Why do people want to focus on genjutsu over say ninjutsu?
[X] Outdoor Survival
[X] Shurikenjutsu
[X] Stealth and Tracking
[X] Genjutsu
Because Genjutsu is shit.
genjutsu is just as usefull as ninjutsu and we have a higher rank in it than in nin.
Genjutsu gets a bad rep from the manga only because few characters use it (it's not a very shonen-like power). Do remember that Tsukuyomi and Kotoamatsukami are genjutsu. Kurenai's tree binding thing is good as well. And we could even go for something simpler and less obvious.
Yes, the first two are sharingan ones. Still it's possible to create something similar to them, if probably weaker. For example a genjutsu that helps in diplomatic talks, making people more amenable to our requests.
Another example would be
the genjutsu Itachi used on Naruto. That was NOT a sharingan one, and all it took him was a finger! And Naruto was not able to get out of it by himself
Basically, Genjutsu includes everything we can do by directly influencing the brain. Not just illusions, but influencing emotions, thoughts and memories as well.
Our stealth is garbage, so that's out. We're not bad at outdoor survival, but it seems difficult to demonstrate skill in. I don't like Bunshin is lame and we're bad at it, so it goes. And if we're not going to get all the academy 3 up to intermediate, ninjutsu seems a harder sell.
[X] Outdoor Survival
[X] Stealth and Tracking
[X] Bunshin no Jutsu
[X] Ninjutsu
Bunshin is a bit underestimated. Mind, it's worse than any other clone techniques in existance, but as those are nearly all elemental (and thus more advanced and harder to learn/get) it's the only clone at our disposal for now. And knowing a clone technique might just help with learning the others easier.
I'll admit I'm a bit biased as i really want the three intermediate jutsu though. They're the only jutsu we are taught right now, and i want to learn them. There MUST be a reason why it's taught! Maybe with Advanced you can combine it with the Kawarimi to make your enemy believe they hit you like Kakashi did against the Demon brothers, for example. Or an Advanced/Master level application might let us fake having multiple limbs/swords.
I do agree with survival and stealth though. They can be raised later when needed.
*shrug* just saw the botes, no way 'none' is winning right now.
if it was possible i might have voted to only drop 3 of the options. Sadly it doesn't seem possible.
Um, why are y'all discounting outdoor survival? It's pretty useful. I'd suggest voting history and math since I don't see much use out of them and math is meh if you don't have physics
Math i agree. History i think will have its uses, like knowing more about the other villages, or the techniques used by other ninja. There was also a "learn from history" achievement that might be related to it.
I also assume Math and History will train Intelligence, and we have a perk that makes them easier.
The thing with outdoor survival is that it's both not a priority, and a bit harder to demonstrate in class than the others.
Ninjutsu and genjutsu are high, but difficult to demonstrate without another technique that we'd have to put xp in. Which makes them ideal for putting off while we work on other skills. Assuming we can't demonstrate them with the academy three. Iffy with ninjutsu, definitely not with genjutsu.
I can't really imagine ninjutsu competence not being proven from having the three academy jutsu at intermediate.
And we can probably prove genjutsu by dispelling them when the teachers use them on us, or learning one (somehow. Daisuke might ask Gai to introduce him to someone, or could pay a d-rank to be taught by a genin/chunin)
