Samurai Archers

[Vandheer]

I've got my /rng gear as good as it would've gotten, sans yoichibow and I've been working on keeping it up to date with recent gear additions

Heya, Delvish would you mind posting your gear setup in the thread? Sounds like you have a good grasp on it.

[Delvish]

Heya, Delvish would you mind posting your gear setup in the thread? Sounds like you have a good grasp on it.

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/132241 is what I usually use. I haven't updated the grip but normally I use a rose grip with a stp magian GK for max tp per arrow, though Uther's grip is also valid. Haven't examined the new stuff too closely. The coselete has RAtt and Racc augment. I am open for input as you see fit too.

[Hyden]

SAM had some decent /shooting gear back at 75 but most of it was mini-expansion augmented gear. Only problem I had was deciding which augments to go with. TP vs WS, Racc vs Ratk vs Snapshot, etc. Zha'Go's Barbut and Buccaneer's Belt deserve a mention too. It would be nice to see SAM added to some of the upcoming RNG gear perhaps.

I think the only actual Racc/Ratk upgrades SAM has gotten since 75 are like Missile Boots, Unkai Kote +2 and Clearview Earring (maybe Terebellum Mantle too actually). Stuff like Libeccio Mantle and Impulse Belt woulda been really nice. :/

[Hayward]

I've always wondered why Samurai never got access to Archery Trials and mentioned in a past thread. It would seem only right that Samurai get to build a Bateleur or any on the other Magian Bows.

Your proposal has a lot of good things going for it, and I'm sure no Ranger would complain about SAM getting Archery skill raised to B-/B+. As for weapon skills, I'd probably leave some, like Sidewinder and Arching Arrow, as exclusive to Ranger--they are the experts, after all.

[Delvish]

I've always wondered why Samurai never got access to Archery Trials and mentioned in a past thread. It would seem only right that Samurai get to build a Bateleur or any on the other Magian Bows.

Your proposal has a lot of good things going for it, and I'm sure no Ranger would complain about SAM getting Archery skill raised to B-/B+. As for weapon skills, I'd probably leave some, like Sidewinder and Arching Arrow, as exclusive to Ranger--they are the experts, after all.

Well, we already have sidewinder which was our bread and butter /rng ws. Leaving some exclusive WS is expected, but at least 1 blue proccing WS would be greatly appreciated, expanding on our rather limited proccing role within abyssea.

[Vandheer]

Speaking of our limited proccing role in abyssea we can't forget that WAR or other jobs that /sam will be able to use one of the event Great Katanas along with some decent boosting in Great Katana skill to proc with Samurai weapon skills. Not to take everyone too off topic from the idea of Archery on Samurai but it is a bit of an issue regarding proccing and Samurai. That being said some Archery proccing weapon skills would be amazing.

Also thank you Delvish for sharing your armor setup with us all. I think it helps everyone in the thread along with SE get an idea of how much help Samurai needs in fixing Archery on Samurai.

[Delvish]

Also thank you Delvish for sharing your armor setup with us all. I think it helps everyone in the thread along with SE get an idea of how much help Samurai needs in fixing Archery on Samurai.

No problem. As you can see, with augments, RAcc is comparatively easy to obtain. However, RAtt is
half of that. In recent updates we have been getting more and more RAtt gear, so we just need to continue along this path. Refuge Arrow opened up a WS for us that we didn't have to rely on mass amounts of RAcc just to be able to hit (still missed half the time).


Another note about my gear set: I've been trying to stack up on STp to allow myself the greatest amount of tp per hit. In future updates once we reach 99 and we no longer receive STp bonuses through JT and merits, then I can begin work on trimming out a TP build like we had back at 75.

[Vandheer]

Another note about my gear set: I've been trying to stack up on STp to allow myself the greatest amount of tp per hit. In future updates once we reach 99 and we no longer receive STp bonuses through JT and merits, then I can begin work on trimming out a TP build like we had back at 75.

Do you have a link to that information Delvish, or anyone else reading this actually. Thats news to me so I'd love the link/links where SE announces their future plans like that. O.o

[Delvish]

Do you have a link to that information Delvish, or anyone else reading this actually. Thats news to me so I'd love the link/links where SE announces their future plans like that. O.o

Oh, that is all just speculation. We keep getting new gear and job adjustments too rapidly to make looking for the best of the best set a valid option. The key to proper wsing is ensuring just enough STp to reach 100% on X-hit build without going over and filling the rest with haste, DA, and now zanshin. I just assume the possibility of a new job trait or merit system so no real link.

[hiko]

SAM had some decent /shooting gear back at 75 but most of it was mini-expansion augmented gear. Only problem I had was deciding which augments to go with. TP vs WS, Racc vs Ratk vs Snapshot, etc. Zha'Go's Barbut and Buccaneer's Belt deserve a mention too. It would be nice to see SAM added to some of the upcoming RNG gear perhaps.

I think the only actual Racc/Ratk upgrades SAM has gotten since 75 are like Missile Boots, Unkai Kote +2 and Clearview Earring (maybe Terebellum Mantle too actually). Stuff like Libeccio Mantle and Impulse Belt woulda been really nice. :/

moondoe-mantle nice mix of racc/ratt