Can we please get a ranged limit break?

[Cabalabob]

Ever have that moment where you go into a dungeon and realise "oh joy 2 archers, now we have to do this without a DD limit break"? I've never been in a situation where the archer having healer limit break has been a life saver. Sure some will argue on HM primals it can but I can't say I've been in a situation where both my healers have been KO'ed and the archer limit break could turn the fight around.

For a ranged limit break I'd suggest a single target attack weaker than the DD one but stronger than the Mage one with a new additional effect exclusive to the limit break.

Examples:
Aerial missile: 1900 potency, single target, additional effect: pin 15s. Character launches a shot into the air large missile comes Down on the target.
Bombard: 4000 potency, single target, additional effect: pin 20s. Character fires rapidly into the air a hail of shrapnel comes down on the target.
Radiant storm: 7500 potency, single target, additional effect: pin 30s. Character fires a bolt of lightning into the air, comes down on the target.

Additional effect: pin is basically silence, pacify and a bind (that won't be broken by attacks) and no mobs have immunity/resistance to it. The mob can still auto attack and it won't stop it using special moves like hellfire, aerial blast or earthen fury. But if they do use a special move the effect will still be active when they finish the move.

I see this add effect being used as kind of a breather move. So if everyone has taken a lot of damage you can use this limit break to basically halt the mob while your party all get away and recover for a few seconds.

I just don't think that not having a ranged limit break will work out long term. More ranged classes will eventually be added (musketeer) and they can't all just get healer limit break. It would be better to change it now and give it to archers and have it there for future ranged class releases.

[Shamirah]

Yeah sure, they give you this LB, you're getting nerfed into the ground. Your choice.

[PArcher]

As it is right now, giving BRD a damaging LB will just screw melees (and maybe even casters) even more than we are now. Heck, even after the patch giving BRD a damaging LB will just mean more double-stacking BRD, not less like it should be.

[Cabalabob]

Yeah sure, they give you this LB, you're getting nerfed into the ground. Your choice.

Hey I'm no archer, just a PLD sick of having 3 healer LB's and 1 tank LB when I use the duty finder.

[Cabalabob]

As it is right now, giving BRD a damaging LB will just screw melees (and maybe even casters) even more than we are now. Heck, even after the patch giving BRD a damaging LB will just mean more double-stacking BRD, not less like it should be.

I can't see this, being a problem, way I see it I looked at it kind of as a mid way point between Mage and DD with its own feature to differentiate it from them. Weaker than DD's (less effective against, say, titan's heart) and single target (useless against things like ifrit's nails) but better than a useless healer limit break on a damage dealer.

[saber_alter]

i would rather have ranged LB be a cleave.

similar potency to caster lb, but it hits all targets in a straight line in front of the user.

[PArcher]

I can't see this, being a problem, way I see it I looked at it kind of as a mid way point between Mage and DD with its own feature to differentiate it from them. Weaker than DD's (less effective against, say, titan's heart) and single target (useless against things like ifrit's nails) but better than a useless healer limit break on a damage dealer.

Why did I expect a Paladin to understand what its like to be left out of everything due to their class of choice?

You do realize that melee are taken into groups mostly as a glorified LB, right? What happens if BRD are given a damaging LB? Oh look, even less work for us...

[Phantom_Lunar]

I think to fit into the "Support" role, Limit break that gives everyone a buff would be unique and nice. For example, everyone's damage gets increased by 10% for 30 sec or something like that.

[Cabalabob]

I think to fit into the "Support" role, Limit break that gives everyone a buff would be unique and nice. For example, everyone's damage gets increased by 10% for 30 sec or something like that.

I guess that could work, would have to be way more than 10% though, this LB has to be able to make up for not having/using a 9000 potency attack or AoE 5400 at level 3.

Maybe 25% at level 1 30% at level 2 and 40% at level 3 all for 15 seconds.

[Cabalabob]

Why did I expect a Paladin to understand what its like to be left out of everything due to their class of choice?

You do realize that melee are taken into groups mostly as a glorified LB, right? What happens if BRD are given a damaging LB? Oh look, even less work for us...

Gasp! Them damn bards took your job!!
Took yer jerb!!!
DOOK DER DERB!!!!