Utsusemi: Ichi - Uses the ninja tool, "Shihei". Creates shadow images that each absorb a single attack directed at you.
Blink (spell effect) - Creates shadow images that each absorb a single attack directed at you.
(these are the official descriptions, on wiki i would like to point out it goes on to state in the 'notes' -- Creates 2 Shadow Images. Unlike Utsusemi, however, it is not guaranteed to block the first two attacks, but will take effect randomly, wearing off after the second shadow vanishes. )
ok, i would like to bring everyone's attention to the writing i have highlighted in RED. Utsusemi and blink (from the spell most mages get called "Blink") have IDENTICAL descriptions, but do vastly different things. For in fact anyone who has casted both blink and utsu knows... blink is completely unreliable. At the VERY least the description on blink needs to be changed to "Creates shadow images that each occasionally absorb a single attack directed at you."
For example
Scenario 1) Player casts Blink, Blizzard 4 - mob casts Blizzard 5 - Player takes 1200 points of damage - player casts sleep, cure 3, cure 3, cure 3. (assuming the player doesn't have access to a higher tier spell and the mob can be slept AND that you have 1200 hp to survive etc etc).
Scenario 2) Player casts Blink, Blizzard 4 - mob casts Blizzard 5 - One of Players shadow images absorbs the damage and dissapears! - mob casts blizzard 4 - player takes 950 points of damage!
Scenario 3) Player casts Utsu, Blizzard 4 - mob casts Blizzard 5 - One of Players shadow images absorbs the damage and dissapears! - mob casts Blizzard 4 - One of Players shadow images absorbs the damage and dissapears!
Why oh WHY is Blink so random if it has the EXACT same properties are utsu to a weaker degree? 2 instead of 3 shadows that are subject to the same aoe strips and other things that utsu are? Is it that the dev team wants it to be random if a mage survives a giant nuke but a Nin or /nin will survive 100%? I am probably just overly sensitive to this because it has killed me about 5x today. But why was this implemented in the first place? Even if blink were 100% reliable it would not overpower mages that cannot cast it on anyone other then themselves and it already doesn't 'stack' with utsu which most would agree is better due to the nature of having 3 shadows at minimum. And before people tell me to suck it up and /nin it, i do, but why should i have to, when a simple tweak could give a mage what they get standard for their job a much better role? "This is a buff that may or may not save you"... who wants that?
All i ask for is 2 little shadows that do what their description says.Creates shadow images that each absorb a single attack directed at you. Please for the love of all mages take out the randomness.![]()