[dev1107] Job Adjustments: Ninja

My favorite OF quote:

"50 AGI = 1 haste"

I..what?

Thx SE waste time on Sange when you could be giving us something we actually need like...oh....IDK....Jubaku:Ni. Is it just me or is that utter bs a lvl 60 mob has access to Ni yet here we are at 99 and no mention of it at all from Dev?

First if you allow me, I'd like to react about your post.

"Now we can save some shihei"
Real interest in this change is not to save Shihei of course
but let you able to tank not consuming your main tank tool.
Which was aboslutely silly.
That's a first step to fix this JA and going in the right direction.

"no NTE if someone is to full merit Sange" :
I can't see your trouble here.
Merit was always a question of choice.
You can have 5/5 NTE and 5/5 SANGE...
Or someone who wants 5 SAN and SANGE max
still have +-50% NTE, with Yonin and Koga Tekko/+1+/2.

But 2 troubles remain:
1/ We don't know yet how much is the chance to not consume
shadows per merit or how it works at all.
Rank 1 get the JA.
Rank 2-5 = 1 shadows saved per ?
or
Rank 2-5 = +20% chance to not consume a shadow ?
So a bit early to decide.
2/ Then second trouble is Shuriken itself.
Price and Stack size mainly prevent ninjas to use them.
And to really fix this JA and make it interesting it should BARELY consumme ammo. For instance, based on the current NTE while throwing the Shuriken.

How we can save this JA (we nin don't have many^^) ?
-Lower the timer (done)
-Not consume shadows (on his way)
-Barely consume ammo (based on NTE or merit)
-Does not stop if you miss one hit.
But check all number of shadows up
send matching number of ammo if enough
in equiped stack, test landed and damages done,
then check if any ammo consumed.
May be, that way...

But no real need to bother fix Sange,
give us augment on koga chainmail+2
Without a unlimited shot like mixed with sange.

Did they made a step to fix this JA ? yes.
Is it really fixed ? no
Is there any solution to make it usefull ? yes
Do they will make it ? hmmm, that's S.E ^^
another 10 years as a guess...

Besides the obvious lack/cost of throwing weapons, Ninja also has very poor ranged accuracy and no helpful ranged job traits. You need a bunch of ranged accuracy gear and capped throwing to hit anything worthwhile, even then you'll miss a lot and a naked Ranger would probably hit more than you.