Powerful ranger = die?

[Kenki]

I'm a rng/war at lv 32. I found out that whenever I use berserk + barrage + sharpshot + food => me tank. It's not really a bad thing but I found out it's like trading atks power with the monster.

me: hits 325 with barrage
monster: hit me 2x times (double atk) for 100+ dmg ea
me: use piercing arrow right after a dragoon use double thrust (130dmg) me = 247 + 109.
monster: *pissed* hit me from that time on with 90~100 dmg ea.
2 tanks: *provoke*, use WS = no effect.
Blm -> healer.
me: trading atks with 100dmg ea.
me: have 467hp and whm and blm have to spam CureII and CureIII on me.

I think maybe rng/war shouldn't use berserk with barrage, I'm not sure if what I did was right. Will I die at later levels if I keep this keep going? Should I go rng/nin to lower my power per shot and increase acc and dodge with blink?

[greysenn]

Manage hate, just like blackmages do. I've been able to pretty much keep hate on anything I want so far, ever since I started grouping. Just have to manage it. Berserk is more of an ammunition saver than anything, you may get the bigger hits, but it'll piss them off more too.

Space your shots way out so the tank can keep it's attention, and use barrage for killshots. (1/3 life or whatever it takes at that level.)

Thats what I've been planning on doing anyways.

[qweezy]

Paladins, a good one. I can shoot all I want with Berserk up and won't pull aggro. Using a War Bow +1 and Scorpion Arrows right now, the only time I pull aggro is when I Barrage or Sidewinder for alot, he'll usually get it off me with a Provoke or Flash. Any other tanks, 2 shots and you'll draw aggro . When I'm playing my Ninja tank, I need Thf help.

[Yukk]

This is what blink is for.

[McClane]

it all depends on how good the tanker (pld) is, some pt's I dun use berserk cause pld can't handle it, and if you are any good rng sidewinder should almost always get the hate on you, but with a good pld not for long ^^ and there is always cover

with barrage you can get the hate off, yes, for a little while, but I know very little tanks who can't handle barrage hatewise

but as a rng you also have a responsebility not to get too much hate, you take more dmg, need more heals, pt uses up more mp etc etc, it's not good for the pt
So I like never use sidewinder before the mob = on like 50% health and barrage depends on the tank just dun start a battle with barrage --"
And if you are afraid of dying so much, get a better tank or sub nin, nin sub can save ya life ^-~

[Matsukurago]

me: hits 325 with barrage

I don't know if you left out some parts of the fight but if you did then good. If not then bad.

Don't open up with Barrage right away because if you do then its going to take the Damage dealer and the Tank sometime to get the hate off of you. A wise Ranger I once knew said (mind you his english is poor) Barrage @ 50% Monster health or Barrage = kill monster for sure please. I'm assuming he meant don't use Barrage (this goes for weapon skills also) unless the monster has alot of hate stacked onto someone else (I.E. 50%~) or your going to kill it.

I basically have just repeated what McClane said but that's to stress the importance of it.

[Trimpton]

Find a good pld and make him your best buddy. Watch your aggro on tanks you dont know, follow the 50% rule when it comes to high dmg shots and youll be ok.

My pld friend dreads the day I hit 60 and do my 60rng/30sam combo.