Quote Originally Posted by Suzaku View Post
I'm ranking up classes for arrows for pretty much this exact reason.

The trend I'm seeing, however, is that a lot of people just use Warped Arrows for leveling, and don't bother busting out the stronger ones except for NMs and other particularly challenging content.
I agree with this assessment. I think part of being an archer is taking the time to craft your own arrows, otherwise it is not worth putting so much effort in leveling it, in my opinion. I don't having to constantly be dependent on others to get arrows, especially since archer goes through them so quickly.

I also don't think the higher leveled arrows are worth using for regular use.

It's actually not too hard leveling for crafting arrows. Start crafting arrow parts and material, and as you accumulate material to craft you arrows, you skill rank goes up (and with some support from local levequests).