I've not really played since shortly after Aht Urgan released, but I'm back now for awhile, and I'm finding that a ton has changed. So far, I spent awhile getting WAR to 49 and then leveling DNC to 49 as well (since I've always enjoyed soloing). I hit 76 on NIN today (after a boneheaded moment when I got the necessary XP but had forgotten about new limit breaks).

What do NINs do these days? I've done a little reading and the impression I've gotten is that they aren't the tanks they once were and that they are more like secondary DDs now (though this started in ToAU, I guess). What role do they play in Abyssea (which I've yet to do because I need a bigger linkshell first)?

And hey, if you've got any tips for the journey to 99, I'm all ears. So far, I've just been soloing pages and pulling what seems like decent XP, but my metric for decent is several years old now.