I am making a mounted archer. So far, I have these two build ideas:
L1 Dragoon (Fighter Archetype) +1 (Mounted Combat, Skill Focus (Ride), (L1) Mounted Archery)
L2 Zen Archer (Monk Archetype) (Perfect Strike, Improved Unarmed Strike, Precise Shot)
L3 Zen Archer (Monk Archetype) +2 (Weapon Focus (Longbow), (L3) Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot)
L4 Spire Defender (Magus Archetype) (Dodge, Combat Expertise, arcane requirement for arcane archer)
L5 Samurai +3 ((L5) Deadly Aim, Order of the Blue Rose)
L6 Samurai (Stage Combatant equiv, +2 damage to nonlethal) +4
L7 Samurai ((L7) Weapon Specialization, Quickdraw) +5
L8 Dragoon (Fighter Archetype) (Point Blank Mastery) +6
L9 - L12 Arcane Archer
OR
L1 Dragoon (Fighter Archetype) +1 (Mounted Combat, Skill Focus (Ride), (L1) Mounted Archery)
L2 Zen Archer (Monk Archetype) (Perfect Strike, Improved Unarmed Strike, Precise Shot)
L3 Zen Archer (Monk Archetype) +2 (Weapon Focus (Longbow), (L3) Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot)
L4 Zen Archer (Monk Archetype) +3 (Point Blank Mastery)
L5 Spire Defender (Magus Archetype) (Dodge, Combat Expertise, arcane requirement for arcane archer, (L5) Deadly Aim)
L6 Hippogriff Rider (Ranger Archetype) +4
L7 Hippogriff Rider (Ranger Archetype) +5 (Quick Draw, (L7) Far Shot)
L8 Dragoon (Fighter Archetype) (Clustered Shot) +6
L9 - L12 Arcane Archer
Samurais get a mount. Rangers get a flying mount. Which build is better at this? Is there anything you would change?
Be a "Ramurai" (Ranger/samurai)...sorry that I only have bad puns to contribute to this discussion...