Recently, there was a post by Mocchi addressing some concerns about the new Equipment Help Text. In regards to Treasure Hunter, here is what was said, as translated by Slycer:
I'd first like to say that I'm very glad to see that this has been acknowledged as a problem. However, given Slycer's apparent difficulty in translating the response, I worry that the devs are uncertain as to how to handle it.Depending on the job, there is certain equipment which cannot be removed. For example, Treasure Hunter+ gear on THF. For equipment which can't be removed during combat, are you planning on doing anything to update it?I'd say Treasure Hunter equipment is in trouble. [[I think this is what he's saying anyway, his response confused me here, but seems to indicate they're either adding new/better TH gear.]]
The biggest problem I see is that Thief's knife is a level 70 weapon, and we've moved into content that requires equipment 40 levels higher than that. Despite its low damage rating, it's still considered beyond relevant, but absolutely necessary because it adds to Treasure Hunter.
Thief's knife needs to be rendered obsolete once and for all.
But you can't JUST add more treasure hunter gear, as then thieves will just be forced to wear that all the time, too.
Instead, I would like to see this change come about like this:
Add a new dagger either through skirmish, delve, or a wildskeeper reive that has Treasure Hunter +3 on it.AND MOST IMPORTANTLYIf both of these changes are made, then players will be able to freely choose from Treasure Hunter sources available to them to reach capped Base TH-- and let me tell you, once such a dagger is obtained, the first source dropped WILL be thief's knife.
Cap Treasure Hunter added from gear (henceforth "Base TH") at +5, for a total of Treasure Hunter 8 before random auto-attack increases.
(I'd be especially happy if such a new dagger also had nice offensive stats and 150 delay.)
Still, whatever route the devs decide to take, I feel there absolutely must be a cap to Base TH before any new gear with Treasure Hunter can be added. It's the only way I can envision thieves being able to forego using all of the Treasure Hunter gear in the game.