thief/white mage

[Driftwood]

As I'm sure someone out there has noticed, I wanna/wanted to be a ranger/thief, but I've had other thoughts, mainly cos people keep saying rangers are too expensive. Also because thieves can use bows, just not as well. The other thing, being a white mage I could probably get into PT's a lot easier.
Is this a good choice, do you think? any input would be great, thanks.