1. having to switch all 10 charms on maps dealing with different element monsters... before you could just hotkey the different kunai elements to switch on the fly
2. the delay after Petal swirl is kinda a pain
3. magic is slow in casting and interuptable and only has 3 elements and only 6 targetable skills and are weak
4. the price of gears to make magic useful are ridiculous
5. Ninja have very low HP without basing all their gears around increasing HP
6. ninja skill trees are based around certain key skills taking up skill points that could be better invested
7. Ninja skills have bizarre stat requirements making alot of hybrids not viable...
unless you got a few hundred million to spend on gears ninja are very underpowered...
This sounding more of complains then questioning but I can answer.
As you know, Most useful magic skill for ninja in terms of AoE is Blazing Shield/Exploding Dragon. with minimum setting of using two +4
Mikatsuki would still do nice dmg with Distorted Crescent(Oboro). Since 124+ would hunt at Scaraba and that would be most efficient place to grind, Fire element skill will greatly enhance your dmg. There are also way to one~two shot bradium golem and such if you prefer 1 on 1 hunting style and its totally viable.
You can Also mix Petal/Kunai Explosion or Kunai Splash to finish the rest of the hp (I was able to deal about 24k~26k using Kunai Splash using proper setting that isnt costing over 100m)
Slow casting from magic can be reduced by Mikatuki and also from malangdo enchant. Also, Using Cicada active->hide or shadow hiding->shadow leap->illusion shadow->blazing shield->exploding dragon combo/ or simply cicada->illusion shadow->blazing shield->exploding dragon combo works just fine. if you want to hunt at high tier hunting spot, you have to prepare yourself with right gear, and need to invest your money.
i think 6 target able skill is a lot to choose from actually.
I think "useful" is totally self determined. mikatsuki for example cost about 6m? i think. i could find some with exotic enchant with socket, and +4 upgrade for 1m too. thats easily farmable in an hour or two(1m) Vidar Boots which i use myself also, only costing about 400k and it gives 9% mhp and 9% msp. special ninja suit costing about 2.5m slotted. eden mant gives you decent immune with no cost at all, just a quest you have to do(10% neutral). theres a lot of alternative you can go with and it is really shallow minded to say to make character usable, you need massive money.
HP issue is something all expanded class is encountering with. And this would be the only thing i'd agree with you in terms of complaining about it. But, since there have been no change since Dec 2011, we have to make it due, right? so, i use Large HP pot as default. its 34k average on ragial and it last for 8 min. since we have pure soul, kage/oboro don't really use pots right? and i usually use 100~200 white pot per 30 min thats 120~150k on other class I think. maybe less. so its actually cheaper to use large pot and use pure soul as ur healing skill. So normally, i have around 24k~28k(100vit) hp. thats not that bad right? i mean i do use glorious suit but that could be easily replaced by peco peco carded armor or goibne armor(10% mhp +2vit) which is only 200k. with cicada/mirror image/shadow hiding/shadow leap/illusion shadow, we have more escaping skill than GX, or Chaser at this point. so utilizing large pot, and these skills will greatily increase ninja's stability
issue with skill trees are encountered by many other classes such as GX, Gunslinger, and many more. Sura uses almost 36+ skill point to just get revit and cant really get any other skill.
hybrid is totally viable where there are many examples being done in kRo, and works nicely and fun to play. people go with 50 str/int 50/dex80/vit90 and gradually work up to their taste.
Edited by CharAznable, 09 April 2013 - 06:16 PM.