Thie... Treasure Hunter ideas

[Arcon]

In full AF3+2, you are at 23% haste, so yes you are losing 2.5ish% haste by not wearing a piece of Homam, BUT... the additional 5% activation rate on set bonus when you already Triple Attack 30-35% of the time FAR outweighs the loss of Haste. Honestly, I'd like you to show me a better TP set-up.

It's 16% haste in full AF3+2. I assume you counted Twilight Belt, although there's really no reason to use it on THF. AF3+2 head, body and legs, Homam Manopolas, Ballerines, Tiercel Necklace, Nusku's Sash. Any dagger combination between Auric, Triplus, Twilight and Rapidus works about equally well (personally I use Auric/Rapidus, may change Rapidus for Triplus when I get it). This puts you both at near cap haste and near capped Dual Wield bonus for THF (capped in both if using Auric/Rapidus).

Also, even if you were using Twilight Belt for Haste, the set bonus would in no way outweigh the loss of haste. Remember that 5% activation rate only activates on 5% of Triple Attacks. Which are (optimistically speaking) 20% of your total attacks. So that 5% activation rate gives you only a bonus in 1% of all attack rounds, less than 1 in 100. Meanwhile 2% haste will give you 23% vs 25% haste, meaning that even without any DW bonus and without any haste from spells (and the more you get, the more you will notice the effect), you'd get a bonus 2+ attack rounds in 100 rounds. Which makes this at least 2 times better than fulltiming AF3+2 (as in, 2 times the bonus damage), and remember that you only need one slot to get the additional 2% haste. Which means you still have another slot you can fill with accuracy, attack or whatever else you need.

THF is a job about maximization. Wearing gear that works best in WHATEVER situation you're in. My gear sets are as follows:

TP
WS
Evasion
Utsusemi
TH
MDT
Ranged Attack (Yes, for those times where you do have to throw the boomerang at something).

Hope you mean Ranged Accuracy. But that just what I wanted to say.. not only gear should adapt to the situation you're in, but also your playstyle. Sure, often your THF may be the best DD in the bunch, sometimes I'm sure it isn't. Sometimes a THF plays other roles. And pulling may be one of those. Even inside Abyssea on occasion, although I'm not even referring to that, there's a whole bunch of situations outside of Abyssea when this ability may come in handy, and I'm sure even more such situations will be introduced in future expansions or add-ons.

Edit: I didn't consider Atma of the Apocalypse, as I was referring to THF DD in general, not just inside Abyssea. Even with that though, it's still not better:

35%*5% = 1.75%, still less than 1 in 50 activation rate, whereas 2% haste will give you more than 1 attack round in that time. Remember this is only with 0% haste from Spells or other means, the more you get from those sources, the more it will matter. But even in solo efforts, it's slightly better than full AF3+2 with only the Haste-pieces from the set.