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Siben · **10-20-2010, 12:51 PM**

I'm pretty sure Ceadol was postulating in a solo grinding scenario.

I notice on the skill listing I'm looking at online THM doesn't get a hate reducing ability like CON gets.

Freyar Wrote:Because casters, not gladiators are tanks, right? There's the problem, spending (in a group scenario) six turns casting Sac/Heal on yourself and yourself only, you kinda end up doing nothing but. What you're telling me is A) All casters are healers/tanks, and only heal/tank, while all other melee disciplines are DPS? That's very off.

Apparently you've never heard of a Mage-Tank before? It used to be a pretty cool thing to do in Ultima. Not to mention, at a glance of the THM skill listing http://ffxiv.yg.com/skills?c=2.22 Thamaturge does seem very Tank oriented compared to Conjurer's DPS and healing. I'd considering a THM-based tank to be viable given the right skill mix, situation and party.

Edit: And as a follow up, if you look at THM equipment compared to CON, THM is listed as "Favored" on some War Garb, while CON from what I've seen is regulated to wearing "Apparel". Said gear gives significantly more Defense compared to what the CON of equal optimal rank could equip.

Edit 2: Job skill and Action Point Calculator: http://www.ffxivstrawhats.com/calc/

Analogy for Playing as a Caster

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