Talk:Ninja/Archive 1

I condencsed everything and altered a lot, but as a long time Ninja player I felt this page had a lot of misinformation. For instance:
 * Ninja's don't really require the need for a Thief. Its a party mechanic or in some cases a luxury, but its certainly not required. If the Ninja knows what he or she is doing and the party isn't going crazy Ninja's can hold hate fine. Having the hate be easilly shiftable actually becomes a desirable trait later when more Damage Dealer jobs sub Thief to avoid the heavy emnity of their weapon skills and Thief Weapon Skills themselves become incredibly powerful.
 * The notion that a Ninja should only wear Evasion gear has steadilly erroded over time. There's no point in being evasive if the enemy isn't even hitting you, so many players have experimented with offensive gear and many have reached various preferences to one or the other, or a balance of both. I feel while it is worth it to note that evasion + can be good, its a bit misleading to say that its a prerequesite to playing the job.
 * Ninja all around consider Shuriken unwieldy. While pretty much any Ninja wishes they could effectively use Shuriken the combination of their cost and difficulty of use makes them very rare weapons to be used.
 * I felt various other subtle differences should be noted too, such as the shadow count of Ni between sub job and main job.

I love this job and I wanted to get a few more things down in a compact manner, because it is a very complex job.

I'd make adjustments to other jobs too but this is the one I know the most, so I want to stick to it.--Kiyosuki 19:13, 27 Sep 2005 (PDT)