Theif solo?

[sirina]

Ok now my theif is lv 32 (my highest lv ) and I quit leveling it and decided to go mage cause I hated that one place (I cant seem to think of the name, Has lots of bats that link ) And I had some really bad times there and I was still learning SATA bla bla, But now I miss theif to much so i decided to level it again but Im not willing to go back to what I shall call right now (the bad place) . Im pretty sure you can solo a theif some what , But right now im trying to level up marksmanship because apparently thats important and it was only lv 0 for me o.o; , so now bolts are a pain to keep buying and AH prices are anoying and to high and then I'll try to lv as theif/whm so i can use protect and poisona and stuff since my warriors not much help and I dont have enough norg fame to lv ninja and get that really important ninja move ....or money... but i was wondering about any tips to help. I know at the dunes flys give me only 30 exp with a ring on >.<; this might take awhile

[Antivomit]

Good question. I wanna try and solo with my DRK too. And I have the same problem with the /NIN thing. Hopefully someone will post something useful and I can leech off the info :biggrin:

[Tigralia]

sorry to dissapoint guys but thf cant really solo for exp, ima 61 thf and find partying is much more benifical, u cud always promy farm... and get exp that way.. but at 32 u shud be at the jungles i had no problems lvling thf an dont see how ppl do... just wait till u hit 55 an can go to aht urghan :)... 55-60 in 22.5hrs :P/.. good luck an dont give up on thf

[Haggai]

I don't know about soloing at that level, but if you want /NIN, farm Yagudo Necklaces. Click the link in my sig and scroll down to Norg / Tenshodo fame. You Want "Mihgo's Amigos" or something like that. Getting Norg fame really isn't that hard.

For skilling up marksmanship, I suggest you level woodworking to 16+. That is the level you need to be to make bolts. That will cut the cost of making them. It's not hard or expensive to get that far. Look in the Woodworking forum for guides. Getting it to 29+ means you can make your own Shihei for /NIN.

Oh, and that bat place you're talking about sounds like Garliage Citadel.

[Tigralia]

it is garbarge sh*ttyhell... and personally as a thf id say from jungles go to altepa then Quicksand caves, wen u get VB ull be SATA VB'ing pld ants for close to 1k dmg

[Lmnop]

-You don't come close to 1k damage 'til level 50ish at least -- and that's on squishy spiders. 500 dmg + 300 Distortion is a dream come true. I guess that's close to 1k, but the disto gets resisted down to 150 often, and whenever Distortion is completely unresisted and hits the 60% damage cap, it seems like that's when you get a low WS >.<

-Thf soloes very well. But kill speed is kinda an issue. Actually... THF solo was very random for me. I would play with thf/nin solo between levels 30 and 35 or so. I'd run out to Saur[tab key] and find some Gobs to pick on. Sometimes I'd solo VTs and barely get hit. Sometimes I'd die to a Decent Challenge. I spent too much time swapping gears and trying to recover HP with Bloody bolts that i shoulda spent just attacking. Assuming you only get unlucky once per solo session, you can use Perfect Dodge to put Utsusemi back up and by the time PD wears off, not only do you have 3 shadows but your recast timer is back up.

-Thf/whm can solo very well, but don't expect to go above Decent Challenge. In fact, even Decent Challenge will hurt a lot w/out a significant amount of +evasion or +agi gear available. as you get into the 50s and get dagger Weapon Skills that recover MP, you can keep yourself going pretty well indefinately -- assuming your opponent has MP to be stolen.

There was some thread around here a year or so ago about a level 63 THF soloing Bloodtear...

