THF?

[Zophar]

I get that but I know a few people who are disappointed that they don't actually get to have THF at 50. It just seems a little odd to tease you with it for 30 levels and then become what essentially looks like something very different.

Different how exactly? Different from what it was in XI? Yes. But then no job in this game is the same as it's XI version. They are all very different. And so is NIN for that matter. But, as weird as it may seem for thf to be a base class, I just think back to FF1. It was the very first appearance of thf, and later in the game, it turned into NIN as an advanced job.