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What kind of retards are you guys using to support your argument?
One bad egg on either side of the argument does not invalidate the argument itself. Most of us here know that each job is judged by their gear.
however, I'd be lying if, back in the day when i had TH3 only, that i wasn't asked to switch jobs because i didnt have TH4.
I'd be asked to change jobs to WAR or something so the TH4 THF in denali Bonnet and DEX rings could be on THF, despite my THF having far superior DD gear and would help us kill quicker. So a far inferior THF whos only marketable skill was owning 2 pieces of Armor and being completely gimp and useless in every other field was desired over a THF with TH3 even if that THF was perfect in every other field.
You could be a Mandau THF with perfect HQ Gear, and if you didn't have TH4? you were switching jobs to let a TH4 THF take your place.
I know his point, Even though its worded wrongly, It still a little F*cked up.
Edit:
Also i feel i should once again bring up that I've accepted our role as a DD will remain mediocre, and have come to terms with it. Despite still deep down wanting our power to be a little higher than it is.
I think giving THF some real uses/Utility that actually contribute to a fight isn't that big of a Catastrophe is it? Will the GD game shut down the second a THF can do something meaningful in a fight outside of hitting it and going AFK?
All i want is a reason to be in a party outside of TH. You and everyone else reading knows a THF's place in FFXI. We hit the mob, and we go the Fk away. Its how it was at 75, its how it is now (out of Abyssea), and on our current "Vision" Path, Its how it will be at 99.
We are useless in a Endgame situation outside of Loot, and perhaps Killing ourselves (A.K.A Saccing).
When a job has no uses outside of TH, and the only other thing your party can think of having you do is killing yourself again and again *sac pulls* than theres something wrong with the job. I don't feel I'm asking too much. Give us some abilities that really make us contribute.
This all seems rather meaningless when the Devs think Aura Steal on anything lower than 5 minutes would break the game, if they feel something like that is too powerful for THF we're all fked and we may as well just switch jobs like its been suggested, because this job is going nowhere and you may as well leave the "FFXI TH-Whore" to the Linkshell Mules like it was at 75.