On Archers, Snipers, and Hunters.

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Honestly I saw Archer as some sort of what I would call "Slaking Syndrome"

They think it too good, and they pull off a nerf that does not make sense

In this case, they think the ability to attack safely, and kill fliers is enough to justify their usage, but there are little to no incentive to actually use bows 90% of the time(I think this is only less true in fe12), yet they have super mediocre base stats

[Phoenix Wright]

the fliers thing isn't even all that relevant, either. with the most recent FE, dark fliers/falcoknights are lolglass usually, and wyvern lords/griffon knights are easily killed by wind magic. why use bows ever?

Edited August 12, 2013 by Phoenix Wright

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Merric did not help against those god damn Dracoknights who ORKOEd everyone except for Ryan, Rody, and Marth

Not sure, but they make a cool DS

Edited August 12, 2013 by I have a Dragon Boner

[Anouleth]

the fliers thing isn't even all that relevant, either. with the most recent FE, dark fliers/falcoknights are lolglass usually, and wyvern lords/griffon knights are easily killed by wind magic. why use bows ever?

except that mages also have super mediocre base stats

[The Void]

Here's something I saw somewhere else: Archers/Hunters/Snipers get bows that do effective damage to various unit.

Examples:

Piercing Bow=Effective damage on units like Generals.
Beast Ray=Effective damage on units mounted on horses

Going from this, the idea is that class group serves as a unit who focuses on killing various types of units.

Edited August 14, 2013 by The Void