Quote Originally Posted by Kolsykol View Post
Ten Chi Jin is the actual problem in this regard, even moreso with random mechanics and people running into you and dropping AoE on your head.
Everything is scripted in this game, so you can always plan how to use TCJ safely in advance, especially since its ranged. Talking about "random" mechanics honestly makes you sound kinda inexperienced, which would explain why you didn't see the problem with Raiju and don't understand why regular melee attack is better than a gap-closer in that regard. Even something like e6 normal would be an issue with the "garuda bacon strip" mechanic - many a DRG cried for that one due to jumps and even tanks had to hold their dashes. With six nearly unmovable Raijus it would've been a nightmare and that's just one mechanic from the top of my head. I remember there were several issues of staying at max-melee in the last tier as well.

Quote Originally Posted by Kolsykol View Post
I've done all of the EW content countless times on NIN and I had absolutely zero issues it rly comes across as a totally imagined problem imho.
Are you sure you have actually done it all on NIN? Because there's bind mechanics in the first trial(normal and EX) which align with the 60 second burst and make it impossible to use gap-closers.