Ima a rank 50 archer, my general strategy is too do as much damage as possible without pulling the hate, its alot harder then it sounds when you have tier II Lance buffs/skills at your disposal.

Anywho, multi-shot followed by raging II on every CD, and usually after 2 CD's my Ferocity II has CD'd so i buff up hit it with a quick nock and blow on remaining TP on 1k skills such as Bloodletter, usually only Bloodletter as it has a DOT effect its handy to keep up. This was my general plan for leveling with my static, just blast as much damage as I can, never had to worry about Hate cause the mob never lasted that long to even consider myself dieing.

For NMs however, my strategy is different in a few ways.

For one, hate is always playing on my mind, I use Chameleon on EVERY CD, and i also carry Nerve Drops (Instant enmity reduction) for the multi-mob NMs (Dodore and Mosshorn), as if i pull a minion a nerve drop will sort it out instead of me wasting time to type "AMG theres a Minion on me", and usually healing myself cause IMO the DD dont need heals from CON if there positioned right on the mobs, usually behind the mob.
Anywho apart from worrying about hate, i then take it upon myself to hit as much damage as I can do, and im pretty sure theres a Sequence behind the skills I use but im unaware of this maself ^^; something along the lines of multishot>raging II> Invig II> Light shot > heavy shot > (would probably use a AOE skill such as Wide Volley II or Heavy Trammel if i were fighting dodore/mosshorn) > Buff up (raging II, Fero II, Hawk's Eye, e.c.t..) > Incap WS, hopefully the right one ^^; and repeat.
This would alter sometimes as I am the only R50 LNC in the shell to-date so Twisting Vice has to be on my bar and CIA II perhaps, so they would come in as some point.

So basically, my "Genius" strategy behind my archer is attack>build up TP>buff>hit some damage>lower enmity> repeat!

Probably a general strategy for most archers


As for my build, my fighting classes are both DD that benefit from DEX and STR so there my focus, backed up with VIT ofc, not as much as STR/DEX but enough so I can survive, as for gears, on archer i wear gears that compliment my STR/DEX and jewelry which compliments my ACC (electrum rings ftw) and for LNC I have a MDF set, woo, and a VIT set as with LNC im on the front lines of battle and need the boost to survive! jewelry also compliments my HP on LNC.

I have a few +1 equips on both classes like my +1 bow, tunic, tricorne, rings for my archer and my +1 tricorne and rings/wristlets for my LNC, not that ive seen +1 jewerly have much of a diff effect then NQ.

Would also like to take this moment to Thank SE for making my r50 archers base HP higher then my r50 LNC's base HP, it really made sense :/