Treasure Hunter questions

[ninjafox]

Seriously though I think TH has a negative effect on thieves, cuz back before the 100% drop, I've seen mnks(one i know of got 3 in 4 days) and blms kill Sozu and get thfs knives, hell even a pld killed it and got one and we've all seen the reports of thfs going 0/100+

[Arkanna]

1. Does it matter if thf gets last hit?
2. Does it matter if thf has any form of hate on the mob with the desired drops?
3. Does the range of the thf from the mob have effect?
4. Does it matter if the thf is in the party who gets the kill shot?
5. Does it matter if the thf is in the alliance who gets the kill shot? (Multiple alliances in dynamis)

1) No, this was definitely dispelled by a SE interview at some point, who gets last hit is totally irrelevent.

2) In my experience from my year and a quarter or so of leading Dynamis, yes. Matters a hell of a lot. Whenever we have a THF pull in Dynamis our 100 Piece drop rate goes way up as opposed to having a NIN or someone else do it. The THF has to have hate to the mob in question in order for the TH to apply, just having them in the party will not do it.

3) I see no reason to believe this would be the case. Though being out of hate range might have an effect.

4) Possibly. A lot of people have observed better drop rates when the THF is in the BLM party in Dynamis, but I honestly think that it's just placebo because a THF In the BLM party is more likely to tag the statues with TH than one who is elsewhere. My personal opinion: No.

5) I'm not sure if it matters one way or another, but if I were you I'd put a THF in every alliance in Dynamis if you possibly can just to be safe, I mean, why not. 18 slots, it might be supersticious, but it's a nice precaution incase it is true.

I concur. My Dynamis shell has just recently begun having our THF's tag stats with a ranged attack whenever possible, just to get on the statues' hate lists (we have PLD's doing the pulling). It may be placebo, but In our last BCD, we had 3 100's drop, and in our last Xarc, we had a record 638 currencies drop (3 Montiont Silverpieces and a 100 Byne from Eyes, a Montiont Silverpiece from DL, and 138 individuals).

Since TH is such a mystery to begin with, I see no reason not to continue doing this; I'd like to hear what other shells' results are.

Ok, there's now no doubt in my mind whatsoever, having your THF's tag statues/eyes with ranged attacks IS the way to go. Consider the following runs since we've begun doing this:

1) A Beac. run which netted one of our sponsors 512 currencies (3 100's) on Wed. July 18;
2) A Xarc run which netted our risk-loving sponsor 638 currencies (4 Montiont's and a 100 Byne) on Sun. July 22;
3) Last night's Sandy which netted another sponsor 820 currencies (yes, 820 ... 5 Montiont's and 320 singles) and resulted in a full clear with 20 min left on the clock.

It can still be called placebo, but it's a hell of a coincidence to start the THF thing last week, and to have these rediculous runs all in a row since then.

[SephYuyX]

1. Does it matter if thf gets last hit?
2. Does it matter if thf has any form of hate on the mob with the desired drops?
3. Does the range of the thf from the mob have effect?
4. Does it matter if the thf is in the party who gets the kill shot?
5. Does it matter if the thf is in the alliance who gets the kill shot? (Multiple alliances in dynamis)

1) No, this was definitely dispelled by a SE interview at some point, who gets last hit is totally irrelevent.

2) In my experience from my year and a quarter or so of leading Dynamis, yes. Matters a hell of a lot. Whenever we have a THF pull in Dynamis our 100 Piece drop rate goes way up as opposed to having a NIN or someone else do it. The THF has to have hate to the mob in question in order for the TH to apply, just having them in the party will not do it.

3) I see no reason to believe this would be the case. Though being out of hate range might have an effect.

4) Possibly. A lot of people have observed better drop rates when the THF is in the BLM party in Dynamis, but I honestly think that it's just placebo because a THF In the BLM party is more likely to tag the statues with TH than one who is elsewhere. My personal opinion: No.

5) I'm not sure if it matters one way or another, but if I were you I'd put a THF in every alliance in Dynamis if you possibly can just to be safe, I mean, why not. 18 slots, it might be supersticious, but it's a nice precaution incase it is true.

1) is right.
2) no, in the same interview, SE said the THF has to be in EXP getting range.
3) see #2
4) no, in the same interview, SE said THF just has to be in alliance.
5) dunno

This is from just what ive heard.
My personal experiance with TH? No TH = Better drops.