I’m currently planning to go A2 > R3 > SR2. However, since SR2 seems to be lackluster, I’m wondering if SR > M is viable. I don’t really care about the meta and SR looks like fun. My other characters are depending on high cooldowns and I dislike auto attack builds, so I think I found a perfect gap.
Would that build be playable, or is it just a plain struggle? Muskeeter looks great, too, but other synergies (Rogue/Scout […]) don’t really appeal to me.
That’s my main concern, too. Investing in SR2 is like hoping for a nice SR3 skill, seeing as Wild Shot is kinda lackluster atm.
I don’t see any sence of picking SR for 1 circle only. Costume much? 
SR is currently the only archer class that can mount, I picked it for its mobility and stat share with companion (hp, evasion, phys defense)
Sure it doesn’t offer as much aoe as cannoneer or as much damage compared to musketeer but I can assure you it beats anything in the archer tree in terms of mobility. Unfortunately the only good skill they have is retreat shot, concentrated fire is just a stronger multi shot essentially.
The only reason to pick up C2 is leveling up Retreat Shot, so… ;D