Thief high end

[Lightfoot]

hey guys,

I've been looking around here and notice that everyone is complaining about the high end game of thief. now i dearly love thief and am easly the heaviest single attack hitter in any of my pts and wouldent dream of giving up theif even for 1,000,000 gil.


Is it really that bad post 60... or is there hope?

[taps]

The problem is, @60 MNK and DRK can both tac the hate on the tank very easily. DRK for instance can do something like TA+Souleater+Guillotine, onto the tank for 800+ damage. Secondly THF doesn't really output the same damage other melee like RNG, MNK, and DRK can. Don't get me wrong, Dancing Edge and Sharkbite are very powerful, however, jobs like DRK, RNG, and MNK who prior to 55/60 didn't have a very high damage WS that could close chains like Viper Bite could, get WS like Sidewinder, Arching Arrow, Guillotine, Spinning Slash, Howling Fist, and Dragon Kick.

Alot of THF complain about having a more difficult time finding PT's then other melee. This is true in some cases but false in others. I would say that in my experience as RNG, all melee have a tougher time finding parties post 60. Not just THF.

Your job certainly doesn't become obsolete just because other people can subjob THF. You still require less curing due to evasion bonuses and /NIN for blink. Secondly I can honestly say that aside from WS, other jobs cannot control hate as well through damage. If you don't want to have problems with parties post 60, your best bet is to find a tank, and a mage and setup a static party. Otherwise you may fall into the mindset that THF is useless and can't get invites post 60.