History repeats itself: Time for the Great Archer Nerf of 2011

[Joe_Cool]

No one cares about speed surge in the party giving them piddle amounts of HP, and speed surge's effects on that lancer don't make the lancer competitive with archer. You're not even arguing relevant things. Your'e just blurting out facts and hoping they land on something.

Comrade in arms is no reason to invite a lancer over an archer to a tough fight. Sorry. Your argument barely flies on paper, and doesn't fly in the game.

Comrade in arms is just one ability that came to mind on LNC that increases DPS on all DD. No one would invite LNC if that was the only useful thing LNC would bring to that party. If you include that with the dmg that LNC does do (LNC is a pretty good DD) and the some other useful traits, LNC can hold its own in a party.

[Peregrine]

Comrade in arms is just one ability that came to mind on LNC that increases DPS on all DD. No one would invite LNC if that was the only useful thing LNC would bring to that party. If you include that with the dmg that LNC does do (LNC is a pretty good DD) and the some other useful traits, LNC can hold its own in a party.

You're not a novel act here. You can argue that dragoon in 2005 "brought things to the table" It just wasn't so. Sorry. You're wrong. Lancer can't hold itself in a party. Archer is 33% better than it is, so lancer becomes an inefficient party slot. End of argument.

It's the same failed mechanics as in XI. In 2005, Thieves bring nothing to the table. Dark knights bring nothing to the table. Dragoons bring nothing to the table. You can argue they do like an obvlivious wishful thinker, or you can open your eyes and see for a fact that the world does not agree with you.