Quote Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty View Post
Based on what I see here, if any job needs help, it is RDM more than NIN. NIN will always be wanted for trick attack just like people will always want dancer for its damage buffs. But RDM is consistently worst or second worst DPS and its best raid buff is.. Embolden. Something that buffs only physical damage for the party and with a buff that actually gets worse every few seconds. Why bring a red mage when summoner fills the same niche but with more damage?
Rdm needs a buff. But you are incorrect about ninja still wanted because of trick. You are taking its utility at face value. The highest value trick has been given has been around 1000. Pdps of ninja is 2k behind the next melee. This means ninjas pdps nullifys trick attack. Also means a "speedrun" loses total raid dps just by bringing them.


If a utility still nets in a dps loss, the utility may as well not exist. Remove it, or give ninja a proper excuse for its dps contribution being as low as it is.

Ppl are trashing nin because it was meta so long. They say "its where it should be now," or "its just not meta now its fine" when in actuality its not even VIABLE. Meta has nothing to do with a majority of the player base, its just what people echo from the "top percentile" "this is best so we should have it"

There will never be a balance. Something will always be meta, just not nin this time, as it cant even perform its main function.