The Ninja Superthread

[Alahra]

This is a really great and detailed read:

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/125...11#post6433711
according to the article it appears that positionals will be only extending huton effects. so if u want to play as you do and refresh huton every 60 seconds you do that with

Can you post the full link? It's truncated and not working now.

[AlphaDragoon]

Can you post the full link? It's truncated and not working now.

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/125...vent-5-18-5-21)

Bad news, the "ability that makes a WS hit three times" was a mistranslation. They fixed it to "a weapon skill that hits three times". But there is also a new buff that increases WS damage.

It sounds like Ninjas are gonna have even more buttons than every other DPS to worry about (they already do now). :/

[Alahra]

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/125...vent-5-18-5-21)

Bad news, the "ability that makes a WS hit three times" was a mistranslation. They fixed it to "a weapon skill that hits three times". But there is also a new buff that increases WS damage.

It sounds like Ninjas are gonna have even more buttons than every other DPS to worry about (they already do now). :/

Thanks! As for additional buttons, it doesn't really seem that bad. We're getting one new combo action for sure. It seems like the "skills that weaken enemies" is referring to the Dancing Edge debuff and the Trick Attack debuff, rather than anything new. The new skill that hits three times could honestly be the same one that they're adding to our combos, though that's unclear. It seems at the moment we'll have up to two new main rotational Weaponskills--the rest of our additions seem to be cooldowns.

[Allyrion]

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/125...vent-5-18-5-21)

Bad news, the "ability that makes a WS hit three times" was a mistranslation. They fixed it to "a weapon skill that hits three times". But there is also a new buff that increases WS damage.

It sounds like Ninjas are gonna have even more buttons than every other DPS to worry about (they already do now). :/

I suppose that explains why there's a move after Shadowfang in the video. (Possibly)
I see two new moves there following Shadowing.
The first starts at 2:58, it's a very flashy charged up attack. (though the charging can be separate from the attack)
If I had to guess, this is Issou which is the one that increases weaponskill damage.
Then they use Jugulate and then another new skill, which is probably what extends Fuuton.

I don't think we've seen Musou Sandan (the 3-stage attack), just like MNKs haven't seen that new Kamahameha aoe they get.
Really curious what this 3-stage attack is. It was reported earlier but I thought it was a mistranslation and the buff to the next weaponskill was the right one.
It made sense with the video too, since the charge up could've been the buff (it looks like Kassatsu) then he performs Issou > Jugulate > Fuuton Extender (no name yet).
But now that Gamewatch corrected itself, I guess that doesn't work.

Though it makes me a little more interested since this 3-hit weaponskill sounds like an original mechanic, hopefully not just describing the animation.

[Alahra]

Though it makes me a little more interested since this 3-hit weaponskill sounds like an original mechanic, hopefully not just describing the animation.

If I had to guess, it's one Weaponskill that hits three times (giving it 3 chances to critical), sort of how a Bard's auto-attacks hit three times under Barrage. Slightly new since there aren't Weaponskills like that (though we've seen monster attacks that do that, like Goblin Rush and Bahamut's Claw).