2009-01-17, 11:39 PM
Findings Wrote:Have you even killed HT? I've never heard of Bowmasters being chosen over Marksmen and I've been on at least 40 runs. All the organizers I've talked to cared more about survivability than damage. On the runs I've been on, SE only gets a fraction of the apples and this makes it pretty clear what their real purpose is. BMs are more beneficial in terms of DPS because they actually have a fast skill in 4th job that they can take advantage of, but Horntail's frequent unavoidable attacks nearly ruin it.
If a class is "supposed" to outdamage another class in every circumstance, there is no point in the class that is worse in every scenario existing in the first place. It would make much more sense to delete the class and convert all BMs to Marksmen than to spend time making sure that every skill that Rangers/Bowmasters have is equal or worse, in terms of both speed and power.
BM vs MM is like Archmage vs Bishop
Bishop - Primary support skill
Archmage - Primary damage
There is no reason for bishops to be on equal terms of damage with archmages or complain about archmages doing more damage. I have to agree with Opeth. Marksmen are supposed to be stronger but slower, and that is true. You seem to neglect the advantages of BMs over MMs and just look at what you don't have.