Quote Originally Posted by wax_on_wax_off View Post
I'll prefer 7 rogue / 7 artificer / 6 ranger for a full time ranged build. Eladrin has stated that mech I and insightful damage not stacking isn't WAI so I'm working from the assumption that it'll be fixed before live.

The combination of GTWF, Manyshot, Endless Fusillade, 4d6+18 sneak, enlarged PBS/sneak range I think will make this as optimal as a ranged as much as possible build can be with a decent amount of versatility for good measure.

I'd worry with your bard/artificer/rogue build that your feats would be quite tight and you wouldn't have an alternative for those times that xbow DPS wasn't appropriate.
I was thinking of trying something similar using deepwood sniper and see if how well the sniper abilities work with the artificer PrE, but I was going to skip rogue for more artificer and helf it with a rogue dilettante for the sneak attack. Maybe pop it 2 monk levels instead somewhere.

It would be a pet project down the road tho, I want to play with the capstone too. It's feels more like a pnp arti to me.