[Tigralia]

u must be a pretty lackluste thf if u dont approach 1k dmg without SC b4 50, not trying to be nasty, but mithra thf fully pimped an i was doing 900 dmg SA VBs while the blm only did 990-1100 MB freeze's. And now on 60 i can do 1200-1400 SATA DE's in exp my sam friends dont like me :P, so its diff for every1.. but i resent ppl that say "thf cant..." so i prove them wrong ^.^... best thing about thf solo is.. u can get drain/weak def/poison/blind/sleep/paralyze/slow and "blink".. with no mp :P... that means no rest... so while a drk goes an solo's a few DC's and needs to rest up.. u can rip thru EP's and not have to stop at all therefore getting more exp... also when u can, do promys/besieged/ENM's/Eco's and Escort quests for near as dammit free exp


ppl will flame this say "no mp yeah but tool/bolt prices".. but remember ur a thf.. u can farm better than any1.. and neways dunno bout u guys but prices on my server f00kin rule now.... 60k for 12x toolbag shihei ^^ yes please... and 40k for 12x bloody bolt quivers... thank you :)

[sirina]

um i hardly understood some of thouse answers o.o im not very good with terms and moves, so ><; pretend im a newbie and that everything u say needs to be transtaled a bit please ><

[Mhurron]

um i hardly understood some of thouse answers o.o im not very good with terms and moves, so ><; pretend im a newbie and that everything u say needs to be transtaled a bit please >< They whipped it out, and started comparing WS damage, just leave them be :P

The general gist of it was, soloing with THF is probably hard and not really worth it.

Either grin and bare Garlaige or try making your own parties and go to Altepa instead (you do have the Altep tele crystal right). You'll leave Garlaige around lvl 36 so thats not too far off, get a good party or two and your only talking 2 or 3 exp sessions. I went through Garlaige last time as DRK about that quick, but I was lucky with several good parties in a row.

IIRC THF has a AF piece in Garlaige and you might be back there around lvl 48-50 so don't end up hating the place too much.

[Neppy]

I just hit 50 on my THF tonight and ive never even came close to 1k dmg on exp mobs with SATA VB. If that makes me a lackluster THF you are so wrong. I have +4 Dagger skill from merits, Brigandine+1, main bone knife+1, off hand hornet needle, Emp Hairpin, Bound boots, Noct+1 legs etc. Idk what my stats are at 50, but at 49 I was DEX 55+18 and AGI 51+15 w/o food, I ate squid sushi. Use life belt for TP gain and swapped in sword belt for SATA and WS for +10 attack. Best DMG I was doing was 600 SATAVB on bats in the basement of garbage citadel. Honestly in my opinion my gear doesnt get much better then what I am wearing for my lvl, if im lackluster then give me suggestions then because im at a loss.

As for soloing for exp, why? At that level it'll be sooooo slow, exp parties will be way more beneficial for exp.

[sirina]

They whipped it out, and started comparing WS damage, just leave them be :P

The general gist of it was, soloing with THF is probably hard and not really worth it.

Either grin and bare Garlaige or try making your own parties and go to Altepa instead (you do have the Altep tele crystal right). You'll leave Garlaige around lvl 36 so thats not too far off, get a good party or two and your only talking 2 or 3 exp sessions. I went through Garlaige last time as DRK about that quick, but I was lucky with several good parties in a row.

IIRC THF has a AF piece in Garlaige and you might be back there around lvl 48-50 so don't end up hating the place too much.

Um actually I dont have the Altep tele crystal and dont know how to get one...I should ask my linkshell about that o.o;

[Mhurron]

Um actually I dont have the Altep tele crystal and dont know how to get one...I should ask my linkshell about that o.o;
Meet your new friend http://www.ffxi-atlas.com/

Specifically Bastok mines > Zerhun Mines > Korroloka Tunnel > Eastern Altepa Desert

Sneak and Invisible through Korroloka, just Sneak through Altepa since if you come across a gob you're way off course.

[Lmnop]

-Thf/whm can solo very well, but don't expect to go above Decent Challenge. In fact, even Decent Challenge will hurt a lot w/out a significant amount of +evasion or +agi gear available. as you get into the 50s and get dagger Weapon Skills that recover MP, you can keep yourself going pretty well indefinately -- assuming your opponent has MP to be stolen.

That's the part for you to focus on. That's what you can expect for soloing.

Make sure you get your altep gate crystal, I think Altep from 30-32/33 is very nice. So for you, Altep to get your feet wet. However, Garlaige Citadel (your hell) is actually your heaven, since you deal extra damage to bats with your dagger (pull only the big bats, not the triple bats). Also, no one ever parties there anymore so it's empty which is wonderful.


