First impressions about NIN

[Zirael_Foxfire]

So far I'm unimpressed, it feels like rehashed MNK with combo system instead greased lighning.

My initial impressions:

• increased movement speed is already available for MNK (self buff) and BRD (party buff), nothing special here. Just give every job an out of combad movement speed buff maybe?
• decreased damage from falling is useless and will take up trait slot for potentially useful trait (like, give us increased crit rate, crit damage - something that helps in playing the job, aka DPS trait...)
• combo system (ability1+ability2->explosion1) is potentially easier to play than MNK, it might be good baseline for choosing either sustained or burst damage by using different combos depending on situation
• positional requirements differing from enemy and enemy might end up with hectic button mashing, as in flank->rear->flank->rear->front->rear, but we'll have to wait and see how rigid and strict they are
• the game doesn't need another DPS class, at least developers admitted realising that already, yet here we have another DPS... This feels to me like rushed contend without deeper value. It's much easier to clone a DPS job that design a new playstyle for tank (evasion tank? pet tank? debuff tank?) or healer (AoE healer? buff healer? DoT healer?)
• another close range melee getting 1 shotted by aoe right and left. If you want to shove another DPS at us, give him crossbows/shurikens as means of doing damage. A party (light or full) needs only 1 melee for limit break purposes, anything more than that is dead weight.

[Lemon8or]

A party (light or full) needs only 1 melee for limit break purposes, anything more than that is dead weight.

Nope. I see you haven't cleared turn 7 but turn 7 is more predictable if you have 2 melees. More than 1 melee is not a dead weight. More than 1 unskilled melee is. This includes "getting 1 shotted by aoe right and left" as you pointed out.

[RinchanNau]

Nope. I see you haven't cleared turn 7 but turn 7 is more predictable if you have 2 melees. More than 1 melee is not a dead weight. More than 1 unskilled melee is. This includes "getting 1 shotted by aoe right and left" as you pointed out.

I'm all for 2 melee as well. but I wanted to note one thing. You can keep fireballs in t7 very predictable even with 3 ranged. My current group has 3 ranged. Whenever possible I stand very close to the boss like a melee and do not get targeted by fireballs. This, of course, isn't always possible. Sometimes I need to move for adds to stay in range to DPS.

[Pooky_Pasha]

First impressions based off a minute long video showing extremely limited gameplay...sounds legit.

[Leaf_Dragoon]

First impressions based off a minute long video showing extremely limited gameplay...sounds legit.

my thoughts exactly lol

[BinaryJack]

First impressions based off a minute long video showing extremely limited gameplay...sounds legit.

This. Comment. Is. Legit.

[Zirael_Foxfire]

First impressions based off a minute long video showing extremely limited gameplay...sounds legit.

First impressions, try spelling it slowly several times until the right switches click in.
Developers didn't give a single reason why they need to add NIN DPS and why we need to play it. How the game will be better with it around? I see nothing of value in this "Please look forward to it".

[LexSunfire]

First impressions, try spelling it slowly several times until the right switches click in.
Developers didn't give a single reason why they need to add NIN DPS and why we need to play it. How the game will be better with it around? I see nothing of value in this "Please look forward to it".

what in the world.... why is ninja needed? is SE only suppose to add things to the game that are "needed?" no. of course not. they add things in that the players want. (purchasable fantasia, anyone?). based on your logic, SE should never add any new classes/jobs because there is no "need" for them.

[Ardan]

Clearly Ninja sucks. /unsubscribe

[Judge_Xero]

Rogue seems to move around the mob. Ninja just beats it in the face.
Still convinced it could be a tank class.

Also...is that frost breath?

Looks awesome tbh