Ninja, The problem job and some ideas to change it.

[Selvokaz]

All melees have positionals, NIN is no exception. Unless SE decides to make it different, all melees have rear and side positionals on several abilities. So remove Armor Crush, and you basically just have to stick to the enemy's butt 100% of the time.

DRG also has a DoT/debuff combo (Chaos Thrust), and a plain damage combo (Full Thrust).
NIN's Armor Crush is pretty much the same thing as SAM's Shifu: a 30s haste buff.

Imo, pressing sometimes 1-2-4 instead of 1-2-3 doesn't add a lot of depth to the gameplay. But in this case it forces you to deal with positionals and move to the side, then back to the rear, which adds a layer of player's skill. Get rid of Armor Crush and you make NIN easier to play, not only "less clumsy". Not that it's necessarily a bad idea, NIN is hard to play (for me at least QQ)

The flanking bonus is a unnecessary complexity that isn't even all that important since you'll only ever need to use Armor Crush once every 70 seconds. At this point at least in regards to Ninja the DEVs have to see that tacking on flanking to Armor crush was nothing more than a lazy attempt to make it relevant because what they are about to do is going to and for those of us who kind of know better already do, True North negates the the need for positioning and since it recharges fairly quickly 150s, you'll need to reply Armor Crush once or twice before it recharges. flanking just for that small bit of extra damage is negated. Again to me the smart thing to do is just fuse Armor Crush into Aeolian Edge after someone becomes a ninja, in fact make it a level X trait that you can learn after you are taught Futon. There now you can keep Armor crush but it's now a trait rather than a weapon skill, it applies all the same benefits it already does but only when you use Aeolian Edge as a ninja of X level. Also I never argued that ninja wasn't a complex job, in fact i made a list on another thread and Ninja is listed under intermediate level, when it comes to the amount of skill needed to work the job passably.