RIP Ninja

[Apricoth]

Care to elaborate, perhaps? Currently, as long as the boss mechanics allow it, there's no reason to stay at a target's rear 100% of the time. If it's not to dodge AoE, a NIN never has to position themselves any differently.

I am confused by your comment/question here. My comment was more a joke then anything so perhaps that didn't convey well over the interwebs. On a serious note, ninjas should be ready to move at all times, especially to avoid AoEs, to place Dotons (gotta throw up that dodge skill) and get the hell outta the way of incoming AoEs after Dotons have been placed.

[Adire]

Meh. Guess I permanently retire my NIN on 6/18. It was a good run, but it's over now. Positionals SUCK. They always have, always will.

I'm in the same boat. I use the last mouse button I have left for trick attack, so that I can be more fluid with it's use while dancing. With new skills and more positionals, my dps (or dancing ability) is bound to suffer.

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to have mudras on easy-to-reach keys, but I do, so meh :/. Time to main another class.

It's also going to be odd to say the least if NIN's positionals are anywhere BUT behind the target. Ninjas are supposed to be sneaky. Sneaky people do backstabs, not facestabs. I don't even get why sneak attack is frontal.

Edit: And I don't know about other people, but I see mudras as sort of an alternative to having positionals. I find using mudras to be much easier and less frustrating than having to position for every attack. Now it seems there is no alternative for melee dps; NIN just has mudras AND positionals on top of that to deal with using.

[KingXRay]

so much nerf...surely SE don't like ninja at all. They still not yet fix the mudra lag and now adding position requirement to old skills, so much waste of time...
https://youtu.be/ZTHGPrKvPLs

[Evangela]

screw the bonus. I'll ignore it just like how I ignore most of the mechanics in this game.

[Reokudo]

Welp, good thing I am gonna main DRK.

[Houston009]

lol @Positionals_ruining_ninja

[KingXRay]

lol @Positionals_ruining_ninja

yeah maybe we should do #positionalsruiningninja spam the facebook and twitter lol, then they might buff ninja :P

[Elazu]

Uh...where exactly is the problem?

[ErzaScarlet77]

NIN will still do ridiculous damage and be very desirable for TA and goad
and positionals arent that bad. its actually a lot of fun

[juniglee]

Another Live Letter, another lack of addressing mudra lag...

The latency weakness of Mudra is now reduced..

Sorry just saw this, did they actually say they were addressing Mudra lag?