[raexn]

I'd just like to start by saying I haven't seen a better guide for blink tanking or just playing ninja period. I just started myself and am about to hit lvl13 after a long period of farming.

I'm curious if you are using synthesis to minimize your costs on your tools and ranged weaponry or if you're just buying them all outright. I found out early how much fun guns are, and how worthless the lvl1 bronze bullets are.

Needless to say I decided to work on my alchemy to make my own ammo. The main thing i was curious about was your mnk type mobs that you were lvling on. Manda's i've seen and had most people say are a nightmare for most blinktanks even with a buddy voker cause they're basically a waste of Utsu tools(I suppose this is semi true for pugils as well due to their random double attacks).

Could you be more specific on how you handled those if you have more time? (=

[Narru]

Currently working on the other parts of my summary, but I'll post a reply to your questions:

Synthing - At least on my server (Fairy), Shihei (used for Utsusemi) sells for break even price if you don't HQ on the synth. Since I make gil via other methods than Woodworking, I just buy them. I never crafted my own Ninja tools.

Pugils with double attack - tough to blink tank. Generally they are hard to handle for a Ninja (even for a PLD) cause they sometimes double attack you and they hit hard. In this case I'd like to think there's nothing anyone can do really... toss all strategy out the window and just try to survive the fight. Just consider it your blinks go away faster, hope for evades, and stick with the same techniques. One thing you should try to shoot for is to have blink up when it does Screwdriver. It's the single attack that makes Pugils so dangerous, so if you can void it, all the better.

Mandy's - Easy. Had a lot of fun blink tanking these. There's a reason why so many people crowd around one area trying to kill these (always crowded in the jungles for me). Yes they double attack, but I found that they can't aim very well, meaning they miss you a lot. Even if they hit you, it's only for what 15 damage? At this point in your career, you're whm is usually bored out of his mind anyways, so it gives him/her something to do Only thing that might hurt is Head Butt, but that'll hit you for max 50 damage.

Whether or not to blink these is entirely up to you. I tried fights with blink up all the time, and fights with it up only for the first 6 hits. Wasn't too drastic a change between the two. In this case, it's determined by how much gil you have in your pocket. I'd still say you can solo tank these, even without blink, as I wasn't hit very often at all. Or maybe you can blink tank the IT+++ ones, but not the VT or T ones. The entire time fighting in the jungle, I had not a single worry about Mandy's. I spent all my time worrying about Gobby trains and Gobby adds instead

[raexn]

I appreciate the response

[manga101]

my current equipment at NIN/WAR lev32


head: Emperor Hairpin
hand: Fed tekko
body: Fed Gi
back: Nomad Mantle +1
earring: Dodge x2
Ring: Archer Ring x2
leg: Kingdom Trouser
feet: Leaping Boot

weapon: Fudo

food: meat chiefkabob


iffy to get:

Ochiku Kote - been readding alot on it... 50/50 on pro/cons issue

[little ninja]

what alot of you are forgeting is alot of you have lvled a war job for 30+ lvls. so not only are you getting about +25 evasion from gear. most of you have capped evasion an parry skills. thus you are evading a few more hits. not really sure what % that is. or really how much of a factor it is. but it does help. even if a little...


blink tanking is all about timing, like a pld with their cures. you must treat your blinks the same way.. my early lvls had a pattern. cast blink on a pull. when the mob had hit my 3 blinks i did not panic. i waited for the next attack. when it was about to hit me, i hit my macro taking the one hit but also giving my blink some time to cast. all you have to do is test the timing. the first few may not work. but in time you will be able to time it with a certain mob attack. thus mastering it with that mob.


only other advise i may give up an comig nin's is this. dont be afraid to lvl other jobs like thf, an rng. ther ability with the range attack an throws will only help cap yours. thus not only allowing you to do more damge because its capped. but to be able to hit a mob.. and dont be afraid to go outside of lvling, to skill up your own casts. it will onlly make them stick better, an less chance of it being interupted..

[Eyke]

any ideas on making money for all this stuff

nothing seems to work :/

[FrustratedMiner]

I want help...I'm a taru nin/warr currently 32 and im outfitted as follows

Weapons:
Nikkariaoe
Republic dagger
Federation knife

Ranged Weapon
Chakram

Head
Emp Hairpin

Neck
Green Gorget
Spike Necklace

Ear
Dodge

Body
Federation Gi

Hands
RSE (+3str 12hp's 6def)

Fingers
Bomb Ring
Reflex Ring

Back
Nomad's +1

Waist
Warr +1

Legs
Kingdom Trousers

Feet
Leaping

When does the evasion on this stop to matter? When I get Utsusemi Ni at 37? None of the gear seems even remotely interesting as far as evasion for a whiles...how long should i stick with the evasion gear with the low defense for? Thanks for any input in advance.

[Thegod]

I am one of the firm believers that accuracy >>> dex so much so that dex is an after thought for me, if i can get it w/o sacrificing my ranged abilities, or my agi, then yeah, but if not then i'll pass, plus the emp hairpin gives the same stats and +1- evsion, much better way to spend 400k

[Narmo]

Just a question. How are you people making all this gil? Like I am trying to make money but I just can't seem to get my cash flowing. Any tips would be very much appreciated.

The way how I get my Gil is by camping Valkurm Emperor.

THF/RNG gets the job done. 'Nuff said

[Thegod]

yeah someone answer the evasion question please.

gardening >>> camping VE or any NM of any level for that matter.

gardening is so overwhelming that no1 even wants to bother, realistically it took me about a month to get my gardening program down, but i dont farm, get grain seeds whenever im in CN or pash or the canyon, and i get rich with no farming.

just IMO its better...

but yeah i was wondering about the evasion question myself, i mean there isnt really any body hands legs and feet gear that give evasion like the federation set mixed in with kingdom gear mixed in with rare drops (winged/hairpin)

so when do we switch, i mean before i ever hit 30 with any job (i was red mage first) every ninja i saw in the jungle wore chain mail? now IMO thats a retarded choice, why go def, when hits r gonna hurt no matter what gear you have on.

[Darkedge]

As a level 30 war my options are very limited with money making. I can kill Crpyt Ghost and Spook in KRT, but I haven't gotten any drops yet.

Anyway, Thegod, we're on different servers, and I have a mule. Could you PM me any suggestions on gardening? I have about 50k to invest into it.

I plan on taking MNK THF and NIN to 25 or so before I relevel warrior (I've got my reasons...) and I know 25 nin will be expensive just by looking at this thread.

[yuukei]

Is all of that evasion really worth it from lvl 16-25? Do you really dodge mob attacks all that much?

[kazuri]

Originally posted by yuukei
Is all of that evasion really worth it from lvl 16-25? Do you really dodge mob attacks all that much?

Yes, espicially at that "prime level" when you can equip Emperor Hairpin, +10 to EVA. You'll notice a difference with your EVA Gear equipped and not equipped.

[yuukei]

Well I'm not going to be able to acquire the hairpin. Will it still work out okay? I'm only taking nin up to 37 by the way.

[kazuri]

Hm, I guess so. If you can't afford one, you should stick with another optional piece that has either AGI+ or EVA+. If you can't find one, something with VIT+ and/or high DEF would be good.