NIN: Shukuchi could be better...

[Mysticdraggon]

Yes it can stay as it is at its core. The only thing that needs to be done is to fix the animation and startup so that it can be executed instantly rather than having the slight lag that it has now.

Shukuchi is already the most flexible of the movement abilities for DPS. Aetherial Manipulation can only target a party member, Shoulder Tackle can only target an enemy, Dragoon had various jumps but each has a set landing behavior. Shukuchi can be free-aimed and can also be used to move directly to any selected target (party member, enemy, object).

even those abilities, or abilities similar to Shukuchi, have their own controversy. i believe someone here mentioned the abilities already.

i do agree that the ability should take a lot less time to use, but again, we have a situation where the developers dont want us to abuse the ability out of combat: they will have second thought before taking action.

[Zojha]

[...] we have a situation where the developers dont want us to abuse the ability out of combat:

Abuse for what, tho'?

It's on a pretty long CD, it's not like we can zoom around the map at sonic speed and it still doesn't allow us to climb un-climb-able surfaces. The range is short as well. Maybe if they took the pathing off the ability and just ported us to the target location...that could be abused for out of border shenanigans. But I can't think of much more >.>

[Mysticdraggon]

Abuse for what, tho'?

It's on a pretty long CD, it's not like we can zoom around the map at sonic speed and it still doesn't allow us to climb un-climb-able surfaces. The range is short as well. Maybe if they took the pathing off the ability and just ported us to the target location...that could be abused for out of border shenanigans. But I can't think of much more >.>

the assumption is that if they were to decrease the cool-down and increase the range, there is a chance that ninja's would outclass mounts and short distance walks in terms of travel speed: for example its obvious that the developers want you as the player to walk/sprint from one NPC/PC/Destination to another, not teleport (short distance perspective).