Suggestion For Ninjas.

[yoIyo]

I feel Backstab shouldn't be their lvl 60 skill, how about something with damage and utility as a reward for all that hardwork grinding 1-60.
My suggestion,
-Throat Stab, Stam cost: 5 yummy lil bars, no mana cost, but some type of reagent?
- Dealing X amount of damage, causing target to bleed for X amount of time while dealing X amount of damage per tick.
- While target is bleeding, the user gains a Speed Boost?


- Or Bleeding the target for X amount of time, dealing X amount of damage per tick, target is crippled causing their movement speed or vision to decrease?

 

[leftovers5]

How bout Energize?

 

[yoIyo]

Energize does seem quite interesting, but i still feel backstab is somewhat useless, even with blackjack stuns, you can hit them more and hope for the proc, or blitz, in which blitz does true damage.. obvious choice.

 

[Haxnn]

I got PewPewPewLasers to test how fast he could kill me as a level 60 ninja. When I stood still and let him hit me from behind, I was dead before I could say stop in teamspeak (about 2 seconds).

 

[yoIyo]

Haxnn fully geared? Not just for unarmored targets, or squishy but for pally's/dk/yada yada

 

[STDs4YouAnd4Me]

- While target is bleeding, the user gains a Speed Boost?

Uhhhhh no.
As I've played every healer spec, Cleric not included, I can tell you that I can 'outplay' and outrun a Ninja in a skirmish for 2 minutes. The second he gets close to me and hits me though, even if I have 10 hearts, I will die, no questions asked, in 5 seconds. Giving a Ninja a speed-boost aside from EscapeArtist would be hilariously awful for any class wearing leather armor.

 

[yoIyo]

Aren't Rogues the Bane of healers? Disciple can hold it own, but other then that i don't see your arguement.. cause as of i see it, Samurai = Tankier/better ninja.

 

[Kainzo]

Backstab is all but useless....

 

[c12095]

Aren't Rogues the Bane of healers? Disciple can hold it own, but other then that i don't see your arguement.. cause as of i see it, Samurai = Tankier/better ninja.

There still has to be a balance.

Backstab is all but useless....

I hope your not being sarcastic here Kainzo. Backstab is honestly pretty worthless after combat starts. You get the lucky chance of a proc, but after combat breaks Sneak, you really don't see it proc.

 

[MultiHeartGold]

I hope your not being sarcastic here Kainzo. Backstab is honestly pretty worthless after combat starts. You get the lucky chance of a proc, but after combat breaks Sneak, you really don't see it proc.

What has Sneak to do with Backstab? Every time you hit from behind the target, you have a 20% chance of doing extra damage.

 

[c12095]

What has Sneak to do with Backstab? Every time you hit from behind the target, you have a 20% chance of doing extra damage.

Unless the code was changed, sneak increased the Backstab multiplier chance to 80% I believe it was.

 

[MultiHeartGold]

Unless the code was changed, sneak increased the Backstab multiplier chance to 80% I believe it was.

According to the info in /skills in-game, the Sneak part isnt in it.

 

[kongrave]

gotta agree with c12 i feel that its too rng the only time you get bsckstabs in a 1v1 is when you get a blackjack proc or if you sneak up on your opponent(cant happen in arena without the use of smoke) and even when youre behind them its a 20% to backstab its just so luck based.

 

[Dsawemd]

I think if Backstab "proc" was removed and changed to X increased Damage 100% chance when hitting from behind, we would see a smarter ninja, one who depended on positioning and awareness more than the current class of player does.