2009-04-13, 07:20 AM
MasPan Wrote:I personally have/have seen Gunslingers do exceedingly well against Rombots and Robos alike. Double shot with booster with a Recoil thrown in now and again (serves the purpose of dodging and quick damage boost) is better than you'd think for dispatching Rombots. Invisible shot is quite nice for sniping Robos (I could kill a mob of 2-3 in 2-3 hits at 48). People just simply don't give them enough credit (similar to Clerics). A player who knows what they are doing can manage quite well. Slingers actually seem to do better than some other ranged characters, particularly Sins, on 3/4 as well, as they have more mobility and mobbing power.
The majority of Gunslingers are weak, and regardless of their strength, they can be much more easily overwhelmed than any other class. Any other class, on the other hand can provide much more power, except Magicians.
You can kill a mob of 2~3 in 2~3 hits. A Crossbowman or Hunter can do the same with six monsters. Their mobbing power only causes more monsters to be aggroed towards them than being able to kill. An Assassin can easily kill a single target without being overrun, whereas a Gunslinger either aggroes three, and a new unit moves into the mob and they lose KB priority on something, or it uses Double Fire and doesn't manage to KB lock or kill a target. Gunslingers are a good choice in Stage 5~6 for platform sniping though as they can Invisible Shot Robos from the ladder top. It's hardly effective when there's no summons though, and any other job will output more damage.