Quote Originally Posted by Llynethil View Post
Completely moot points as you can preuse shield, do high ranged damage while taking almost 0 damage yourself to make them lose a bunch of hp and force recovery spam (which should be what ranged physicals should be for), then jump in with hard stun and do high melee burst damage and kill something while you still have your 4 charges of spam recover up then run away while still having an extra healing ontop of it if need be.

You don't need all that survivability, your job is basically like that of a jungler in a moba, you wait for someone else to engage, then you go in and assassinate the main threat, and get back out.
Why ff14 players don't get this is beyond me, and it's the very reason why they added rediculous bloated kits like that of ninja and ideas like the dr's in frontline, because the playerbase overall doesn't get what their role is supposed to be in anything non pve related.
Preusing Huton requires significant setup time. Shurikens are only 6k damage per GCD on a 10 sec recharge timer, equivalent to a BRD's fillers. Hyosho and Goka are 16k but consume a mudra charge.

Melee burst combo requires Assassinate (Shukuchi) and a prepared Aeolian Edge, along with Bunshin. It's not something you can do at the drop of a hat. If they're using a mudra on Raiju, then they cannot deal damage during that time except for Shurikens. Raiju effectively locks away all other GCD damage actions until they've spent both charges. If they commit Shukuchi, Raiju, and Hyosho to a burst cycle, then they have absolutely no defenses available. They have less inherent defense than a White Mage.

NIN cannot do all of what you've described, all at once, with no prep time. You're coming across as someone that loses to something and then whines about it. If NIN's so broken, play it yourself and climb to top 10 on your DC.