Thief>Ninja/Dancer Class/Job

[Tzain]

It's pretty apparent that the developers want the melee "gimmick" to be positional DPS, given how MNK and DRG, both classes that have *never* been positional in any other game or FF series, are positional DPS. The rogue/thief type has almost always been positional so I think it'd be really weird if they went away from that. As to the DoTs and DoT manipulation, I tried to do that with Eviscerate (it's a lot like Fester), though I think it might be interesting to see some further manipulation with Master Thievery (possibly regaining 1 stack of Ill-gotten Gains for each of your DoTs on the target; it fits with the "thievery" part of the name as well).

I think it should be mentioned, on top of this, that I'm adding an extra resource to juggle/manage, which is something that neither MNK nor DRG has to deal with.

I didn't explain what I meant very well, that's on me. After some finetuning of the suggestion I figure I'd put them together in a way that makes a bit more sense for what I was trying to say.

3. Quick stab - 150 potency

4. Flurry - Flurry: 100 potency
Flank bonus: increase attack speed by 10% for 12 seconds
Combo Action: Quick Stab
Combo Bonus: 190 potency

6. Cheap shot: 100 Potency
Combo action: Flurry
Combo Bonus: 275 potency, X% chance of adding 1 Ill gotten gains
*What I wanted to do here was have a "main solo" combo which feeds into a way to apply DoTs at your desire.(see gil toss) when playing solo.

5. Backstab: 100 Potency
Back Bonus: Damage over Time, 25 Potency, Duration 18 seconds

7. Ambush: 100 potency
Flank Bonus: Reduce Target's resistance to piercing dmg by 10% for 18 seconds

8. Eviscerate: 100 potency
Back bonus: 75 additional potency for each Ambush, Backstab, and hemorrhage on the target. 20 sec cooldown.

9. Hemorrhage: 100 potency
Flank bonus: 35 potency, 18 second duration

12. Hamstring: 50 potency
Back bonus: 50% heavy, 15 potency, 18 seconds duration

*I've moved the DoT applications into being positionals, but not combos. I increased the durations to work more with solo play, but it's depending on the Ill gotten gains/Gil toss mechanic if they need to be tuned. I also think that upping the DOT potency and decreasing the combo potency may be valid.

10. Gil Toss: Off-GCD, doubles the duration of the next attack performed, consumes ill-gotten gains (1). Binds the target in the direction it currently is facing for 5 seconds.
*big deal right? The idea is that the gil toss is a distraction. It, similar to holmgang, locks the target in one direction allowing the thief to move to the flank or back for a positional.

Hope that makes what I was saying make a bit more sense.