The Ninja Superthread

[Aiurily]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ATejxPsSI

1953 dps opener (although the only thing special about it is 38% crit rate wwww)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mujSJ90GnA&feature=youtu.be

1137 dps parse over 3m20s @ 13% crit rate. would be higher if i could extend the rotation to the next trick attack phase and make use of the last set of dots that are BFB buffed, but no TP to continue.

[Butcherboy]

So pretty much ninja is the strongest burst opener if all melee but the lowest when it comes to sustain? I figured with all the CD drg have they will be first.

[MrCookTM]

So pretty much ninja is the strongest burst opener if all melee but the lowest when it comes to sustain? I figured with all the CD drg have they will be first.

I think this will even out in fights with downtime, since Nin is still the least affected by it.

[Odowla]

Have we even done storms eye parsing? i mean, it was like +30 DPS on i130.. what is it now? Thatatters cause in raid you dont need to self apply.

[MrCookTM]

Have we even done storms eye parsing? i mean, it was like +30 DPS on i130.. what is it now? Thatatters cause in raid you dont need to self apply.

... unless your static is running a PLD/DRK tank setup, which is what my group does for 3.0... ;.(

[Dante_V]

Love the new moves. Haven't had to change my opener at all beyond a couple OGCD moves and armor crush keep the ninja on blast forever.

The positionals haven't bothered me at all and I actually like them. Although the aeolian positional can be a bit of a bigger on solo play but I have ways of dealing with that.

[Krissey]

I'm beginning to grow Weary of Ninja. It feels exactly like old school feral druid to me: Dancing Edge = Mangle, Shadow Fang = Shred, Mutilate = RIP, Huiton = Savage Roar.

Juggling the debuffs, dots, and buffs while trying to fit in your nuke filler (Aolean Edge = Ferocious Bite) is exhausting. There's no breathing room, it feels like you can't make a single mistake or your damage suffers cripplingly. However unlike the Feral Druid, which was tedious enough as is, we have to weave in all these extra oGCD cooldowns and abilities (Ninjitsus, Jug, Mug, DwD, Duality, etc..)

[FreyrPrime]

I'm beginning to grow Weary of Ninja. It feels exactly like old school feral druid to me: Dancing Edge = Mangle, Shadow Fang = Shred, Mutilate = RIP, Huiton = Savage Roar.

Juggling the debuffs, dots, and buffs while trying to fit in your nuke filler (Aolean Edge = Ferocious Bite) is exhausting. There's no breathing room, it feels like you can't make a single mistake or your damage suffers cripplingly. However unlike the Feral Druid, which was tedious enough as is, we have to weave in all these extra oGCD cooldowns and abilities (Ninjitsus, Jug, Mug, DwD, Duality, etc..)

This seems to be the world all Melee live in at the moment. Dragoon is equally as punishing with how tight BotD makes our rotation and the requirement to hit double oGCDs per GCD, and MNK is still dependent on GL3 and everything that entails.

That said melee is still king of the hill, although SMN is breathing down our necks.

P.S: bonus points for being an ex-Feral

[Arkenne]

Aeolian for solo

Im at lvl 59 and my chocobo has about 13k hp... it can tank things hard D:
Its a good way to practice Shadewalker, so I suggest you use it as much as you can!
Funny enough, Jugulate + Duality are so fast you can wind them inbetween a single GCD as if they were mudras. So landing an Aeolian for solo with them is pretty nice (and amazingly badass).

[CBellz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ATejxPsSI

1953 dps opener (although the only thing special about it is 38% crit rate wwww)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mujSJ90GnA&feature=youtu.be

1137 dps parse over 3m20s @ 13% crit rate. would be higher if i could extend the rotation to the next trick attack phase and make use of the last set of dots that are BFB buffed, but no TP to continue.

Hmmm you did crit 13% on ninja vs 20% on dragoon, it's a big difference even taking into account battle litany. I'm quite sure when the parsers are updated and the dust has settled, the difference in dps between monk/nin/drg will be miniscule.