1) I'd say fighter is better to begin with, because they're stronger and have good HP and dmg and everything. Also it's easy to start moneymaking I guess, since when you get to 30, slack on some T3 scrolls and you can quite easily farm ZK, to get blues and stuff.

2) It's rather hard to pvp with an archer.. you'll need +9s , good gear and possibly charms ><.

Lvling is easier with an archer. Once you get to 51 you can kite the hell out of a huge crowd of monsters (with a speed scroll :D).

If you want to tank bosses you'll need scrolls and good gear. And it's definitely harder to tank with an archer. But as an archer you can party up with a fighter and just be a DD. :o

As for build.. I haven't played with archer that much, but I suppose adding STR to make up the lack of dmg, but with good end and dex in gears?

I hope it was useful for you. o:

In pvp fighters pwn. Although once archers are 51+ they have Natures mist... so idk

I have 2.5 words to say. nature's mist ftw

I can't exactly answer all of those questions because my archer is only level 17 (not my main), but I would say archer over fighter. For me, fighter is too typical. If it's your first character, go with fighter. Later, try an archer once you get the hang of things in the game.

I agree with crystalblueheart, but I am a cleric lev 56 on my main who can heal 1425 hp, which of course generates a crap load of aggro... I hope I dun run into more noon fighters in the game, so pls keep ur path of carnage away from bijou... we already have too many fighters asking wat mock is in that server...:zzz:

I like Archer, simply because I despise PvP

When you have those everlasting annoying repeatable quests
A kiting archer would come in handy

I agree... especially when u have an ached cleric duo, u can natures mist the vampire bats in SEG to absolute oblivion...

In terms of PVP, fighters win hands down.
But honestly, archers are much more fun (imo) because they can kite and mob with nature's mist :]

Both classes are good in their own way. I know archers who totally make the pvp aspect good, but some fighters who do just the same. Same for grinding, and bossing. Its a matter of opinion, an if youd rather be frontal damage or ranged