Not Just Support

[Hrith]

Erghhh... Arguing with Kefka is going to kill me...

Rangers, though good, are by far the EASIEST characters in the game to play as... All you need to do is get a good gun, and stand and shoot... With Forces and Hunters, you actually need to watch your HP, or you will die. Especially when you have to fight through the Seabed, a Ranger has a much easier time of it, while a Hunter or Force requires SKILL to get through it.

lol, play with a Ranger more, your 29 HU and 11 FO cannot give you a decent experience of anything, really.

Rangers do NOT stay afar and shot, simply because monsters are everywhere.
Actually, Rangers are the class that requires the most skill in the game, at least online.
FOs support and HUs hack 'n slash, RAs have to use the good weapons to help the team (FS/SQ to freeze, etc.) they do support with weapons, that requires skill, and on many situations, they deal the most damage.

And HUcast is not very difficult to play: hit A, took mine to Lv192 that way.