Utsusemi?

[Telvorei]

I found an interesting post on Reddit about the 1 year anniversary video talking about the ninja gameplay clip http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...sary_surprise/

With the information/speculation they received from watching the video, do you guys believe Ninja will have Utsusemi as a possible ninjutsu? I believe its a 20sec cd for Ninjutsu.

With such a short cd and the fact that they are not a tank... if utsusemi was included, it would only be 1 shadow?

[ispano]

If it was included at all it would be designed in such a way so they cannot tank.

[silentwindfr]

it will probably a saving move, allowing them to avoid one attack every 20 second... not enough for be game breaking, since you must use your ninjutsu CD for use it instead of the other skill.
that one of the most interesting part of the ninja, the fact that you will have to choose wisely which spell use.

[Telvorei]

it will probably a saving move, allowing them to avoid one attack every 20 second... not enough for be game breaking, since you must use your ninjutsu CD for use it instead of the other skill.
that one of the most interesting part of the ninja, the fact that you will have to choose wisely which spell use.

Right. It would be a DPS loss to use Utsusemi, but potentially, it could save your life in a dangerous moment. Definitely a tool I would like to have at my disposal as a ninja.

[Parodine]

If they make it an ability, I imagine it would be like Manawall that absorbs 2-3 attacks but has an a very long cooldown.

[Warlyx]

ehm we have utsusemi already ingame is called manawall :P (2 shadows only tho)

[CYoung187]

They could have more shadows, but if they don't have any enmity skills via cross class they won't be used as a tank much anyway. They could be useful for fighting ads though.

[kyuven]

don't assume any skill will work the same as it does in FFXI. They're probably specifically designing the ability so it can't be used to tank.
Also even if it did work the same, combat is faster paced here than in XI. Being able to take one hit every 20 seconds means "I can survive Red Wedding" rather than "I r t3h l33t n1nj@ tanx"

[Tupsi]

don't assume any skill will work the same as it does in FFXI. They're probably specifically designing the ability so it can't be used to tank.
Also even if it did work the same, combat is faster paced here than in XI. Being able to take one hit every 20 seconds means "I can survive Red Wedding" rather than "I r t3h l33t n1nj@ tanx"

Problem is: Unless you're War or Pld you won't ever be a tank in any relevant content in XIV simply due to game design. So Utsusemi could make you untouchable for the whole battle and you'll never be a tank because of the core game design (We know it's a DPS role, and no DPS job gains access to provoke that I've seen.)

[Tashigi]

Cross will likely be PUG and THM.
But I want it to be WAR and GLD for my own evil purposes.