>If you don't think thieves are any good, don't play them. If you >think more like a thief and less like a warrior with blackjack, >thieves are pretty formidable even at hero. Midlevel, they're so >good I'm not even sure how it's fun.

Well, don't forget to take into account that thieves have ##### hp and no bash protection. They're pretty much the same as necromancers up until 40, tremendously fragile but whole lot of killing power. The only difference is that necros can split groups apart with summon, takes true skill to take down 3 with a thief. Fun, though.