Ninja/Samurai Discussion

[xXx]

i will go for ninja too well ninja/monk since ninja already got good dodge why not add a little hp to it so it can take some hits so thats what i will do if i were u

[Lionheart]

I would go ninja, problem is, no one knows how good anything is yet x.x

[Keisuke]

Originally posted by clyde
i was wondering since this is ninja/samurai discus. do ninjas wield there weapons with there blade stickin foward or backwards cus i saw the live cam and it showed a ninja he had 2 shord swords or something and he was holding them backwards

In real life there were several styles. In the game, I think it depends on the weapon, I have seen screenshots of ninjas with it both ways.

[Fox Excalibur]

There is no "bad" class in FFXI, so being a Ninja is still a safe bet, plus the fact from thier skills they already seem bad ass. All the expansion jobs i know will be great already, so you dont need to worry about Ninja not being good enough. Has there been a FF game yet where Ninjas havent kicked ass?

[Yoko]

hehe you're right...ninjas were always what could be of a mix between dark knight, thief and black mage...then if you want to emphasis any of those classe's abilities you choose them as your second job I think also that samurai/ninja would make a good combo imagine a samurai with high dex and some black magic...hehe...pretty interesting....

[Rellek]

I don't know. I was thinking SAM/DRK or DRK/SAM. Just like someone said earlier on, Samurais are Renkei masters and have TP charging abilities. That should help a little..... Then again i don't know enough about SAM.

DRK= Kamakaze and well... thats kinda it ><

SAM= ??? and Renkei Masters

hmmm....:sweat:

[Fox Excalibur]

The thing is Advanced jobs dont usually make a good subclass. They make great Main jobs, but when subbing you lose pretty much everything that makes them special.

Also we dont know if Ninjas will use black magic, but if you have it subbed, that black magic will be too weak to make a diffrence :p though they usually have something not far from it, like throwing elemental type attacks. but keep in mind to think how if its subbed, the class already is at half the level of your main, so even if it was a pure Black Mage, it would be spells that wont do much damage to a creature that you would be fighting at this level. Well also take into account the LESSER amount of magic and power behind it because of your hybrid nature. This leaves you with magic that will make some nice effects, but little else. This goes true for most Advanced jobs.

Your best choice is to use a basic job as a sub

Ninja/Thief i think is the classic combo there.
Samurai/Warrior works too.
You dont have to follow these, im just saying they make alot more sence in battle.

[TAbRi5]

Mithra, Ranger / Samurai
Samurai's TP charging type skills would benefit the Weapon abilities for my main job Ranger

what are the players views on Samurai being a sub for Ranger?

[Yurimaru]

hi, i'm new to the board and oddly enough picked this to be my first post lol. Anywho I just noticed that someone said "there are no bad jobs" well from what I've been reading and the info I've gathered it seems that the beast master got shafted. No one wants to PT with them so I hear and I was thinking of making one but now i'm gonna go Elvann Ranger/Warrior or something like that.

[Dwimordene]

DRK/Ninja looks like an interesting combo. Dual swords with heavy attack power, plus you can hit twice for Blood Weapon (I'd think). You'd have a little better evasion though it wouldn't do much for your defense.

SAM/WAR sounds like a really good combo to me.

I'd stick to keeping advanced jobs as main jobs though, since that is when they are the most effective.

[Rico]

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My Starting Job is going to be Samurai and my sub job Monk to get that extra HP...

[Dank Night]

Yea I plan on being a samurai cuz they can use pimp katanas and are renkei mastas muhahahah. Haven't thought of a sub job yet tho thinking ninja.....

[Fox Excalibur]

Beastmasters arent really bad, i dont think.

If i saw one i would pick them for my party ina second, they are very valuable if you ask me.

And subbing samurai for TP is good, but you dont get thier Level 1 ability as a sub, so your only getting thier passive ability of charging TP not thier level 1 ability to do so.

And Dwim, do you mean 2 Drk swords? that wont work Drks use 2 handed swords, a Ninja can only dual wield 1 handed swords, otherwise things would be far unbalanced. but im probably misunderstanding. (now taht i re-read it i dont think thats what you were saying, but might as well not delete it in case anyone was thinking you could. i think you were just pointing out the high attack Darks get with the 2 sword ability would be great, and i agree)

[Rico]

I just hope the Samurai's don't have armor I hope they have light clothing like robes

[Talis]

have you seen the Samurai AF yet?