Is the Ninja nerf really needed?

[dday3six]

(Pauvre Dragoons not even considered after update already, oh lawd)

What worries me the most is that Ninja will be nerfed too much. Dragoon's will get a DPS boost, but not the utility they needed to really give them a place at the table, and raids will go back to using 2 Monks.

I was really hoping Dragoon would just be brought in line to Monk and Ninja in terms of DPS with added utility so the Melee DPS raid choice would be a question of which utility is the most useful to your group.

[Parodine]

What worries me the most is that Ninja will be nerfed too much. Dragoon's will get a DPS boost, but not the utility they needed to really give them a place at the table, and raids will go back to using 2 Monks.

I was really hoping Dragoon would just be brought in line to Monk and Ninja in terms of DPS with added utility so the Melee DPS raid choice would be a question of which utility is the most useful to your group.

I agree. I think in terms of implementation, I'd rather not see nerfs for most jobs. Before NIN came around, they didn't want to nerf MNK for the sake of DRG. Harkens back to the FFXI days a bit. Makes me a wee bit nervous, but we'll see.

Still, we'll see when the update comes I guess. I think the raid utility NIN brings with TA will be too juicy to pass up in most cases. They're often not credited for the DPS they add to the group during the time that is active which is technically partially theirs.