[shanco]

From personal experience i would say max ur primary attack first and foremost. Dont worry too much about the nature class if ur in the beginning stages, and please DO NOT choose nature first! Also art of the hunt is a must, max that whole tree but make sure u get the bottom first as it adds alot of pierce damage. Ive found that putting skills in wood lore really doesnt help you that much. So max marksmanship, puncture shots(whole tree), art of hunt tree, herbal remedy, Study prey tree, call of hunt tree and volley. Volley can be very usefull when u have a 3+ all skills piece of equiptment like stonebinder cuffs or the tracker set, which can bring the percentage up to 20%. Ok now onto nature . Max heart of oak tree, regrowth tree, plague tree. As an archer it is nice to have pets to line up the enemies for you but the only pet that can survive long enough to fulfill that role for me has been the core dweller, all the others just die to quickly in the higher difficulties. My strategy with the hunting class is to try to climb up the mastery tree fairly quickly at the beginning until you reach puncture shots then start filling the primary attack with all ur points then u go to art of the hunt and then to herbal remedy and so on. Also keep adding all ur attribute points to dexterity dont worry too much about adding to strength the mastery bonuses will take care of that. And ensnare really isnt useful at all definitely put it in plague