Bowharp and the Death of RNG

[Rinsui]

I guess they just got sick of Archers dealing the highest damage while staying way out of harm's way.
You may call it an extension of their role, or a nerf.
Both is most welcome.

[Calina]

I guess they just got sick of Archers dealing the highest damage while staying way out of harm's way.
You may call it an extension of their role, or a nerf.
Both is most welcome.

1st. No other class in the game has to pay to attack accept Archer. (there dmg should be substantial if for no other reason then this)
2nd. Ranged classes are not always completely safe, mob hate and aggro gains should be consistent with dmg dealt.
3rd. Dungeon content added such as the r25 and r45 raids.. all have other elements that are outside the Safe zone of the boss which are hazard to all classes including Arch such as Ghost's when fighting ogre, Ghost's, Eye's and Multiple Skele spawns when fighting Batraal and in the r25 dungeon bosses extra spawns that pop at the beginning and in the middle of fights.
4th. Arch is not the only class in FFXI to have a ranged advantage while also being extremely useful, some in some cases do more import things then "More dmg vrs other melee" such as CON/thm which heals from safe distance and is more important in a fight then a arch or really any other class being you can still win a dungeon fight with out archers.. it will take longer and probably be hard but it can be done.. you however can not win a dungeon fight with out Mages healing
and lastly , No where has SE said that archer is going to be a bard.. and has said that these Jobs are not advanced jobs.
so my bet is Archer becomes what it should become something along the lines of a Ranger and in all honestly most likely a
Ranger!
the bow in the pictures just looks like a highly stylized bow! just like the PLD sword which looks about as deformed and odd as the bow if not more so.