@Felix:
Funny, I also consider myself a very "in the fray" Bowmaster, and I still find MB almost useless. My training style involves a lot of interchanging jump-DBs with either Hurricane or Inferno, and placing a Puppet whenever the situation gets too bad. I rely on jump-shots and careful positioning (which is near impossible if you have too much speed) to avoid activating MB. Large mobs build up very easily at Peak.
I hardly ever use Arrow Rain in 4th job training spots, Dragon Breath has largely replaced the need for it. You don't have to wait for monsters to spawn to build mobs; you just need to assume a position to the side of a mob and blast it into a group. It's become so that jump-Raining is how I lure monsters to me, and Arrow Rain has no other purpose.
Edit: I don't get how you make MB+Hurricane actually work. I purposely try to activate it at Himes and the like and it just does a regular-speed MB a couple of times before I swing with my bow. So I go back to luring with Rain and Infernoing.
Funny, I also consider myself a very "in the fray" Bowmaster, and I still find MB almost useless. My training style involves a lot of interchanging jump-DBs with either Hurricane or Inferno, and placing a Puppet whenever the situation gets too bad. I rely on jump-shots and careful positioning (which is near impossible if you have too much speed) to avoid activating MB. Large mobs build up very easily at Peak.
I hardly ever use Arrow Rain in 4th job training spots, Dragon Breath has largely replaced the need for it. You don't have to wait for monsters to spawn to build mobs; you just need to assume a position to the side of a mob and blast it into a group. It's become so that jump-Raining is how I lure monsters to me, and Arrow Rain has no other purpose.
Edit: I don't get how you make MB+Hurricane actually work. I purposely try to activate it at Himes and the like and it just does a regular-speed MB a couple of times before I swing with my bow. So I go back to luring with Rain and Infernoing.