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Tigralia: I won't deny that WS + SC can hit awesome high. I typed up a bunch of stuff but you know what? THF is great and we'll just leave it at that. There's no reason for me to drag it out when we all know that THF is a good class.

[Kaickul]

THF cant really solo efficiently until 74+. By then youll have an assortment of gear to assist you with Evasion and damage. For those of you who say you cant solo more than D/C or at all very well I give you this Screenshot from Pii's collection thats over a year old. (Hint before all the new THF stuff)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9555/4224jb8.jpg

So a skilled THF can solo efficiently ...just make sure you carry that RR2 Hairpin with you or youll regret it.

[Icemage]

There's a big difference between a level 75 fully merited THF/NIN soloing VT+ and a lower level thief who doesn't have the ridiculously good gear that is required for screenshots like that, though.

For all intents and purposes, soloing for XP as THF is pretty hopeless as a means of advancement towards 75.


Icemage

[LyonheartLakshmi]

I was at about lvl 35 as THF a while ago, with around 1k exp left until 36. I just wanted to cap it at 37 and be done with it, due to the huge amount of frustration I've had trying to get party members to cooperate on SATA.

I had capped marksmanship skill at the time (only because I skilled it up as 60+ WAR), and grabbed a bunch of bloody and sleep bolts. I went as /NIN into Rolanberry, and took on Gobs, Quadavs, Crawlers and Goobbues. My plan was to melee for TP, disengage and use sleep bolts to set myself up for SA + Viper Bite.

On EP mobs, this seemed to work ok. I could keep myself healed up with just the bloody bolts. Even with Utsusemi and a crap load of +evasion gear, I was still getting hit enough that the bloody bolts were necessary to try and avoid down time. When sleep bolts would land, I would generally have enough time to set up SA, as long as the mobs were EP. But on DC mobs, they would wake up almost immediately after the sleep effect kicked in.

My recommendation: if you don't have marksmanship capped, and don't have NIN sub leveled, don't bother with soloing. If you're not far along enough in the game to have unlocked NIN and quested Utsusemi, I'm guessing you probably don't have the funds for the necessary +MP gear that you would need to make THF/WHM even somewhat effective for soloing.

I quit leveling it and decided to go mage cause I hated that one place (I cant seem to think of the name, Has lots of bats that link)
Learning the art of pulling requires a lot of trial and error. One of the best pieces of advice I've read on pulling is learning to use your mob radar (that compass circle thingy on the screen where mobs show up as red dots, PCs as blue dots, NPCs as green dots). With time, you'll get a feel for how close those dots have to be before they'll link. Using the radar provides a much better way of judging those distances than eyeing them on the screen.

[Tigralia]

Ice pretty much sums it up.. u can solo but when ppl say they can solo as a thf/nin they usually mean NMs and such... exp soloing is pointless... unless u use the method i stated... im now 4k into 61 due to besieged alone.. but otherwise just learn what partys u fit in really well... if u get a good 1 ull be up to 55 in no time... then dont matter the set up lol.. lesser colibris drop in seconds an u get 300+ exp per kill :D

[711rocks]

I've been soloing DC crabs trying to break latent for evis lately. Evasion is 251 (Cap from level 70, haven't raised it at all @71, im like 1500 into the level ><) Any have like +17eva with the acc gear I have on, and am not using food or blinding the mobs, and it's easy as hell, especially with utsusemi. With an evasion setup, every kind of status bolt, and food, I could definatly fight some pretty tough monsters. It does take a long ass time though, I get like 3-4 DEs off per fight.

[Kitalrez]

Meet your new friend http://www.ffxi-atlas.com/
Specifically Bastok mines > Zerhun Mines > Korroloka Tunnel > Eastern Altepa Desert
Sneak and Invisible through Korroloka, just Sneak through Altepa since if you come across a gob you're way off course.

