Complete CPQ Guide

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.

Someone who actually knows how to play won't just be sitting in one spot sniping - it's incredibly easy to alternate between 2 platforms, killing as they spawn on each. Even if other classes overpower them, there IS a limit to how fast things can spawn, and slingers still catch that limit fairly easily. The ability to quickly move accross the map to a new spawn location gives them a small edge as well. And crossbowmen can't jumpshoot in the manner that a gunslinger can to constantly attack while moving from the mob. At any rate, I disagree with people excluding a job simply because they are more of an all-around useful, yet not the best at anything, type job. Ought to be a bit more open minded, and stop taking the pq so seriously

Or, hell, if you want to win so badly, just cheat. (/end rant, I really dislike exclusion of "weaker" but perfectly good classes from anything. This includes FPs at Zak, and Clerics/Slingers at CPQ. Half the reason that I made this guide was to show that any class can be useful with the right strategy...)