I want to be a Ninja but..

[Houston009]

Yes .. is sad to see .. my ninja doing 1200 dps and .. MNks and Drg do 1450+ is my incompetence .. but in pvp I can kill any warrior, dragoon, mnk , blm, Smn, Mch, Bard, Drk , Paladin on 1x1

For one, you are only killing BAD Warriors, Paladins, and Dark Knights. You are suppose to beat Black Mage, Bard, Summoner, and Machinist in 1v1. And against another melee is a toss up. In competitive play, Dragoon is a better melee than Ninja in PvP.

And here are some parses from A3S. The variance in DPS between Monk, Dragoon, and Ninja.

http://www.fflogs.com/rankings/7#bos...obal&spec=Monk
http://www.fflogs.com/rankings/7#bos...l&spec=Dragoon
http://www.fflogs.com/rankings/7#bos...bal&spec=Ninja

By disregarding the #1 Dragoon and Ninja numbers (they were fed every buff from AST), the sustained dps of the melees are a lot closer than you realize.

The only reason ninjas may have felt a bit behind was due to poor itemization. Our i180 - i190 gear and raid drops contained a ridiculous amount of skill speed, a stat which barely does anything for us.

Now, you can see how close ninja is to the other melee, and how their utility would bring overall more damage to the group.