Ninja seem to be a debuff DPS ?

[Exstal]

Last I read, it was a DEX job.

There is no confirmation on SE's part. There was datamined traits for what we assumed as Rogue's for DEX but there was an interview where they aren't sure which stat to make it. They will let us know in due time.

[YanderePrincess]

There is no confirmation on SE's part. There was datamined traits for what we assumed as Rogue's for DEX but there was an interview where they aren't sure which stat to make it. They will let us know in due time.

At E3, Yoshi recommended holding onto your melee DPS gear for rogue/ninja release. That strongly implies str.

[Exstal]

At E3, Yoshi recommended holding onto your melee DPS gear for rogue/ninja release. That strongly implies str.

What will the main stat be?

I can’t discuss it yet. It’s also possible we’ll change it from what we’ve already planned (laughs).

Source

Famitsu Interview

[YanderePrincess]

That's why I said implies. But it really seems highly unlikely they'll make it dex, since they have it pretty clearly set up so that dex is ranged specific. But we'll see.

[kiraan]

Source

Famitsu Interview

Yeah they're waiting to see what people stockpile and go for the other one

[Yoninxi]

Keep your melee gear. Doesn't get more black and white than that. Don't know why people want non to be dex based so bad

[Powercow]

Keep your melee gear. Doesn't get more black and white than that. Don't know why people want non to be dex based so bad

Another dex-based class would, right now, make a lot of sense. There's 2 str DPS, 2 int DPS, 2 mnd healers, 2 vit tanks, and 1 dex DPS. Another dex DPS would even out the gear a bit.

Some people think it fits more thematically, and it does (seeing a ninja clobbering something with a ton of strength isn't what most people think of when they think of a ninja fighting.) The thing is, they can make the armor say Strength and still show the Ninja animations be graceful, speedy and precise to fit that assumed aesthetic.

I imagine it'll be Strength, since the decisions for a lot of things in this game are meant to cater to newer players and switching up a single melee class to have their damage scale with dexterity instead of strength could be confusing for some people.

[Yoninxi]

The next dex class will probably be musketeer.

[Alise]

I don't really mind, they can work with either STR or DEX, but what I want to focus is about the part whether it seem to be a debuff + DPS or just a pure DPS.

In any MMO, you can only become the best at one thing. Any hybrid class will never become the top of line DPS. So if Ninja can deal both spell damage and physical damage, then he is going to be bad at both. If he focus on just one type of damage, then he may get chance to be the top. And in this sense, I think that if it is confirm that Ninjutsu will debuff enemy, then I can totally see that it will be the class opposite to bard with debuff instead of buff. Overall dps will be weaker than pure DPS class such as Monk for sure.

[Axeus]

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It honestly doesn't have to be so black and white, when they originally introduced ninja they said that the mudras (hand signs) would have many different effects based on the combination used. Some mudras would have beneficial effects, debuffs, or even used as spells.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHye...BgaDV50sGJtWAg
Even in the original video (however not 100% sure it's related but seems to be so) that when casting mudras the ninja then used an ice spell. For all we know they could have like 2 debuffs a self buff and several spells as mudras but we don't know how many they have but it was even said. That some combinations of mudras will have a negative effect not every combo does something. Also wanted to say if he does do spells it will scale off his main stat not some hybrid style, the game has shown us that with long range attacks on melee classes.