Confusion: Archer to Bard? Where is the Ranger Job?

[Anonymoose]

http://cheezburger.com/lionheart248/...iew/5457398528

While I find this comic absolutely hysterical in a satirical sense, I can't help but reiterate (just in case this still isn't hitting home with someone):

Ranger is at least 500% more focused on mastering the landscape and animals within its borders than it is on what weapon it uses while doing it.

Range (Verb): Roam, master, and protect landscape.
Range (Adjective) Long-distance

In the case of fantasy classes, "range" is a verb, not an adjective.
Thus, a Ranger performs the verb, it is not defined by the adjective.

[Rizon]

Musketeer class is planned, surely RNG could become an adv job of that in the future.

And in general RPG settings BRD can be a great DD with differnating levels of support abilites/spells, just cause it was a "weak" support only type class in XI doesn't make that true for its XIV version.

How I envision a typical RPG Bard; its a class that can enter in meele with daggers, swords or maces, shoot from distance with a gun or crossbow, help boost party morale, giving buffs with songs of valor and bravery as the same time enfeebling the monster with entrancing meloies.

Sounds to me like you are discribing Corair instead of Bard.

[Lionheart]

While I find this comic absolutely hysterical in a satirical sense, I can't help but reiterate (just in case this still isn't hitting home with someone):

Ranger is at least 500% more focused on mastering the landscape and animals within its borders than it is on what weapon it uses while doing it.

Range (Verb): Roam, master, and protect landscape.
Range (Adjective) Long-distance

In the case of fantasy classes, "range" is a verb, not an adjective.
Thus, a Ranger performs the verb, it is not defined by the adjective.

Yeah, I agree, it's just a matter of names really... call it hunter or sniper idc. We just call it ranger because it was the name for ranged dps job in ffxi.

[Lionheart]

Musketeer class is planned, surely RNG could become an adv job of that in the future.

And in general RPG settings BRD can be a great DD with differnating levels of support abilites/spells, just cause it was a "weak" support only type class in XI doesn't make that true for its XIV version.

How I envision a typical RPG Bard; its a class that can enter in meele with daggers, swords or maces, shoot from distance with a gun or crossbow, help boost party morale, giving buffs with songs of valor and bravery as the same time enfeebling the monster with entrancing meloies.

That vision of bard sure is intriguing... maybe he can do a too many things but I like it. Problem is there are people who wanted a pure ranged dps job and now they won't have that choice.

They could wait a little more and make a whole support class from zero maybe for patch 1.23 or something. Like BRD -> DNC (just to say 2 class/jobs that would fit in dd/support role)