Quote Originally Posted by Atamis View Post
Splitting Archer off from bard doesn't mean you have to take the bow or the concepts away. It just means another ranged dps gets born. I advocated starting at 30 and possible requiring having Archer at 30 before the quests pops up just so people don't feel obligated to level bard to 70 just to continue the archer archtype, but admittedly that is a moot concern, as anyone wanting to level Dancer or Machinist are already obligated to level something that isn't that to get there.
If Ranger is ever added, it will not start at level 30, nor will it split off from Archer in an ARC > RNG / ARC > BRD sort of deal like ACN > SMN / SCN > SCH. The developers have repeatedly stated that they will never do another job split—that they regret splitting ACN into SMN and SCH—and new job precedent has all new jobs starting at 20 levels below level cap, not at level 30; that was in HW only, and was abandoned quickly in both SB and ShB. Making a fuss about ARC not continuing into Ranger at level 30 won’t do much, because the developers have their formulae for new content (which includes the jobs), and I think we all know that they stick to it at this point in the game’s life cycle.