Ranger wan-... NEEDS.

[Rambus]

Unlink double shot and Unliminted shot, I want to know why SE did that, no reason for it.

Upgradeable/ or special properties of WS ammo (Aeolus arrow comes from mind, it is a rare ex drop from a NM, Not something i want to shoot without unlimited shot.

3. More ammunition.

One of the most crippling problems with Ranger is the lack of ammunition available. A trip to the auction house will show you that higher level arrows and bullets are either extremely expensive or simply not available. This is probably because of Ranger's general lack of popularity but also because the materials require to make most ammunition are difficult to obtain. Making NPCs that sell or synthesize ammo for you would be awesome. Not only is the lack of ammunition a problem but the lack of variety is as well. Ranger has dozens of bolts, arrows and bullets they can use from level 1 until 60. All of them with different effects and purposes. From 60 to 90 ammo quickly boils down to highest base damage. Having higher level equivalents to status effect and elemental effect ammo would be extremely cool.

People don't want to farm, People want to spend thier time in abyssea so that leads to a big slow down of farming and crafting. With help of a friend and spending about 100k for materals and tips , and 3 hours time farming I got 6 stacks of 12 antlion quivers. I posted my consern about that concept here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...a-and-crafting

[Kiba]

So far all the suggestions made in this thread to improve the usefulness of the ranger job I really like. I certainly agree to be comparable to other damage dealing jobs attack power, damage over time by enabling rangers to shoot while moving, and availability of ammo are all areas that need to be improved.

Also on a side note like Rambus mentioned I would like to know as well the reasoning behind double shot canceling unlimited shot. Since unlimited shot only applies to one attack round or using barrage it shouldn't be bad as far
as usage considering the possibility of recycle kicking in.

My question to the Development Team would be what is exactly the intended use for Bounty Shot besides a larger loot pool? When Treasure Hunter is on it nullifies the effect of Bounty Shot. So its use would be more for just farming mats and being a cheaper alternative when there is no Thf in party.

My ideas on improving the job to add onto the list:
4) Archery and Marksmanship do not have any area of effect weapon skills. It would be really nice if the ranger job can join in on the AOE popularity great axe and dagger users are currently utilizing. This would help rangers become more useful in exp parties and farming in Abyssea. So either a new aoe weaponskill or adding an AOE effect when using a job ability in conjunction with barrage would make it happen.
5) With the introduction of bounty shot, Rangers have first entered a different job function other than damage dealing. I would like to see the Ranger job become involved in other uses such as party support abilities. I was joking with my friend the other day that it would be fun if I can shoot him with an arrow to cure him up :P If something like healing arrow is introduced it would be fun if the amount cure depends on ranged distance, critical hit, and cure potency. Arrows that remove status effects, dispel enemy buffs would be cool too.
6) Lastly, just a wild thought that came to mind. The way I look at it fishing and playing ranger are very similar. It would be fun if Rangers had an ability(every 10-20minutes similar to merit abilities) which when activated starts a gauge to charge up a very strong ranged attack. If successful deals damage and inflicts a defense down effect.

That is all I have for now. If my ideas sound silly please excuse me