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I didn't compare them to mage skills. I actually specifically said they're fine for the actual spells.

I should be clearer then, I agree with them being priced for 10-20, and was addressing the other comment towards mage spells in the same post.

Gonna reply with my edited post cause it changed a lot:


We can compare them to a lot of other Basic attack +s.

Like Side cut being 2. Like Repel being 2. Couloir being 6 base. Sillcut being two.

I'd compare them to basic attacking skills rather than other skills because they are basic attacking skills, like the ones mentioned.

Does cuthroat even take FP?

There's plenty of examples on each side. The current paradigm can offer a lot of examples for each, I think we really need to contextually think more of what basic attack archer stats look like for str builders instead, and the limitations that gives.

Edit- As an aside, you also listed a bunch of AoE mage skills. Stuff like Rye is 13 fp, Vyd is 14 fp, Miu 18fp which are more comparable to the single target stuff listed abiove...

Less after efficiency and less base in some cases.

I'm just gonna assume you looked over the spells in there that are clearly not AoE (libegrande, ryemei, Eternal Darkness, Underworld Flame) but on the same tier as explosion/air pressure etc you also have Stone Dragon which was not listed, also costing 24 FP.

Duelist skills are pretty uniquely low cost, being more about the SP they cost than the FP they cost, and even then it's pretty much just for Sidecut/Sillcut and Repel. The best ones in it's kit often have higher FP cost as well, such as Couloir or Power Gradiation.

I don't think Archer has issues with FP as much as you think it does, this used to be a thing in the past when their FP costs were 20+, but they got changed to be in the more respectable 10-20 bracket for non-caster archetypes. I think you would only have issues with FP if you don't allot for it in your build, if you are having FP troubles its on you to alleviate that now, get a ring of focus or get tanninheart, they help tremendously and are there to fix some of these issues, blue potions are there for a pinch in emergencies, please use any of these.

On a sidenote, here's Cutthroat since you asked: