Ranger news

[Sessurea]

So if they implement this ranger, with the dps of say a blm, and u cant move while attacking at all, you're happy? If so, fine. Ignore everything I said.

My only problem is with a full motion ranged class having the damage of a melee or caster. It would be actually absurd with it's OPness. Idc that u want a bard with different gimmicks, I'm just concerned this game doesn't get ridiculous class imbalance. If se were so cool for bards to have high damage, they would have implemented a non-song mode that would buff bards, something like cleric stance in a sense. But they didn't, they have even nerfed bards damage.

[AxelDH]

I was thinking, a 'Sniper' alt job could work well. Their play style could revolve around using an Aiming Stance, which locks them in place while active, but boosts attack power at longer ranges and allows use of special skills.

[Moqi]

Unless you're talking about a totally different Ranger than i'm thinking about then I have no clue.

Well, rangers in FFTA2 set traps and use potions and remedies to deal the opposite effect of what they're supposed (potions deal damage, antitodes poison enemies, etc.).

[MercuryD]

Stealth, ambush, possibly pets and traps + lolradar. u realize the incoming shitstorm on the pvp forums?

Stealth: OK. Ambush: Sure. Pets: Huh? Traps: Maybe.

In what iteration of ranger did it have a pet? Only a few jobs have had that afaik.

[mythicrose]

Stealth: OK. Ambush: Sure. Pets: Huh? Traps: Maybe.

In what iteration of ranger did it have a pet? Only a few jobs have had that afaik.

Actually a pet wouldn't be far fetched if one uses standard DnD archetypes. It wouldn't be difficult for SE to simply put a pet with ranger soulstone.

[UltimateAoe2]

Shhh bards round these parts get offended if you tell them about singing

BUT IM A BARD

WAHH

[UltimateAoe2]

Also. Ranger was never in this game...?
1.0 had bard. Pretty sure there's no ranger.

What game are you playing?

[Aaramis]

I agree that Ranger could pretty easily be implemented as an alternate job option of Archer, adding some slightly higher potency abilities (nothing crazy, mind you, but maybe something with a 200 potency attack that chains off something else, such as Heavy Shot -> Sidewinder). Could even throw in a positional attack (i.e. Sidewinder = higher potency from target's flank).

It'd shape Ranger into a more single-target oriented ranged dps as opposed to Bard's AoE + songs setup, which would provide enough of a change to make it feel unique.

Whether or not Yoshi will ever do another 1-class into 2-jobs setup is another question entirely, given how SMN and SCH had such issues.

[RiceisNice]

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They might as well be close ranged/melee then. Trying to go for positional from a range is pretty rough...unless you stand melee on the target (which would defeat the context of being a ranged dps.)

[Hestern_Nestern]

Can I be totally insane and imagine a Ranger job branching off from Archer as a . . . wait for it . . . Tank? :O!!!!!

What would that look like and do any of you think that viable or even interesting?

Just have to figure out the whole "I've got enmity and now the mob wants to come to me" thing...Hmmmm.