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Q: Please tell us what are the specialties of the new job- Reaper?
Yoshi: Everyone in the community, especially the western community had been very vocal about the idea of using a scythe as a weapon for at least 3 to 4 years now. When we were thinking about what a new job should be, the concept of a job that not only relies solely on their own power, but something external had become a central idea. Eventually, I decided there should be an additional avatar/minion fighting for the player and its appearance will change as the special meter fills up.
When someone suggested a high-school syndrome-ish *1 idea: a job where its power gets increasingly more intense as the battle goes on- the idea was immediately agreed by the whole team. It is easy to visualise how something like this would look, so it was easy for the design team too.
(*1: Basically, a term use to describe high schoolers undergoing puberty trying to act cool with angsty poses: like covering one of their eyes etc. and pretending they are trying to suppress their inner power)
Well then...I love it! :p:D