[Alvehyanna]

So I hit 75 today. Yeah me!

Ninja had been my main job for a long time. So it was very nice to step straight into Seiryu's kote and Suzaku Sun-ate (for holy bolts /shrug), no osode though gave it away when I went on a 2 year break and no idea where it is now.

Anyways...to my question.

I picked up Selene's bow and Obow while leveling.

I use Selene's anytime I want raw DPS, or to fight at distance. (subbing in STR gear for WS's of course).

OBow I used on my first run in Dynamis on RNG and liked it, and anytime where opening with acids helps kill a mob a bit faster and a few hundred less on WSs doesn't do alot cause the targets die fast - also use obow when things die fast since I seem to be able to fire at a faster rate (lower delay, duh).

So I'm thinking about a gun to round out the tri-fecto. Now, the last time I did real endgame was about two years ago before my break. I plan to return to bigger endgame events and want opinions on gun use.

Back in the day, gun's were mainly used on very high defense mobs, Kings for example. That the same deal now?

Should I get/own a hellfire+silver bullets? When is it good to use?

Is there a point to Culverin and cannon shells if I don't plan to m.kris or kclub for tp first? I mean...would you really full-time cannon shells on a big boss mob? That's gotta get hyper expensive and create tons of threat. If only culverin could shoot silver bullets too..then I could see a nice balance there.

Thanks in advance. I actually enjoyed leveling RNG almost every minute of it and while I found Dynamis boring on NIN, it was great on RNG. And I think I still tanked almost as much :-)

[Karamethien]

EBow/SBow whenever you need range.

OBow + Acid and Holy (WS in DarkSteel of Golden Mustkeer Bolt) whenever not Soloing and the target is not resistant to wind (like calibri or Puks). The Def Down really helps the rest of the party. It also overrides osme of the Def Up moves like Scissor Guard and Cocoon.

Hellfire +1 and Silver Bullets whenever you want to melee. Gun's optimal range is actually overlaps a little with melee range. That is why most KC rng use gun.

Overall damage wise Hellfire +1 should parse comparable to EBow because its slower.

Culvrin and Cannon shells are for laugh and giggles. I dno't konw of anyone who seriously uses them for Merit. I shot 3 shots from my Culvrin +1 before loaning out to friends and haven't asked it back for 3 years.