Why are so many people playing ninja lately?

On my Cornu character, My last three duties were The Royal City of Rabanastre, The Eyes of the Creator, and Containment Bay Z1T9. All three of which, all the DPS in my party were ninja except me.

I cannot vouch for the other alliances in The Royal City of Rabanastre, but in my alliance (A), it was four ninjas and me, a red mage.


It seems that more people are playing ninja right now.

Why is this?

Fun? Flexible? More effective uptime tools? Unique? Pick a few.

It’s very subjective to say they’re the most played, even with a census it still is uncertain given numbers go up & down,

Maybe you happen to cone across by many ninja players by chance,

I do come across so many Red Mages & Dragoons whenever I do roulettes,

Eorzea’s an interesting world indeed

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Ninja. It's the new Black Mage. Has Fire, Thunder, Water, Ice... Try prioritizing spells over combo's once you hit 70. You might like the results!

It simply one of the few classes that is almost perfect to play and you get what you expect. If your an OG its simply that we got our damage back

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It seems that more people are playing ninja right now.

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For every person claiming they saw more of X on Y day, another person hasn't seen one at all. I rarely ever see Ninjas in any duty. Doesn't mean there aren't people playing them, or that there are less/more than usual. Every duty is a roulette of players. You're bound to see everyone playing everything.

Alas, it's human nature to devise patterns, even from randomness. I'm sure there are actual stat pages of some description that better list these things, even if they themselves can't always be 100% accurate, but it's certainly better than assuming based on X amount of Y appeared in my duty today, so something must be up!

Idk feel like I see way more freestyle samurai and zero mana blackmage than bunny spam ninjas

I'd say that people are trying to get the "level all to 80 mount" and this is the last class they are leveling ....

I dunno but I sure wish they'd learn to use Trick Attack on CD instead of doing it first and then forgetting about it...
Because it screws up other NIN's dps rotations too.
I've just stopped trying to line them up one after the other, at least I know I'll use it on cd so I just do the rotation per usual instead unless decided beforehand.

I just boosted ninja for two reasons. I got tired of melee being my only role not 80 and I didn’t like how my SAM was shaping up with all its buttons. That said I mained NIN in ARR so I’m familiar enough. I can say I vastly enjoy the changes it’s undergone since and will definitely be my Bozjan fighter for a good while this week.

Probably because it is arguably the best designed job. It plays so well and allows for flexability and even has a skill cap that is comfortable for most players. It is a very functionable job.

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Originally Posted by Vencio

It’s very subjective to say they’re the most played, even with a census it still is uncertain given numbers go up & down,

Maybe you happen to cone across by many ninja players by chance,

I do come across so many Red Mages & Dragoons whenever I do roulettes,

Eorzea’s an interesting world indeed

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I rolled BLM and was running into others playing the job, I thought to myself “oh, well that means raid slots will be competitive” but now at level 50 I don’t see that many.

I've been considering giving Ninja a try given I've already maxed out Monk and Samurai is not that appealing to me at the moment.

Don't think I'll ever play Dragoon tbh.

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Originally Posted by Sooru

I've been considering giving Ninja a try

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