Why are ranged using LB so much now?

[CUTS3R]

Two major times tank LB was great ->

1.World of Darkness when the raid derps and lets the boss get too many stacks of clouds.
2.T13 Teraflare

You forgot last set of balls on Ultima HM, back in i90 days.

[Kaurie]

You forgot last set of balls on Ultima HM, back in i90 days.

Minstrels Ballad? never seen it used in that fight 0.o

[AskaRay]

Minstrels Ballad? never seen it used in that fight 0.o

If you didn't use the tank LB in that fight, you were p much dead.

[Kaurie]

If you didn't use the tank LB in that fight, you were p much dead.

It's possible I did it after that was necessary gear wise. I can't recall when i did it, but it was probably around patch 2.3

[RocheKat]

If you didn't use the tank LB in that fight, you were p much dead.

My FC ran it on day one. After wiping forever on that specific spot I realized SE gave us a reason to use tank LB. I would say it is possible to do it without it at that gear level but you would need a very good group to pull it off. Tank LB makes it /derp

And yes I am not talking about melee sitting on the dang thing all day... "But LB doesn't matter outside savage..." What DR are you doing Alex/Primals in? Those fights LB is often the difference between winning and losing... and yes I have lost A8 after a ranged blew a LB on nothing.


This also doesn't answer why Ranged are not using LBs in 4 mans on trash where it is far more powerful. In there they either let the melee use it on a boss or they use it on a boss. Both ways are not that useful because the damage it does just isn't enough to mater on those fights. A big trash pull though makes ranged LB awesome and can really speed up runs.