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a) I get your point but a perfect party setup will appear like once a blue moon. More dex invested won’t be wasted, especially in solo play
b) Isn’t this a QS3 thread?
c) Same as my point in a) plus the fact that Dex also provide defensive option so that we can stay in the fight longer. A decent party is not easy to come by. In addition, gears require lots of silver and efforts, a simple death is a big dent to your silver and Dex can partially mitigate that problem
knew about 70 dex was the soft cap. but anyways, she said for us to shut up which was probably because she assumed we were saying going a different stat investment was outright bad. of course, no one said this. it was just a simple debate on which was best. which obviously, can be read in the STR/DEX debate thread. we don’t have to shut up, we weren’t doing anything wrong.
end all be all. right now it is possible to hit a definite soft cap on crit worthwhile using party buffs. if one wants to add a bit more potential damage to their character, aka min/max, they need to consider building for the ideal party situation. priest/krivis is all you need to change high/full str being basically the same as hybrid str/dex (other than running shot damage which has a stronger physical attack modifier than crit scaling) into a moderately better stat allocation. parties can be formed ahead of time (guild, multiple alts lvled up, picking and choosing pugs, friends, etc) in order to get your ideal party. and lots of support clerics run krivis 2-3 anyways, so this isn’t unheard of for parties.
i’ve said before and i’ll say it again. we have potentially 3 more ranks and 320 more lvls before true endgame. stat mechanics, skill selection, character build paths, meta, endgame content, and more can change. even small changes can be so drastic that everyone right now could be rolling COMPLETELY different ideals, not just builds, in the future. but as of right now, for qs3 builds using running shot as a main tool rather than a filler tool, the best choice just by a small amount is some sort of high str stat allocation when talking damage.
I’m convinced that going full STR is the most futureproof you can be for future content because you have no idea what kind of new gear or skills/party buffs from other ranks will just give you additional increase to crit rate. Crit rate has a very real ceiling it can hit, but raw damage will never hit a ceiling unless you start doing 99k autos.
lol that sad moment when qs3 becomes so happy to do speedy 99k damages, but because of scripting and code limitations, the server can only recognize that amount, and any higher causes the makers to instead make classes with 100hit over time abilities that tick 5x per second with cd low enough to make qs3 cry.
bye bye my beautiful haven’t quite lvled you yet qs3/wugu2-3 build. his name was Yrin Xyan. he hypothetically died today. RIP.
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I agree with pure STR and min-maxing. The only reason why I think people should invest to dex is because of PvP, just to hit heavy DEX people, other than that, nah… I rather spend it in STR. And of course those people who wants to see CRITICAL in almost all their attack, and just don’t care with their damage.
IMO, no other class can compete with single target of QS3 for just consuming R2-R4 ranks, don’t forget the CC it provides. Caltrops, Stone Shot and even Pavise still does their job amazingly well.
Linear scaling damage of Running Shot? Yes, maybe but surely it will still scale well on late game because of STR investment, growth of physical attack per level, weapon damage, buff, accessories etc, specially if they release +2 QS weapon again. AA is AA, skills are skills.
hi, currently a qs3 a2, would like to know if going fletch at rank6 would be good as a filler if i do not take sc1/falc1/a3.
No, fletcher is not a option
how bad are AA classes with 200~400 ping?
would you kindly state what are to cons of it?? kinda lost in choosing rank6 
AA archer still wouldn’t be bad, necessarily, but you definitely wouldn’t be able to do animation cancelling with that kind of latency. And, as far as I can tell, cancelling only works when you’re moving now (it doesn’t work with kneeling shot enabled).
If you’re concerned with aspd, you can view this post for more information:
Since i decided to a3 qs3 and finally musketeer i followed a lot of people on yt, but this guy went full STR and did a great job (by what i’ve seem around): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTKMSiEw2AM (playing siaulrai mission hereand facing lvl 280 mobs). His build has a lot of critical rate (he has a video showing equip by equip). It seems to scales pretty well and crits reasonably considering he is engaging same level mobs. He has running shot skill lvl8 with gem and didel GC together. I did 4:1 str:dex (more or less) because I don’t have much time to play and drop like his build (i’m about 400 hours ingame and focused to do the journal plus than create a monster killer). however by what i’ve seem more STR is much better than more DEX IF you are based on a running shoot skill for damage mobs. Sorry but im not a native speaker, so i propably made some mistakes written here. Ty all for sharing your ingame experience.
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You’re reading too much into his comments. He never said anything about other builds/stat distributions being stupid nor did he discredit other builds. He’s merely stating what he thinks the optimal stat distribution is. You need to calm down lol
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If you read it again, and again, and again, you’ll never ever gonna find anything like you said I said all over my comment. Pls, just read it again and be a nice person, we are all here to make the community better with all experiences we have ingame. You just assume by nothing that i said thinks i didn’t say, and the sentence that finishes your comment fits you: "Anyone that reads your posts KNOWS not to take you seriously."
