The Mug change, predictably, feels like garbage.

[Manofpassion]

True, my apologies. They haven't made all the dps have just one dps button and one dot ... yet. Maybe since we're dps we will get two dots! yay!

Actually on second thought, the devs removed ninja's shadowfang, so we'll be lucky to even get one dot. Think the devs would prefer if nin just had one attack button and one 2 minute buff. In the form of mug of course.

Back on topic, I agree with the assertion that needing Suiton + ninki below 60 to activate both trick and mug without any dps loss feels quite awkward. While this can be claimed to be complexity, and I guess it technically is, it feels incredibly jank. I don't mind putting in work to get a raid buff, like in astro's divination in shb, but that system in my opinion flowed much better. The complexity, which I'm sure is accidental because it's the ninja devs, is appreciated, but it needs to flow a lot more better to make it worth the hassle. Shb divination was a 6% buff, so the work felt like it was worth it since it was one of the strongest buffs in the game. Ninja puts in work just to get shitty brotherhood.

[aloneatsea]

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I'd have to agree. The amount of build-up and considerations needed to be taken into account to enter burst -- not even to prepare for burst, to enter it -- is immense. I was fine with this in the form of Suiton -> Trick, as Trick was very powerful and it set a nice rhythm. Now, it just feels like a complicated puzzle that can only be solved in one way. Complicated yet boring.

It's shocking to me how one small change can have such an impact on how it feels to play the class. In odd windows, it feels pretty alright, but even minute windows.... mm, it doesn't feel good, and not just because I spent the past two months learning to deliberately drift Mug into Trick for more DPS.