Sleez916

Good evening, Did some testing with ninjas by porting my Primary toon, Ninja/Time over to brainstorm. Definitely enjoying the changes thus far. My toon was kitted out as it is on live with IOS and all, and hopped on a small testing team and completed a few missions. One at +1/x8 and a few at +3/x8. Then soloed a mission +3/x8. At no point was there really a struggle, but my toon tends to do alright on live as well. The name of the game is to keep those crit buffs up and let your ninjas go to town. I personally felt a good difference of when those buffs are up vs. when they are down. The changes to being able to buff their defense really allows you to step away from getting extra powers like maneuvers from leadership which to get those attacks. Smoke flash is great to use as a crit buff or and emergency tool from your pets getting wiped (Though I hope your ready to deal with the aggro yourself). That being, with the duration as short as it is, the ninjas will usually only get one attack or two if I’m lucky. Probably how it’s suppose to be, just wish they weren’t sitting there thinking about attacking when they should be attacking. The self heal is a boon that allows my ninjas to care for themselves a little bit more. If they run off and take a hit, it gives me a little more time to get to them if it is still even necessary. It took one of my Genin from 45% to about 95%, could be the same for the others. It did take them a moment to initiate the heal if they are engaged in melee. Had a few times I was yelling at my genin to heal at 30% when he still felt it was more important to stuff his foot down someone’s throat. This won’t save your ninjas life in higher content though, where they outright get one shot by enemies. Defense buff will hopefully help avoid that though. Maybe consider add an absorb or something. All in all, I can say I enjoy the direction this power set has gone, adding a bit of active play and survivability to ninjas (And MM pets as a whole).