State of the Thief

[Lavi]

Depends on your setup.. like with colibri/lesser colibri what mid 50s-60s lvl parties, first voke someone WS then you sata and ws for distortion skillchain can effectively half the colibri's life if it doesnt get resisted and focus hate on the tank at the same time. But that only works if everyone's on the same page, can also get a little sloppy if the first WS isn't ready in the very beginning of battle.

It can do nice damage; however, that is not the problem. First voke and SATA+WS is slow plus it can put strain on whoever is taking first voke either through damage they take or the requirement of holding hate. SE really blew it on THF when they added Assassins, it should be a level 40 JT, just high enough to not be subbable, but low enough to make the experience process less of a nightmare.

 

[Gohaan]

Thankfully by the time they implemented assassin I was already 65... Made my life 10x easier.

 

[Bladewind]

I refuse to level synch below 60 on THF (not just because it massively gimps the majority of armour) because i don't want to deal with the hassle of trying to get people to effectively setup sata partners. honestly, if i had to pick 1 job trait for THF it would be assassin, I could live without all the others <_<;.

Nothing makes me cringe like inviting a 60+ THF to exp, and the first thing they say is "who wants to first voke" because they either don't know about assassin, or they think it's "worthless" as one did recently.

 

[BobDaMahn]

All I have to say is LOL to the whole concept of a "Party" THF. Trio's/Duo's FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Veralynn]

I don't have a whole to add but this:

A well-geared and meritted THF can hold its own in most normal xp / merit parties and against mobs that are weak to piercing can probably out-DD DRGs and RNGs provided they can land SA and TA. Here is the difference between THF and other DD jobs from what I have seen:

Gearing THF is much more difficult than other DD jobs. You need Homam, Denali, or Skadi, Swift belt, daggers that are difficult/rare ENM drops (X's knife and blau dolch) or Sirocco Kukri (another pita drop). So unless you plan to be dedicated or get very lucky, I would not try it. It is SOO much easier to gear a SAM, MNK or WAR especially now that sky is not as competitive.

Now comes the true strength of THF. You have a lot of other options now for hate control and they added Feint which makes THF at least partially desireable in more endgame or group-oriented events.

Also, THF is a fairly strong solo job if you have the right gear for landing bloody bolts. It can't compare to what a RDM or BLU can do, but its certainly not helpless.

I personally love THF, it is and always will be my main choice for a job. Unfortunately since I went and leveled BLM, I am forced to come on that job for 90% of events... things might change if I can ever finally get my hands on some Assassin Armlets...

-Vera

 

[Lavi]

Gearing THF is much more difficult than other DD jobs. You need Homam, Denali, or Skadi, Swift belt, daggers that are difficult/rare ENM drops (X's knife and blau dolch) or Sirocco Kukri (another pita drop). So unless you plan to be dedicated or get very lucky, I would not try it. It is SOO much easier to gear a SAM, MNK or WAR especially now that sky is not as competitive.

Because Hagun, Usukane, Ares, ridill, ebody, etc. are not that hard to obtain... Every job has a hard time getting to that elite status, thief is no different, but thief is by no means the worst.