While I agree that giving every class maximum smoothness(playability) is wrong, nevertheless every class should have "enough" smoothness both to not suck completely in some situations and to keep up with fast gameplay flow smoothly.
You should play more Ra, it a good example of class that almost completely lacks smoothness and number of people playing it says a lot about how players feel about it.
The class is VERY stiff and clunky, you know that something is very wrong with it when you are unable to dodge almost any attack when releasing charged PA the moment you see the attack telegraphing. This is what smoothness is about - you are in control of your character and only punished by your mistakes not retarded mechanics/class design. It could be fine if you could use some slow PA for some tradeoff but atm you are not only vulnurable during startup/charge, you also are at (even greater) risk even after the attack is executed but because it can be negated by automeme sega thinks it's "fine" (and players think it's fine to not play Ra and pick Hr instead). Ra also has stupid movement freeze when using fast PAs in the air but not on the ground and those screw up standing snipe anyway as you fall down before you can JA next PA so it has no reason to exist. This makes it very very frustrating to fight with Ranger in close combat, even more so with increasing amount of staggering trash mobs.
Btw, snipers aren't about killing shit at long range, mobility and concealment are as important, "rangers" too are supposed to be mobile all-terrain infantry and somehow mobility is one thing lacks Ra completely.
Sega said they are going to address "Hr-like amenities" for other classes, so will see what happens then, though the question is when...
Which is probably the only solution, though I'd rather nerf Hr, but sega/KMR wont nerf their ep5 superstar. Range matters little now when everyone is so fast you can gapclose faster than some ranged attacks hit the enemy and this is exactly what KMR wants as a replacement to slower game where you had to use your brain a little, gay lizard EQ is a prime example of (a fucking retarded boss design) this.
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