Rate THF/BLM to THF/WAR - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community

Sivart98002 · 12-05-2003, 09:56 AM

I just wanna know wut is better of the following:

THF/BlM: advantages i can use sneak attack with my thf and steal, for my blm i can cast blind and poison and blazespikes.

THF/WAR: advantages i can use all my thf skills and stuff. with war my power will be up higher and i can use provoke.

See the thing is im a lvl 16 thf going to get to 18 this weekend maybe. i have a lvl 10 blm so i dont know wut im going to go with.

Socrates · 12-05-2003, 11:21 AM

i have a lv9blm lv 13war, and lv20 thf.

as thf main job, blm is pretty terrible. you might be able to cast 1 fire and 1 blind but nothing much after that. your stats will be lower for everything but int. the magic does not make up for the lack of physical prowess.

thf/war would be so much better. u get great HP boost along with provoke for emergencies. at lv 20thf/war, you get the passive def from WAR job. +10def.

take a few days to lv up your war, you won't regret it.

stigger · 12-05-2003, 12:15 PM

i'd definitely haev to go thf/war or war/thf also

i tried thf/whm, and it was okay when my WHM was main and was dealing good dmg, but then once i switched back, I was a lvl 21thf with 45mp. Not much, doesn't really do anything amazing at all.

Last night I tried to up my warrior class... brought a huge scythe (14dmg for a lvl1 weapon), and went out doing 15-30dmg per hit.

Scored a critical hit at war1/thf1 and done 32dmg.
You get greater HP too, as opposed to little HP and little MP.

yet again, BLMs are more fun than warriors id say...
if you really wanna try BLM, try upping 2x magical classes (ie - BLM/WHM, or so on)

Hadoken · 12-08-2003, 08:50 PM

I think THF/RDM would do you a lot more good than THF/BLM if you want to go the spellcasting route. Instead of just Poison, Blind, Bio (not counting Blaze Spikes because a THF should be tanking no more often than a BLM should), you get Poison, Blind, Bio, Dia, Paralyse, Slow. And you also get En- spells like Enthunder, which are awesome on fast weapons like Daggers which a Thief would use. Being a THF/RDM gives you a lot to do in between Sneak Attacks.