What i just did was that by what i’ve seem around people using running shot skill get so much more benefits from str than dex, mainly if you have running shot lvl8. Btw, I’m not full str, however it seemed you didn’t read till the end. Just read it again pls.
Its because many people ask for the stats distribution.
In my opnion:
For new to archer/not so rich/low budget/alts
-The best stat is 1str:1dex or 2str:1dex, and make sure you have 30 con by lvl100 (just add CON when you feel you need to)
For players who have already budget/silvers (not their first char)/and looking for best build
-I suggest go pure STR for maximum potential damage because as already stated again and again, crit rate can be obtained by gears, gems and A2 buff.
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I manage to survive since I have hair acces with HP+700 (x3 so thats HP +2.1k), lvl10 pots which aids me from dungeons - this is where you need CON.
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Other HP source : Plate set gives +1.7k HP, Virtov Pants +1.4k HP
This is the strong evidence on what you can obtain when we say MIN-MAX:
Long time ago, I had discussion with @Dream (though he already quit the game) and indeed it is very optimal to go pure STR.
- I believe experienced people who saw this discussion and videos also think the same, that “Oh, we really can go pure STR and still have decent crit rate”
Stats are stats, there are no perfect, there are no best, there are only PREFERRED stats, which also depends on the player. Just follow your heart and make decision wisely! (as stat potion cannot purchase in the game).
Here is my QS no stats until level 100 (I spent 1 on DEX during training, and I fcking regret it, since now I’m doing FULL STR)
However, I achieved this because of SACRAMENT. Thanks to Pardoners 
BUT then again, its up to you.
and feel free to use stat calculator:
EXPLORE~
GL HF!
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So you are telling everyone to go str build because youll get more dps later on. Anyone going a different build is stupid to you and for some reason you have a hard time understanding not everyone wants to go that path.
I’m merely stating highest DPS for running shot is full STR, regardless of whatever misinfo you spread with “kneeling shot”. Kneeling shot is a terrible skill in a game where half the monsters past 230 will 1-2hko you. You’re never going to use it in grinding parties, you’re rarely ever going to use it in field mob farming, and you’re just asking to get killed by random projectiles if you use it in saalus and sialuai missions.
Dex gives evasion as well as crit. Are you going to start complaining if someone says they think sr2 with dex and vit is better for them long term? Since no one wants to get one shotted.
If you understand how end-game pve works in this game it centers around your party being invulnerable to damage with an almost 100% uptime. Stat Points into CON are also insignificant when you have hp from gems, gear, Squire food buffs, and Plate Mastery. Dodge becomes a non issue because QS3’s are never within melee range of their enemies. QS3’s are also near-immune to archer attacks with a high defense shield equipped.
Dont tell anyone else their builds are uncreditable when you base all your tos knowledge on copy and paste meta builds.
I have 4 different Archer alts and this is my fourth one I’m working on right now. A2 QS3 SR2 isn’t even meta in Korea, A2 Ranger3 SR2 is. I made this build originally to be a flash farmer and a linker3 full STR mule for my guild, but it’s proving to be potentially much more capable than that.
Wow, look how “squishy” I am with no con or dex.
Also, out of all the archer chars I’ve played, this is the only build I’ve played that lets me effectively solo Alemeth truffles/green corpse flowers for 8+ mill exp an hour.
And this isn’t even taking into account the +100% strike damage I get when enemies get debuffed by lethargy. I can easily see 12-13k crits in grinding parties with 400+ crit rate from Swift Step and Chronomancer’s Quicken. I don’t even have level 6 gems yet, so can potentially get about 33 more base crit rate if I grinded that out.
The only reason why I’m so confident in recommending this build is because I’ve tested it against multiple other archer builds, and its easily the most effective one if you favor extremely high mobility and ridiculous aoe damage, good sustained single-target damage, and fast clear times. It’s also one of the only builds in the game that can get away with full STR because you never have to be in melee range to deal consistent damage, unlike other classes like Sapper, Fletcher, Ranger, or Rogue.
But what do I know, according to you I’m just a nub who only watches kr sr videos so that I can pretend like I know how to play this game.
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Wow, you just melted those green corpse flowers (around 110k hp) GJ!
After the muskeeter i’m in, the next will be SR2, but not sure about the middle path. Awesome stuff. Congrats!
What about 3:1 STR DEX with some con? is it okay?
Still optimal, by this stat you can drop Sissel Bracelet and use Glad Band if you need AoE + attack ratio.