NIN/RNG using guns: drawbacks?

[Spider-Dan]

He said all WS after Sidewinder are RNG only. I guess you could fault him for using the wrong term (EX vs. SP) but the gist of his point is still accurate,

[greysenn]

I not sure you can compare straight melee and ranged acc scores (C vs C etc). It seems like melee is significantly less affected by monster level, and can get by with a lot less +acc to have similar hit rates. (Then again, ranged misses could just be more noticeable due to the slowness.)

[Kibagami]

Could be, its like when you miss 2 times in a row with a dagger compared to missing 2 times in a row with a Greataxe. The GA dud feels like he never hits the enemy, the dagger dud feels fine cause he got more hits in between the delay of the GA.

[greysenn]

Seriously though, I think if you gave melee the equvilant to the ranged acc bonuses we get, along with the additional job abilities for acc, I think they'd hit 95% of the time on just about anything.

[Spider-Dan]

greysenn, the point is that there is so much more RACC equipment readily available that the excuse of C rank Marksmanship is silly. It may cap a few points lower, but you'll have 20+ more RACC than you would have ACC when all is said and done.

[greysenn]

Heh, I'm not arguing that. I'm just saying it might not be as accurate as you expect it to be, even with all that +acc gear.

Let us know how it works. I'd be interested to see what your hit rate difference is vs. katanas