[TIP] If you're going to be an Archer

[RazzleDazzle]

SON, I pop featherfoot and bind kite. YOU CANT STOP ME.

[Flux_Pavilion]

Fortunately I haven't been paired with a bad tank yet. However I will admit this is my first MMO and online Final Fantasy game and for the first Level 1-30 I had no clue wth I was doing, I would pretty much run away from the monsters attacking me because I didn't know any better, there's no How-to guide on being a DPS character in a FF game attached to the case of the game.

It wasn't until at a later level when someone in my dungeon party chat told me what to do, and what not to do.

Not all the players are experienced like you guys, so have some patience and explain to the DPS ppl their roles and your expectations in chat before starting a dungeon.

[Seraphi]

the responses from archers only reinforces the preconceived stereotype people have of those that play the class
a combination of that level of mentality coupled together with the fate leveled 'never set foot in an instance, never changed or upgraded gear since level 15, oh, i only have this crafting gear, nothing else' assures my stance of never ever pugging

Simmer down, tough guy. Up to your post, I don't see a post disagreeing with the OP aside from a single, obviously satirical post.

Seems like you just wanted a thread to be a melodramatic badass in. I guess you found it.

[Bardo]

I kite every mob I attack, especially in fates.
What's the point in playing a game if you can't tie a string to an enemy and then run away as they fly up into the air, dipping and diving as you frolic across Eorza?

[Gaakt]

I kite every mob I attack, especially in fates.
What's the point in playing a game if you can't tie a string to an enemy and then run away as they fly up into the air, dipping and diving as you frolic across Eorza?

When they reset after you run too far and troll the whole fate, that part I think.

[Nosworc]

Not all of us are like what you are saying you know. As someone who has played mmo's for 8-9 years i think i know what i'm doing by now. It's a pity, the same thing happened in WoW as well (Poor Huntards lol). It seems anyone using a bow/gun gets put into one basket. I have met some bloody awful tanks/healers playing but i don't see threads going up about those.

[Lord_Zlatan]

This is the kind of thing that is completely unacceptable if you are in a party. Especially in a dungeon. These things should always be communicated before you begin. It takes all of two seconds. Not everyone is experience at the game or MMOs in general so taking the time to explain what you like/ what fits your play style can alleviate most of the problem.

In a non-groiped FATE, what do you expect people to do? 9 times out of 10, there is 0 communication in FATEs and people need to do what they can to survive. I understand that it makes more sense to go TO the tank rather than run away, but in all seriousness it is sometimes impossible to do that when you are not in a group. If I'm in a boss FATE (I was soloing that huge Coeurl the other night, not Ose), and a BLM runs in and starts nuking everything in sight. I simply shouted "TO ME IF YOU GET AGGRO". Take the time to help people, rather than rage if no one does ecatly what you THINK they should be doing.

[svann]

I dont do fates so much, but what are the chances I would catch a heal if I did run to the tank? Or am I expected to take a death for the team? What team?

[Calypsx]

Firing a bow while running is extremely difficult, I've never seen anyone do it with any form of good accuracy. The archers in this game must be demi-gods or something. They never miss at all while hopping and sprinting around in circles.

[Maku]

Firing a bow while running is extremely difficult, I've never seen anyone do it with any form of good accuracy. The archers in this game must be demi-gods or something. They never miss at all while hopping and sprinting around in circles.

Firing a Recurve bows while moving is easy. While running is rough but doable. What really makes them demi-gods is there ability to fire in the opposite direction, open up a worm hole that leads to the mob so the arrow can hit. THAT is what makes them demi-gods. ^^