Gunslinger Build (Lv. 10-200)

why max recoil? it goes the same distance as lvl 19 and has the same mp cost. why waste a sp?

What would you get instead, Grenade?

You use Recoil for damage as well as mobility. Thing is like a Power Strike, which is sorely needed in the absence of a decent single-target attack. In 2nd job, my single-target attack pattern was something like

-jump forward
-DS on way up
-Recoil on way down (your falling momentum carries into the Recoil, making you abruptly hit the ground around where you were initially standing)
-jump DS DS
-jump DS DS

Also, Recoil has no minimum range, so you can use it whenever you're stuck in a mob, or just to leap into a monster and shoot it. It's an excellent melee attack until you get better ones.