How rare are elvaan thieves?

[voradore]

Was just curious have not seen to many on these boards and i decided that is what i wanted to be.

[Sirius Black]

They probably aren't very common at all, not as main jobs anyways, because Elvaan have less DEX and AGI than Humes and Mithra which is essentially a THF primary weapon. It won't make a huge difference though, I think that the Monk as a sub job is a worse idea. Not that it's really bad, it just doesn't capitalize on the THF strengths anymore than an Elvaan. If your serious about a THF I would recomend a Hume/Mithra (Elvaan is definately do able though) THF/NIN, with that your DEX and AGI would be like 20 points higher than a Elvaan THF/MNK plus you get better abilities. Again the MNK's aren't bad it's just all they really add is HP which does almost nothing for a THF.

[voradore]

Thanks for the info i am only using thf/mnk till i get to 30 then was switching to /nin.

[Sirius Black]

No problem... That is actually a very good plan a lot of people don't think of what sub job they will have before they get their advanced job, and strictly for making a THF survive til a lvl 30 MNK would do very well as a sub. Also, for a job like Thief Elvaan vs Hume isn't even really noticeable, so Elvaan would be a fine choice.

[voradore]

Thanks for the compliment i have been skimming through these boards alot and also have been using the stat calculator to help me choose which route i was going to go with my thief.

[Heartsclaw]

Don't use the stat calculator as law, just use it to get an idea of what you're looking at. Some things could either turn out better or far worse than you thought when looking at the stat calculator.

[Sirius Black]

Stat calculator is ok for a rough estimate but it's not that accurate and it doesn't include passive abilities. Just so you know

[voradore]

i mainly used the my own judgement the boards helped more the the stat calculator sorry for the misinterpretation.

[Sirius Black]

Oh it's not like you did anything wrong, don't be sorry. I just didn't want you basing your choices to heavily upon the Stat calculator, and thought I would let you know.

[voradore]

Aww ok no worries the stat calculator just helped me size up my character.

[John Doe III]

Well they aren't very rare at all in Jueno, I see them all the time. Most of every high level Thief uses daggers though i'm starting to think I should switch.

[voradore]

well its good to know that there are others like me and that the combo is not all to rare .

[Delaque]

its hardly ever about the stats for me the first time through. dont get me wrong, i will keep a close eye to them to maximize my chances of being a well placed aspect of the groups that I am in. But I am definately going to build the character I want the first time through the lvling up process of this game, and thats a Elvaan Thf/Mnk then later to a ninja. I just dont care. Alot of ppl have said that its a bad idea to choose an Elvaan for the THF role, but the same amount of ppl have said it doesnt matter. I havent done the research enough to tell you one way or the other, i am just more apt to making a character i think would be freaking cool. but now that i search the boards i might not stick with the subclasses that i thought i would due to the frequency of other players doing the same thing. I might do some ole off the wall subclass just to be different. I dunno...i duncare.

[voradore]

I didn't really care what people thought either its just that the feed back helps me what to expect as picking an elvaan thief. Its what i want to be and it seems like a very good combo IMO.

[Zynk]

Well I look at it this way, do whatever makes you happy. I myself have a Hume THF I love it. Its your char do whatever you want. Your going to be the one useing it, thats just my input on the topic.