Trick Attack

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I personally really dislike the change, Trick being on a 1 min window is why alot of statics bring ninja's and not only just for clearing but also to add some variety to their gameplay by allowing them to dump their resources at 1 min mark. It was also integral to the identity as ninja.

Statics with no NIN were never forced to do this. Statics with NIN were forced to do this.
You mention how you'd like to be able to use your mudras as you please in between the two minute window- well- that restrictiveness is what NIN forcefully imposes on groups that bring them.
If you want to dump your resource at the 1 min mark keep doing so. Trick being personal has no real impact on anyone. It is the best possible scenario this "make raidbuffs align at 2 min" mentality could've brought NIN. We get to keep the buff, making our burst windows stay consistent, while no longer gimping our personal output.

Their idea was to limit the changes on the rotation as much as possible while making the nin buff 2 mins, but it's likely it won't play out that way unless they make mug a really awkward skill, like giving you ninki and raid buff. Ninja will be really awkward to play for a while, and I woulda prefered if they had actual balls to make trick 2 mins so we can use our ninjitsu in-between how we like. I imagine there's gonna be some odd timing forced downtime in dsw.

Why would Mug become awkward? It's possible Mug just gets a rework entierly and no longer grants Ninki too, we don't know yet. And even if it still gives Ninki just ensure you go into your burst window with no more than 60 Ninki.
Every rework/patch makes jobs a bit awkward to play for a while, growing pains will pass.
If our raidbuff is 120 sec the downtime will just be the same as for everyone else. If downtime corresponds with 60 sec windows the drift will still apply to every single tank, and some DPS, which in turn will create a universal consistent delay of 2 min windows.

Lastly depending on the balance ninja will just end up being a worse version of monk in every single way. Ninjas has worse personal mit, no mantra, and probably will always have lower rdps by design compaired to monk. So I imagine most statics given the choice will always take monk over ninja if both players are good.

Or you know, possibly, it will be on par with MNK. We have no clue at this point, and can't do much except wait for the patch.

All I know for a fact is that I will revel in the fact that my job is getting better personal contribrution right in time for DS release, cause when doing that on release "waiting til my job scales well later into the patches" isn't a viable option.

I know that this is the internet and that the norm is to freak out before actually knowing what we're freaking out about, but might it make sense to actually wait for patch notes and try out the new build before definitively declaring that the sky is falling?

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