barrage is in CD.
I cant decide between those two builds either. But I think A2 is better than R3 because of the permanent crit buff and later u will only use fletcher skills because of their 0cd, and R3 damage skills will not take such an important role.
Anyways i would like to read more opinions because im still wondering wich is better.
Better to have Spiral Arrow and Bounce Arrow with 15 in Barrage, a lot of your skill points go to waste if you go A2 because there’s not that many good skills in rank 2 of both.
Heavy Shot for more PvP utility should also be taken into consideration. It’s a trade off between perma crit rate buff + PvP utility vs. temp dmg buff + spiral
Thing is, the depeer you go into later fletcher circles, ranger abilities is becoming obsolete. I’ve gone A2-R2 route since it’s scaling 25% buff( you also get 5 additional attacks on your multi shot also, so you’ve still have very strong ST abiliti early) vs 5% more on steady aim and spiral arrow. I believe that spiral arrow is really good ability, but it has too long of a CD to make it a very heavy contender to be top ability, and with 25% crit-rate buff you have more leeway on how you can gear and gem your equips, that can load more damage on you other abilities. Barrage gets outscaled by crossfire, and as a ranger 2 i only loose on a 147 damage@ arrow on a barrage if its still needed for its shotgun-like capabilities. So in reality it’s 5% steady aim + spiral vs 25% crit rate with zero downtime. I’d say that A2-R2 is more future-proof build in case new circles are added, but main drawback is that you delay you’r good spike up until at least magic arrow of F2 to get really good ST damage.
Yeah, i guess im going a2 r2, it has more future as rainwrath says
not so advisable, now i got a dilemma which one to take next 
Im trully inclined to pick Archer 1 -> Ranger 2 -> Archer 2 -> Fletcher 3. The 25% crit rate buff seems so more worth than Barrage 5+ lvls, 5%+ damage on steady aim and Spiral Arrow.
The Fletcher capability of spam skills, and his damage output, will be so more benefical with the crit rate with 100% uptime than the skills of ranger 3 rank.
Yep, was exatcly my thoughts. 25% crit rate buff will definetly outscale rangers abilties.
Personally, I’m inclined to picking A2. My only concern is if they decide to buff steady aim, in which case i’d be a bit bitter with not going ranger c3 hahaha. Good luck to us.
Lots to think about guys, thanks for the input!
I think i’ll be going a2 > r2 myself–well a1 > r2 > a2 rather.
Going A1 > R2 > A2 > F3 myself. Not going R3, because C2 Swift step is much better overall than 15/15 steady aim based from what I read so far.
Can you guys recommend R2 skills and A2 skills? Thank you in advance.
Lvl 1 oblique
Lvl 10 multishot
Lvl 10 Swift step
Lvl 1 full draw
Lvl 1 heavy shot
Rest u can do whatever.
Lvl 10 barrage although I wouldn’t max it immediately cuz of SP issues
Lvl 10 steady aim
The rest doesn’t matter.
I went R3 because I enjoy my level 15 barrage doing obscenes amount of damage.
I don’t get why everyone likes fletcher so much, when cannoner at rank 7 makes fletcher look stupid. and its aoe’s are on a 5s cd for the most part. Unless there is something here I am missing.
huh… Fletcher c3 got a skill with Attack Count: 25.
Divine Machine Arrow hits like a truck.
Fletchers skills have low CD or no CD. and no cast time.
Rip SP pool though. Thats going to hit it hard if you spam that much.
huh… No.
On orsha server you can buy lvl 1 condensed sp pot for 700 ~ 800 silver. Less them the large sp pot and it gives you more sp than it. And you can allways have sp regen on hair acessory. Im not a fletcher and I got extra 75 sp regen on them. (33 + 42)
And what stats willl you use, guys?
3:1 STR:DEX? Some SPR?