Well, Vemen obviously doesn't own these gloves. I do. The Counter works for me and I'm a NIN/WAR. The problem is that you only have a chance to counter when you get hit or parry but not wen you evade or have a shadow absorbed. But if you parry a lot its nice. Just don't expect it to happpen too often or yyou will be disappointed.
im gonna be starting up my nin again soon and i was looking into this whole counter thing bc i thought it would be really cool to counter while tanking, what if i had the avengers earring and counter tourque as well as this entire set? would i counter alot if my shadows were down?
As NIN/WAR I've worn these with the Sune-ate +1 for about a month now. I've fought thousands of mobs from TW to IT. I Parry 1-2 times per fight, but with Counter +2 I have never once countered an attack! Never.
Rasetsu +1 gear is very nice, but don't expect Counter +1 to ever come into effect. It might, but very very VERY rarely. It's not gonna save you. If you can use a few million gil for something else, do that and get NQ instead of the +1 Rasetsu gear.