So i started this game last year as Seer ascendant/arcane archer PC, didn't get very far just managed to get all companions,got busy with a few things IRL and couldn't find time to play it. Got time now and am starting over. I wanted a playstyle similar to my POE 1 Cipher, where i fire a few quick few attacks to build focus to use it to deal damage/buff allies/debuff enemies. But with the ascendant sublcass i found that the fights were over by the time i filled my focus. Does it get easier to fill focus later in game or should I just pick no subclass cipher to get my preferred playstyle.
As for arcane archer i chose it because i thought i could use ranger abilities to quickly fill focus and use pets as distraction, is that a good idea or should i drop ranger and go pure cipher