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

[Dusky]

(Huge thank you to Viridiana for teaching me how to bypass the 1000 character limit!)

Hm, Based on what I've been reading in here. Sounds a bit like a gripe thread Huzzah!
Currently I'm working on my lancer. But I've got a CON/ARC Build on a second character. And I used to play THM as my first class. So I sort of got in the habit of not moving when fighting (so as an archer, In dungeons I would stand still and dps from afar. Bringing mobs back to tank if need be etc.)
Fates? It depends on when you join. If you're one of the first people in and you're an archer, You're gonna have to kite a bit. But generally I try to keep close to tanks so they can pull threat off me rapidly. Then I retreat to the furthest I can still attack from and rinse/repeat.
Lancer? I'm enjoying quite a bit. While it requires movement (circling the enemy mostly) It's quite easy to do if you just lock on then L3. Strafe mode activated!

Earlier I read something in here about someone saying how easy it is to heal others while using a controller. Yes you are absolutely correct. if you're in a party with your fellows.
Otherwise in something like a Fate, You're not in a party unless it's a boss Fate, You have to spam left or right to cycle through targets, and if you're not facing that direction sometimes the cycle will skip the person entirely. This makes it even harder when someone is moving and dragging a bunch of adds behind them. because each time they pass in front of another player. the target cycle changes and what might have selected the player to heal finally, will now target someone closer. Then huzzah! back to the mobs and miss the player entirely. Meanwhile. computer has it a little easier because you can just click the kiting mc-kiterface and heal that way.

A quick story from before the servers went down for the evening. Was going through the Undercroft (Second story dungeon) with a random light party. You think it's bad to be in a group with a bad archer/bard. or terrible tank? Try being in a group with A tryhard cleric. A blind archer, And a button mashing tank.
First voidsent enemy (first miniboss) tank dies because A) he's not moving out of AOE markers, and B) The Conjurer is using Lightning while having cleric stance active, as opposed to healing the tank. Archer on the other hand, Has been killed shortly after the fight began because rather than attack the marked targets in order. He decided to attack whimsically and pulled threat on two enemies before the Tank could even get into the room. Then kited away from everyone, which made tank have to chase them down, and CON forget he was a healer and start attacking (God bless limit breaks because we would have wiped from that stupidity otherwise)
It just got worse and worse as the dungeon continued. finally culminating in the archer and CON ragequitting after dieing for the sixth time, and being replaced by compentent players (We just out DPSed the enemies before the tank had to worry about gaining threat)

So lets see... Moral of the story? (and the posts)

Learn your damn class. And if you're gonna be ranged dps? Start off as THM or ARC to learn some patience and how to stand still. Before becoming lololkitemaster (because magic classes have to charge attacks and have a smaller magic pool as opposed to Physical classes which draw from the endurance pool of 1000, which recharges steadily and allows you to move while spamming buttons.)