Actually, you don't even need Sneak or Invisible in Korroloka if you're paying attention. Just take the very first left as you enter the main tunnel and follow that path along til you reach a bridge on your right. Cross that bridge, take the next right through some worms, pass through some crabs and pugs. (Pugs aggro, but usually there's a BST there, and really only one possible spawn point is going to put you close enough to get aggro). From the pugs you want to take the next bridge to the left across the main tunnel, and continue R after you finish to pass up into the main tunnel again. Shazzam, you're through. There are only two aggro hazards on that path is gigas or jellies as you cross the bridges, and you can wait those out behind a stalagmite if you need to. The other one is the pug spawn directly in the middle of the path at G-8 if someone spawned it and then left. For that one, just backtrack to the overlook of the main tunnel, and drop down. You have *some* aggro down there, but you're over halfway through the tunnel by then.

I've levelled SMN, BLM, BLU, BST, and WHM down here and in those 5 jobs I've only managed to catch aggro and die twice. Both of those were from gigas or jellies that I wasn't watching for when I crossed a bridge. If you're paying attention for these sorts of things, you're probably not going to get yourself killed if you skimp on the oils/powders. To get to the TP crystal in Altepa, though, you will need oils. The ants and scorpions near the crystal cut off every avenue around themselves.

[Tigralia]

or if ur lucky ur on Asura (server) and ill take u thru :D

[Celeal]

When THF solo, he is unable to use Trick Attack and Sneak Attack as efficiently as he normally does in exp parties. This is a major cut of damage output. Thus, expect the fight last long time.
I would just THF/NIN, gear up evasion, eat Jack-o'Lantern, and go target easy preys.

[Eauijhkuu]

Soloing THF with the help of marksmanship IS a painfully slow process (If you whore NIN like every other person).
But you will save many agonizing moments as well as a ton of gil if you just party your way to higher levels.

Besides. Garlaige Citadel (AKA - The bad place) Is your chance to completely shine as a THF; I believe it is most crucial that you learn to pull things without linking. I also believe that it is important to understand your role in a party and how to successfully create and SATA WS skillchain.

Garlaige was intimidating when I first took it (I pulled and fell down a hole :P) but I think it's not so bad once you understand how things work. My friend was pulling off 500+ Damage with SATA VB on bats, not including SC damage.

[Kaickul]

There's a big difference between a level 75 fully merited THF/NIN soloing VT+ and a lower level thief who doesn't have the ridiculously good gear that is required for screenshots like that, though.

For all intents and purposes, soloing for XP as THF is pretty hopeless as a means of advancement towards 75.


Icemage

I must have missed the part about 'soloing for exp to level' from the OP. But anyway, I doubt Pii was fully meritted for this at the time and they are hardly using top notch gear for this. Strider boots, Dragon Harness, Subligar with O-hat and Tarrasque mitts? Thats not what I would call soloing gear even back then...


But I agree... if they meant soloing for exp to level with that is hopeless with any job.

[sirina]

Soloing THF with the help of marksmanship IS a painfully slow process (If you whore NIN like every other person).
But you will save many agonizing moments as well as a ton of gil if you just party your way to higher levels.

Besides. Garlaige Citadel (AKA - The bad place) Is your chance to completely shine as a THF; I believe it is most crucial that you learn to pull things without linking. I also believe that it is important to understand your role in a party and how to successfully create and SATA WS skillchain.

Garlaige was intimidating when I first took it (I pulled and fell down a hole :P) but I think it's not so bad once you understand how things work. My friend was pulling off 500+ Damage with SATA VB on bats, not including SC damage.

lol try falling down a hole , linking 4 bats and killing off your party making them zone, targeting thw wrong mob and killing your party , and seeing a pop and stricking without warning because your so nervious and killing your party , haha i didnt know about the radair thing and I always used my screen to judge distances which is impossible with (the bad place) because not only is it dark , but bats arent exacly glow in the dark , the many corners were full of links i couldnt see and the holes everywhere lead me to a panic that I would fall again with an agro and die. LOL But yes all the advice really helps me , though I really want a practice party sort of (maybe with my LS) I need to set up my macro's again , memorise them learn about skill chains and timing , learn how to pull with out linking and all that fun stuff ! But thanks everyone you have no idea how help full u all are , even though some of this is just common sense ....Its one of the things i think I lack lol. >.<;

[tdh]

I've done a lot of "Pull Monkey" duty over the years. I pulled as DRK from Lv.10 to Lv.51, then WAR from Lv.25 to Lv.52. The Shitadel was proving grounds. You learn to pull there, you can pull anywhere! Now my static sends me out if the THF is worried about a link. lol I've yet to find a place I can't pull in.

