Thief's Time To Shine?

[Nebo]

Sorry, what I meant is that mirage's fix would be lower damage potential for SA/TA when used form the front.

There's no question that Mirage's idea would add something to the job that isn't there now. But I feel that THF is plenty weak enough to warrant a 'fix' without lowered damge as a cost for flexibility.

I'm against the cost of lowering the potential damage when using SA, TA from the front/side etc in exchange for the ability to use them when not perfectly aligned. Our stacked WS barely even compare to a convential DD WS as it is now.

You are right. I'd much rather see a 'boost' for fulfilling positional requirements than a damage nerf for not being able to....if there ever were to be any kind of "fix" related to SA/TA etc.

[Mirage]

Sorry, what I meant is that mirage's fix would be lower damage potential for SA/TA when used form the front.

It was never my intention that you should use it from the front. Ideally, you should always use it from the rear, as long as this is possible. When you did this, the damage would also be higher than it currently is. From the sides, it would be slightly lower because you'd lose som dex-dmg, but still gain auto-crit on the two first hits. From the front, yeah, it wouldn't be very good, but this is no differenty from what it is now anyway.

If you absolutely have to WS from the front, there's always TA!

Besides, I'm still hoping for Group 3 job merits where we get stuff such as Bully recast and/or duration.