THF with Range attack

[Mirage]

Not that one, no. However, smaller ones existed, and the ones shown in FF11 are all much smaller than that Arbalest.

And i was referring to the amount of noise they made compared to a gun when I said stealthy, but perhaps a bow would make more sense for a thief anyway. Thieves don't have good bow skill either, though.

[Duzell]

I always wanted Silence Bolts for farming mages, Stun Bolts would also be awesone but would require a very low delay crossbow to be useful. Lastly, let THF use a small selection of the ranged Weapon Skills without subbing rng or cor. Every other type of weapon in the game at least a handfull of the skills are available to everyone with that skill reguardless of their ranking in it, except Archery and Marksmanship. I don't mind if they remove Sidewinder and Slug Shot just let THF use something thats ranged without those subs. There are times when I wish I could just stand back on a mob and regain TP launching ranged WSs but having to sub /nin as a back up tank prevents it.