Thoughts on Ninja

I mean they could probably make it so you can't pick up the flag if your enderpearl is out of your inventory :L


Like you I've found that I die most times when I face a regular of similar skill to me when I play as ninja.
But like often times Ive found in groups, ninja is extremely op BECAUSE of the already pretty damn op damage output. Combined with the Speed II, it's hard to take on 3+ ninjas, or even 2 very skilled ninjas.

I've remembered some past games on TO where we faced a team like TT, and they put like Chactation and Krabzz or someone else on defense as ninja, and that was extremely hard to get past, not to mention across a map.
So I guess I think it needs a buff yet I don't think it needs a buff.

 

buff ninja

 

The difference is, those other classes cant immediately pearl back to you and egg u in le face :I and then proceed to rhape u in de butt. Often times you can hit past them and begin running, and you're off to the races which you'll probably win since you have similar-equal running speeds. And again you actually have to get out of the flag room first.

For classes like mage, yea you probably wont get far without help cuz yknow mage kills everything from 15 blocks away. Archer just go towards them a bit and then make random movements, get some cover, and you're good to go. Dwarfs you literally just have to grab the flag before they hit you back (though that's still hard af). For chemist you can just hit past them and escape, especially if youre a class like soldier.

 

Ninjas win the Assassin/Ninja matchup hands down every time.
That said it could use a recovery buff - 0 knockback to flag carriers perhaps? I also like this a lot:

 

ggwp

 

Why does ninja need a buff lol. If it had a lower pick up at time then ez ghost, like honestly...

 

Honestly, if you can't kill a medic as ninja lol. I'm not even good at PvP yet I can still strafe 80% medics. Also it depends on skill level, what does average PvP skill mean lol. You have proof of these statements? No exactly. Ninja is fine.

 

I'm gonna put myself on the spot. Ninja's sword does need a buff, here's my story why. I play archer all the time, and I hardly get killed by ninjas nowadays, beating a 3v1 against a full team of average ninjas as archer isn't hard anymore. Be that as it may, I still get f'd up by certain players who use ninja (@BrandinoB @Sibs @November ). The point is, if the majority of the ninja mains can't kill ****, the class needs a buff. You really can't play ninja def anymore without some help, it's a little ridiculous.

I don't see why you're against this, considering how often you play ninja.

 

Pan is good at PvP? Pan is a very good medic? Not many ninjas can beat pan? I can name 1 medic as good as pan who is Reubens. My point is, thanks Einstein, I already knew pan was op.

 

sportyman your expert opinions brighten up my cold and dark life right now you are the only reason i am still on this planet thank you for this

 

Idc about invis because I don't need it to fight things, or buffing eggs or pearls, I just want Sharpness 6 back

 

Ninja is very much lacking in recovery despite the fact that recovery was it's intended role. With enderpearls requiring health to use, no armor, and now a pretty mediocre damage output compared to that of Chemists, Pyros, and other high alpha damage classes, ninjas have extremely low resources to work with and requires all of it to even kill one decently armored person.
Of course it still can work and possibly dominate in this role with enough experience and skill as evidenced by players such as November, Krabbz, and yourself OP, but these people are only out liners compared to the average performances of other ninjas who don't have as much playtime as us nor have the best setup to pvp in MC really do struggle to actually recover alone (because more than one of anything can drastically change the outcome).

Ninja capping does have it's own problems that have already been addressed both here and dozens of times elsewhere on the forums which I can agree with. As to the solution to this I'm not sure, however any solution that affects ninjas ability to recovery ( Ex: nerfing Pearls) in any way would be completely unfair.

Reverting back to Sharpness 6 would help alot with it's current problems but I feel it could use more gimmicks or tools focused in recovery to help players use the class in that role instead of ninja capping while also giving other classes fair nerf's (like soldier's wall-climb for example) without even touching them. Of course for the sharp 6 we would to deal with the community who insists on thinking sharp 6 deals more damage here than on Mcpvp (without evidence).

Gl,Hf,Blood for the Blood God.

 

Wait people actually think Sharpness 6 deals more damage on Brawl than on Mcpvp?? Lol what logic. Anyway I agree with your ideas. I honestly just think Ninja needs a better sword.

 

That was the excuse the community had when Nom reverted the sword back to 6 last December... which only lasted for 24 hours till he nerfed it to 5 because of the complaints. As to their logic, they felt the damage table between the two servers were different because they "felt" it.