[Job Adjustmentｓ Manifesto] NIN

[Karbuncle]

I fully expect this to get used about as much as kick attacks does on monk. My hopes are not up. I would love to be able to replace a RNG in a PUG, but I just don't see this being something that you can full time. SE's love affair with the yin and yang means that it will probably have some horrible side affect like melee accuracy -100, defense -50% or melee delay +500. and share a timer with whatever ability overwrites it so that once you pop it you're stuck with it for longer than you would like.

Either that or it will only be good when used with a set of macro pieces that come exclusively from high level fights that no one uses a ninja on and don't drop items that are useful for the jobs that are needed.

If it's useful at all for full time range attacks, it will poop all over RNGs single use.

Firstly, you're thinking of "Footwork".

http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Footwork

http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Kick_Attacks

Two completely different things. They said it will be like Kick Attacks, so basically it'll be a job trait that will automatically throw shuriken, its just like double attack, an additional attack round, except with shuriken and not your foot.

This shuriken thing will probably use the base damage of the shuriken equipped, so no special foot armor required... Not to mention shuriken have generally quite high DPS, so that won't be a problem for NIN if this trait works well. I imagine it'll also grant additional TP. I imagine they'll make shuriken that offer bonuses outside of base damage too, like a shuriken with Acc+ or something to accommodate the use of this new ability.