Rune Fencer Tidbits?

[Alkar]

So they use items AND MP? Lol.

[Cowardlybabooon]

Kinda like a Shaman in world of warcraft.

[Bulrogg]

No items, it utilizes abilities to activate offensive or defensive runes and MP consumption for enhancing magic.

[Demon6324236]

Runes are non-consumables, they are simply JAs so far as I gather.

GE- How many types of Runes and Luopons will there be? Will they be a consumable item that players will have to carry around with them? Or will they be a spell or ability?

SE- Runes will be activated through the use of abilities. As mentioned at VanaFest, there are both offensive and defensive types of runes. Offensive runes will mainly be used against enemies dealing elemental damage and such, while defensive runes will mainly be used on yourself and party members to reduce elemental damage.

Rune fencers will also be able to utilize enhancing magic, so like paladins they will also utilize and consume MP.

Could be wrong, just how I interpreted it at least.

[Alkar]

The Vanafest interview says otherwise and they keep dodging the question. They compared to job to Ninja as well once and it doesn't matter if abilities are needed to activate runes, Quick Draw is also a job ability and it uses cards.
Seems like they're getting all the bad ideas from the tank jobs we have and create a new one out of it. Let's hope for the best.

[Bulrogg]

Where exactly did SE say Rune Fencer is linked to consumable items in comparison to ninja? The Vanafest feed (Engrish) I watched was a bit jumpy at times and I must have missed it.

[Alistaire]

FOR MP: Neither, they don't use MP, they use Runes.

They changed their minds on this. While it was originally announced the way you say, a later comment by an SE rep said they will have an MP pool and will use enhancing magic. Also runes are now JA's, which is a different picture than "consume runes for special effects" from the same quote that said they wouldn't use MP.

[Alistaire]

Ninja situation and have some completely broken ability that makes them ideal at a different role than they were designed for.

Why does nobody mention SAM when they say this? It was as well known SE had said SAM was designed as a tank.

[Demon6324236]

Why does nobody mention SAM when they say this? It was as well known SE had said SAM was designed as a tank.

Well there is a difference, SAM can tank through DD & Seigan/Third-Eye where as NIN was meant to be a ranged attacker/DD and ended up as a Tank. I think SAM fit alot of the role it was given, except that with the fall of tanking its DDing still keeps as it a playable job. In events where NIN cant tank, NIN is at best a procer, almost never a DD.

[Alkar]

They changed their minds on this. While it was originally announced the way you say, a later comment by an SE rep said they will have an MP pool and will use enhancing magic. Also runes are now JA's, which is a different picture than "consume runes for special effects" from the same quote that said they wouldn't use MP.

Again: Quick Draw is a JA and it consumes cards.