Blink - 20

[Kousai]

just curious, could i get away with not using blink powders till 20?

just lvling nin for my thf and ranger sub, dont really feel like blowing money on those shitty valkurm pts... never really pted with a nin there so i dont know if they use it yet... thanks for your input ^^

[bunta]

Some ninjas on my server did not bother with blink:ichi and grind it out till Ni :confused:

[ZQM]

I got my NIN to 33 with only blink tanking twice.

Oh the days of being noob, how I don't miss them.

[Gryff]

I did 12-20 as a blinktank because I wanted to and because I bought all the +1 gear, it was a lot of fun but you definately need a backup tank ( as a taru ) when things go wrong.

I went 20-24 in one qufim party where I was invited and not asked to tank ( so who cares ).

Me and a friend are pl'ing each other to 25 today and then hitting kazham, where I won't be tanking until 28+ ( double hitting mobs suck even though I have emp hairpin ).

[Kiyosuki]

It is possible, you can do it.

You know its hard to say for me personally, 1-25 as Nin was a big haze for me. Generally players consider melee jobs to not have that much distinction between eachother before 30 as compared to after, where a Samurai or a Monk wouldn't be caught dead tanking. (Because then they'd probably BE dead)

For me Ninja was this strange job that was in this place between Damage Dealer and Tank. Since you don't have the second blink yet your not really set on being a main tank by most parties, and the damage between melee's isn't as aparent that early on (IE Dark's don't have they're atk bonuses yet, Monks they're multi hit bonuses, Ranger's they're job abilities etc. Its all more bare bones then) you can do that role too. Most of the time I duel tanked with something like a Warrior, Monk, or Samurai. Something that could take hits a bit better than others. Or I just fought and I did alright. Earlier on, throwing is a LOT more reliable than it is later on, so take advantage of that. With some throwing in there you can do good as a fighter. After 25 I stopped and saved up to load myself up with Evasion gear before I continued. Then a few times I was a dedicated blink tank and the evasion really helped then, so remember that too just incase.

So you can get to 20 without blink tanking really. It is an option all Ninja's should have though, that early on being able to take a few hits like that is useful too for backup. The whole "Single Tank" ideal doesn't really start becoming the be all end all until mid 30's and on, so group tanking isn't unheard of.

If you don't tank though, having the ability to throw leveled, and using enfeebling Ninjutsu really helps out.