Alternatives to "nerfing" ninja

[dday3six]

The problem about NINs, is as the Dev team themselves have stated, they wanted their DPS to be lower than that of a MNK due to Trick Attack alone. That move alone, simply means that NIN should never, ever, be higher DPS than a MNK (or I daresay, a DRG. But less so a DRG, due to Disembowel helping the BRD so much)


With Trick Attack, NIN parses higher than MNK. Yeah, sure, Mantra is great, and always will. But although Dragonkick is great in this coil, it wasn't that amazing in the last two. It was decent, but it wasn't one of the things that made MNK viable.

Trick attack, so along as the NIN parses decently, will always make a NIN viable. Always. 10% DMG, every 60 seconds is HUGE and always will be.

If we are going to give all the increased damage from TA to Ninja, then we would need to factor in what 2 Monks can do as well. Being able to always use Bootshine and have Dragon Kick debuff is equally huge.

[Jeckyl_Tesla]

If we are going to give all the increased damage from TA to Ninja, then we would need to factor in what 2 Monks can do as well. Being able to always use Bootshine and have Dragon Kick debuff is equally huge.

That's fine. If there are two MNKs in the group, you do this.

If there is a BRD and a DRG, you do this.

But it doesn't matter what the actual composition, if there a NIN in the group, you add 105 from EVERYONE. Even the Tanks, even the healers spamming Stone II. There is a huge difference here.