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I farm Tree cuttings still I have since I first turned THF68, but this is the second time it's happened, Keeper of Halidom pops (the GKT does not have the best drop rate, but it drops nonetheless) I normally go as THF/NIN, it kills Goobbues the fastest. Anyways, he pops I go for my ranged attack...

So I am levelling this thief, and I quickly remembered what annoyed me about FFXI the last time I played. I need to chase mobs down, you all know it, sometimes it runs for like 5 seconds to who knows where before I get a hit in to tag it. Does it make sense to get a bow and just range pull...

Well, figured I'd check out the POL website today to find some news that could be either good or bad (most will probably deem it as bad, I think it's kinda 50/50) http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/information/0630.html note: Forgive me if the link doesn't work, sometimes I suck at teh...

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/information/0630.html Oh gee, thanks Square. Way to make Ninjas even more difficult to party with at the end game.

Just because this really had no place in a flame about someone's job skills. K. Thanks for the civil response. I'm glad you're willing to backup your claims with actual data and not resorting to, well, we can see how you actually put it. I see that you are a level 72 Ranger from your sig...

Question here for the more experienced rangers. As there's delay on both weapons and ammo, and damage on the weapons and ammo seperately, I'm curious to know how I can get the equation for what is going to hit hardest? If anyone can tell me what levels I'll be doing the most damage with bow vs...

I've heard a LOT about rangers being able to solo off worms 'til about... oh... high level. High meaning like 40+. I don't have a source for this info, but... wouldn't it be plausable to take a party of 2x BLM, 1x RNG and 1x WHM or RDM and go EXP purely off worms for a good time? ANd if so, what...