Arbalester Information

hi everyone,

i haven't played l2 for a while and i am returning for god to this european server. i am interrested in the arbalester class and have several questions:

- is the class usefull/liked in party-play?
- how is the class compared to other archers (i liked to play them a lot in the past) ?
- is it useful in pvp?
- how hard is it to bring up an arbalester to the awekened-high-level-content?

i would be pleased if some players could give me some information,

cheers!