Ninja, way better than every other class.

[Voltron_HD]

Clearly, GiantDongAlert, you are a person of impeccable taste and refinement.

this made me lol hard.


But I do agree in saying when I see people playing Ninja, I get super awe struck. then proceed not to play that class because I know I wont play anything else if I do. MNK 4 Lyfe

[Callinon]

But I do agree in saying when I see people playing Ninja, I get super awe struck. then proceed not to play that class because I know I wont play anything else if I do. MNK 4 Lyfe

Before my main was NIN it was MNK. And you're right. Now my retainer is a MNK.

[User201506040841]

this made me lol hard.


But I do agree in saying when I see people playing Ninja, I get super awe struck. then proceed not to play that class because I know I wont play anything else if I do. MNK 4 Lyfe

Trust me if you want to continue playing monk, don't ever play a ninja. You will never go back to monk if you do.

[Ashkendor]

Trust me if you want to continue playing monk, don't ever play a ninja. You will never go back to monk if you do.

Eh. I leveled NIN a couple months ago. It was alright, but I find MNK way more engaging.

Possibly that "GOTTA KEEP STACKS" feeling in every fight.

[LineageRazor]

Eh. I leveled NIN a couple months ago. It was alright, but I find MNK way more engaging.

Possibly that "GOTTA KEEP STACKS" feeling in every fight.

I think that might be a big part of the appeal for people jumping ship from MNK, actually. Both jobs, you have a lot of abilities available:

NIN: I wanna do this thing. (Does this thing.) Booyah!

MNK: I wanna do this thing. Eh, can't do this thing yet, GOTTA KEEP STACKS! (Keeps stacks.) Now maybe I can do this thing? No, the window has passed, and it's no longer an awesome thing to do. Dang.

Everything MNK is tied in extricably with its GL heartbeat. While you do have different things you can do to maintain that heartbeat, and abilities off GCD that you can weave in, you're still its slave. For many, going from MNK to NIN represents FREEDOM.

[Allyrion]

I think that might be a big part of the appeal for people jumping ship from MNK, actually. Both jobs, you have a lot of abilities available:

NIN: I wanna do this thing. (Does this thing.) Booyah!

MNK: I wanna do this thing. Eh, can't do this thing yet, GOTTA KEEP STACKS! (Keeps stacks.) Now maybe I can do this thing? No, the window has passed, and it's no longer an awesome thing to do. Dang.

Everything MNK is tied in extricably with its GL heartbeat. While you do have different things you can do to maintain that heartbeat, and abilities off GCD that you can weave in, you're still its slave. For many, going from MNK to NIN represents FREEDOM.

NIN certainly has more wiggle room.
That said, they're held down by quite a few timers themselves which are more of a consideration than it is for MNK since the combo naturally keeps everything up.
ToD is the only damage move outside of the stances, unless you use Fracture (which isn't worth it really). Off GCDs should be used within the GCD, so they don't really affect GL.

Don't get me wrong, NIN is much more flexible, particularly with burst, but Fuuton is pretty much our GL.
The Mudras are only 20s apart and the dots and slashing debuff are something you actually have to monitor to some extent.
NIN are just a slave to many masters instead of one.

Don't get used to NIN skills that much since they are getting some slight changes once the expansion comes.

Not that much. Interviewers and developers alike have said NIN is getting the least shake-up since it's more recently released.
Our old skills don't seem to change much other than getting positionals added to them.
Otherwise we're getting some additions to the rotations but it seems it'll just be some extra stuff to weave in.

What I'm saying is it wouldn't be wrong to learn the current rotation, and then when the expac comes around the OP could weave the new stuff in with a good foundation.
Learning the current foundation is still good because everything has implied that foundation is being built upon rather than changed.

[whiskeybravo]

Trust me if you want to continue playing monk, don't ever play a ninja. You will never go back to monk if you do.

I prefer Drg then Mnk

Nin just doesn't do it for me. I blame mudra lag mainly, frustrates me to no end.

[Sapphic]

Trust me if you want to continue playing monk, don't ever play a ninja. You will never go back to monk if you do.

Mained MNK, levelled and did some coil with NIN, giot asked by static if I wanted to main NIN, I'm still maining MNK.