The Shadowbringers ranged role is just a failure as a whole, honestly. Ranged offers literally nothing impactful that other dps jobs can offer.

Mitigation? Casters and Melee have it too

Damage utility? Other jobs have it

Raising people? That'll always be a caster thing

MP support? Removed in Shadowbringers launch

TP Regen? Removed in the last expansion

Extra healing? Monk offers that too

The ranged role needs something impactful to make it worth taking other than some welfare 1% party stats buff.

Heck I wouldn't even be mad if ranged dps at least were the only dps jobs with a mitigation skill, but nope, even Black Mage, you know, the greedy dps job with no utility, has a damage mitigation skill.