OK so I think I've been playing for about 3 months now... Only get to really put time in on the weekend. I just turned lvl 53 last night and finished the ultima weapon quest as well. All my gear is pretty decent right now cause I did the job quest that gave me all the blue gear. All I need now is a better bow... Can't remember which I have now but I know I've had it for about 7 to 10lvls. I read about getting the Artemis bow but I heard u definitely need some peeps to run it with and I don't really know anyone and my FC hardly anyone is ever on.

Now the main thing with that is should I even be going through all that with the exp coming out soon? Is there a bow that will do me good till new content? Just not sure where to get one or how I should do it. I haven't started any kind of side jobs either like crafting or leather working or anything like that either. Just any help would be great. And I hate seeing these other threads about bards not doing much dps lol.. Not much hope.