Why is Ninja always the weakest melee?

[Fourbestintoner]

It has never been *mandatory*, especially not compared to drg.

[Ramura_Sono]

It has never been *mandatory*, especially not compared to drg.

It has literally been "mandatory" for as long as Dragoon has.


Every Jobs rotation was literally built to fit as much as possible into Trick Attack. Nin also had the ability to manipulate enmity to a degree no other job could. No singular job has had as much impact on the way the game is played as NIN.

[Powercow]

It has literally been "mandatory" for as long as Dragoon has.


Every Jobs rotation was literally built to fit as much as possible into Trick Attack. Nin also had the ability to manipulate enmity to a degree no other job could. No singular job has had as much impact on the way the game is played as NIN.

Don't forget Goad was a ninja-only ability for a long time, in an era where running out of TP was a constant issue.

Ninja has historically been pretty powerful. That's not to excuse it being weak now -- a job being historically strong or weak should have no bearing on how strong it is currently.