Which RAnger or FOrce is with me?
Hehe, I thought I would get some flaming comments like that. That's the spirit, now go play PSO.
Hunters dont suck, but FOnewearls are better than them all
There good but theres better
Hunters are good. C'mon. Haven't used a FO as much though..
I have a HUmar, HUcast, RAmar, RAcast, FOmar, And a FOnewn, and I dont think any Class Suck. They are all useful in Certain Ways.
For example:
FOrces- Good for Support.
RAngers- Good for shooting the Heck out of the Monsters While you beat the Crap out of them with a HUnter (or a Battle FOmar).
HUnters- Good Defenders.
Like you said... Hunters are the defenders... that's all what they are for. Flesh for the natives.
Actually I think Hunters can be the best all purpose character. U got the hand-to-hand weapons, those are always cool. Bein the bait for everything so the Rangers can just stand there and pick 'em off... providing Resta support so Forces can focus on blastin' stuff... Hunters can be really great if ya know what ur doing.

All classes are equal, however most people try to fit into one role and then the usefulness of the class is limited to some very small amout of skill.
So to all who think that one class is better or that one class sucks, stop weakening yourselfs and open your mind, if you forced yourself to use any class in the toughest of circumstances then you would see both the strengths and uses of a class, no one class is doomed to be a "defender" or "support".