Talk:Magick Archer/@comment-9374300-20130510160949/@comment-9067361-20130519190141

I would highly suggest time as a Warrior and a Ranger, focusing on Sorcerer. Warrior will get you 40 health per level up, so playing as one for only 10 levels rewards you with 400 health. If you play Warrior to Vocation Rank 9, you get the Augment Clout, increasing physical damage by 20%. Warriors also get a good bit of phys atk and phys def every level, further increasing the usefulness of playing as one if you want to be able to deal/take physical damage.

Ranger will grant you your much needed stamina. Every level is 30 Stamina, so that will grant you your much needed Stamina. 10-15 levels as one is what I would recommend to get an extra 300-400 stamina in a short time.

I would also think about the Fighter class, as it gets 37 hp per level up, and grants decent phys atk and phys def. If I remember correctly, Fighter gives 37 hp, 3 atk, and 5 def per level. (don't know any of the others stat gains.) Warrior gives 40 hp, 4 atk and 4 def. Fighter will also grant the Augment Sinew, which increases carry load, which is extremely helpful. I normally play a Fighter log enough to get Sinew, then run around as a Fighter.

Sorcerer is the meat of what you need, granting 5 mag atk every level. Playing them until Vocation Rank 9 will grant the Augment Acuity, which increases mag atk by 20%. It's Clout for mages, basically.

I'm not going to throw out exact numbers, but I personally would start as a Fighter to get Sinew (Not Mage, as that Mag Atk will be made up for in the Sorcerer Class), then play as either a Warrior or a Ranger for 10-15 levels. (I would play as a Warrior until hitting Vocation Rank 9, Ranger I would stick to just around 10-15 levels, as I dont find their augments to be very useful.) After the 10-15 levels as a Warrior/Ranger, I would play another 10-15 levels as the Vocation you didn't use the first time. (If you used Ranger for the first 10-15 levels, use Warrior for the second 10-15 levels.) After playing those two, I would play as a Sorcerer for pretty much the rest of the game. After level 100 i believe the Sorcerer stops getting 5 mag atk and instead gets 3, so if you wanted you could play Sorcerer until 200 and then play as a Magick Archer, or just get to 100 and play MA from 100-200.

Hope that helps.