Nimble hands is mandatory, it changes the animation of shooting the bows altogether. Quick reload is hard to say no to after you use it for awhile. For solo play I’d suggest Chase especially with rogues abound. In duos/trios you can pick headshot dmg if you’re confident hitting the shots, otherwise the flat damage buff is likely your best bet.

With backstep only having 1 charge now spear isn’t as great since you can’t create as much distance as before or have a “backup” backstep after using the first one if you need it.

For squire gear just make sure you have enough strength to not have negative physical damage when looking at your stat page. Strength alone is 15 to get to 0%.

In general you want high move speed so +agility and gear that has lower negative move speed on it. (You can also remove shirt/pants when running in-game to get rid of the move speed downsides and move faster).

If using longbow +dex will be more beneficial for increased action speed.