Ninja/Samurai Discussion

[Nail]

...in the new weapons guide or whatever they have listed both one handed katanas and two handed ones so could it be possible now?

[Necron56]

huh

Is it just me or do the in game ninjas not look like ninjas??? I pictured long scarfs covering the mouths and noses and alot of dark baggy clothing and katanas!!! where are the katanas!!! Ninjas always use katana I agree that samurai do too but ninjas shopuld definatley be using them too I know fro sure that I want to be a Ninja/Shadowknight and I use to toy with being Ninja/Blackmage but still THEY DONT LOOK LIKE NINJAS!!!!

[Nail]

The outfit that your thinking of could be some sort of AF armor...and ninjas don't use katanas by what I remember. They use much shorter swords called wakiyashis(SP?) and or kunais and shurikens....and many other weapons and tools that just go on and on...

[Keisuke]

Re: huh

Originally posted by Necron56
Is it just me or do the in game ninjas not look like ninjas??? I pictured long scarfs covering the mouths and noses and alot of dark baggy clothing and katanas!!! where are the katanas!!! Ninjas always use katana I agree that samurai do too but ninjas shopuld definatley be using them too I know fro sure that I want to be a Ninja/Shadowknight and I use to toy with being Ninja/Blackmage but still THEY DONT LOOK LIKE NINJAS!!!!

You are wrong. Ninja's do not wear baggy clothes. They wear clothes that fit to their body more. This is so they make less noise and so they can be more agile. It is harder to move around with baggy clothes. Harder to run and jump and climb. Also, ninjas do not use katanas. You should really read this website to find out more about ninjas. www.realultimatepower.com

[Saulo]

I think she thinking of Shinobi :p

[Kensai]

yeah, thats just a really stereotypical ninja outfit. They didnt even wear black. They mostly wear dark shades of brown and green so that they would blend in with trees and stuff. They also werent that agile, for example they wouldnt be running through the castle. They were extremely slow so that they would not make noise and get caught and if they did they usually just killed themselves eventually.

[Nail]

Are shinobi and ninjas different...I was reading a book and they had seperate sections but it could just be the different styles...becuase shinobi jutsu and ninjutsu were seperated and very different

[Lyle]

Most ninja actually did not skulk around in the dark waiting to assassinate someone like many may people think. Ninja were masters of disgues they would rather kill someone i.e merchant, Taoist monk, or military advisor to get close to their target.

As for samurai most samurai did not wear armor though there swords never left their sides(for a sword was the samurai's soul. Armor was mainly worn during large scaled battles or duels which they washed before either of the two. It was not very conceivable for someone to work on a farm (as many samurai did) in full battle dress.

[Drensroc]

You should really read this website to find out more about ninjas. www.realultimatepower.com

Bwaaah! I remember that website. Classic.

Correct URL is www.realultimatepower.net

[Kensai]

haha, that website is kind of funny. must be young people who made the site.

[Zurar]

been kinda thinking bout it but not sure...would Ninja/Summoner be a good main/sub...is it even possible? (not sure how the games setup for subjobs) Thanks in advance

[Calilove]

Originally posted by Lyle
As for samurai most samurai did not wear armor though there swords never left their sides(for a sword was the samurai's soul. Armor was mainly worn during large scaled battles or duels which they washed before either of the two. It was not very conceivable for someone to work on a farm (as many samurai did) in full battle dress.

You can't really make these generalizations, over history, Samuarai played many roles. I am going to rant and rave now!

Most samurai are based on warring states era (~1000-1400 bc... more or less) and in this period samurai government was based out of 'bakufu' or 'tent government' as these guys were usually in the field, and ready for war. So these guys would usually be armed/armored.

At the end of this, samurai were assimilated into the imperial lifestyle, and started wearing fancy silks and kimonos, wrote poetry and rarely fought, but practiced alot.

By the end of the era of Samurai, samurai were so broke that they were basically glorified goons and bums. It was always illegal for samuarai to farm, they recieved a stipend from the government to survive

So there were lots of Samurai, but the real point is THEY NEVER FARMED :sweat:!!! And they always liked their swords alot, but these aren't necessarily katanas, any style of sword they liked, really, just so long as they always had one, since the fact that the person was wearing the sword was what made the class distinction (at the end of samurai reign, many samurai even wore empty sheathes, as they had sold their swords).

Certainly a long and sordid... history...

[Maestoso]

haha stupid samurais

Samurai's were actually afraid of ninja's. Because samurai's lived by their code (I think its called "Bushido"), they were always restricted in their methods of fighting. They were a kind of cave man warrior : confront enemy head on and bash them in the face. They beleived that any other way of combat was dishonorable and unnacceptable. Ninja's on the other hand, weren't confined to "codes" so they were much more feared and so much more intelligent. In fact, a lot of samurai's were afraid of ninja's because of their reputation. Everybody thought ninja's possessed supernatural powers and thus a lot of people were scared shitless of them. NINJAS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD. MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..

[crono]

you sir, are an idiot.

[FatMan]

hahahahahaha Sean is any of that true?? Personally I dont care about the History of the Ninja or Samurai I just want to be a Ninja/Theif and then I will kill everything in my way. Question has anyone seen an ability list for the Ninja the only thing that I have seen is the 2 hour ability where you go KABOOM!!