Ranger

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Ranger:

Ranger is by far the most underrated DD in the entire game due to many people not playing or gearing the job correctly. There's been a stigma against them b/c of this but they have every tool needed to be the heaviest DD on the field. I'm mentioning Rng now b/c we WILL be using Rngs for Ceizak fracture and need them to be top geared. I highly recommend ffxicalculator to assist building your hit build. Using it you should be able to check how to setup your gear to obtain a 4 hit build (4 shots>WS > 3 shots>WS>3 shots>WS). Be sure to include the gun/bow delay and the ammo delay when entering the numbers.

As of right now if you are using bow, it is a necessity to unlock Jishnu's Radiance to be competitive.

Scout's Beret +2 w/augment - I've been asked a few times before about why Rngs are using this piece and the answer is b/c of the dynamis trial augment. With the Rng base recycle job trait, the scout's beret +2 and recycle merits, you can cap your recycle rate out at 90%. What the Scout's Beret +2 augmented does is anytime recycle procs, you will gain store tp 30 on that shot, that is the equivalent to a static 5 tp gain on every recycle proc. It can proc on every hit of barrage and weapon skills too, and if it is a multi-hit WS like last stand, can proc on both hits. That is by far the highest store tp piece from anything in the game and allows Rng to achieve a 4 hit w/o much challenge. This is absolutely a must have for anyone who plays Rng.

Sylvan Gapette +2 - 5% snapshot, a must have.

Sylvan Caban +2 - The enhancement this gives to velocity shot is a delay reduction equal to 10% snapshot. Since Velocity shot should always be up, this is your pre-shot body and is a great piece to finish shots in if you don't have the Orion jerkin.

Orion Jerkin: Finally an updated piece that beats the Sylvan Caban +2 as a body piece to finish your shots in.
http://wiki.bluegartr.com/bg/Orion_Jerkin

Iuitl Wristbands - You want these as your pre-shot hands just try to get a decent snapshot augment on them. If you're not able to, the manibozho gloves are fine as well at 4% snapshot.

Mustela Brais - Most aren't going to have Nahtirah trousers yet so for Rng this is the best snapshot piece currently on legs.

Impulse Belt - 3% snapshot

Kheper Gamashes, Wurrukatte boots or Iuitl Gaiters w/snapshot - I won't list the first 2 as a must have b/c they're difficult to obtain. They both come from Legion and until iuitl gaiters came into play were the only snapshot options for feet. The gaiters can be augmented with snapshot just be prepared to use some stones to do it.

Ocachi Gorget - This comes from Yumcax Naakual, try to get this as your neck piece.

Elanid Belt - STR+5 AGI+7 Ranged Accuracy+7 Ranged Attack+7 Enmity-3. Best TP belt in the game for Rng and Cor. This can be purchased with Meebles points after clearing Meeble Burrows Batallia Downs all the way through with Rank 3 goals.

Sidenotes: Have Drg at level 49 ready as a subjob for events on Rng. High jump eliminates 30% of your current emnity which will save you from faceplanting. The dmg loss from it isn't significant b/c a fully geared Rng will be capped on Racc already w/o any brd or cor buffs and close to cap on Ratk as well so berserk isn't going to make a massive difference atm (not to mention the -def down effect on berserk can get you killed). Also having the AF1 for camouflage helps. Also because Helel posted such a thorough guide on ffxiah.com, I'm linking that here and just covering the most needed pieces on this post. Helel's post -http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/38352/power-rangers-a-guide-to-pewing/

Ranged Attack Jobs

Snapshot: I'm going to start off with this b/c it is an absolute necessity for any ranged job to have a good snapshot set. Snapshot is essentially the ranged version of haste, it reduces your aiming delay which really adds up quick and doesn't reduce TP per hit. Melee's would jump at the chance to add extra haste and as of now there is no known cap to snapshot which is pretty crazy. To give you an idea of the difference, a Cor with 0% snapshot gear can reduce their shot delay by 45% fully geared in snapshot.

Some unknown snapshot pieces for Cor that are very easy to get are Aurore beret (sadly the pink hat is the current best snapshot head for Cor) and Skopos jerkin. The skopos piece will receive a random augment when bought with battle trophies (we all have a ton of these) from the dominion tactician in altepa, grauberg and vunkerl abysseas. Keep exchanging trophies to get the claim guerdon rank 1 piece until you land a good amount of snapshot (can get up to 5 snapshot on it).

Here's how it works in macros, snapshot needs to be equipped BEFORE you start pulling out your weapon to fire. After your weapon is drawn you will switch to your shot gear. So if you're on a console your macros will look like this:
Cor preshot:
/equip head "aurore beret"
/equip body "skopos jerkin"
/equip back "navarch's mantle"
/equip legs "navarach's culottes +2"
/equip hands "commodore's gants +2"
/equip waist "impulse belt"
/ra <t>
/wait 1
/equip head "uk'uxkaj cap"
/equip body "iuitl vest"
/equip back "libeccio mantle"
/equip legs "thurandaut tights"
etc etc

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