Dragoon vs Thief

[PaperNinja]

Ok, I'm having a crisis. Well, no, not a crisis, but it sucks =p

I simply cant decide, I like the look of dragoon, but thief seems better. Both are basically damage dealers, neither can tank. The thief can do more damage, and is better at evading it.

How does the dragoon stack up here? *cry*

I hate decisions.

[Sunfyre]

They are both really good classes, all of them will have ups and downs... Go with what you wanna be if you do that then you cant go wrong!

[Khasra]

You need to ask yourself what you want to do, what role you want to have in a group, how much you want to wait for PTs, how "mainstream" you want your character to be, etc. From what I've read so far, DRG and THF are very similar in PT roles in that they are high-damage classes with anti-hate abilities (drg gets super jump hate clearer and thf gets deception attack hate transfer). I think that the THF has a lot more utility though with the treasure hunter abilities - they seem to get called on a lot to get those rare drops. Generally when people discuss PTs they always talk about having a THF, but I don't generally see DRG involved.

I for one am definitely going to choose DRG for my main/melee char - polearm and jump abilities along with pentathrust and essnetially four decent-to-awesome subjob possiblities make it an attractive choice. I have heard that DRG can have trouble getting groups and that they are also fairly populated on the JP servers, though.

[Razz]

Well Dragoons and thieves don't get hit, they are both damage dealers, but if you're a good Dragoon with Penta thrust, you can do just as much damage.

Different roles for the two jobs though. A thief will be asked to do yokodama (to control hate) and use viper bite/dancing edge in renkei, and a Dragoon will be asked to deal as much damage as possible. Whether that is by renkei with the thief, or using penta thrust as much as possible.

[Storml2age]

Here's my solution to the problem, be a DRG/THF! High attack with the dragoon + wyvern, extra dex to help jumps hit more, extra agil to speed up your attacks, sneak and back attack to take advantage of positioning, penta thrust, extra cash. I dunno if its gonna be the best of combos but I'm gonna make it work.

[Khasra]

DRG/THF is actually a very viable combo (from what I read on these boards), and I am going to go that route - at least at first. Sneak Attack + Pentathrust seems pretty awesome. DRG/SAM looks pretty ruthless with all the TP abilities, so I may eventually do that combo, but SAM is adv so I figure I'll just do THF for 1-30 anyway. It should help me make a little extra cash too, with the THF abilities, and having TreasureHunterI at high levels should probably come in handy.

Based on what I've read here, I'm not a big fan of DRG/WAR, so THF is really the only option for 1-30 anyway.

[PaperNinja]

Agh, if only it were that easy.

I DONT KNOW WHAT I WANT!!!

I have alot of trouble making these types of decisions.

Thanks for the input though!

[Pangea Ultima]

I plan to go DRG/THF as well, for the most part. Depending on how much time I can spend with the game, I'd like to get both to a high level, along with SAM maybe or NIN. Who knows. I'd like to try them all, if I could.

Also, is anyone else planning to spend much time working through the different guilds? I'm pretty excited for this aspect of the game.

[Messiah]

The admins told me to stop pwning DRKs in my sig, or baby Awn will start crying

LOL Razz!

If you take a job to level 53, I think you should have the right to praise or criticize it as much as you want. Well, you sig is still hilarious nonetheless, even without "pwning DRKs"...wait...you kinda are. :p