The Ninja Superthread

[Allyrion]

Smoke Screen is basically Quelling Strikes for another player, right?

Hey, you race changed!

And, yes that's all it is.

[NovaLevossida]

Still not seeing why we needed 2 threat abilities. Not like they can design a fight with them in mind.

To be fair, it's yet another tool to fix Duty Finder stupidity. Previously we could only give them TP after they died. Now with enmity reducing abilities, we can save that Goad for a Dragoon!

[Viridiana]

Hey, you race changed!

And, yes that's all it is.

I did! But it hasn't updated on my screen yet >_>

[Arkenne]

Smoke Screen isn't really interesting.

This, I support. Would be great if one could Smoke Screen oneself... I mean, come on, it only makes sense D:!!
In any case, surprisingly as it is, since Im lvling with a SCH friend, I've found myself using this skill far more often that I was expecting to... since as a DPS I have no aggro generator to hold her aggro heals, Smoke Screen had helped me more than once to divert her aggro on other people doing FATEs or save her from gaining aggro from healing other people...

Also at Ravana I found myself actually asking for this skill to be thrown on me... sitting on the orage is never good for the heart, I tell you :|

It definitely has its uses, but Im not completely comfortable with it...

On the other hand Armor Crush is a charm !!

[Dante_V]

When I was running thru the story mission in party with my gf who is a bard I had my Choco out on heals and I would throw up smoke screen on her pre pull and fire AOE/pop shade shift and it was very effective at letting me tank for a bit and keep the mobs still while she went crazy with cool downs and such. This as opposed to her pulling aggro on a random mob and kiting them around allowed for a more effective means to burst down enemies. It is underwhelming as a first skill to get tho.

[b_rad]

Is anyone else having issues keeping DE,SF,Mut while weaving in AE and refreshing Huton with AC? Seems like ive always got something falling off.

[Opa-Opa]

Ya it would have made a thousand times more sense to have AC combo off of Shadow Fang instead of being yet another combo off of Gust Slash.

Also, is it just me or does it seem like Armor Crush and Dancing Edge should have their names switched? I mean you would think the skill called Armor Crush would have something to do with lowering the targets defenses somehow =P

[Arkenne]

Oh thats also happening to me but its because of how AC is throwing off my timing with Huton, since I was used to cast a Ninjutsu at the 50, 30 and 10 seconds marks.

But you can go AE, AE, AE, AC, AE, AC, AC, AE, AE, AC. Or something like that, and should suffice to keep your de/buffs up at all times like with AE before.

The positionals also are taking me a toll to remember so I'll mostlikely stick to a dummy for hours to no end once I reach lvl 60 XD

[AlphaDragoon]

Ya it would have made a thousand times more sense to have AC combo off of Shadow Fang instead of being yet another combo off of Gust Slash.

Also, is it just me or does it seem like Armor Crush and Dancing Edge should have their names switched? I mean you would think the skill called Armor Crush would have something to do with lowering the targets defenses somehow =P

I think it's called Armor Crush more for the actual attack, which involves a straight line stab not unlike the kind Gerolt said the ninja used to use with their Yoshimitsu to go straight through armor when he talked about it in A Relic Reborn.

And yeah, positionals suck. They're doable (used to main Monk) but it's still bleh now every time the boss gets spun or turns to do a mechanic on someone and you get a gimped Aeolian Edge or Armor Crush. Not to mention the fact that Dancing Edge is their strongest attack when soloing now unless you get lucky with the server recognizing a swift movement to the side or back. I miss Sneak/Trick Attack being their only positional, really badly.

[b_rad]

Ya it would have made a thousand times more sense to have AC combo off of Shadow Fang instead of being yet another combo off of Gust Slash.

I'm hoping this will get changed but wont hold my breath. Would also be nice if they switched the positionals from AE to DE but meh ill live I guess lol