Godly Possibilities?

[Tuned Bandit]

This is just an idea, and I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of it, but wouldn't a high level RNG/SAM be the biggest damage dealing combo? A 60/30 in this and you could charge your TP, use sidewinder, wash and repeat. Just curious as to what the pros and cons would be, because this has serious possibilities as far as I can see.

P.S.: If I do this, I'll be sure to have a leveled thief as well.

[Daxwells]

Hey, Tuned bandit

Tuned Bandit, is tht you? you're supposed to be a bard at our linkshell, remember? what, you quit? doesn't really matter if you quit, I just need to know.

[Tuned Bandit]

Ok

Daxwells, sorry. But it didn't seem like TWDM was really going anywhere and I don't really want to be a Bard anymore. I apologize and I guess I shouldn't make commitments that I can't follow through with. I'm sorry.

But back to Rangers. Around what level do RNGs get Sidewinder? (ex, THF gets Viper Bite at 33 i believe) And if at one point I was a RNG/THF, if I backstabbed an enemie would that erase my hate? I don't really understand hate and haven't done a lot of research on it, sorry.

[Daxwells]

thats alright man. we did go somewhere, we have a host now. But good luck with your ranger/samurai!

[Jei]

RNG/SAM should be pretty.... crazy, I guess....

Sidewinder follow by midareuchi (4 shots ability for lv30 ranger) already give back tons of TP. Now when your midareuchi isn't ready you have SAM's free TP charge for another WS......

when you're out soloing for money, nothing can stop you really.
In a party play, tho, pity your poor WHM and PLD, they definitely will have hard time protecting you

I don't know how good SAM's AGI is however. with sidewinder being a 5 hit WS it can hit all the way from 1 hit to 5 hits (or zero hit) and give back TP accordingly.... so AGI and range accuracy really is very important for rangers

BTW, side winder needs bow skill at 175, so around level 55-56 rangers can shoot it.

[Tuned Bandit]

Wow, that's pretty far off. 55-56, eh? Oh well. It really seems worth it to me.

So I guess I'll be a Thief from the start and work in my Carpentry skill as much as possible from the get-go. I'll probably be a bow-only RNG so I won't waste as much cash on guns ammo, even if they are stronger. Yeah, I guess I would be a handful for the WHMs and PLDs, huh? LoL.

Ok, and some last questions (sorry, I'm a curious type) regarding a RNG.

1.) Does the Thief's sneak/feint attack work with arrows/bullets?

2.) What does the Lvl 15 Job Quality "Rapid Shot" do?

3.) Around what level do they start to really pick up?

Sorry for all the questions and thanks Jei for taking time out to answer all my previous posts.

[Jei]

1. no. that's why /thf isn't quite helpful for rangers in a PT

2. it lowers your shooting interval time.

3. I think 30... when rangers get midareuchi ability.

[Exsol]

RNG/SAM?

omg yes, this is a very good combo,
i wouldnt worry about the hate you will get too much, as PLD do have the cover ability, and your other pt members will take the hate off you with taunt and heal, etc.
Its all about being the best you can, and the sidewinder is one of the RNGs biggest advatages.

and a rng/thf sucks ass.
:spin:

[Alatar]

I don't know if this is right or not but i heard Ranger/White Mage works out great maybe you could try that. Until you get to RNG/SAM it wouldn't give the gil gaining qualities of the thief or the Agi of a thief so i don't know. But good luck with it. I would try it out myself but i am going to be a ninja so my money is spent and trying ranger wouldn't help with that situation

[HAGAKURE]

What about a Sam/Rng ? what that be a good combonation considering that Bows/Guns are ranked C for samurais even tho you have to be a high lvl to get side-winder! and would cost alot to by arrows or ammo

[Exsol]

Originally posted by HAGAKURE
What about a Sam/Rng ? what that be a good combonation considering that Bows/Guns are ranked C for samurais even tho you have to be a high lvl to get side-winder! and would cost alot to by arrows or ammo

yeah, there is one small problem tho....only RNG use bow/gun WS's

[davidmmmm9]

that's why you sub rng. if you sub rng, you can use the bow WS.
or if you're a ninja or thf/rng, you can use the gun ws.

[Chip]

What about a RNG/MNK, would you be able to use the grapples or something. What would happen if I did this:confused:

[kanomjeeb]

this is my opinion,

I think ranger/samurai does too much hate and very hard to keep enemy off him.

only rng/xxx (whatever that is not samurai), i had soo much hard time to help the pld to keep target on him(I was doing dancing blade yokodama on him+pld shield bash, cure like crazy).

the thing is, yes rangers do soo much dmg, but they cant do too much, or pld in pt will be useless and they would die.

the sub job that suits ranger in my opinion is, /nin, dual wield never hurts, and blink help the ranger a lot from being killed.

one case, if the thf in pt subs samurai too, that would be very interesting .. lol .. sidewinder > dancing, sidewinder > dancing

[Chip]

What about a RNG/MNK, wut wud me the results of this? I wanna be a mithra RNG but i hav no idea wat type of sub job i want...im thinking about a MNK, wut wud be the ups and downs of doing this?