So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

Thank you both for the info. ^^

Now all I need is a means to speed up time 12 hours forward.

I hate to think about it but if its really only 2 classes that just means we are going to be stuck without Samurai & Dancer or Blue Mage & Samurai or Dancer & Bluemage for what about 2 years or so depending on how long till the next expansion

Also if Yoshi-P is massively trolling us >:[ Lets tease SAMURAI as hard as we can then not reveal so they have to wait till 5.0 trolololol

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Thank you both for the info. ^^

Now all I need is a means to speed up time 12 hours forward.

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I wish. I can't wait for the news and updates as well.

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Originally Posted by DarkSlayerGrimm

I hate to think about it but if its really only 2 classes that just means we are going to be stuck without Samurai & Dancer or Blue Mage & Samurai or Dancer & Bluemage for what about 2 years or so depending on how long till the next expansion

Also if Yoshi-P is massively trolling us >:[ Lets tease SAMURAI as hard as we can then not reveal so they have to wait till 5.0 trolololol

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You have a point. This speculation has created so much hype on so many fronts that it will end up backfiring. Instead of actually making people engaged, it will end up leaving a portion disappointed. In my opinion, the worst possible backlash will be if there are only 2 jobs and SAM is not the one announced tomorrow.

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I hate to think about it but if its really only 2 classes that just means we are going to be stuck without Samurai & Dancer or Blue Mage & Samurai or Dancer & Bluemage for what about 2 years or so depending on how long till the next expansion

Also if Yoshi-P is massively trolling us >:[ Lets tease SAMURAI as hard as we can then not reveal so they have to wait till 5.0 trolololol

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Not entirely true. IIRC Ninja was released mid expansion. Whose to say we won't be getting one mid expansion this time as well.

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Not entirely true. IIRC Ninja was released mid expansion. Whose to say we won't be getting one mid expansion this time as well.

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The devs themselves, pretty much. They've talked about how splitting part of the team to work on NIN introduced a lot of difficulties because they had to divert them from Heavensward, straining both the half-team that had to develop and balance a job mid-expansion, AND the team that had to do more work to make up for their loss on the Heavensward team.

It's kind of like the Sch/Smn split, it sounds like something they experimented with but aren't inclined to repeat.

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Not entirely true. IIRC Ninja was released mid expansion. Whose to say we won't be getting one mid expansion this time as well.

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who knows? I mean its possible theyd retract from never wanting to do that again, but its not like weirder stuff came out in the past like "rdm not gonna happen in this game because reasons"

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Not entirely true. IIRC Ninja was released mid expansion. Whose to say we won't be getting one mid expansion this time as well.

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They pretty much said they won't do that again. Unless they don't release the 3rd class now and save it for mid expansion.

Regarding the release of Ninja as part of a patch and whether we could see something like that happen again, I was always under the impression the the stress on the development team was the result of working on four jobs within a limited time frame. I don't think they would have any issue with releasing a job during the 4.0 patch cycle if only two jobs had to meet the deadline for the expansion. Releasing three jobs for Stormblood is less work than what they had to do leading up to Heavensward and saving one job for a later patch would be even less work than that.

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Regarding the release of Ninja as part of a patch and whether we could see something like that happen again, I was always under the impression the the stress on the development team was the result of working on four jobs within a limited time frame. I don't think they would have any issue with releasing a job during the 4.0 patch cycle if only two jobs had to meet the deadline for the expansion. Releasing three jobs for Stormblood is less work than what they had to do leading up to Heavensward and saving one job for a later patch would be even less work than that.

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yeah i agree, but then it will be same thing making a job, and working on new ones for the next expansion coming the following year, etc. Its like this endless vicious cycle :/