Who or what inspired you to play your class?

Google. I found Hidden Street, looked up the skill pages and thought that the archer skillset was pretty nice. Kinda ironic since I assumed that the low number of buffs meant that it's not the sort of buff-reliant squishy class which I usually avoid. Boy was I wrong. But by the time the squishiness really kicked in, I'd gone too far with it to be bothered to change class.