Where has Steal gone?

When we first had the chance to get a glimpse at the jobs that would be present in the game last year, I felt really disappointed for beloved Thief wasn't present.
But a bit later, when the official site appeared and skills and aptitudes revealed, I noticed that Pugilist was the most close to THF thanks to Blindside (Sneak Attack) and Steal.

While Blindside is present, it's been months since the release of the game that I'm still waiting to rob the mob's pockets. But I haven't seen anything yet and it's really taking time to come.
Surelly it's not a great problem to solve right now, the game has bigger issues to fix before that. The thing is that I'd really like to know when Steal will be implemented.

While reading through the Pugilist forums, you must have missed this thread which asks the same question: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-into-the-game

(Also, I wonder what happened to steal, too.)

Enjoy! ^_^

BTW Blind side is not like sneak attack in that it does not boost weapon skill damage like sneak attack did. Its best used as an emnity tool and garentees crits on normal attacks from behind.

I was a little disappointed when I noticed there was no steal, but then I realised there's nothing worthwhile to steal at the moment. But to help you forget your disappointment, look at this... *** SIMIAN THRASH FLASHY FLASHY FLASHY*** It does make it all worthwhile.

Hopefully it will go to a proper thief class instead of bastardizing us even more.