Do NOT make the same mistake as FFXI.

[Physic]

Just to be clear. Yes I do understand the main point of the thread. Archers are still OP when it comes to battles that are supposed to be difficult.

Guess what, that comes with the class. You get enhanced damage mitigation by way of ranged attacks in exchange for buying arrows constantly. (And yet people still ask for unlimited arrows? lol f*ckin srsly??????) Sure, there's much more tweaking needed.

My problem is that people see how easy it is with arc/con/gld setup and automatically give up on trying other options. It's as if they think that this setup is the only one that works or something.

The content is supposed to be hard. Suck it up and try to invent your own strategies and don't worry about how other people beat.

you may have a team of people who are down with you no matter what, but most people do not, especially casual people they want to appeal to. If they make it a lot easier to do something one way, the community will force people to do it that way, until someone breaks the mold and can figure a way to do it easier another way. The goal of balance and development is to make sure that the game doesnt favor only half of the classes. right now, it does.