Dark Devices - Exploitation

[CrimsonJenn]

Actually your wrong about the ninja in XI, it was intended to be a jack of all trades - tank / dps / support. That's why it had the modes for each, tho your right about how we as players did pigeon hole it's potential into being just a tank.

However, not everyone seeks to complete the objective for the sake of being a jerk some people just want the rewards such as seals or just the feeling of completion that goes along with it. Fates in general are a system that needs serious work this one is no exception.

[Rhained]

Actually your wrong about the ninja in XI, it was intended to be a jack of all trades - tank / dps / support. That's why it had the modes for each, tho your right about how we as players did pigeon hole it's potential into being just a tank.

However, not everyone seeks to complete the objective for the sake of being a jerk some people just want the rewards such as seals or just the feeling of completion that goes along with it. Fates in general are a system that needs serious work this one is no exception.

Lolol, this sounds selfish to me, their are countless fates which provide seals.

Heck is it small wonder people try to get as much exp as they can? Either way the most efficient way to level is grinding fates which is utterly mindless and boring, especially after your first class when the alternatives are pathetic.

And ye its not an "exploit" as such, if it was a big deal square enix would have put a stop to it long ago. Whining over a little thing like a small increase in leveling speed in that zone is rediculous.
Does it give people an unfair advantage? no is it an exploit then? no.

[GordonLiu]

Actually your wrong about the ninja in XI...

Almost every single ability they had was to create and exploit enemy weakness. You're welcome to dig up old threads if you don't believe me, you will find lots of talk about the NIN being used in a way that the developers didn't intend. I even remember the words "elemental fighter" being used to describe them in the official guide. Here, I even have a couple of links for you; the wiki, which explicitly says that it wasn't intended as a tanking job, and a history of FFXI thread that someone made, which contains all the updates, several of which make direct mention of NIN tank being an unexpected phenomenon.