Anyone compile a list of things to do to prep for NIN?

[ZReport]

If you're going to go the distance then...

1) Have some low level quests ready for completion
2) 100 Leve allowances. (you can open up to 16 Leves as well outside of your allowance).
3) Various STR & DEX Accessories for level 1-50.
4) Various STR & DEX Accessories for level i90+
5) Rads-at-Han Quenching Oil for Relic upgrade.
6) 3/3 Thavnairian Mists for Relic+1 upgrade.
7) 12/12 Atma for Atma Weapon upgrade.
8) 3/3 Enchanted Ink for Novus Scroll.
9) 75/75 Alexandrite for Novus Weapon upgrade.
10) 20,000 Wolf Marks & Rank 38 in PvP (for glamour).
11) 2,000/2,000 Myth for Atma Books.
12) 2,000/2,000 Solds for Weathered gear.
13) 100~200 Allied Seals for i90 AF.
14) 7/7 Sands of Time for i110 upgrades.
15) 4/4 Oils of Time for i110 upgrades.
16) UAT and Tokens for i110 weapon.

Pick and choose what is most important to you from this list. You'll obviously want to level into i90~i110 gear so you can immediately jump into endgame with your friends. Keep in mind there's a new tomestone coming and a lot of this will be invalidated about 2-3 weeks into patch 2.4.

You can do some other off the wall stuff like invite a friend (or open a new account) for the EXP bonus hat, idle in a sanctuary to accrue bonus exp, and more. Recruit (or hire) a friend to level tank and/or healer so queues come in quick. Have smithing leveled with a couple of mats so you can make your own knives/katanas.

[lololink]

If you're going to go the distance then...

1) Have some low level quests ready for completion
2) 100 Leve allowances. (you can open up to 16 Leves as well outside of your allowance).
3) Various STR & DEX Accessories for level 1-50.
4) Various STR & DEX Accessories for level i90+
5) Rads-at-Han Quenching Oil for Relic upgrade.
6) 3/3 Thavnairian Mists for Relic+1 upgrade.
7) 12/12 Atma for Atma Weapon upgrade.
8) 3/3 Enchanted Ink for Novus Scroll.
9) 75/75 Alexandrite for Novus Weapon upgrade.
10) 20,000 Wolf Marks & Rank 38 in PvP (for glamour).
11) 2,000/2,000 Myth for Atma Books.
12) 2,000/2,000 Solds for Weathered gear.
13) 100~200 Allied Seals for i90 AF.
14) 7/7 Sands of Time for i110 upgrades.
15) 4/4 Oils of Time for i110 upgrades.

12 to 15 are useless it will share gear with MNK anyway ( or BRD for the Dex lovers )

[ZReport]

12 to 15 are useless it will share gear with MNK anyway ( or BRD for the Dex lovers )

I can't speak on it either way. There hasn't been any conclusive evidence it will be STR or DEX, so essentially people have been smart and collected both over the last couple of months. If you haven't started by now, I wouldn't bother past i90 accessories.

People like using Fuma gear as an example, but nothing is stopping SE from creating similar looking gear, tossing DEX on it, calling it something else, and giving it to Ninja. We've seen this happen very recently with Guardian Gear from Syrus Tower for DRGs and MNKs (two sets of similar looking gear, but different stats).

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I can't speak on it either way. There hasn't been any conclusive evidence it will be STR or DEX, so essentially people have been smart and collected both over the last couple of months. If you haven't started by now, I wouldn't bother past i90 accessories.

People like using Fuma gear as an example, but nothing is stopping SE from creating similar looking gear, tossing DEX on it, calling it something else, and giving it to Ninja. We've seen this happen very recently with Guardian Gear from Syrus Tower for DRGs and MNKs (two sets of similar looking gear, but different stats).

Because :
1. There is only 1 set by type of class : Tank, Heavy Melee(DRG), Melee(MNK), Ranged (BRD), Mage and healer, putting another set of Dex would make it have 2 Dex gears while there could only be one.
2. Dex is for ranged attacks.
3. Yoshi already stated that NIN will be melee and therefor we can guess what gear it will wear.

[ZReport]

Because :
1. There is only 1 set by type of class : Tank, Heavy Melee(DRG), Melee(MNK), Ranged (BRD), Mage and healer, putting another set of Dex would make it have 2 Dex gears while there could only be one.
2. Dex is for ranged attacks.
3. Yoshi already stated that NIN will be melee and therefor we can guess what gear it will wear.

1) Read the "People like using Fuma gear as an example..." again.
2) Means absolutely nothing. It's just a text box that states that DEX affects Ranged Attack damage. You, nor I, nor anyone else here knows if Ninja's attack system will follow a new damage calculation/formula, one that's effected by DEX (or STR, or INT, or whatever they want). If it does, you can bet your buttons they'll change the tool tip to reflect this.
3) Lets clarify this here:

Massively: Any chance we can find out about what equipment Rogues/Ninjas will wear so we can prepare ahead of time?

