I'm really eager for another bow job.

[Ayuhra]

Dual wielded crossbows. I'd be all in.

[Soge01]

Sniper Crossbow, support physical range, specializing in DoT maintenance, vulnerability upkeep and various other skills and abilities to help keep enemies crippled and weakened for the rest of the party to easily take out. I waaaaaant! :3

[Stormfur]

I think/hope that maybe eventually they will separate longbow/shortbow and give one to bard and the other to a rogue/ranger class.

[Theodric]

Sniper Crossbow, support physical range, specializing in DoT maintenance, vulnerability upkeep and various other skills and abilities to help keep enemies crippled and weakened for the rest of the party to easily take out. I waaaaaant! :3

I'm so very pleased that I get to live out my sniper fantasy in the reworked PvP mode, at least. As a MCH at any rate...so not exactly a bow. I'll have to see how BRD plays in PvP later!

[Barachim]

I'd love to get a proper ranger job. Maybe it could be something similar to Red Mage, a Range class with the occassional close range burst window. I love the Crystarium Composite Bow and it always pains me that I am unable to draw the sword from my back to slice people up.

[Alpheus]

I wouldn't mind an actual Ranger Job either, maybe have some melee weaponskills where you pull out a one handed axe (i miss the XI 1H Axe weaponskills) to go along with the Archery. I'd also settle for a forward dash for BRD in addition to the back dash they do have (but I like those kinds of abilities a big deal) lol.

[SomeRandomHuman]

Why stop at a crossbow? Take a page from Elden Ring and do something with a (kind of)hand-held Ballista? Make it a turret type ranged dps since those things are hefty. Remove it's ability to auto-attack outside of melee(for obvious reasons) in exchange for raw power.

If not as a ranged dps I could see it working as a Tank. Sounds silly, but with some creative engineering it could work. Imagen launching yourself into a mob with an explosive round for propulsion only to smash the thing's skull in with the butt of the weapon. Could easily have a moveset that has some more reach outside melee range.

Just tossing ideas out there. One of the darts will hit the bull's eye eventually.