ARC Auto-attack = Ranged attack..

[Wevlum]

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/sigh
Really?
Back to only caring about PGL again. Disappointing since I was actually looking forward to using ARC again but given we're sticking to the retarded punching auto-attack (again, what the hell is that, really?). Maybe ARC should just not bother using /ra?

The damage will probably suck (which fair enough we're a support class now), the animation lock will get us thoroughly owned against anything where position matters, requiring us to manually hit a button to melee screws us due to issues such as lag and the lack of command stacking, and what's more we have to pay gil for the priviledge of having the worst regular attack in the game? No thank you.

Also you know what? Shadowbind is a terrible excuse, if autoattack is a feature of how combat works then you design the class around that, not screw the class just because of 1 skill that's only applicable during solo anyway.

Know who else has a bind skill? LANCER DOES FFS

[Teia]

The damage will probably suck (which fair enough we're a support class now), the animation lock will get us thoroughly owned against anything where position matters, requiring us to manually hit a button to melee screws us due to issues such as lag and the lack of command stacking, and what's more we have to pay gil for the priviledge of having the worst regular attack in the game? No thank you.

Really, it's a combination of the first and third that annoys me the most. Why make a class pay for attacks and then have those attacks suck? Then second most is mashing the button to do an attack because of no command stacking, when they could just queue it up and force the animation to finish before the queue advances.

Honestly, I'm getting FFXI RNG vibes. Best class in the game gets nerfed to uselessness then never brought up to par with the other classes. But I'll reserve judgement until I see 1.20 myself. Who knows, SE might pull it out yet.

Edit: Also on the sweet spot thing, there's the fact that you can't actually see what your specific distance is from the target, which in FFXI meant you could only play RNG optimally with Windower. You should never have to cheat in order to play a class to its fullest.

[Corrderio]

Really, it's a combination of the first and third that annoys me the most. Why make a class pay for attacks and then have those attacks suck?

I don't mind the weakened damage too much because of ARC's ranged saftey net. But yeah the pay to shoot thing is annoying. They should just scrap arrows and allow us to equip quivers which are infinite.