Ask a Bowman Thread.

Hero still actively bosses a lot. It's my main and fighter/sader/hero is the only class i've ever made since beta...until my archer. I train the archer, but i'm not very serious with it. Out of 50-ish or more cwkpq's the group i run with has only found one 12atk (200 pendants or more). I doubt i'll get another 12atk for hero. And a 10atk vs. 11 or 12atk on archer is just 1-2 watk, not that big a deal for a not-so-serious-character. This is a big dilemma. I guess i'll flip a coin and decide for myself.

The main question i want opinions on is:
Should i keep my ranger's base str low and use ht pend to equip arund/metus. Or should i raise my base str to equip the Naricain pend+arund/metus? We may get maker-skill in the future and we might be able to scroll ht 2nd and 3rd egg (additional 30str ontop of the 22-stat 1st egg'ed ht pend).

I really don't want to have a str base too high over what's needed for my bow. I would've made a strless archer if i didn't have a str cape on my hero or if i didn't mess up on my archer in the beginning and add to str because of habit. Even though strless eventually is weaker in the higher lvls, the build is so much easier. So keep my low base and just use ht pend or raise base to use mark of naricain?

Use a top and bottom set when you want to equip your Mark of Naricain, and a dex overall when you want to wear your Horntail Pendant. That way you can use both as you please.