Thief>Ninja/Dancer Class/Job

[Kitru]

And? That doesn't make Paladin/Knight any more of a job than Warrior. And what about White Wizard? Does that have any right to be more of a job than White Mage?

White Wizard doesn't exist because it's just WHM with a different name to constitute the upgraded stats/access to more powerful spells. Hell, it's still got the whole "White" portion exactly the same. It's, for all intents and purposes, the exact same archetype. Warrior exists separately from Paladin because they *are* different archetypes: Paladin always has some magical influence while Warrior never does.

Just because Thief graduated into Ninja in FF1 doesn't mean Thief doesn't deserve to be a job in XIV and have it's own soul crystal.

The reason that it doesn't "deserve" to be a job is that THF and NIN are the same exact archetype: they're the stealthy, backstabby archetype. NIN might have some minor mystical associations, but, honestly, they're really not that different.

[Neph]

The reason that it doesn't "deserve" to be a job is that THF and NIN are the same exact archetype: they're the stealthy, backstabby archetype. NIN might have some minor mystical associations, but, honestly, they're really not that different.

you've never played FFXI, have you? Most ppl that want thf back is because of how awesome they were in ffxi. Also, nin and thf were very different in ffxi.