Fighter or Archer?

[aqhibahmed]

though archers kite fighters once they come under range fighters easily PWN THEM! and fighters in pvp rock

[Brossom]

Fighters are definitely easier in the beginning. Archers take kind of a long time to really hit their stride, since you don't get the good dot/aoe skills until later on. But after they get their kitable aoe, archers are great at solo grinding.

Fighters who can tank will do well with boss farming (either solo if they're really good tanks or duoing with a cleric) and will also be in demand for parties. So if you decide to make a DD fighter, it's a good idea to have the capability to tank as well. Keep a shield and 1-hand sword handy along with scrolls and potions. Squishy fighters aren't quite as welcome in parties who need a fighter to tank.

[SakuraSweetStar]

In my opinion I like archer; they're far ranged, PvP, No idea. >_O
Training, archers get beat up easily if you get attacked, but you
can kite and run for your life, and try to beat it up. Or a fighter,
like many before me, you take less damage, can tank, and nice Health. But, i'd suggest trying both classes, and seeing which you
may like better. They're both good in my opinion.

[Mandariinivaras]

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 ).

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.

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:

[Krowley]

I like Archer, simply because I despise PvP

[Hotaru]

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

[Wizardcool11]

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

[Squirrelz]

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 :]

[RikoRain]

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

[Evaaahs]

1.) Fighters are easier to start with, in the 5x-9x range they're sort of boring/time-consuming. I leveled a Knight to 100 after my archer, the 1v1 kills and low exp/hour was so frustrating

2.) Fighters are definitely better than archers in pvp, but only if you're able to catch your opponent. An archer's low dots are hardly a threat even to a squishy mage ;c And for bosses, fighters specialize in massive 1v1 damage, so obviously they're better for bosses