huh?

If I understand you correctly then yes, real life playtesting both against the kobolds and long streaks of trash have made me a fan.

Again, I'm not saying a Slayer AA + Sniper Shot build isn't possible, or even a good build. But based on a sort of "total play" model I like to build with, the superior defensive trade-offs in many ways make this build more offensively powerful. I barely need to heal, and even in ToEE part 2 I take mobs in my face all the time and it's just not much of an issue (Dodged! Deflected! Dodged! Miss! Miss! Dodged!) means I spend less time healing from OP ranged mobs and more time button mashing active attacks.

This is sort of like my argument with perma tensers from way back in my early shuri build days that took T5 Arch Mage. This was before there were any ranged friendly trees besides AA. Tensers scrolls are short duration, and even with quickdraw equipped the scroll and going back to your weapons wastes a fair amount of DPS time in combat. Ranged trees have been improved so much however, you can't afford T5 AM for perma tensers with all the new and improved options (Mech, AA, DWS). So you have to scroll it, but you take a DPS hit from that because it's hard to always have it up. Mostly because if you zerg you're just always fighting mobs until a red named.

Although this thread just gave me the idea to maybe add Arty levels for longer buffs...might be better than Fighter.

Does Advanced Ninja Training stack with Shuriken Expertise?