The Ninja Superthread

[b_rad]

If I had to guess ide say Dream within a dream is going to be our 3hit ability

[Arkenne]

Level Action
52 Smoke Screen
54 Armor Crush
56 Shadewalker
58 Duality
60 Dream Within a Dream

Shade Shift (Perfect Dodge)
Aeolian Edge

So Shade Walker = Perfect Dodge? Hmm... if thats so, what sort of change might they bring to it?? All I can think of is either reducing the cooldown in a 50% or adding the Aggro reduction effect to it...

Smoke Screen is going to be the Aggro management of some sort, I believe? Then maybe Shadewalker is another Aggro management? Sounds weird...

About Aeolian being the only tentative positional addition, does kind of remind me to the venom things they were saying on NIN release, that there would be many with different effects and would not be DoT based class. Just to turn out to be no more than 2 and you could (if you ever wanted to) stay with one for a whole month without even switching or dropping it. Oh well :v

Well, nothing stops them to give the new offensive skills a positional too tho :/
So chances are still there...

Duality might be Issou, right? Then Dream Within a Dream might be Mugen Sandan? =___=* patience... patience... only 2 more days!!

About the Limitbreak, its pretty cool looking, specially against Rabana.

PLD: I Have one Big Sword!
NIN: I have 2 daggers as Big as a PLD Sword!
DRK: I have 1 Big 2-Handed Sword!!
Rabana: I have 4 Big 2-Handed Swords that I use with one hand each!
NIN: Well, I have 13 (visible so far, possibly 14) Big Flaming Soul Swords that float in the air while I do a Power Ranger pose!!

[Allyrion]

Compared to the Japanese names

Ninja
Kemuri Dama (lit. Smoke Ball): Suppresses enmity generation for target party member.
Kage Watari (lit. Crossed Shadow): Transfers enmity from the ninja to a target party member.
Issou (lit. Two for One): Buff which powers up the next weaponskill.
Mugen Sandan (lit. Three Part Illusion): Three-stage physical attack skill.
???: New weaponskill finisher for Gust Slash combo which prolongs an active Huton effect.

Smoke bomb = Kemuri Dama
Shadewalker = Kage Watari
Dream Within a Dream = Mugen Sandan

Those are pretty much for sure.

Duality might, indeed, be Issou. But I also feel like Armor Crush sounds better for something that increases your weaponskill damage to the enemy.
So one or the other is the Huton refresh skill.

The floating swords look like they're from FFXV.
We should totally grab one at a time and slice the boss for the actual execution of the LB, like the original FFXV trailer. Though I expect they'll just be projectiles.

[SpecialKK]

Enmity management for NIN? *gasp* what is this?

[Dante_V]

I bet duality is the huton refresh weapon skill. The duality is that it is a weapon skill and a mudra.

[Leonus]

Dream within a dream.... lol


Inception!

Or whatever that movie was called.

I just hope nin doesn't end up on the short end of the stick for melee dps. I'm still going to main it since I find mnk and drg rather boring in comparison (though I use both). Something about ninjas pace I just seem to like way more than the other two.

[Arkenne]

The floating swords look like they're from FFXV.

Now that you mention it, they do, and I sure as hell hope the animation goes beyond simply throwing them as proyectiles of their own too. Tho it might be just that for the sake of animation lock shortness... which would be sad!!

[Pluvia]

Here we go guys from reddit


Aeolian Edge: Now only applies full potency from rear. (320 rear, 280 flank)
Smoke Screen: Reduces target's current enmity. Didn't actually use it, but seems straightforward.
Armor Crush: Combos after Gust Slash. Deals full potency from flank, less from rear. Extends Huton duration by 30 sec (max 70).
Shadewalker: Reduces target's enmity gain by 80% for about ten seconds. Does not work on tanks (I tried).
Duality: Your next attack hits twice. Couldn't really tell if it was working or not.
Dream Within a Dream: OGCD attack with a 90s CD.

[Dante_V]

^Sounds awesome. The positionals aren't that bad. I'm already doing aeolian from the back and the huton refresh will be easy to nail. I am curious about the potency of the dream attack.

[Aiurily]

duality+trick/sneak attack would be fun if that worked. huton refresh looks good, but i wonder how much tp it'll cost and its potency