NIN -- how does everyone else feel we're doing?

[Bearrier]

How is a 10% permanent buff to ranged DPS not helping? 15% Crit for 20s? Little TP issues and better AoE than the other two melee? I don't see why anyone wouldn't want one.

Goad is NOT an ability that makes or breaks a static. All a NIN brings is Trick Attack which is only 10% damage once a minute. While nice, that isn't game breaking by any means.

It is helping, but it isn't that big compared to TA and Goad. TA boosts the party's dps by 3%ish last time I checked. Piercing isn't adding that much. It only benefits 2 people in your static if you're running a progression based party comp (2 melee, 1 support, 1 caster). Goad does help a lot especially in A2 Savage and onwards. Monk has better AOE than DRG unless DRG doesn't run out of TP.