Naoki Yoshida, producer: First off, because the class is going to be a melee DPS-type class, that gear that you have for other melee DPS classes and jobs is probably something that you'll want to hold on to. On the other hand, weapons are all going to be new because it's going to be a special type -- the dual wield. While you can use existing gear, the weapons will be all new and players can have fun collecting them. As for the special and Primal weapons, there will be rogue and ninja versions

http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/06...sses-and-more/

Taken from Massively. While he does state that it will be a (very obvious) melee class, he does not specifically state that if the main stat is STR or DEX at all. There are sets of gear that share both STR and DEX stats in game -- various pieces at all levels up to 50. It isn't until you get into the iLvls that you see specific pieces of gear that's geared towards a specific stat. For the purposes of leveling up to 50, he encourages everyone to hold onto your gear.

In the trailer, one jumped up on Ifrit’s head and grabbed his horn, what was that about?

Stay tuned for more info (laughs).

Is that a level 50 action?

Yes, a critical hit to the neck, that seems ninja-ish! Please try also using it on small monsters like ladybugs and let us know what you think (laughs).

I know it’s a dual wield job, but will you use two weapons like you did in FFXI?

It’ll be different. Even though it’s a pair of weapons, it will both be together as one weapon. You won’t equip each one separately.

What will the main stat be?

I can’t discuss it yet. It’s also possible we’ll change it from what we’ve already planned (laughs).

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/122...edia-Interview

Taken from the joint interview with Famitsu during E3. He states it right here, and calmly implies that Ninja main stat can be whatever they want it to be (or change it from whatever they planned). Ninja's main stat isn't bound to the STR stat as people are assuming.

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That's just them being vague so they don't admit it, Fuma and stat logic goes for STR, what goes for DEX ? Nothing...

[UltimateAoe2]

I can't speak on it either way. There hasn't been any conclusive evidence it will be STR or DEX, so essentially people have been smart and collected both over the last couple of months. If you haven't started by now, I wouldn't bother past i90 accessories.

People like using Fuma gear as an example, but nothing is stopping SE from creating similar looking gear, tossing DEX on it, calling it something else, and giving it to Ninja. We've seen this happen very recently with Guardian Gear from Syrus Tower for DRGs and MNKs (two sets of similar looking gear, but different stats).

You're forgetting the Solidery gear for Bard is the same as Monk, just coloured purple.

[ZReport]

That's just them being vague so they don't admit it, Fuma and stat logic goes for STR, what goes for DEX ? Nothing...

You're still missing the point. They can change a damage calculation in the system so that it's bound to DEX or whatever non-STR stat they want, forcing you to have to gear for that non-STR stat. And nothing is still stopping them from creating a Fuma Lookalike armor and putting whatever non-STR stat on it instead for Ninja.

You need to think abstractly and stop looking at what's currently in front of you. Everything changes. This is a [good] developer way of thinking.

You're forgetting the Solidery gear for Bard is the same as Monk, just coloured purple.

I didn't forget my mans, it was just point the fact that Sycrus Tower gear is a very obvious example of what I was talking about. It is however also a good example of what I was describing as well.

[Destinova]

12 to 15 are useless it will share gear with MNK anyway ( or BRD for the Dex lovers )

Until you realize they will be adding in the AGI stat as its main. Just my theory ^_-

[Radacci]

If you're going to go the distance then...

1) Have some low level quests ready for completion
2) 100 Leve allowances. (you can open up to 16 Leves as well outside of your allowance).
3) Various STR & DEX Accessories for level 1-50.
4) Various STR & DEX Accessories for level i90+
5) Rads-at-Han Quenching Oil for Relic upgrade.
6) 3/3 Thavnairian Mists for Relic+1 upgrade.
7) 12/12 Atma for Atma Weapon upgrade.
8) 3/3 Enchanted Ink for Novus Scroll.
9) 75/75 Alexandrite for Novus Weapon upgrade.
10) 20,000 Wolf Marks & Rank 38 in PvP (for glamour).
11) 2,000/2,000 Myth for Atma Books.
12) 2,000/2,000 Solds for Weathered gear.
13) 100~200 Allied Seals for i90 AF.
14) 7/7 Sands of Time for i110 upgrades.
15) 4/4 Oils of Time for i110 upgrades.
16) UAT and Tokens for i110 weapon.

17) Materias for Novus. (go with 15x (in case of failed meld) crit/det/SS I, II, III. IVs are colossal waste of gil, unless you already have them, or want to grind for them in prep)