All RNGs please RSVP!!! Your input needed!

[Ipwnzuall!!!111]

Alright, yo, here da dealio...

To perhaps put an end to all this talk of which subjobs "work," I've decided to conduct a poll. It's very simple... just list any subjobs for Ranger that you deem "acceptable," and in the end, I'll compile a list of job/sub combos that are considered acceptable by the people on these boards. If someone asks about a certain combo, you can refer them there if you like.

How you pick the combos doesn't matter. You can choose combos based on what you would play, whether or not you would invite a character with that combo into your PT, draw names from a hat, or whatever... it's your prerogative.

Combos that recieve a certain number of votes (undecided for now) will be listed and ranked according to popularity of vote.

Thanks for your help, ebbulibody!!!

[Matsukurago]

I prefer my rangers to be /War /Nin/ or /Sam (for late game). I will accept any Ranger that is well equiped that has a "different" choice of subjob such as /Thf or /Drk. As long as they have the equipment to make up for there choice I don't care. I won't accept /Blm but I understand this choice for solo for the obvious use of Warp. If you have /Mage /Brd /Bst /Pld etc. etc. and I am looking for effective members sadly I don't think I will be sending you an invite. No offense though.

So to recap when I'm looking for an effective damage dealing party Ranger I look for /Nin/War/Sam in that order. Late game I think /Sam will take over the #1 slot and /Nin and /War will move down to #2 and #3 respectively. Just my opinion.

[Cometgreen]

Sigh.

As the FAQ says, the generally accepted subjobs are Warrior, Ninja, and Samurai (mainly for 60+).

....I think we're done here.

Cometgreen

[qweezy]

I can sub War or Nin for my Rng. I prefer War, maybe thats cause I always PT with a very good PLD that knows how to draw aggro well and uses cover flawlessly. As for as accuracy is concerned, the extra bonus from another Archer Knife is almost negligable at higher lvl, I haven't notice much difference in accuracy switching from Nin to War, then again maybe that's cause I always look for a Brd or GA Warrior when setting up a PT. I've gotten up to 1300 dmg(no renkei bonus included) on IT crawlers with War sub o.0, something that I cannot do when I sub Nin, and I'm only using a War Bow+1 and Elemental Arrows. As for Samurai, I don't really know how that combo is gonna work as I haven't really tried that combo. You'll be able to slip in an extra Sidewinder every 3 minutes, that's like one extra Sidewinder every 2 fight, but the question is where do you slip in that extra Sidewinder? Aggro is really a huge issue for Samurai sub i think.

War - Higher consistent dmg, Sidewinder and Barrage have the biggest bang.

Nin - Slightly better accuracy, uber defense with blink

Sam - lots of Sidewinder

[FeralisCallidus]

Levels 1-20, acceptable subs:

War, Nin, Thf

20-30, acceptable subs:

Nin, War (Nin suggested)

30-60:

Nin, War (Equalliy good)

60~:

Nin, War, Sam (depending on your PT makeup)

[Ipwnzuall!!!111]

Just in case anyone needs to know on this particular forum: if you agree with everything that's said in a Sticky (from this forum) on the matter, then you can just refer me to that sticky for your votes, since several people seem to be in consensus on those.

[Bamce Sylph]

why don't you just read teh %@&(%*&(@ing stickies?!?!?!!?!

[Trell]

Originally posted by Bamce Sylph
why don't you just read teh %@&(%*&(@ing stickies?!?!?!!?!

lol

[Ipwnzuall!!!111]

Just because not everyone agrees with them, and I need numbers of how many think which one works. It's not a study about what "works" but rather about what people think works, so I'm asking everyone's opinion.

[Ninjitsu]

/nin - As previously stated, protection w/ utsusemi, more accuracy
/war - higher damage when you hit
/sam - more weapon skills w/ meditate

All acceptable

Questionable:
/drk - The attack bonus for this job might make it an interesting choice, but not a first choice in my opinion.