Ranger Now, Ranger ThenFollow

I posted this over on the main forum, just to help out with some of the rangers..any other combos that you can see, please post and help out the rangers. The ranger in my static did a little experimenting last night and here is what he had to say.


This is what happened in the last two nights of our static. Posted by our ranger "Airamis"



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I played RNG/WAR last night.

With Sushi I was at my pre-patch /NIN levels of DMG on pretty much everything from the sweet spot.

But with Yellow Curry, I was over that DMG, by a good 10-15 points per shot.

Throw in a Berserk and Warcry and I was hitting IT+ and ++ Gobs in Bibiki Bay for 140+ on a normal shot, Nailing my Barrages, and without realizing it I was pulling hate ( a new line to find, whoopity). At one point even the BLM asked what the hell I did, The Drk announced to the LS 'Rangers are back!' and we racked up XP like we always have.

Kept the Francisa for the Ranged Attack, gave up the off hand weapon, changed foods. Picked up Warcry and Berserk (careful with using both prior to WS, you WILL get a new friend) I now deal more on XP mobs than in the past.

BTW, I used a Gendawa (NQ) and Demon Arrows. So it's not like I was doing anything exotic or high priced.

Oh and TP gain was not a problem, despite never once being in Melee range.


So far I haven't been able to get a handle on GUNS however. They seem to have taken a legitimate whack. Maybe someone who uses them more than I do can shed some light. I don't thing /WAR will help you since GUNS get no benefit from the additional STR of WAR and Curry ( wasn't like I was overloaded on STR BTW, I'm hume and I was 60+9 with /WAR and Food)



Also, roughly 60 RNG on Ragnarok last night. 58 were subbing /NIN and one was /SAM. I was the lone /WAR. People need to be willing to at least EXPERIMENT before they go running off crying and shouting that the sky is falling.

Oh, and for those interested, over 200 BLM on at the same time.. .most of them under 25.
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http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.ht...&num=21

Also Someone on Alla. Posted where to stand for maxium ranged damage.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.ht...8&num=5

Here is another thread of him posting his damage.

http://www.digitalbackspin.com/forum/inde...wtopic=2356

So basically just try new combos, it will work out..everything is not lost.

Now I don't know about gods, but I would assume if your kiting the mob rangers will just have to move shoot, move shoot But I don't know..

Little surprised he doesn't know that STR & ratk boosts from /war & curry do in fact help Gun damage (sweet spot for gun is different than bow though), but glad to hear that he made it work.

I've needed another reason to finish off my /war, this may be the time to do so before finishing up my rng.

Hehe, I was that only RNG/SAM last night :P

I prefer this combo because I like to skillchain. I got plenty more hp and str than I do when I used /nin, and the third eye every minute is pretty nice, especially since we don't get hate as easily anymore.
Meditate only gives 60tp but with the lack of meleeing we do now, it is a nice thing to have now.

I have yet to use /war since the patch but thanks for that info, I'll try it.

I was Xp'ing w/ a Rng/Nin Last night in Kuftal Tunnel on some Crabs and Gobs. The Rng was doing anywhere from 60-120 Dmg on Regular Arrow shots, and Sidewinder was about 550's or so Dmg.

I'm Just a monk, but from my Observation, Rng is still a good Dmg Power-house, Exp Considering we were chaining IT HD's pretty smooth into the night.

Just as a Blurb, it seems the Changes to Nin are pretty cool too. While shadows do seem to loose hate, I've had fun working w/ the Nin's to Keep the Hate as well, w/ some Boosting and Chi Blasts when the time Calls for it.

I also discovered, that a Repeating crossbow will let you stand at the crossbow sweet spot OR right up on the mob becuase it has such inherently low DMG. From what I could see, Sweet spot was about 8-10 more DMG than point blank. But with the rate of fire and the added melee DMG, you can actually crank out a steady stream of pain on the mob.

It pretty much sucks for WS though, but when' you're opening light anyway, it's not that big of a deal as long as you hit it.