NIN or DRK or MCH

[Veji]

A lot of people switched to mch at february 2016, when he got some boost (including me). Before it was a new job, that required some learning, so many people continued to play brd. After boost mch became too good to ignore. Later brd got some boost too, but by that time people already leared mch and it turned out to be more mobile job that is better suited to raids, so I don't think that many machinists switched to bards back at that time.

I'm really interested to watch 2016 census by the end of the year.

P.S. I'm playing machinist now, so I'm biased in this discussion, can't give advice to OP. (try them all)

I had leveled up MCH to cap, back in Feb/March, and the damage output felt really lackluster, compared to SMN and DRG. Often times, i felt i was more a liability to my dungeon group, than an asset. Honestly, i'm hoping that it gets a really good rework in Stormblood, where the abilities feel alot more rewarding, and the combinations feel alot more rewarding. I think the 'RNG class'-thing was a gamble on SE's part, so it'll be interesting if they follow up and tweak the job, based on the amount of people actually making it their main job.

[Nixous]

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They better not, or at least not too much. I especially like the RNG combo with ammunition (it feels really good to take a chance and hold onto your quick reload and use split shot to proc a slug then ammunition it to a clean). As far as damage output is concerned of course it will be a bit lower due to the fact that it's classed as a support roll but even then I'm not that far behind the rest of the team in raiding content if not right up there with them depending on the fight.

[kaptainpancake69]

If you play Ninja, these macros will make your life 100x easier, like they did to me.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/1746863/

-Fuma Shuriken (Giant Shuriken)
/ac "Ten" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ninjutsu" <t>

-Assassinate/Mutilate
/ac "Assassinate" <t>
/ac "Mutilate" <t>

-Katon (Fire)
/ac "Chi" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ten" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ninjutsu" <t>

-Raiton (Lightning)
/ac "Ten" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Chi" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ninjutsu" <t>

-Hyoton (Ice,Bind)
/ac "Ten" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Jin" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ninjutsu" <t>

-Doton (Heavy)
/ac "Ten" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Jin" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Chi" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ninjutsu" <me>

-Huton (Haste)
/ac "Jin" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Chi" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ten" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ninjutsu" <me>

-Suiton (Water)
/ac "Ten" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Chi" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Jin" <me>
/wait 1
/ac "Ninjutsu" <t>

[Ilan]

Please don't ever play NIN with Macros like the ones above. It costs you way to much dps and on top of it macros don't work 100% right.

[Campi]

Yeah, pls don't use these macros q.q

play monk, if you can't remember the mudras


This hurt my ninja heart so much x.x

[gastovski]

Just started the game two weeks ago. My main is ninja and i love it. You know why i love it? because at level 45 you'll get the most important skill in the game "Huton". I don't think i could play another dps after getting used to this class. Hard to play but fun to play.

[Nixous]

Just started the game two weeks ago. My main is ninja and i love it. You know why i love it? because at level 45 you'll get the most important skill in the game "Huton". I don't think i could play another dps after getting used to this class. Hard to play but fun to play.

And if you have a mouse with 4 buttons you can map the actions to those which totally clears up your hotbar, and honestly makes playing a NIN that much easier IMO.

[gastovski]

And if you have a mouse with 4 buttons you can map the actions to those which totally clears up your hotbar, and honestly makes playing a NIN that much easier IMO.

Couldn't agree more.