Interesting Thaumaturge fact....

[Verecund]

THM can sould solo inital ENG-GAME encounters even before party sizes were reduced. This is testament to both poor encounter difficulty design ("easy numbers", unchallenging/poorly implemented mechanics, etc.) as well as some mechanical failures on the part of class design (DoTs dealing percentile damage).

[Greed]

So if a class's power is based off how good it is at farming materials, then I suppose Miner is the most OP class.

he meant farming mob ( e.g: for leatherwork )
and yes you are doing it wrong ( thought it easier to farm with pug sine we can't aoe // only red target drop items >.......< )

[Powercow]

he meant farming mob ( e.g: for leatherwork )
and yes you are doing it wrong ( thought it easier to farm with pug sine we can't aoe // only red target drop items >.......< )

And what leather do you need in such abundance that one could solo for as a non-thaumaturge? 'cause anything you can solo as a Pugilist that has leather worth anything, a Thaumaturge could do it better.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

he meant farming mob ( e.g: for leatherwork )
and yes you are doing it wrong ( thought it easier to farm with pug sine we can't aoe // only red target drop items >.......< )

Non-red mobs drop items. I farm all the time on THM. Gather 5-8 mobs at once and DoT/Shadowfall them to death.

[Rau]

Also, ff:xiv isn't the first final fantasy THM is mentioned in. The psp remake of ff:t, THM is mentioned in one of the ancient wonders, I've forgotten which one though.

RAVMEDRAV in FFXIII is called Thaumaturgy.

[Kiroh]

Thaumaturge is an interesting discipline indeed in terms of its background in the game. To anyone who's done the Ul'dah quest line (and actually paid attention) you find out that the Thaumaturgy guild is actually split into two separate disciplines which worship the twins Nald and Thal. The guild that worships Thal (darkness, death, the god of the underworld) is the guild you join as a THM, the Arzzaneth Ossuary. The other is a Guild that is much more restrictive about accepting members, and isn't even labeled on the map in english (though it's there in Eorzean), the Milvaneth Sacrarium. This guild worship Nald (Light, Life, god of the overworld).

Thaumaturges in Eorzean lore are those who (like the fountain in front of the guild suggests) worship both these aspects of life and death.

"Know both faces of Nald'Thal"

[darkstarpoet1]

Non-red mobs drop items. I farm all the time on THM. Gather 5-8 mobs at once and DoT/Shadowfall them to death.

yes non red mobs do drop items at a reduced rate, but go ahead and go pull sets of hogs or toads in 5-8 at a time as a thm and see how well you wind up. arc is the better farming class due to its massive burst it does initially. a thm is better on mobs like nm's because of it's dot's and 3 minute ability(shadowsear). a archer can also pull one mob out of the group and have a good portion of its health gone before it even makes it to you.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

yes non red mobs do drop items at a reduced rate, but go ahead and go pull sets of hogs or toads in 5-8 at a time as a thm and see how well you wind up. arc is the better farming class due to its massive burst it does initially. a thm is better on mobs like nm's because of it's dot's and 3 minute ability(shadowsear). a archer can also pull one mob out of the group and have a good portion of its health gone before it even makes it to you.

Does solo tanking dodore+minions+a few hogs count? I guess, by your assumptions I would be dead, but 90% of the time I'm alive in the end.

[Rydin]

Thaumaturge is an interesting discipline indeed in terms of its background in the game. To anyone who's done the Ul'dah quest line (and actually paid attention) you find out that the Thaumaturgy guild is actually split into two separate disciplines which worship the twins Nald and Thal. The guild that worships Thal (darkness, death, the god of the underworld) is the guild you join as a THM, the Arzzaneth Ossuary. The other is a Guild that is much more restrictive about accepting members, and isn't even labeled on the map in english (though it's there in Eorzean), the Milvaneth Sacrarium. This guild worship Nald (Light, Life, god of the overworld).

Thaumaturges in Eorzean lore are those who (like the fountain in front of the guild suggests) worship both these aspects of life and death.

"Know both faces of Nald'Thal"

That is insightful and something I've never considered....

[darkstarpoet1]

Does solo tanking dodore+minions+a few hogs count? I guess, by your assumptions I would be dead, but 90% of the time I'm alive in the end.

i would love to see it. i've seen the video of solo dodore and i have done it myself, but if you get attacked by more than 2 hogs at a time you will lose. thm = strong against magic mobs, but the hog is not magic based.