Thief Gear to 66

[Fingerspitz]

PS2, so sorry no equip screen pix;;

THF/NIN 56

Main: Corsair's Knife
Sub: Hornetneedle
Ranged: Long Boomerang
Head: Emp pin
Neck: Fang Necklace
Ears: Fangs/Drones
Body: Jaridah/Brigadine+1
Hands: Battle Gloves/AF1
Rings: Vernerer+Sniper's/Garrulous+Grace
Back: Nomad's+1
Waist: Life Belt
Legs: Republic Sub
Feet: Leaping Boots/Trotters for runnin

Cant afford Merc Kris or Chram, but can afford most stuff under three and four hundred thousand and possibly get relevant r/es. I have a SH, an amemet +1, and a Chivalrous Torque waiting on me, as well as a Swift Belt when I think my acc is capped on lesser colibri eatin sushi (Meat in a level or 2 probably).

Questions: What are my weapon and other slot choices gonna be in the coming levels? Did I make the right choices on ws/sata rings? Could I duo a thf subligar from acqueducts without bsts? From Sacrarium? Did I pick the right peices to macro? I'm dealing with 6 slots only for SATA/WS <-> tp because ps2 limitations and all. Is subbing war worth my rdm static partner yelling at me for getting smacked while pulling? If so should I invest in a viking shield or is the 6 attack difference from strike shield not really make or break for thf?

I'm only going to 66 at the moment but I have some extra cash and Im having fun so I'd like to tweak as much as my budget allows. Thanks in advance.

e: 1 dagger merit in for DE a level early if it matters.

[Baha]

Questions: What are my weapon and other slot choices gonna be in the coming levels?

Daggers : Chicken Knife makes for a nice offhand, normally Darksteel Kukri+1 is good, but 10atk on Corsair's probably better than the teeny bit of delay. 62 : Cermet Kukri+1. 65 Garuda's Dagger (offhand) Cermet+1/Garuda should be dandy till 65, cermet+1/cermet+1 should be fine too.
Ranged: Crossbows (velocity at 63) work nicely, if you can hit and get proc. Otherwise the old staples, like your boomerang, or lightning bow until 63 (bomb core, can switch to darts for pulling).
Neck: get a spike srsly Q_Q Also, Specs work decently for both boltlanding and melee, should you start to try for racc.
Ears: again, upgrade to spikes.
Waist: RK belt is nice here, fore the few levels you'll still be using VB, but yeah, limited macro slots.. :/ Lifebelt for DE probably safest bet.
Legs: AF legs for SATA, could keep a spike earring on, and switch out to this. Gains you 1 AGI, totally awesome.

Did I make the right choices on ws/sata rings?

Pretty much.

Could I duo a thf subligar from acqueducts without bsts? From Sacrarium?

Depends on the jobs, but yeah, the fomors are duoable by nin and a mage, easily.

Is subbing war worth my rdm static partner yelling at me for getting smacked while pulling?

With pulling from max range, and trotters, i think you'll get smacked around less than you'd think. If you can get away with it (no blinkable aoe, not fast movers and such), /WAR is probably worth it. Wish I could help more, but I was a /NIN onry noob when i levelled.

[Fingerspitz]

Thank you! One more thing; hornetneedle or lust dagger offhand till chicken knife?

[Intense]

I mainhanded Corsair, off Hornetneedle for awhile. I stopped offhanding hornetneedle when Beetle+1 became avaliable. My THF is sitting at 67 (probably indefinately, I dunno. My content IDs are inactive right now) and I have Cermet+1 main, Chicken offhand.

[Sepuku]

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Ranged: Long Boomerang
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crossbow!
For status bolts i.e. acid/blind.
crawlers and crabs do defense up move, acid bolts create wonders.
Help your NIN and your RDM and help yourself later soloing with bloody bolts.

[Bakthi]

PS2, so sorry no equip screen pix;;
Main: Corsair's Knife
Sub: Hornetneedle
Ranged: Long Boomerang
Head: Emp pin
Neck: Fang Necklace
Ears: Fangs/Drones
Body: Jaridah/Brigadine+1
Hands: Battle Gloves/AF1
Rings: Vernerer+Sniper's/Garrulous+Grace
Back: Nomad's+1
Waist: Life Belt
Legs: Republic Sub
Feet: Leaping Boots/Trotters for runnin

Main: I went Corsair's > Darksteel Kukri+1 > Cermet Kukri+1 (I'm currently 67). I've been /WAR all the way and will keep doing that until 69 since I nabbed a Sirocco, so I can't help you with offhand.
Neck: I think you can afford to upgrade to Spike >.> Specs for TP are cheaper these days too.
Ears: Same as neck, though not as important, and Drones are fine for SATA.
Body: I'd just use the Jaridah; I use SH full-time because I want acc for WS. Then again, I swap Life Belt for RK.
Back: I use Amemet +1 all the time; I'd use NQ if you don't want to get HQ.
Legs: I swap in AF for TA

As for ranged...well, I'm in a static with RNG NIN COR, so I just use a bomb core. When I had to LFG to catch up a bit, I used a random cheap crossbow and acid bolts. You shouldn't get hit pulling as /WAR unless your tank is very slow to voke or the mobs run faster than players, even without +movement. Our RNG goes /WAR a lot, actually. I tried /NIN once, and I like /WAR a whole lot better (at least until 69). I just TA all my WSs and use SA alone, and almost never pull hate. If you get hit pulling on /WAR, practice

As for only 6 slots for SATA gear, just use 2 macros. I put all my visible gear swaps in one macro, and the non-visible in the other, and I match up the lines for TP and SATA gear, just because I'm organized like that. 4 spaces (and later a 5th because I'll have TA-specific gear like AF+1 hands) for gear swaps isn't a huge deal; my THF has way fewer macros than my other jobs.

For picking out rings and other stat-giving gear for SA, TA, WS, and combinations thereof, I checked out this (basically the answer is usually "lots of DEX"):

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/Thief_Weap ... by_Malizia