There's a nasty little trend starting within the COR community. Seems CORs are trying to push the improved Hunter's Roll onto PTs that may not actually need it, all for the sake of going /WAR in PTs for bigger numbers.
Its true Hunter's is pretty strong now, surpassing Madrigals in the lower levels, but speaking as a BRD and a COR, I can't say I had seen a need for either in most merit situations save for maybe Mamool Ja Lurkers.
Basically, going /WAR forgoes the most obvious benefit of /RNG: +22 Ranged Accuracy, Sharpshot and about +8 accuracy from beater's earring and gun belt. So +30 lost from /RNG sub alone. And then they roll Hunter's to bridge the deficit. That would be clever if it was actually useful to everyone, but that's clearly not always the case. Most people I've ever played with come pretty well-geared for accuracy.
The good question to ask, however, is if Hunter's Roll is as good for the PT as these COR/WARs claim it is, then nothing should be stopping them from subbing *gasp* /WHM, right? /WAR and /WHM are the exact same loss of accuracy. COR/WHM gives the same buffs and can status cure and heal, pretty good, eh?
They don't have a good answer for that yet.
So if you have a COR/WAR that's not meeting your PTs needs, please do point out/request /WHM or /RNG to them. Or that there may be another BRD or COR seeking and willing to meet the true needs of a PT instead of making up for deficits they've already created. At the end of the day, as nice and fun as it is to DD on COR, we're a support class and our first obligation is to buff based on the PT's needs, not our own.
Its true Hunter's is pretty strong now, surpassing Madrigals in the lower levels, but speaking as a BRD and a COR, I can't say I had seen a need for either in most merit situations save for maybe Mamool Ja Lurkers.
Basically, going /WAR forgoes the most obvious benefit of /RNG: +22 Ranged Accuracy, Sharpshot and about +8 accuracy from beater's earring and gun belt. So +30 lost from /RNG sub alone. And then they roll Hunter's to bridge the deficit. That would be clever if it was actually useful to everyone, but that's clearly not always the case. Most people I've ever played with come pretty well-geared for accuracy.
The good question to ask, however, is if Hunter's Roll is as good for the PT as these COR/WARs claim it is, then nothing should be stopping them from subbing *gasp* /WHM, right? /WAR and /WHM are the exact same loss of accuracy. COR/WHM gives the same buffs and can status cure and heal, pretty good, eh?
They don't have a good answer for that yet.
So if you have a COR/WAR that's not meeting your PTs needs, please do point out/request /WHM or /RNG to them. Or that there may be another BRD or COR seeking and willing to meet the true needs of a PT instead of making up for deficits they've already created. At the end of the day, as nice and fun as it is to DD on COR, we're a support class and our first obligation is to buff based on the PT's needs, not our own.
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