My bowman right now is lvl 71 not hp washed. I just now discovered hp washing and the benefits for bowman, is it too late to start right now? Should I just create a new bowman...
It really depends on what your goal hp is by a certain level. You don't have to restart but it would probably be easier to do so at this point imo. Another option that a lot of people take is they kinda ignore the washing on a first character and then use the money and equipment down the road and just reroll a new bowmaster in your case.
Actually you don't need to create a new character yet if you mp is okay. It is late but still able to catch up. Just get a good set of int equips and then start adding your ap points to hp, then buy ap reset to take away mp and put on hp if you mp is enough. Maybe state how many mp do you have now?
It's too late at this point for him to survive horntail without HB at lvl 155 using this method. It is still possible if they MP wash too though, but that's even more expensive.