Quote Originally Posted by Sam26 View Post
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Well, first of all, it "makes sense" that poisons don't apply to magic damage (you don't use your dagger to throw a lightning bolt at something you just cast it). You say raiton doesn't have any use basically, but you're wrong. After kassatsu, if you need to reset Shukuchi (specially now that it's sooo much OP movement wise) or if you need to move away from the boss for any mecanic reasons you do use it if you know what you're doing/need. I agree that TCJ is a bit of a struggle, but once you know the fight you can adapt easily, if you use the backa opener for example and use TCJ to set up TA. Even if it take a snare, it's a gigantic potency output at the end (i mean shuriken, raiton and suiton at ~10k crit each cmon).

TA is one thing yes (which is not the place to debate of it), but not the only one, if you have a healer suddenly taking aggro, or your MT dies for some reasons, you can manipulate aggro in a matter of seconds, and maybe save the party (maybe). If you think nin is just a "TA bot" you are doing something wrong obviously because if you can adapt it does have a strong DPS output AND a strong utility.

People have a tendency to criticize and not seeing what is great about something. The only thing you have is nin complaining about the positional of TA, but if they don't have fun with the way it's design (I have trouble seeing a backstab from the front) they should play something else more "brain dead".

Ninja IS a fun class to play, and fast and agile, if you use the tools you have, and has a lot of utility and not just TA, while being performant DPS wise (I'm far from being a good player, but I don't shame my static either I think ^^)

You say meta is a huge factor, but the thing is, besides world 1st prog, and the people who just want to copy the great players and failing at it, it has no point. You can clear with any comp as long as their is a teamwork in play. Back in HW monk was everything but meta, and yet I have cleared content with one in my team. He is a great player, not pretending to be the best but doing is job, and it worked. The pb is not the "meta" is the "copycat" people in my opinion. How many bad tank have you seen running the full STR right set just because "they do it, I can do it and it's meta !", but they are not holding any aggro and not using any CDs. More than one I assume.
The people who use meta are the one with a lot of experience together and more important, trust in each others skills. Which you will not find in any PF, roulettes or whatever else.

If you are more focus on the "meta" than you are on the job you want to play, you are not enjoying the game very much I assume. Sadly ^^