Battle System Rant

[Kabooa]

Leave those abilities alone and give Shirk to SAM? The recent "buff" to Merciful Eyes isn't going to be noticeable due to it be gated by an Third Eye proc. Alternatively; Give Shirk to NIN so that NIN has Shadewalker, Smokescreen, and Shirk.

It's literally free threat reduction, and every savage fight we've had is plentiful on raid wide damage.

[DRKoftheAzure]

It's literally free threat reduction, and every savage fight we've had is plentiful on raid wide damage.

Latency is a big factor and you also have to perfectly time it in which every other time you can't even get it because of the 3 second window to get the proc for the that reduction which the game asks you to be perfect when other jobs can do that without the need for a proc. Making things needlessly complicated is not fun.

[Kabooa]

Latency is a big factor and you also have to perfectly time it in which every other time you can't even get it because of the 3 second window to get the proc for the that reduction which the game asks you to be perfect when other jobs can do that without the need for a proc. Making things needlessly complicated is not fun.

If by 'time it perfectly' you mean 'hit it about 50% cast bar'

[Shurrikhan]

If by 'time it perfectly' you mean 'hit it about 50% cast bar'

This. It's been a long time since I've missed a Third Eye. And without a NIN, a Merciful Eyes can mean more for rDPS (via tank dps) than Seigan. I'll Merciful whenever I'm nearing taking MT enmity if it won't lose me a Kaiten, Shinten, or Seigan over TA, or whenever to near to wait. Honestly, without a Monk present, I usually see Shirk again relegated to the tank swaps themselves these days, rather than CircleShirking.