Quote Originally Posted by Aelin_Ashryver View Post
Trick was the same for years but there were also years worth of threads asking for ninja to do more damage and complaining their damage was lower due to trick attack.
indifferent if it changes or stays the same since I just cap ninja at leave it each expansion. But I think all that whining over dps is what caused the change tbh. Or at least partly is why.
Except the change fits neither agenda.

The problem people had with Trick Attack was its rDPS, causing NIN to feel week in solo or light-party content if balanced for 8-man content. Mug retains that rDPS, so that problem remains.

Those pissed about losing Trick Attack were most interested in its skill expression and its benefits to others' gameplay by forming a unique(ly frequent) raid buff window. Mug does not retain that unique(ly frequent) raid buff window, so now we've got a new problem atop the old.