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Are Rangers still good, since the update?Follow

#1 Oct 21 2005 at 4:41 PM Rating: Decent
I've been out of the partying game for a LONG time (for the higher level, at least), and I've just been leveling low level jobs... I haven't really seen a ranger in action since the nerf.

Are they still heavy damage dealers, or not?

Do people still like them for high level activities?

I WAS going to be a Ranger, someday, but SE screwed that plan up... Maybe you guys can enlighten me about the Rangers DD capabilities post-nerf, please?
#2 Oct 21 2005 at 4:44 PM Rating: Good
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Well, I static with RNG, and I can only speak from personal experience. I am still top tier DD in my static party of PLD, SAM, RNG, BLM, WHM, BRD. I do nearly 10k more dmg then the SAM in a 3 hour session. The only thing I miss is not being able to keep my dagger and axe capped anymore. Skill up parties suck.
#3 Oct 21 2005 at 4:48 PM Rating: Good
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RNG is still incredibly powerful, but only against monsters that are also IT to people of your same level range and at the right distance. They're no longer TP powerhouses, but they still get TP very fast. Frankly I think the only change to RNG is just that they have to stand back when shooting now :P
#4 Oct 21 2005 at 4:52 PM Rating: Decent
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So far in my experience, they are still "teh sexy"
However they tend to have to throw more caution in the wind when it comes to skillchaining. any Rng opening a chain can easily rip hate and have the mob charging them, ruining the sc, (pre sidewinder of course ^^)
#5 Oct 21 2005 at 4:53 PM Rating: Good
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#6 Oct 21 2005 at 4:53 PM Rating: Decent
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Dmg is about the same in xp pt, as the above poster says -melee attacks. I max my melee in xp pts anyway, just run in / build tp and run out and WS. Sometimes I've found it hard to find the 'sweet spot' and lose alot of dmg fiddling about trying to find it. There is one very nice bonus I've found from the update that balanced things in xp pts very nicely. I no longer need acc. food. @70-72 (was lvl 70 when it was nerfed) I've been able to use yellow curry pretty much exclusively, while other melee are stuck with the sushi.
#7 Oct 21 2005 at 4:54 PM Rating: Good
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any Rng opening a chain can easily rip hate and have the mob charging them, ruining the sc, (pre sidewinder of course ^^)


Yeah, this is true, that's why it's a good idea to still sub ninja in EXP parties, I get hate a lot (when skillchaining). It's also why I'm glad I close the Frag SC in my static.

Edited, Fri Oct 21 18:03:15 2005 by clintffxi
#8 Oct 21 2005 at 4:59 PM Rating: Decent
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RNG with good equip and attack food still good just gotta keep distance and in any case if stealing hate just forget about the big dmg and go close the mob and do WS (this actually depends on the tank if tank sux ws by mob if he is good you can still pull ws from far in any case you can always run to the mob and hold it until the other dd does ws)
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