Ninja

[Fernosaur]

The reason I ask is, I remember once in Baelsar's Wall in the ending run to the Ilberd Fight... The tank pulled the first group and was dragging them to the end. But the ninja did something. And as I was running alongside the mob pack, I was watching them constantly tick for 800 damage, and I kept hearing this "cha-chink... cha-chink... cha chink" sound as it was going on.

We were on the move the whole time pulling them to the end.

But I always wondered what that was.

Ninja's only AoE weaponskill is called Death Blossom. It's that ka-chink sound that you heard, and it can be spammed on the move. It's a 110 potency attack with no damage scaling for more targets, and has no cast time. So that was probably it.

[Heliantheae]

I hope the toad doesn't need a target to use, cause I want to barf on random people in the next Idyllshire.

[Watachy]

Im absolutely not hyped about the NIN in SB.

Others jobs hyped me way mroe than the naruto-style unfortunately...

[MahoSenshi]

Sad but true. More Naruto stuff is a huge turn-off for those of us who want a silent deadly assassin and not another flashy shounen hero.

[Zojha]

Sad but true. More Naruto stuff is a huge turn-off for those of us who want a silent deadly assassin and not another flashy shounen hero.

I dunno. I like to think the "flashy" part was foreshadowed right from when we first went into Middle La Noscea and used Spinning Edge on our first Wharf Rat, spinning like a record and drawing bright lines in the air in the process.

[Watachy]

I dunno. I like to think the "flashy" part was foreshadowed right from when we first went into Middle La Noscea and used Spinning Edge on our first Wharf Rat, spinning like a record and drawing bright lines in the air in the process.

Im with Maho for this one, i always loved and played stealth classes like rogues/assassins in my MMOS and the direction that NIN is taking ain't interesting for me anymore (just a personal choice).

Im glad they will release RDm cause i was always wondering if i should be a melee or caster, i can be both now :P

[Zojha]

Im with Maho for this one, i always loved and played stealth classes like rogues/assassins in my MMOS and the direction that NIN is taking ain't interesting for me anymore (just a personal choice).

We all got our preferences! That's all fine.

I'm merely pointing out that this direction IMO isn't something new or surprising and I'm a bit surprised that there are people who hoped that would change. Our style has been super flashy and impractical from the start (Reverse grip? Really?... nevermind, you're not even stabbing), stealth has never been more than a gimmick for class quests. At level 35, we already threw fireballs and lightning around, the 50s quest was a veritable display of fireworks and then we went as far as to make a point out of being noisy and flashy with Raiton to draw attention towards us. Our limit break are shiny moonlight blades.

I simply don't quite understand where the notion that ninja was ever stealthy comes from. To me, Stormblood just keeps going down the same road we've been on all this time in that regard. To me, the real question is: Why do we keep getting these black stealth suits for AF gear? A gaudy Geisha outfit would be more fitting (and probably more historically correct, considering ninjas typically wore civilian clothes or disguises)!

[Arkenne]

Our limit break are shiny moonlight blades.

Have you seen the character animation for LB3 from up close?
We look like a power-ranger doing their finisher.

[Zojha]

Have you seen the character animation for LB3 from up close?
We look like a power-ranger doing their finisher.

Equip the Garo set for extra power-ranger-i-ness!

[Arkenne]

Equip the Garo set for extra power-ranger-i-ness!

If we could change gear (or glamour) mid fight, I would totally do it, with a macro and all.
"GO GO FRIENDSHIP POWER OF UNICORN RAINBOW GLITTERY FARTS!!!"