Quote Originally Posted by Xenon_S View Post
Ninja feels restrictive.
I'm not sure if you understand the meaning of restrictive if I'm honest, since the current iteration of Ninja is anything but.

You can freestyle so much on Ninja even during burst windows which makes it so versatile, as well as nearly always having PK ready.

I can no longer freely disenage with a Raiton for minimum loss, that will cost me a whopping 650+560 potency inside trick.
You do realize that Trick is only a 5% buff right. Using a raiton + raiju outside of trick doesn't suddenly make that potency go away. If you even cover like half a gcd worth of downtime it's already worth it to use raiton as a disengage. That far outweighs the 5% bonus potency you'd get from putting those skills in trick. Uptime > All.

I can no longer slightly overcap ninki to get more Bhavas in trick because GCD ninki generation is backloaded.
If you were ever overcapping Ninki just to get bhavacakras in trick you were doing it way wrong to begin with, even back in Shadowbringers. This is never a thing any job wants to do because of the uncertainty of killtimes and how even overcapping 5 Ninki could lose you a full bhavacakra usage in the worst case scenario.
Besides any overcap also affects trick windows later down the line.

With everyone having 2min bursts, it becomes even more vital for us to get trick right on CD without any leeway of GCD optimization in trick.
You would do this anyways. Every raid buff does this. Because it's a raid buff, you use it on CD because it makes it easier for everyone to anticipate your buff timing.

You would never delay trick (or any raidbuff for that matter) to optimize your own potency within it. You can do that with personal buffs, but even then you need to know what you're doing because you run the risk of losing usages again.

I have trouble understanding your philosophy in general...