A Ninja without Throwing...

[Akujima]

So, You think Nerfing Dual Wield and NIN as a job is an acceptable Solution to the game just so you RP like a Real ninja and Toss shurikens?

Whats wrong with RP'ing in an RPG? Still waiting for a valid answer to that.
And you seem to think I'm saying to nerf dual wield sooo bad that it's pointless to melee anymore. Which is not my intention at all.

Also, In order to make "backing off" = "using Shuriken", You'd also have to adjust the Sweet spot of Throwing Items, Which happen to be Melee Range. meaning if you're backing off Your Shuriken Damage will go to Sh*t Quick :|

I know this, thats why I'm voting for an improvement to the throwing system.

And then again the final extremist answer in saying that RNG is going to be obsolete if NIN gets ranged attacks. It's just another example of favoritism to who can do the biggest, better, fastest amount of damage.

...Smash that mob, SMASH that mob dead! YEA! Woooooowooooo. Dude did you see that?! I parse'd that $#!%, I got 10,500 and that gimp warrior only got 9200 yo!... yo dog this $#% is tight. All I had to do was stand in 1 spot, but that warrior was struggling yo!....

Totally stripping the RP out of RPG, and just pushing FFXI on a downward slope into some sort of competitive style game, that just resembles modern first person shooters.

Done.