Okay..i am posting this because there are only extremely rare amount of American Thief players in this game, and thief is such a wonderful and powerful MJ and SJ. however, in my opinion, thief is one of the most difficult job to master.
The strengh of Thief is depending on his Sneak+ Trick Attack, and the damage can be 20-30 times more powerful than his normal dagger/sword attack. ie: normal attack :15-20 but 1 successful Sneak + Trick can do 300+.And it's every 1 minute ^^
In addition, the most exciting part of Sneak + Trick attack is...you can combine a non elemental Weapon Skill with it. WOW. which means you can do 300+ damage and 150-300 additional damge in a successful skill chain. thats a total of 500 damage +. ie: Viper Bite. Fast Blade. ALL THESE NEED MACRO
I understand it is so simple to say, but to master it is very very difficult. the most important part is to have an excellent tank (galka war or any race pld) who can hold agro, and a smart secondary provoker.
this is the way how i do it: i am a thief/nin, cool double wield and utsusemi ichi is a must for a puller.
first i indicate the mob i am going to pull with my macro.
second. i trigger my Sneak + Trick with my macro.
third. see my boommerang miss 9/10 times and run to my camp.
fourth. THE SECONDARY TANK PROVOKE
fifth. SNEAK + TRICK BEHIND THE MAIN TANK
sixth. MAIN PROVOKE. run behind the 2ndary tank. (* key to unlock target and click "down" with third person view when the mob is facing your way, so you dont' waste your special.)
this way. the main tank will have the agro almost always.
also by the time your TP is around 100, the TP of the secondary tp is around 110-120 and Sneak+ Trick can be used again with your WS.
Believe me, a 300-400 dmg will be done, and 150-300 distortion will be done if you chain with power slash , double thrust etc.
the MB done by the black mages will be amazing, and the mob dies almost instantly.
This might be hard to handle in the begining. but you'll feel fun doing it after a couple times. good luck and dont' give up the game :D
if you have macro problems just msg me ~~~
iamblue
lv 52 thief/nin
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