ranged pulls as thf?

[Rips]

I have THF leveled. And i learned that if u just wanna get the mob to come to camp, use a boomarang. If u wanna do some DMG, get fun and work on ur marksmenship. If you wanna get technical, and use some cool bolts, work on Archery and get a crossbow, i find it works wonders too! But if ur going THF all the way, use a Cross bow i say

 

[vang]

No one's crying. Reading works wonders. Ask Lamar Burton D:


Anywho, yeah. I don't know how many times it's been nice to see the THF pop out one of those Defense Down bolts before we start a skillchain. So do archery, it is really nice, this coming from a THF's SC Partner ^_^

It's LAVAR not Lamar young man get it right.

 

[Passions]

THF pop out one of those Defense Down bolts before we start a skillchain. So do archery, it is really nice, this coming from a THF's SC Partner ^_^

you mean xbow right? archery has defence down arrows but i dont think thf can use them :/ BOLTS all the way, easy way the gain that lil bit of tp you need before skillchaining so you can have sata ready at start.

 

[Legomyeggo]

It's LAVAR not Lamar young man get it right.

The dude from Reading Rainbow?

 

[Nasya]

At earlier levels you will need to use a bow or boomerang to pull because thfs cannot equip bolts until lvl 10 (Blind Bolts). at that point you will want to skill up so that you can actually land them, but Blind Bolts are a bit expensive. I suggest skilling up your bolts on WAR (which will probably be your thfs sub) before lvling thf.

Marksmenship is very important for thf soloing if you end up lvling it all the way, and as others have said it can help a lot in party situations as well.

As for pulling... there is always a decided benifit in getting a head start on the mob you are going to fight ;p means less damage done to you when you get back to camp

 

[Sculli]

I suggest skilling up your bolts on WAR (which will probably be your thfs sub) before lvling thf.

Nah, I am going to be a THF/WHM, screw the cookie-cutter job combos!

 

[Nasya]

than pull with dia ;p (i hope you are kidding >.<)

 

[Sculli]

Yeah I am just kidding around.
I am not sure what I am going to do, not that I have a lot of playtime anyway, so I doubt there will be serious character development. I should make an LS Called Lowbie4Life.

Anyway, chances are I will just level THF straight till I can get either NIN or RNG with this character. Which in terms of ranged attacks means I start with THF at level 10, which I can do tonight (at level 9 right now).

 

[Nibble]

:/ xbow is important till higher levels, in my opinion..

at lower-mid levels you can use acid bolts to "dispel" crabs and crawlers.. if they use shell or w/e the crabs use.. pop an acid bolt on it.. BAM no more defense boost.

personally, i used a boomerang for nearly my entire THF life.. at 43 (i think its 43?) you can get Combat Caster's Boomerang +1 (or +2 if you wanna get fancy).. gives you +4 MELEE accuracy (if area is out of your nation's control) which i think is just super ^^ ive used that since i could..served me well all the way to 74 (im lazy and refuse to get 75! so there! [side note: NO KIREEK I WILL NOT PT WITH YOU BECAUSE I DONT WANT 75]).. ok.. moving on..

at later levels when you want to solo things.. you definantly need an xbow and marksmanship leveled.. mine is like, 216 now.. which i believe is pretty far from thf cap (it'd be nice if someone could tell me a 74 thf's marksmanship cap).. but im skilling it up.. i land about 80% of my shots because i get alot of Racc with my gear.. it helps alot when soloing EM-DC's.. acid bolt >> sleep bolt >> disengage >> SA >> engage >> dancing edge 4tw!

also, sleep bolts help you be able to cool down your Utsusemi:Ichi & Ni timers if your getting your butt kicked.. and stops casters from casting the nasty nasty -ga spells to pow you dead..

i do NOT agree with spamming of bolts durring xp pt's.. :/ i hate it when thf's do this, to be honest.. ESPECIALLY after lv55 (tripple attack).. slow your TP gain down ALOT (well depends on your gear, i personally have moer +melee acc than +racc so if i use Ranged, chances are lower for me to hit than melee :/).. bugs me to no end when thf's spam bolts at higher levels for TP.. its like. a chance to trigger tripple attack and gain 20% TP in 1 round.. compared to a smaller chance to land a bolt? :/ doesnt seem right..

OK this posti s getting too long..
lets see here: if you want to skill up something efficiently, play a job that uses what skill you want to skill up.. i started playing RANGER just for archery/marksmanship skill ups.. i started playing PLD and NIN for parrying skill ups.. im working on MNK for hand-to-hand skill ups (THFS DO NEED TO BE VERSATILE!!!).. and i use thf for club skill ups (i dont wanna be a damn melee whm, sorry).. skill everything you can.. >< skill skill skill..

~nib

p.s. :/ in the end.. in my opinion, use a boomerang after you can use Combat Caster's Boomerang +1 (or +2) for xp parties.. and use xbow for solo.. or if your PT has no RDM (in the nest especially)..