is nin a good job??

[Taruking]

i was think of being a nin but im not sure if i should be a brd or a nin....can any1 tell me if nin is exspensive like everyone says it is or is brd the most exspensive...srry if there a post like this

[Omni]

Re: is nin a good job??

nin is one of the most expensive jobs to play if not the most. ranger rivals it in terms of upkeep.

brd is one of the least expensive jobs to play. instruments can be pretty expensive but most of your spells can be bought from an npc at a fair price.

these 2 jobs are completely different.

nin is a tank and later, a damage dealer.

brd is pure support. a brd makes everyone else do their job all that much better.

[Taruking]

Re: is nin a good job??

ok i should go with brd becuz i am a lvl 28 whm atm and i was wondering cuz i wanted to do brd for a long time...and nin is very exspensive so it will be really hard to get the gil...i think i should go with brd

[Omni]

Re: is nin a good job??

if you have a whm already lvl'd then that goes well with brd. go for it!

[capitalistnihilist]

Re: is nin a good job??

Level bard if you are worried about costs at all. I don't even wanna think about how much gil I have spent on my NIN. Hell, if you don't mind being gimp you could probably get bard to 75 without ever buying anything but scrolls and instruments. People are so happy to have a damn bard in the party they could care less how gimp they are.

[aegina]

Re: is nin a good job??

bard is much better than ninja is, for a new player who doesn't have a lot of money.

between those two jobs, i say pick bard.

[Taruking]

Re: is nin a good job??

ok thx i picked brd to and im happy that i did

[Giro]

Re: is nin a good job??

You guys mean GIL when you say "money" right? It doesn't cost REAL money to do stuff like this in the game, does it?

[Omni]

Re: is nin a good job??

yes, gil. not money.

[Giro]

Re: is nin a good job??

Right. thanks. I'm actually very newbly to this, but I'm seriously considering giving it a go.

I'm thinking of starting as a Tarutaru red mage, then eventually changing to ranger or dragoon. :O Good plan?

[blobboid196]

Re: is nin a good job??

i don't quite get it ... exactly why is the ninja job so very expensive? do their armors cost more than everybody elses or is there some sort of recurring fee for keeping that job?

[Caspian]

Re: is nin a good job??

Thats fine if thats what you want to do, but it won't be a very useful sub for either job. You'll want to go back and level alternate jobs to sub for either rng or drg. (Like WAR, NIN, and THF)

[Taskmage]

Re: is nin a good job??

No, it's because every time a ninja casts a spell, it uses a consumable item. Most commonly Shihei, which is used to cast Utsusemi. Utsusemi: Ichi absorbs the next three attacks directed at you after you cast it. You can cast it every 30 seconds, and usually need to when tanking. Let's say a stack of 99 shihei costs 12k, which is generous. So every 30 seconds a ninja eats 120g to stay alive. A full length party with ninja can cost over 30k, assuming you're doing the bare minimum and just casting Utsusemi, and no other spells.

Oh, but ... their equipment does cost quite a bit. Emperor Hairpin is virtually required after level 24. I haven't checked the price on my server in a while, but it's at least a few million gil.

[Giro]

Re: is nin a good job??

Oh. Do you think THF is a good starting job for me then? =3

[Taskmage]

Re: is nin a good job??

If you're looking at ranger or dragoon, then yeah. Leveling thf will be a good experience for you and make a useful sub later on.

Here's the thing. Assuming either dragoon or ranger will be your main job, you can't start leveling it until you get another job to 30. On your way to 30 with that job, you will want to level another job to at least level 15 to use as a subjob for that job. So I recommend you do something like this:

Level war to 18 and do your subjob quest.
Level thf with war subjob to 30. Get your advanced job.
Level Dragoon or Ranger, using either thf or war as a subjob. Both war and thf are useful subs, and will give you good experience to prepare you for playing drg and rng.