But I won't deny once hating the Shitadel!

[Tigralia]

shityhell is a nasty place and tbh completely avoidable.. 1-61 thf i NEVER exp'd there. most common complaint about thf i hear is "i cant get a prty ; ; boo hoo"... my advice know what jobs bring out the best in u and then make ur own :D... im nearly always party leader an hardly EVER get a bad party, get to know a few good ppl and then ur sorted, any link u get they can understand ur getting to know ur job. If u cant deal they dont mind a /p telling them to flee like feck to the zone, and if u got a blm to sleep links, u can use the link to ur advantage and chain. Later on with thf.. even tho ppl say ur useless solo, ive often found myself tanking Castle Oz yagudo's or Castle Zav Mobs while the rest of the coffer/skill up group muller what they have, and believe me when i say, although it is hard .. its VERY do'able. As friday/sat morn was testiment lol, 2x 73 plds 1 75 war/nin a 69 drk and me 61 thf did RoZ mission 4.. temple of ugli pie, the recommend set up requires a sleep'aga and 1 by 1 killing, but we did it with me kiting the thf till the blm was down, then sleeping the smn/ele till the thf was down.. and had i not been there with my SA dancing edge.. b4 astral flow ifrit happed we'd all been dead lol.. so dont let any 1 knock u as a thf... they are invaluable and u can do almost anything if u put ur mind to it enuff... as we are the only job with enfeebling/shadows and drain without mp and the need to rest ^.^... ok essay over.. any more thf'y type questions feel free to ask away an ill help all i can :D

[Icemage]

ok essay over.. any more thf'y type questions feel free to ask away an ill help all i can :D
(1) Ugh... wall of text. The Enter key is your friend.

(2) You can't Sleep bats during XP. They're highly resistant to dark magic. Only Lullaby works on them in an XP party (and even Lullaby isn't very accurate when they're too high level).

(3) There's nothing wrong with Thieves in XP parties.

Besides, this discussion isn't about thieves in groups/missions. It's about solo thieves.


Icemage

[Meepus]

Wow, I'm really glad I read this thread :D I just lvled THF to 30 last night.. so tomorrow I'm going to be working on perfecting SATA and the like. Guess I should start Woodworking then for those bolts, eh? Oh and I never even thought to use the Radar, doh! That would certainly help to prevent unwanted links. Garliage Shitadel? Lol.. I can tell I'm gonna have some fun with this D: -note sarcasm-

[IfritnoItazura]

The short answer is you shouldn't try to solo on THF unless you know what you're doing and have the resources for it.

However, if I have to guess, I'd say THF's can solo for exp in 30's. Theoretically.

Method THF/NIN:
Requires:
A. Capped or near capped marksmanship.
B. Capped or near capped evasion.
C. Great R.acc and evasion gear; and good daggers.
D. Plenty of Sleep, Acid, and Bloody bolts.
E. Ninja as support job.
How:
A. Acid bolt to start; melee until Utsusemi is nearly gone, then Sleep bolt.
B. Use Bloody bolts to regain HP (after recasting Utsusemi) if needed.
C. While monster is asleep, run around the back, Sneak Attack, and hit it hard.
D. Pick Easy Preys.
Notes:
- It's lousy exp; probably hard to kill Decent Challenge and higher until Lv.74. It's also dangerous and expensive.

