Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
Except that NIN CC is worse than that of almost every other job. Again, I'm not saying it actually needs improvement. As far as I can tell, it's fully functional. But it's not equal to that of the other classes.

Are there situations where Hyoton could save a life (or group)? Sure, but there are more where Tri-disaster could.
Is it less of a sacrifice to have the NIN silence instead of the MNK? Sure, but that doesn't mean the MNK doesn't have a stronger silence.
I'm saying that NIN's CC ability, while fully serviceable, is less than that of the other classes. Is it unfair to compare it to Shield Bash? Maybe, but if I wanted to be really unfair I'd compare it to Holy.

The reason that DPS classes don't usually CC is because, in the cases where CC is essential, tanks and healers often provide better CC. Stuns? Let the PLD or WHM do it. Blind? Let the PLD do it. Silence? PLD/BRD rotation. Bind? SMN. All that's left for the NIN/MNK/DRG/WAR/SCH is to be ready in case someone screwed up. Yes, the NIN has more flexibility, and is less likely to lose DPS either way, but that doesn't actually address the *power* of the CC available to it.
And here you go dragging in more irrelevant classes to this topic. Healers? Seriously? What's next? That Black Mages have apocatastasis and Ninja's don't?

You're making less and less sense. Tri-disaster could save a situation? There is only one instance where a single target bind would make or break an encounter and that used to be SCOB Turn 2. After all the nerfing binding isn't even necessary any more from any class. Be it melee DPS - as which was the topic originally - or some other class.

Monk has AoE silence, yay? But there is not a single occasion that AoE silence is necessary. All encounters where silence is even needed only requires single target silence.

And healers on stun duty? That's so unreliable, I guess White Mage have the worst stun capacity because it's near impossible to time right then!

Ninja Silence or Stun does it's job just like any other class: It silences/It stuns. At least Ninja has the access to both of them. With your logic, Dragoon and Bard CC are the worst compared to Ninja and Monks then because they only have one type that's remotely relevant to endgame content. Have I mentioned yet that nearly every boss is either immune to stun/silence or designed in a way you can do without? (4-man dungeon bosses)

Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
Yep, that's why people made sure to bring MNK to their Mythflox runs: That oGCD stun every 40 seconds is amazing. What's that? They actually used WHM Holy spam or SCH's Shadow Flare? Are you sure? I mean, both of those are GCD abilities. . .
Which also brought up more irrelevant information to "the versatility of ninja" within this topic
Which is also another too specific scenario to compare. 40s oGCD stun? You don't need a monk for that. Considering there's always a tank around, a warrior or paladin can solo stun anything in Brayflox - or other 4 man content for that matter - perfectly fine