Thaumaturge Spree!Follow

Well Thaumaturge will be my first class, though i suspect there will be alot of people that begin with this class, i will still tough it out and try to max this job/class out first. how many others will level Thaumaturge first?

I was wondering that myself. If you go to the official FFXIV site and look up the Conjurer spells, they list cure as one of them so I would assume Conjurer's would be a good candidate for a healing class.

link: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/gameplay/armourysystem/magic/conjurer/spells

I used to play FFXI BLM while I played FFX on the PS2 simultaneously lol - anyway both Thau and Conj have healing spells and well as damaging spells, so you would need a hybird to be a "true" healer class as it stands today.

It seems like direct damage and healing spells were given to the Conjurer but the Thaumaturge can do some healing and damage also. Depending on how easy it is to switch between Conjurer and Thaumaturge it may be more or less worth it to raise both classes to be an effective DD or healer.

I'm at a point where i'm unsure of what class i will start with. Thaumaturge, however, looks like a class i really want to get maxed out. I think it has abilities and spells that will go great with pug or marauder.

On a side note, these forums are nice to visit with track 6 from FFXIV site playing in the background lol.

I think I want to start with thaumaturge - but I am also looking forward to trying out lancer... I am really excited to see how class abilities work in game... can't bloody wait and I don't even have a computer yet!!!

Edited, Jul 15th 2010 8:23pm by Olorinus

I think I'll be going with Thaumaturge, but I also want to do carpenter as a skill, so I'm not sure where I'll start out at the minute...

I am going to start out as a Lalafell Thaumaturge.

Thau looks like it'll have blood mage capability as well.

By look at some of the start spells and abilities, which will be fun.

As a class I think it will be fun to play and being a back line role and
have the ability to support front line dd's will make it a good party
fit in many situations.

Conj looks to be a direct dmg/dot mage that would act more of a MDD
with healing capabilities.


It seems to me the classes will have their own abilities that will allow for
multiple roles and we **crosses fingers** will move away from a job standardization
mentality of XI.

Diferent classes tank different mobs bc of their skill set and the STR/WKNES diff from
mobs to mob, or boss to boss.

FYI

I'll be lvling Thau first and adding abilities from conj and gladiator first.

Then having glad up I will move towards my second class and specialization as
a Marauder. man they look beastly with that heavy armour and Gaxe.

My lafalel won't look as inviting as a meal to any beastmen wearing that stuff.

I just hope not to be using a twig as a wand like the benchmark had for the mi'qote
mage rolf. That looks weak sauce

Please read the guide and my other posts on this. Yes I am pro-THM of course so its just my opinion but I would recommend this class to those of you who A) dont want straight mele class B) Want a mge class and C) want a kick ass class with high survivablity and is least understood!

Hmmm, think I'll regret that rant!

Con packs a punch with the cure1-2 but THM packs a punch in both cure and sacrifice THM FTW!

Debuffs, nearly useless! - poppycock!! lol seriously though the THM debuffs are worth it, just ask my tank in my (sort-of) static party - slow actually slows down the attack speed of the mob, Dia actually decreases the mobs def, Bio actually lowers the mobs attack damage, Absorb Def actually decreases the mobs def and increases mine (not useful to me in a party though;). Poison's dot is fairly good too but I wouldnt use it and haven't done for a while when there are better spells out there to help other party members. On the other side I find that CON's tend to use Shock Spikes and Stoneskin as buffs for party members (what are the other ones?), however Stoneskin is pretty useless unless you are fighting a leve mob that hits hard and you want to take down fast with as little damage as possible - two hits and its over, although if the mages have it on it can be useful in case they get agro (which they never should!). Shock spikes are very useful unless you are in a party that wants to make SP for everyone including the mages - slowing the mob by stunning it means less atacks, which means less damage on your tank which means less sp for the mages when curing. Of course the same arguments could be made for the debuffs as well.

Edited, Oct 24th 2010 5:52am by EdyNOTB