Method THF/BST:
Requires:
A. Capped or near capped marksmanship.
B. Great R.acc and a good dagger.
C. CHR gear to swap in.
D. Plenty of Sleep, Acid, and Bloody bolts.
E. Beastmaster as support job.
How:
A. Charm pets, get them to do most of the dmg.
B. Acid Bolt to lower defense, Bloody Bolts to regain HP.
C. Sleep bolts for emergency, like when pet died before you found a new pet.
D. Melee for TP; use Sneak Attack to finish off the monster.
Notes:
- While not cheap, it's not as expensive as solo'ing on THF/NIN, and probably decent exp/hour (on par with BST) killing up to Tough monsters.
- The catch is your BST has to be same level as your THF, or higher.
- This is played like a handicaped BST (no jug pets), but with a very sharp spiked damage from native Sneak Attack.
- It's also safer in some ways than normal BST thanks to sleep bolts and flee.

Method THF/BLU:
THF/BLU and just straight up beat up stuff? I don't know if it can work or not, but Cocoon is amazing.

[Tigralia]

The short answer is you shouldn't try to solo on THF unless you know what you're doing and have the resources for it.

However, if I have to guess, I'd say THF's can solo for exp in 30's. Theoretically.

Method THF/NIN:
Requires:
A. Capped or near capped marksmanship.
B. Capped or near capped evasion.
C. Great R.acc and evasion gear; and good daggers.
D. Plenty of Sleep, Acid, and Bloody bolts.
E. Ninja as support job.
How:
A. Acid bolt to start; melee until Utsusemi is nearly gone, then Sleep bolt.
B. Use Bloody bolts to regain HP (after recasting Utsusemi) if needed.
C. While monster is asleep, run around the back, Sneak Attack, and hit it hard.
D. Pick Easy Preys.
Notes:
- It's lousy exp; probably hard to kill Decent Challenge and higher until Lv.74. It's also dangerous and expensive.

Method THF/BST:
Requires:
A. Capped or near capped marksmanship.
B. Great R.acc and a good dagger.
C. CHR gear to swap in.
D. Plenty of Sleep, Acid, and Bloody bolts.
E. Beastmaster as support job.
How:
A. Charm pets, get them to do most of the dmg.
B. Acid Bolt to lower defense, Bloody Bolts to regain HP.
C. Sleep bolts for emergency, like when pet died before you found a new pet.
D. Melee for TP; use Sneak Attack to finish off the monster.
Notes:
- While not cheap, it's not as expensive as solo'ing on THF/NIN, and probably decent exp/hour (on par with BST) killing up to Tough monsters.
- The catch is your BST has to be same level as your THF, or higher.
- This is played like a handicaped BST (no jug pets), but with a very sharp spiked damage from native Sneak Attack.
- It's also safer in some ways than normal BST thanks to sleep bolts and flee.

Method THF/BLU:
THF/BLU and just straight up beat up stuff? I don't know if it can work or not, but Cocoon is amazing.

this is some excellent advice, and could very well work, wen ur geared out, u can easily solo EP's i get 30-60 exp solo at 62, so i farm off EP's ^^ but the bst option is gr8
ALso ive not tried /blu but i can see its merits, just thf/nin = no resting... whereas with blu, ull be resting all the time ; ;

[Shinoe]

This is a good thread, but in your 30's you can solo fairly well regardless of what was posted above. I did this 3-4 years ago when i first leveled THF. Before level 33, it takes longer but can still be done. I would just go to lower level areas with a cheapcrossbow and some bolts. the key here is to go to ffxi.allakhazam.com and look at the blacksmithing trade skill list and look up the lowerst level of bolts that are listed, find out how to make them, and make that. If you can't do it right off the bat, spend some time skilling up smithing...it doesnt take long. Copper orex4 + Fire crystal = Copper Ingot, and i think 3x Copper Ingot x3 + fire crystal = Copper Sheet? I could be wrong, but skill up on Copper Ores and then make sheets. i did this exact thing from 0 skill (maybe with a few other recipes as well, it's been a long time), and made my own bolts.

I carried a warp scroll and went out as a 30THF/10RNG (i think) and used Sharpshooter (whatever that increases ranged skill) to kill mobs with ranged attacks to skill up. i started outside sandy and worked my way to the rabbits in the dunes. Another good area is outside bastok on the worms, do those for a while and move progressively throughout the area. Camp Leaping Lizzy while killing lizards over there as a THF/RNG and dont' worry if you dont get her...point is to cap out your skill not camp and nm for days. move to maze of shakrami and do worms there. Worms are great because they don't move and yo ucan just sit there popping shots off. 300%TP just unload your WS at them and keep trucking.

