Good sub choice? help

[Durith]

I am deciding to level my warrior to 18, then level thief to 37, and SAM to 75, I have a static PT so I shouldnt worry too much about having a WAR Sub. but I was wodnering how liable the THF sub is endgame, and in ballista. If it isnt too good for ballista, what would you recommend?

[Akai]

Re: Good sub choice? help

thf subjob is prolly the best imo, but war is also good until trick attack at 60, so id use war subjob till 60, then switch to thf

[Larian]

Re: Good sub choice? help

Basic rule for a good melee: have all your subs leveled. If your static dies (happens all the time) and you're out in the wild, you will need a WAR sub.

For endgame .... I guess it depends how you define endgame. Usually, SAMs are expected to have WAR, THF and RNG (capped archery) leveled.

Personally, I think everyone should have WHM and NIN leveled to 37 simply because they come in handy quite often.

[fuz]

Re: Good sub choice? help

If you open a SC, espcially with a thf or /thf, you will need war sub. Any melee without a leveled up war sub is greatly looked down on.

/thf works ok, but not great until lvl 60 when you get yukikaze. Even then, the lack of berserk is very noticeable on your regular hits, as they drop 20-50% in damage, and no longer have access to double attack. WS are important to a sam, but for the earlier part of the game (pre 60), it is not the majority of your damage.

Ballista, thf sub is horrible. You only have access to sleep arrows to get behind someone and SA, which is highly unreliable in anything but an itemless duel. I would level up your choice of nin, mnk, drg, war, or all 4. Rng, drk, thf, whm, and rdm are more for fun, than actually powerful unless you have the equipment and skill to support that sub.