Thief>Ninja/Dancer Class/Job

[Aethaeryn]

On a personal level, if they nerfed Ninja to make Thief less weak, I'd be pissed.

Hi, Exstal! I miss your random Japanese on LFG on Aion.

But anyway, I agree. I don't see a way they could have both jobs in the game without turning ninja into something unrecognizable just like it was on FFXI. Evasion tank with that jank elemental wheel... no, thanks.

Classes are considered "useless" because the jobs that augment them make running as the class pointless. A Gladiator will never be as good a tank as a Paladin, nor will a Conjurer ever be able to match the power of a White Mage. You're never going to invite a Lancer or Arcanist into your coil run, because Dragoons and Summoners are just flat-out better. I don't want to be forced into playing a Ninja if I ever want to do anything serious. I want to play a Thief.

I get your concern with that, but jobs do little more than add 5 new skills, boost your stats a bit, and severely limit your ability to cross-class. A bard is still primarily an archer with a few buffs tacked on. Dragoon is still a lancer but with some jumps thrown in. Ninja would still be a thief, but with a few ninja abilities added into the mix for flavor.

The only reason I'd really dislike having THF become dancer/ninja is because I would love to have an AF set for it like in FFXI. Anyway, we'll just have to wait and see what SE actually has in store for us with future classes and jobs.