Is THM better than BLM in PvP?

[EvokerKeii]

It's funny because this game was designed in such a way that you are to play exactly as Squeenix wants and must not deviate from that path. Once you have access to a job you must never return to the base class.

Now you've found, if it's true and players will definitely find out, what could be a huge disruption to that design.

It's going to be fun to sit back and watch this unfold.
Will players abuse this? Will it become better to use the base class than the job 'advancement'? Will Squeenix allow this? Will they frantically try to fix it? How?

[Daenerys_Sedai]

I had a similar thought in terms of taking CNJ > WHM. I'd take survivability over MND potency in PvP

[Vejjiegirl]

Some other useful Cross skills I've found for THM:

Foresight- Def + 20% Buff.
Bloodbath- All Attacks have Drain effect.
Mercy Stroke- High-Damage move that heals on a kill.
Internal Release- Crit Rate + 20%

Awareness- Decreases odds of suffering a crit 25%.

Party Support:
Mantra- Cure Magic + 10% on entire party.

[Bixby]

When I'm at half HP I use Convalscene->Second Wind or SwiftCast ->StoneSkin.

Convalescence doesn't affect Second Wind. It's only good for healing magic. The tooltip is misleading.

[Vejjiegirl]

Convalescence doesn't affect Second Wind. It's only good for healing magic. The tooltip is misleading.

Oh, I thought it effected my Second wind healing as well.
I didn't really notice while I was fighting, i'll remove it from the OP

[Orophin]

I speculated quite a while ago that classes would have some utility in PvP. I'm waiting to see if that holds true. The PvP gear allows both class and job so it would be interesting to see as time goes by what kind of group compositions are seen.

[Vejjiegirl]

I speculated quite a while ago that classes would have some utility in PvP. I'm waiting to see if that holds true. The PvP gear allows both class and job so it would be interesting to see as time goes by what kind of group compositions are seen.

I also thought about it for a while, and decided to try it out after a few pvp fights as black mage.
The Cross skills really help you survive longer in a fight.

I wonder if becoming a GLD instead of PLD would make you more of a DPS than Tank.

for GLD I can see the below skills being useful, I dont main GLD or PLD though so it would be easier for someone that mains the job/class to decide.

Straight Shot- Damage and Crit Rate +10%. Melee Only.
Raging Strikes- Damage + 20% (including DoT) ALL CLASSES
Venomous Bite- Powerful DoT with short duration. Melee Only.

Feint- Damage + Slow. All Melee.
Invigorate- Restores 300 TP. ALL CLASSES.
Blood For Blood- 20% dmg buff but with 25% Dmg Gained. ALL CLASSES.

Internal Release- Crit Rate + 20%. ALL CLASSES.

I found a helpful guide here
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2/blog/140116/

Also Changed the Topic Title.

[PhageLock]

This is awesome, I'm going to have to explore this further. Totally forgot about this.

[Parodine]

I've seen quite a few Marauders for this reason. If cross-class skills promote survivability for healers better and damaging dealing for everyone else, definitely go for it.

Because of how awesome the fairy can be and with SMN I can get Fester, I don't see Arcanist as better though.

[Felis]

It's funny because this game was designed in such a way that you are to play exactly as Squeenix wants and must not deviate from that path. Once you have access to a job you must never return to the base class.

Now you've found, if it's true and players will definitely find out, what could be a huge disruption to that design.

It's going to be fun to sit back and watch this unfold.
Will players abuse this? Will it become better to use the base class than the job 'advancement'? Will Squeenix allow this? Will they frantically try to fix it? How?

Why would SE not allow it?
Until now it was only the community who said that a class is useless after the job is unlocked, not SE.