uhggg! SAM/RNG

[Caspian]

(*kicks Fastcart in the shins*).
Icemage

Kick him once more for me.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

I was thinking about doing NIN for a good long time, even had starting prepping for NIN, but I realized that expenses were pretty much enough between COR and RNG.

So now I'm thinking about SAM. I'm levelling it as a sub for RNG anyway and can't seem to be happy with any job that doesn't have a good rating in archery or marksmanship, so SAM seems to be the best choice. I have /NIN and /WAR subs ready, plus i'm 75 RNG. I guess I'm just curious how SAM/RNG stacks up against SAM/THF. I've only ever PTed with one SAM/RNG and it was pretty much a fun contest with him and my RNG. Seems like a good combo if you know when to use sidewinders

[raidenn]

I played with /Rng from time to time. Higher level arrows are expensive though so I dont use it very often. I do play around with it while farming or just for fun.
Im not sure why some people use it for XPing since it doesnt really carry any benefit for the party.
/War gives the party a backup Provoke guy just in case someone is chewing your mages.
/Thf gives your party a good hate transfer guy and spike damage.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

I played with /Rng from time to time. Higher level arrows are expensive though so I dont use it very often. I do play around with it while farming or just for fun.
Im not sure why some people use it for XPing since it doesnt really carry any benefit for the party.
/War gives the party a backup Provoke guy just in case someone is chewing your mages.
/Thf gives your party a good hate transfer guy and spike damage.

Marid arrows are actually about as cheap as scorpion arrows since Marids are a popular Manaburn target. They're practically on par with Kabura for damage, I think only two points less DMG than Kabura. I always buy those if they're available.

And I guess I ask about /RNG because I don't see /WAR or /THF being used for those intended functions anymore. If they're /THF these days, its just for SA to close a fight, not TAing the tank. SAing to close is no different than Sidewinder to close. And no one every seems to provoke off anyone now.

[raidenn]

Yeah most people are lazy to TA anymore. Not to mention provoking off a mage.
I did party with a Sam/Rng once and he keeps missing even with all the Rng acc gear he has.
What Rng acc food should you be taking at level 75 by the way?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Sole or Squid Sushi is what I use with COR, but I skew to curry on RNG.

[Malacite]

I prefer to use Squid Sushi when I go SAM/RNG. The extra AGI helps to raise ranged accuracy further (which IMO > STR) and also increases WS damage.

[luisa]

i posted something lin some other post and ill repeat it, some mogs are weak agaisnt certain styles of game play, you should master /war, /tfh, and /rng. cause what doesnt work with one style will def work on another, example, puks are way too much to sub rng for, but if u sub rng for caedarva mire, i think i spelled it rite not sure, for killing birds i was out doing every dd put together even if u add a thf into that, 700+ dmg at 100% tp and some times doing it 2-3 times during a single fight i was technacally almost soloing the birds, and i say almost cause i died like crazzy too, but this can be fixed if you learn how to use rng as sub, but my point is to learn and master and make macros for all 3 subs cause you never know when that job will be the best for the pt.