Why do Archers suck so bad against Ifrit?

[Jinko]

Reminds me when Ranger used to be overpowered in FF11 and they hit them hard with the nerf bat too.

Hopefully with the upcoming skill changes and job system they will balance out the damage across all class a bit more evenly, I just pray to god they don't screw blackmage over.

We've actually down right banned Archer from our runs and any future possible recruits for the time being. We've parsed it a lot and even mage DPS beats it lol, which is pathetic and terribly sad since mage DPS is strictly bound to CD's and MP for their damage. The only thing we haven't tested is a Ifrit's Bow + geared materia on Ifrit, but I doubt that'll make them magically gain 4-5k more dmg for the fight.

And thats the funny thing in any other mmo out there mage classes are generally the top DPSers, SE need to get their priorities in check and start making mage classes matter.

[grandm]

Reminds me when Ranger used to be overpowered in FF11 and they hit them hard with the nerf bat too.

Hopefully with the upcoming skill changes and job system they will balance out the damage across all class a bit more evenly, I just pray to god they don't screw blackmage over.



And thats the funny thing in any other mmo out there mage classes are generally the top DPSers, SE need to get their priorities in check and start making mage classes matter.

mages do matter. we all need to know a good healer. archers not so much. i'll take jesus over robin hood any day of the week

[Jinko]

mages do matter. we all need to know a good healer. archers not so much. i'll take jesus over robin hood any day of the week

When I say mages I obviously mean DPS mages not healing ones.

[Jennestia]

Reminds me when Ranger used to be overpowered in FF11 and they hit them hard with the nerf bat too.

Hopefully with the upcoming skill changes and job system they will balance out the damage across all class a bit more evenly, I just pray to god they don't screw blackmage over.



And thats the funny thing in any other mmo out there mage classes are generally the top DPSers, SE need to get their priorities in check and start making mage classes matter.

Mage classes always mattered -- People want FFXIV to be different, yet that would be making it just like any other MMO. The way SE handled mages, even in offline games, were always different than the way western and koreans handled mages in a sense.

For example the only reason black mages would get "screwed over" is if they bump magic resistance too high.