What do you really think about THF?

[Kittyneko]

Re: What do you really think about THF?

Thf is a weak damage dealer with the ability to deal a little bit of spike damage.

At my level (50), SATA <whatever> does like, 400 damage. But so does a WS from a decently equipped monk, and the monk hits for 50-60, and the thf hits for 1-15 maybe. Plus, now instead of simply "engage teh mob and rock it", everyone now has to carefully array themselves around the monster, which makes it very difficult to get all the melee in Earthen Ward range (speaking as a smn).

My overall opinion is this: I don't mind thieves, but with 4 spots taken - Healer/Refresher/DamageDealer/Tank, they are really left to fight for one of the "random" slots, along with the Dark Knights and Dragoons.

I guess you haven't played much yet. I always make sure to bring a good purpose in the party. I do great SC's, I pull and hide links, and yea.. my simple melee damage does suck. But my WS does atleast 700 damage on a IT+ in exp partys. And "Random slots"... thief does deffinately not belong to it, and a good DRG is as good as a good MNK either, so I don't know what you're talking about. I can't say anything about DRK cause I haven't played it yet, nor partied with a lot.