Wondering if they’re any good later in the game, I’ve reached A3 QS1 and I feel terribly weak in comparison to my peers. They melt mobs with their AoE abilities and I feel only remotely strong with multi shot. I’m just not sure if the damage will pick up or if it would just be smarter to restart my character and go a skill based archer.
Well AA archer is neat for mat/collection grinding if u just AA, the dmg itself isnt THAT bad, musk isnt bad in pvp either.
Damage does fall off at end game (at least in the current meta) , a skill based archer just deals much more dmg.
Im also not a fan that it does need a better ping than a skill based class.
Well I have only around 40 ping to the server, but I don’t know if it isn’t viable for Earth Tower might just be better to scrap the character while I’m only level 102. Should of researched my build better I guess.
Welll with 40 ping you will at least be able to optimzie the AA dmg. which again is NOT bad. its just underpar a skill based archer
You should get QS3 before A2+.
Most of your damage will be from Running Shot skill.
Also it depends a lot on your stat build. If you get like 50 SPR, 50 CON, 50 DEX you will be weak for sure 
Dude at your level you can have QS3 XD
I went A3–>Q1 since I assumed if you didn’t grab the next tier of archer early on you wouldn’t be able to grab it later on.
Either way Iack a lot of AoE and my single target isn’t that great at the moment even with level 15 multishot, level 5 twin arrows/kneeling shot inbetween CD’s.
As I said before, Running Shot will be your main damage source. Before you get it your single target dps will be bad. After you get it you could decide how good it is.
Btw also get yourself Grand Cross crossbow, it is mandatory for QSers. You can weapon switch it.
What is your stats atm?
You need to reach rank 6 for Running Shot that is around 177.
Going Archer 1-3 before QS must have been zzz lol
I currently have 107 Str 4 Con 4 Int 3 Spr and 61 Dex without equipment on.
Also going to around level 177… to just see if a build is even good just doesn’t seem worth it. I understand some people know how to power level in this game but I do it for enjoyment and at the moment I’m just not enjoying my build.
Well you have to get A1-QS3 to understand if it works. A3-QS2 is useless. QS start to works only on circle3.
So you could create new char and level A1-QS3 to test.
Your stats seems fine overall.
I understand that Q3 really makes the build shine, but Idk everything I look up seems to state that this sort of build just isn’t viable in Earth Tower because of the lack of AoE. I want to be able to clear all the content in the long run, while people in game are telling me that my build is just a farming build. I don’t have anything against farming but I don’t want to be locked out of completing end game content.
I appreciate the feedback greatly. I may level this character on the side but going to try a Schwarzer Reiter out and see if I feel more satisfied with it.
You can use the SR in the build at R6. Q3 like it has already been stated is where the AA build shines. Kneeling shot from A2 helps, but only when you are in a spot you can use it in, which isn’t a whole lot. Instead of A3 you could do SR, you would still have kneeling shot at level 5, and you wouldn’t be missing a whole lot not getting it to 10.
Also, not sure why people are calling it machine gun “musketeer”. Plenty of people go machine gun cannoneer. The R7 picks do not affect the AA part of the build.
Cos cannoneer have low skill cd which means you’ll be spamming more and AA-ing less. Musketeer skills is around 20s, which align with Running Shot durations well. They also generally hit harder than cannoneer skills, although not all are AoE.