The Decline of FFXI: Forums, Gameplay and Nostalgia

[Karbuncle]

How does a job becoming a bandwagon effect how you play the job in any way shape or form?

read my post above you. Ninja is as in depth as it was back then. You still get AoE nukes removing your shadows, You still have to count shadows to some extent (Text or Icon), You still can debuff the mob, you still need to keep hate on the Enemy, You still need to be careful on some mobs (Bennu perhaps? Dread Wind > You're face), etc.

The game as a whole is only simpler due to Atmas, but the job itself as a core remains in tact. All the things you described i still do when i play NIN. I still debuff, watch shadows, etc. I Rarely use the icon cause the font sucks and i can barely read it on half the backgrounds.

We're moving out of Abyssea soon, You'll be going back to wearing Earth Staff and subbing DRK in Arhat's, losing hate, being useless, and getting 1 shotted soon enough. Then You'll be happy?

Cause it really sounds like you want the old days of 2007~ back when NIN was back-seat to PLD/NIN on almost all fights. Why would you purposefully want your job to backseat?