Greenil or Viridia

[Omar]

With regard to a later part oof your message Kefka, he wanted Greenill or Viridia, Purplenum wasn't one of his options.

If you are to recommend an ID for an item that another id finds, then it would make sense to then include that ID in his list of choices. If he already has this ID, then that is one less reason for Greennill.

I was actually reading the drop charts as I wrote my previous post and, to be perfectly honest, I didn't notice anything particularly special in Viridia's drop list. It's also a bit bizarre to say that RAcasts equipped with "shotguns" (which, I hasten to remind you, are more like giant underarm crossbows with five barrels than anything else) are necessarily better at causing havoc than RAcasts armed with rifles, in fact I developed a personal love of rifles when I had my old RAcast as they literally let me put a bullet between a Tollaw's eyes without it even knowing I was there - unlike Shot types which have a pitiful range and abysmal accuracy that really won't go down very well with a RAcast. (I speak from long-term experience.)

Rifles and Shots both are incredibly useful. At higher levels, RAcast's accuracy with a shot is not an issue. Also the huge ATP of a RAcast means they are best at doing lots of damage with a Shot. Whilst doing more damage in 3 hits may be a little help, doing more damage in 15 hits will be a massive help to the player/team.
It makes more sense when taking on a group to confuse them and help them on their way by attacking 5 at once rather than to attack one at a time.

plus it actually has some decent Ranger rares (such as the Yasminkov series rifles, or ven Spread Needle) as well as being one of the only two IDs in the game to get a Guld...

When you take into account that Spread Needle and Frozen Shooter can be found by other ID's and that Guld isn't ever going to drop, the only real reason you have given is the Yash rifle and imo that weapon does not justify picking that id.

Care to clarify? You've got to remember that the ATP of a Frozen Shooter is on a par with the Justy, plus freezing with a gun isn't always a blessing if, in the case of the RAcast, you have freeze traps...
When I recommended Frozen Shooter in my previous post I implied that it was a GOOD rifle, not necessarily the BEST.

In the harder portions of the game such as Tower runs, you will find that sniping enemies from afar is your only option. A Frozen Shooter in a tower run is almost compulsary.
If you are close enough to a tower enemy to use a freeze trap, then you are dead

I like both Greennill and Viridia, so am not too sure which one you should pick, but as Kefka is by far the most knowledgable person on these forums, I think you should go with his advice and pick Viridia.

[Hrith]

With regard to a later part oof your message Kefka, he wanted Greenill or Viridia, Purplenum wasn't one of his options.

Omar already replied, but when I said that I meant "pick Viridia".

When I recommended Frozen Shooter in my previous post I implied that it was a GOOD rifle, not necessarily the BEST.

What rifle is better than FS, then, I ask you ?

[Dkgamer]

Viridia is deffinatley the better id for a ranger. My RAcast is a Viridia and he finds a lot of items that are relative to that class.

[flickynick]

It will be a Viridia then how is DROID X for a name?

Thanks for the help

[mimas]

What rifle is better than FS, then, I ask you ?

Anything with a high enough ATP and ATA bonus (or a freaky enough special) to put a couple of holes through a Merlan rather than freeze its backside off, for example the Yas 3000R or an S-Rank Rifle with Demon's, Jellen or Zalure as a special. Spread Needle might also fall under this category too for some peculiar reason that I have yet to understand. Even the humble Justy may well be better, as its special chops an enemy's HP in half, thus making for quicker killing.


[off topic]I got the ATP stats mixed up with the Justy comparison, for some reason I was looking at my Snow Queen and my fully-ground Justy when I typesd that message, so I'd like to state that the FS actually has as much ATA as a Visk. [/off topic]

[Hrith]

get out of Ruins >_>

and frozen from afar Delsabers are funny to look at XD

[mimas]

By Merlan, Kefka, I didn't immediately expect you to start thinking I was in Ruins...

[Omar]

Spread Needle might also fall under this category too for some peculiar reason that I have yet to understand.

Spread Needle's animation is that of a Rifle, which is why it is sometimes grouped under rifles (Though it is its own weapon kind of Needle).