Ninja DPS!

[Malicewolf]

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The only thing I will say is that this is not only referring to end game content. Yes, in Seph Ex, it's most likely not going to be the difference of a save or not as you usually only enter those things with trusted statics anyways. But there are plenty of instances where healers feel they can let the DPS go to half hp in older Ex content and just DPS with the party. While, in a sense, this is true, they can easily do so, it also leads to mistakes more often. The example of Seph Ex is up there with savage. Everyone has to be on their game in the first place as anyone messing up could easily wipe the party. So yes, in those cases, it's not maximizing much. But I've also been in scenarios where my tank dies and I'm the tank now with my NIN in a dungeon. Sometimes that few hundred is exactly what you need for your healer to get off that next cure. Not saying it's a common thing and it's situational in itself. If you can manage it, it's easy enough. There is no need to do it, but it's there and for me it's a single button to switch between the two stances (i macro'd it so 1 button switches from wasp to viper each click).

If it's pulling too much of your focus, then don't do it. As everyone has mentioned, you can usually just stay in 1 stance and switch during instances where you have to pull and a mechanic is necessary. I do find it interesting though that it is even such a big argument... considering how many things a NIN already has to pay attention to in their rotation and CDs, this shouldn't really even be a blimp on the radar... but to each their own! No one is forcing anyone to swap venoms here. It's an option though. As I said, it ends up being a switch MAYBE once every 90 seconds IF you need to be in wasp for some reason and can't simply stay in venom. Most bosses don't get stunned as many have already stated.

And in your example of Seph Ex, say you do get knocked to just below 1k hp. Healer does AoE heal and you get 4k back. You're at a little under 5k now. You pop second wind and find your hp sitting there around 6.8k. Boy, wouldn't that suck? That extra 800 could of came in handy here. Now, I don't believe there even is any reason to be in wasp stance in that fight, so I'd assume you'd be in viper regardless and probably benefitting from the mug hp anyways. Not saying by any means to save mug. That'd be silly waste of DPS. But if the timing happened to be there, it'd be the difference.

I have not gone into Seph Ex yet however. I should probably go into that sometime soon xD Keep getting distracted doing other things xD