Testing out NIN more now and... to my surprise, I may advocating for a buff. Unless it's a gear syncing issue, my i400 NIN couldn't out-dps a DRK in Bartem's Mettle (they were synced down with lvl77-79 gear). Now this may just be due to NIN lacking many of its new tricks but frankly, it's absurd to think synced below 70 you're essentially useless. Even at 71, the job still feels rather weak. I'm beginning to think the dev team vastly overestimated Meisui and didn't nearly compensate enough for the loss of Dripping Blades.

I'll need to get both DRG and NIN to 80 for some direct comparisons at their highest potential but it's more than a little concerning for NIN right now.