By esdain 2011-07-21 04:56:22
Thief or WHM. I'd go with WHM and here are my reasons:
WHM: Easier testimony to farm. At start of fight, Aff. Solace JA so your cures will give you a stoneskin effect. Aggro him and run back to entrance. Then run back to circle. Then run back to entrance. Cure V as needed. After 5 minutes from time you aggro him, you win. Just last. I never tried Repose, but if you can aggro him with that and land it, all the better.
THF: Testimony is difficult as you have to steal it and steal is on a 5 minute cool down making max chances at a THF Testimony only 12 possible times per hour. That will depend on luck. THF mobs are more difficult to kill than WHM mobs. As far as the fight, it's easier, but only if you're lucky as you have to... just walk up and steal from Maat. If you fail... you have to repeat the process.
WHM is nearly impossible to lose first time. THF... all gonna come down to luck.
Also, if you're trying for Maat's Cap later down the road, you will want to do WHM Maat first as THF Maat is more easily handled when the special conditions for victory (last 5 minutes on WHM or steal on THF) go away and you actually have to 'kill' Maat in a fight.
I've done 9 of 15 fights for Maat's Cap and other jobs that were easy were WAR, BLM, and SAM. BRD was a bit silly too.