kashell wrote:Oh and about enmity gear, I never used any enmity gear when I was lvling nin and I always held hate just fine even with a rng in my static, but it was mainly because I also had a thf in my static to trick onto me at the start of every fight. I would get some enmity gear anyways and just maybe marco them into your provoke marco if you wanted to.
Hmmm ... my static (currently level 48 ) is: WHM, RDM, BLM, BLM, NIN and an open floating DD spot. BLM's are crazy btw. In most situations when I do lose hate, the mob runs over to one of the BLMs, wacks them once , and then comes marching back over to me (without me having to do anything special). I guess that one hit is usually enough to lose interest in one of the BLMs and come my way. I really really want a THF but ... in our current set up there is no room for a THF and a ???/WAR. In parties with a THF (before my static days) I could almost flawlessly hold hate (chains up to 6 anybody?). I guess I can only do so much now having two BLM's that love to hurt things and have no regard for they're own life.
And just so everybody knows, I keep my throwing, Katana, Evasion, and Ninjitsu capped every level. I cast my enfeeb spells until they stick and I spam my wheel 2-3 times per fight. I try to MB my ninjitsu off the WS I take part in and I voke, berserk and dance around like a mad cat. Right now I'm spending about 14k an hour in tools and I have several pieces gear that I rotate throughout the course of the battle.
To KarouKaniyashia:
First of all thank you for your response.
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} IMO 95.67% of Ninjas post 50 should not tank. Most of them just voke and cast Utsu. The other 4.23% go all out. When you get the rest of your Ninja spells you will see what I mean. Most ninjas do not have a choice but to tank. Sad but true. I for one don't mind ... it allows me to be untouchable ... how many jobs can say that? Therefore it is highly unlikely that I'll ever be in a PT with a PLD. That being the case Enmity should be used by any job that wants help in tanking. A huge help to ninjas is if they have a THF or not. As for your Shihei advice I currently practice something similar. I carry enough tools (yes, I carry and use every one of almost every battle) for about 6 hours of solid PTing. After that time I become tired, lose my focus and become sloppy. As for my ranged, I always use throwing items and currently only use shuriken when the sh!t hits the fan.
To Kashell and Prrsha:
I thank you also for your advice.
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To Crispleaf (one of my crazy BLM
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I can honestly say ... that I do not want to level a mage job at this time (a have a Taru who is a mage so I have played the mage role before). But NIN/BLM works very well in my opinion after level 60. Thanks for the offer but ... maybe someday.
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To Joisejo:
I found your advice very interesting and am currently seeing how the DEX works in my PTing. I currently use the Fuma's for the haste but I think my RSE with the +3 STR is more useful since I have a WHM who casts haste on me right before everybattle.
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}[url=http://mithrapride.org/members/guildmember.cgi?function=prof&name=Dukuji]'Kuji[/url]; The [color=green][b]{[/b][/color]Ninja[color=red][b]}[/b][/color] [color=green][b]{[/b][/color]Cat[color=red][b]}[/b][/color] -------|m >^-^< m|------- Seeker of Oblivion
) Once I SATA onto her the 1st time she never lost hate throughtout every battle. Even w/ a Blm nuke the hell out of things.
I have another question. Can any experienced ninjas out there tell me if adding an enmity item to my setup makes enough difference in my ability to maintain hate to justify occupying a slot? I'm thinking about getting a Mermaid Ring which adds enmity +2.
