Quote Originally Posted by Adol View Post
I think the idea of archers needing to buy/craft arrows is that the archer is a really strong class. It's probably one of the strongest damage dealing classes in any MMORPG and FFXIV is no exception to this. I feel that this is what brings the balance with respect to having to buy ammo and having the potential to become useless in battle when they run out.
That does not sound like good balancing to me. There are better ways to balance a class than to make them useless because they are short on funds. The stamina bar can be one way in which you can control the rate of fire of an Archer.