I recommend +5 str. and doom light till at lest 62.
Then try to get Maj, but you can go to 75 in doom.
I did +4 str, and doom light with +2 dex, which put my HE's dex to the base dex of LE's. but I wanted +1 str and didn't get it.
Some are arguing that pain of sagg is a magical skill, those it's reuse time is affected by wit. if that is proven true, then +4 wit - 4 int would be good.
I started the archer 2 chronicles ago, but it's funny to see all those HE rerolls ^^ The funnier it will be when they realize archer is only strong with full support.
Indeed, and that Ghost Sentinel is better in many cases :P I'm late C1 HE myself, but played since closed beta. Being Melee just annoyed the hell out of me, and chose Human because of looks, don't regret that one bit when I got Draconic set!
Try going all DEX you may be suprised (+DEX/-STR) especially if you have a good OE'ed bow. If you have the right buffs, fast attack speeds with crits you will pwn all. I'm suprised no one mentioned going DEX.
He wants to level, so he needs STR not DEX, and nerfing STR for DEX will lower your DPS.. only an SR is that stupid lol I see the point of a good OE'ed bow.. but even then.. why? At 76+ with +10 Drac it might be a good idea though..
I do reccomend going +4 DEX/-4 CON as well, at least for PvE.
That is for max damage, and I quite like that build, but you're very easy to stun..
I recommend +str over +dex if you have to choose just one. I'm kinda poor and didn't want to gimp my CON too much so I just got a +4 Str -4 Con and left it at that. Thinking of getting +1 str -1 con to max it out, and maybe later go for +4 dex -4 con. I don't think i'd recommend decreasing dex any, I'm pretty sure that would be a real bad Idea.