Noob here. Started Royals a few months ago, not full time, just playing here and there. Managed to level an x-bowman to level 57 in that time as well as a level 30ish f/p, just like I had many years ago. Last night I heard someone talking about 'hp washing' and had no idea of it. Still don't really understand it to an extent, but there are plenty of guides out there to help me on that aspect. However, my big concern and main question is - Have I messed up my 'main' character by not 'washing' his hp up to this point? My end goal is to do some bossing, nothing crazy, but I don't want to have a squishy character getting 1 shot or holding my 'group' back. Would hate to have to delete my bowman, but if it means not being able to participate in end game activities then I wouldn't want to waste any more time leveling a mistake. Thanks in advance.
HP washing isn't required. You can do some lighter washing from here on out by wearing INT equips and etc, but ultimately it isn't required for bossing. There are plenty of parties that will take you as an unwashed bowman. You obviously won't hit 30k HP, but you also don't really need 30k HP so I wouldn't worry about it.