Anyway, when you get close to the cap for a 30-something THF, try to max it as best you can in a party...take shots at whatever your party is fighting...you'll still build up TP and since your skill is almost capped you wont miss really. When you get TP then use it for a SATA, no big deal

The fun begins when you can effectively shoot a goblin with "defense down", at range, and keep him at range (ideally you'll want to fight the ranger types...Ambushers in the dunes, Furriers in the Jungle). With RNG type Goblins, when they'll fight you at range until a certain amount of HP (60% or so), then they'll run in to melee with a knife/dagger. At this point, go ahead and melee (you'll want /NIN for Utusemi, it's fairly easy to get and i'll explain that in a few), and once you get a good amount of tp (150% or so), shoot them with a Sleep Bolt until that sticks (disengage so you don't melee them on accident). When you finally get them to sleep, go walk back behind them. If you don't have full shadows, recast Utsusemi, wait a few seconds (for the timer to tick down a alittle), then pop your [/ja "Sneak Attack" <t>; /wait 1; /ws "Viper Bite/Wasp Sting/Combo/Fast Blade/etc" <t>] macro. They'll wake up and start fighting again, but usually you'll only get hit once or twice before you can cast Utsusemi again. But when you get 100% TP, start shooting them with sleep bolts. I make macros for each type of Ranged attack: Drain Bolts, Sleep Bolts, Acid Bolts (defense down). just [/equip Ammunition "Sleep Bolt"; /ra <t>] and make a macro for each type you have, including normal bolts if you need them. This works wonders.

Don't get me wrong, party EXP will be much better, but still, if you have your flag up and don't want to synth, quest, mission, or farm, this is a decent way to solo throughout your 30+ career. If you're not level 33 (which is when you can get Viper Bite, assuming Dagger is skilled up), try using Hand2Hand weapons and using Combo. It does fairly good damage.

To get Ninja:
First, it's best to have Gust Slash from dagger skill here (since it hits the area around you). There's a quest in Windurst i'm sure you've heard about, where you need to turn in yagudo necklaces. 1 quest = 4 necklaces turned in. Look it up on ffxi.allakhazam.com. An easy way to do this is to go to Giddeus, put some evasion gear on. Go shoot a yagudo at range, then run away (dont melee them, as they can hit you as you run...if you shoot, they have to make that distance up so it's a bit better). Just run around and train all of the yagudo that you can. at level 30, all of them should be "too weak", but the Priests, Theologists, and Votaries might be Easy Prey, i'm not sure. Anyway, use a dagger and run around, and as you get hit and hit things, you'll have 100% TP fairly quick. If you have enough HP, you can get hit some more and aattack some mobs for more TP. Eventually you'll get this huge train, so you can turn around, and use Gust Slash. It should 1 shot all of those lower level yagudo. With [Treasure Hunter] you can expect a good amount of necklaces. I did this with two friends, who logged onto their Windurst "Mule" character, ran to Giddeus with me, and sat down at the entrance and went AFK. While resting after each set of mobs, i'd go through the Treasure pool and 'pass' on all the necklaces, so they would go to the mule characters. Or you can just leave it there.. if you pass though and they have a full inventory you're going to lose some, so make sure you can ask them when they're full. or just farm and let them randomly pass. And make sure the mules go naked ^^ that's 60 slots on those 2, and whatever space for you, so that's at least 15 quest turn ins (60/4=15), which will get you rank 2 or 3 fame, which will be enough to start the Ninja Quest. Do Ninja and Samurai (you'll need help to kill NM's for both, but it's not too hard), and after that you should have enough fame for the Utusemi quest. then you can do that, get your scroll, level ninja, and get to level 12 for Utsusemi (i think).

If you don't have Dagger skill to get Gust Slash (can't remember what level it is), then just run around killing them one by one.
long post, i'm sorry. but it's good information that you sounded like you needed.