Crossbowman heroes

[iBlue]

Sorry about overlooking the hero classes topic but i dont usually check the classes category and jump to the class i'm interested itself from the main page >.< (learned my lesson)
I've been thinking pavise but the two times i tested my sharpshooter on ragnarok the arbalest just doesn't cut it.
Fire rate/ damage aren't sufficient. For hardmode, pavise would be the way to go but what about ragnarok? I expect that more and more events will be happening on ragnarok rather than hard because with a good team hard is a breeze and doing something easy for items is the worst type of a grind. My 2nd character is an archer and if i understand it correctly they fall off on ragnarok due to the rangers.

Would a normal repeater be a sufficient upograde for ragnarok if you carried a shield and crossbow using only 1 set of bolts? Again, i have no real experience in this game mode yet and would value the input!

(The last thing i want is a useless hero that's rather unwelcome in ragnarok)

What is the actual preferance for events in ragnarok? Commando and skirmisher?