personally i know 3 techer, te/hu, te/fi, te/ra

• te/hu = this is one my class and i love it, because its basically fighter/hunter minus the gimmick, this is the class if you like simple things, there are no strange gimmick like other class (weak bullet, guard charge, adrenaline, etc) just pop shifta and deband and whack them all, mobs? just pop zondeel and look at that fireworks when you hit them. they can deal respectable damage, not amazing but not bad either. this class is pure melee, you can cast tec but you do far better with melee, your tec mostly for utility and buff (resta, ilzonde, zanverse, etc)

• te/fi = this is the all rounder techer, they can hit and their tec damage is also ok, because of that their damage is so so compare to te/hu, they can however start hitting hard if their chaser damage skill is active (more damage if enemy got status ailment) and since your sub is fighter, you deal even more damage if your hp drop below 25%, its basically do or die techer, above 25% hp you doing average, below 25% is where the shit start happen, its very risky but if you want to go te/ph later in the future, te/fi is the best techer class to get used too because te/ph playstyle is almost identical.

• te/ra = is pure support class, you do the least damage but your support is the best without any doubt. on the techer side you got the usual resta, shifta, deband, zanverse, zondeel, etc. on the ranger side you have your stun nade and weak bullet, the weak bullet alone is huge help for your party because of the extra 20% damage boost. its probably the least played class combo, but if you want pure support, this without doubt (for techer main) is one of the best support

i see, so its only necessary if you have specific target like that phantom skill

and 3-5% more damage? thats not as big as i though, glad the game didnt make it that far stretch between casual and regular one.

tq.

question pls? is min maxing is really needed in this game?

iam talking about augmenting stuff, iam not into because several reason (money obviously and the augment stuff confused and take too much time and commitment to do so), can i still go along with whatever content they put in the future release? or there will be one instance where i really need to do min max stuff because i need that extra "power up"

and how much difference in damage are we talking about when you compare someone "normal" to someone who min max to every little detail? 10%-20% overall damage difference?

i still prefer the gunslash kickdance dash because i feel its faster than RRZ albeit slightly.

also RRZ look ridiculous as hell lol since my launcher is kinda small (forgot the name) and i set my cast as tall as i can, it look so off when it "ride" the launcher lol

elder rifle is fine, personally its all depend on your playstyle.

my playstyle is always on the move (i dont like stand still) thus elder rifle is the best for me, iam not min maxing person and i dont really follow the optimal guide on how to play ranger properly (positron blast? nope, satellite cannon? i dont like). if i see enemy i just either steady shot or slide burst 0 while moving until they are dead, thats it, launcher on mobs obviously.

it might not the best damage dealer, but my guild like it because it feel "different" compare to generic stand still positron cannon style ranger that you see most in youtube vid. also i survive a lot because i keep moving non stop so my guild usually just ignore me when in party because they know i probably just safely zipping around somewhere lol.

the game is pretty casual friendly so in a sense just play however you want, unless your build is really absurd like ranger/force with gunslash as your weapon lol

million storm is fine for mob i guess, i use it too most of the time because... well it just regular mobs. but for boss yeah i rather use master shot (non charge if rapid fire is on) or piercing if the boss is on "plus" size.

for endgame million storm on boss is definitely bad, but if you are still like level 40-60ish, million storm on boss, especially when they down is surprisingly fine (just dont forget the banish arrow first), dont forget that at these level people dont care with their affix, even more if they just playing casually and dont care with min maxing stuff

these people, like me probably sitting on 110-120ish pp and no way in hell they going to do banish combo with that pp. in fact i think you shouldnt use banish combo when your pp is below 150.

i try it on rockbear practice (iam still level 57) and banish + final nemesis/piercing/master with banish + million storm... the total damage is actually not that much (more or less around 20-30K damage with million storm on the bottom obviously)

so yeah, at "casual" level, i think its fine being million storm regular. when you are at 80/80 though.... million storming on boss will probably get you killed.. fast lol