It's time to buff Ninja - Yes it is.

[Saito_S]

I hate to be THAT guy

Then don't be? It's both pointless and douchy to assert that anyone who hasn't hit the level cap and done EVERYTHING in the game should stay silent on issues of class balance. Especially since I explicitly qualified my opinion by acknowledging ahead of time that I'm not into 3.0 content yet.

EDIT: plus the OP also included conversations about NIN being weak, conversations on the forums. i.e. "DRGs can come here and complain and get buffs" and "it's time our voices were heard." Well, I addressed that in my post too: where are these voices? Where are the people talking about NIN being too weak or uncompetitive? I don't need to be level 60 to comment on that, either.