Dragon Nest JP

i believe bowmasters use either long bows or crossbows as they have the mastery skill for both weapons, while the acrobats have short bow mastery. I'm pretty sure neither of the skill routes are weapon specific because the korean site shows Pinpoint Shot and Revolutionary Ballista being used with a crossbow. It all comes down to what kind of style you want to use. I'm assuming that xbows are slightly stronger while long bows simply have more range. It makes sense since in the weapon masteries, the long bow master gives more increase in range. But i'm not how significant it will be as bowmasters get the buff Slyph's Aid anyway. If long bows shoot slightly faster, that may also be a difference.

personally, i made a skill build for bowmasters (for my friend) to achieve biggest shot range for team pvp as i will be taking up the acrobat ^_^ but my build is a glass cannon, so if any melees are able to get a combo off you, you're pretty much screwed unless your teammates intervene. although i'm thinking of changing up the skill build again because after watching countless pvp videos on youtube, it seems it's hard to constantly achieve long distances between you and your opponent since most of them have some sort of speed skills (ex. triple dash, line drive, blink + tele, etc)

thanks for the job adv info btw; it'll be helpful for OBT ^_^