Why are ranged using LB so much now?

[CGMidlander]

I haven't noticed any change in LB usage trends. /shrug

[Zojha]

That's why as healer, you use the LB2 "just" before the last bar fills up.

Then snicker to yourself like a schoolgirl that just pulled a prank.

[Ayamia]

Because the melee never uses the friggin' LB.

[CGMidlander]

Because the melee never uses the friggin' LB.

In dungeons, it's much better to use caster/ranged LB on a large pull (or heck, even a normal sized pull) than it is to use melee LB on a single target.

[Culfinrandir]

Until recently I rarely saw a Ranged LB unless it was in an AoE situation. Now I am constantly seeing ranged LB on single targets.

Even more messed up is I couldn't get a ranged to use LB in a big 4 man trash pull if my life depended on it but step inside 8 man content and they just shoot it off.

I've noticed that too. There seems to be a "limit break is just another attack" mentality that has appeared where it is being used even though no bar is filled. I didn't even know this was possible but it must be. It's almost always against a single target too.

[ruskie]

Because Sagittarius Arrow is awesome and I want to see the animation more.

Nuff said!

But to be honest I rarely use it - I usually forget the LB is there most of the time but yeah the animation is just so beautiful. And you know the other nice thing about it?

It mimics what Gandiva is supposed to do as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandiva

When fired, the bow made the sound of thunder. It has special qualities like being indestructible, having 100 bow strings, etc. Which always gave the wielder a heavy advantage over his opponent

[Ignnis]

While the single target melee dps one is better (on bosses) they usually forget it exists (I'm guilty of this) so may as well let someone use it. As for trash packs, let the casters and long range melee do their thing.

[LordLucavi]

Well, I can remember when the BRD lb used to be the healer LB, and thus was never used. I think that since they got a damage LB they're all still stuck in excited mode about it.

I don't really have an issue with it, except when it's a boss with a stupid amount of HP and a melee LB3 will knock 7-10% off of it, and the ranged LB3 will knock 1-3% off and they use it.

Or they use it on a single target when the boss has an add phase they could have used it on.

[Jinzuku]

It's a shame there isn't a place in-game where you could preview your character using each stage of their LB.

I know I could probably just go on YouTube but I'd love to see my character call in a Meteor, not someone else's.

[Vidrian]

3 times yesterday my DF group wiped on A8 because our party had low dps and the ranged kept using LB3 in the final stage so we couldn't clear before the auto kill.