You'll Shoot Your Eye Out! - New FFXI RNG Guide

Last time I enjoyed RNG was ZNM and Odin fight when they were end game.

I think Ranger to me has always been the specialty tool in the garage, surrounded by things like Grandpa's wrench set and the jackstand that came with the house. You can use the specialty tool in the wrong situation, and about 90% of the time it'll suffice- you'll get the job done.

Is it done as well as maybe a more generic-use tool? Well, in some common situation...no. The old standby many times is that way because it works. If you need to cut down an old dead tree, a mitre saw or jigsaw will cut thru just fine; you'll just be there a bit longer than if you had brought the less-fancy chainsaw.

Ranger is just the same way for me. Gear it properly with good versatility and proper buffs, Ranger can be your DPS in -again- about 90% of situations for this game. You'll just be there a bit longer. But...for those unique moments that might be rare but do still exist, sometimes the Ranger is the only tool that works. So enjoy being the Round Peg that truly belongs in that hole; and enjoy being the brute force blitz you can force into most other holes ;)

Pretty much that, well put by both! And that safety of attacking from distance is quite a major perk, obviously.

Prob also worth mentioning that Trueflight is something of a niche among DDs, very strong light/magical WS has a lot of value that isn't as easily replicated by other "heavy DDs" (with the significant exception of SAM using hybrids like Jinpu).

It's also a great job on slightly older, but still relevant, "endgame" events. RNG is awesome in Dyna Divergence, Trueflight murders waves 1-2 and can one-shot statues easily, RNG does great damage in wave 3 too. It's fantastic for Omen on pretty much any boss, and for blowing stuff up on the floors and hitting objectives. I find that Ambuscade is also often quite RNG-friendly.


Ehhh maybe slightly worse melee gear selection, but Malignance isn't THAT much of a compromise and comes with strong defensive stats. And if you want to go more all out DD, there are still reasonable options like Tatenashi +1.

Depends what you consider reasonable.

I don't ever wear tatenashi on Sam, let alone on Rng.