sword axe or dagger?

[mirri]

in terms of A B C or whatever how does each weapon compare when being used by a ranger? cause i think i want to go sword but it seems like since the new patch alot of rangers are uing axes or daggers as always

[Cometgreen]

Dagger has the highest rating for a ranger (I think a B-), and by lvl 28, you'll want....no, need an archer dagger. But you can use all three. I all ready have my sword skill over 80, and my dagger skill around 30, so I'm using an axe right now until I can lvl up my dagger more. It's nice to keep your options open, and the axe does quite a bit of damage.

Cometgreen

[Taurius]

If you want to become a Ranger class once you get to lvl 30 for the advance jobs, it's best to equip weapons/gear that helps to maximize your Ranger skills. A Ranger needs to be able to raise their TP fast enough so to uteralize their Bow skills. The best weapon for a Ranger to raise their TP fast is a dagger. Swords and Axes don't raise them fast enough, since Rangers have poor accuracy with melee weapons. You should also have Ninja sub so you can duel weld daggers. The best dagger at lower lvls is the Archers Knife, lvl 28, AGI +1, Range weapon Accuracy +10. Have 2 of those and you'll hardly miss and do a lot of damage with your bow. You'll also want to wear gear that raises your DEX and AGI.
There's a lot of swords and axes that a Ranger can use, but they're not effective for a Ranger in a PT. If you're soloing at times for gil farming or NM hunting, make sure you have NIN sub so you can evade more often and duel weld weapons that that do good damage and raise your TP fast. But remember that what ever weapon you use, the higher delay weapon is the default for delay.
Good luck. It's not easy being a Ranger, but you'll have fun with it.

[Brer Fox]

I suggest you use, once you reach level 7, the 'Beestinger.' It's a dagger that does only 4 damage, but has a low delay of 150 and adds +1 AGI and +1 DEX. A fine weapon for building TP and augmenting your stats.

Many rangers use this dagger even over later selections like the knife. (8 dmg 195 delay.)

[FeralisCallidus]

Use Archer's Knife until extremely high levels, where there is a rare/ex axe that has better ranged-attack augmenting stats. I forget the stats specifically, but if I can lure a japanese friend of mine and his lvl 75 ranger out of his mog house, I will try to copy them down...

[Brer Fox]

Archer's Knife is 11 dmg, 195 delay, +1 AGI, Ranged Accuracy +10.

Dropped by Hawkeyed Gnatbat in Davoi.

[FeralisCallidus]

Archer's Knife is 11 dmg, 195 delay, +1 AGI, Ranged Accuracy +10.

I was talking about the axe O.o;

[excaliburefire]

Archer's Knife is 11 dmg, 195 delay, +1 AGI, Ranged Accuracy +10.

Nice. Does this mean you have like 1 Agi + 20 AGI = So if you equip this it will give you like 21 Agi as per the calculation of the other forum. Delay is very good also.

I'm not a Ranger but planning on creating a new character to be one.

[tomc1988t]

archers knife (dagger) all the way =)!!

[Anom]

Archer's Knife is 11 dmg, 195 delay, +1 AGI, Ranged Accuracy +10.

Nice. Does this mean you have like 1 Agi + 20 AGI = So if you equip this it will give you like 21 Agi as per the calculation of the other forum. Delay is very good also.

Although 2 AGI = 1 Ranged Acc, I have a feeling that having an item that boosts Ranged Acc will not boost your overall AGI.

In other words, 20 AGI = 10 Ranged Acc, but 10 Ranged Acc does not = 20 AGI.

correct me if I'm wrong

[tongyang]

Originally posted by FeralisCallidus
I was talking about the axe O.o;

The axe has worse stats than archer knife (+7 acc and +7 range acc).

But it looks cool to use a rare axe that boost your accuracy too

[FeralisCallidus]

haha... But there IS a dagger that is better than the Archer's Knife (same level too), (i believe its the +1 form or SOMETHING)..

Like...

AGI+2, RNGACC+12 or something

Like 1.5mill on Alexander -.-;;

[Brer Fox]

There is, it's called the Hawkeye Knife or something like that.

[FeralisCallidus]

Or Hawking O.o;;

[tongyang]

Originally posted by FeralisCallidus
haha... But there IS a dagger that is better than the Archer's Knife (same level too), (i believe its the +1 form or SOMETHING)..

Like...

AGI+2, RNGACC+12 or something

Like 1.5mill on Alexander -.-;;

That knife is an upgrade of archer knife... but guild recipe requires "dragon's blood" which is made from "dragon's heart." (Drop by Fafnir I think?)