NIN combinations

[wish12oz]

/sch provides faster casting time (which means gear does not need to be devoted to casting speeds, and can focus on potency/efficiency).

I stopped reading here, you obviously have no idea how to gear swap and it's pointless to continue this discussion.

[Llana_Virren]

I stopped reading here, you obviously have no idea how to gear swap and it's pointless to continue this discussion.

Try reading more, even if it hurts your pride. You're only denying yourself an education on how WHM works.

Here's the problem: you have no idea how gear works. When you can only carry 80 items in your inventory, you cannot fit 93 items into your macros. Melee don't have this problem; mages do.

/sch saves me inventory space without sacrificing effectiveness. Just like /blm lets a WHM save -you- inventory space. The only difference is that a WHM/sch saves more inventory spaces than WHM/blm does, which was (one of) your original nitpicks... "precious inventory spaces."

Can mages cap out casting time reductions and recast timers without SCH? Yes. Does /sch allow us to not need the excess equipment required for this to work? Yes.

Learn2read, Learn2mage, or gtfo of FFXI before you hurt yourself.

[Shadowsong]

Does this person even play WHM? They sound like those TV reporters describing what the Internet is.

[Darwena]

I don't even know why we debating about WHM on a thead for NIN about support job.

About topic:

I don't think NIN/PLD can be a good option. don't have a lot of MP even with auto-refresh. You do less DMG so mob take longer to kill. If the Cure III make you think it good, I think NIN/DNC will bring more for soloing than NIN/PLD.

With NIN/DNC you can curing waltz (better than cure III), haste or drain samba, stun, reduce defense of mob and even remove status ailment when needed... and you get a bonus to evasion.

NIN/PLD: pro/shell II? Cure III? defense bonus? those aren't usefull on a evasion based job.

[Bulrogg]

NIN/pld was an alternative to the more popular NIN/drk.

I've seen it used on ToAU Kings/HNMs.

[Darwena]

NIN/pld was an alternative to the more popular NIN/drk.

I've seen it used on ToAU Kings/HNMs.

That was BEFORE WotG expension... that mean before DNC came out.

[Bulrogg]

wait wait wait..... I thought /dnc wasn't a viable sub selection for cult-ninjas? And you mean to tell me that /dnc hasn't always been in the game?

Yes /pld and /drk were released before /dnc came out. I don't see what /dnc has to do with people going out /pld or /drk. Perhaps you are thinking people were /pld as a means to solo and heal themselves and thusly made the /dnc correlation. As I said before, /pld was an alternative to /drk. Nin/drk wasn't for soloing, nor /pld; people still used /drk & /pld after the release of /dnc and some still do now.

When will it be realized that the topic is about combinations that aren't for the main stream cookie-cutter cult-ninjas?

Also I feel there has to be some mention of /war just to keep the thread from being over ran with "you are wrong" and "there is only one way" post as such. We have conceded that /war is the best option. However it is not the only sub that people use.

[FrankReynolds]

The only reason to ever go /blm is if you are traveling someplace where the mobs are too weak to kill you, and in too big of a rush to stop and get a warp scroll / stick.

I like to go NIN/MNK just for shiggles sometimes. Countering on nin is just plain fun.

[Babekeke]

Does NIN/PLD actually offer anything worthwhile that you can't get with NIN/WHM now? Slightly higher stats and HP, I suppose.

[Kincard]

I like to go NIN/MNK just for shiggles sometimes. Countering on nin is just plain fun.