Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
They have average strength. More than a white mage, less than a warrior. Ranged weapons get damage from agility, which they have a lot more of. Strength isn't the thing that affects damage the most anyway. Weapon skill levels matter a lot more.
Actually, they still get damage from Strength. Ranged accuracy derives from Agility, opposed to from Dexterity for melee.

Though I'd say a lot of ranged weapon skills have high AGI mods, which sort of counts.

Closest thing to a gunner class in XI are Corsairs, whose Ranged weapons are almost exclusively guns. Elemental shots are magic based, iirc.