There are so similar I wouldn't even be surprised if they had the same name.
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Exactly. We could see Musketeer/Gunner, Machinist, some other offshoot from Archer. Chemists/Alchemists use guns in FFT/FFX-2 also. All comes down to how soon they plan on implementing anything like these, if at all.
Like I said, redefining Dex is an outside chance -- it is a possibility if they don't think possible ranged physical classes are enough to warrant a whole stat, and they want to use Strength for other things they have more solid plans for.
Oh ho, I missed you Ares set.
If NIN get more Str than Def, then Monk gear
If NIN get more Def than Str, then DRG gear
I cant wait for patch notes to shut up all the ninja dex people.
That's all the more reason to think it isn't for Rogue/Ninja, really. The following gearsets share skins with eachother off the top of my head:
ST: MNK + DRG; SCH/WHM + BLM/SMN
CT: SCH/WHM + BLM/SMN
SOL: MNK + BRD
HA: BRD + BLM/SMN; MNK + DRG
i80: SCH/WHM + BLM/SMN; MNK + BRD
So then why couldn't the top left set be a reskin of the rogue gear for another class/job? It's also not a direct color palette swap as the top left set is missing the eye mask.
With that said I think it's:
MNK - Tank - DRG
Healer - BRD - Caster
The top left could be MNK or MNK/NIN; Bottom middle could be BRD or BRD/NIN. I say this because bottom middle has purple earrings and that's usually indicative of DEX, the tank is wearing yellow earrings which usually means VIT and the top left appears to have a red+gold ring on his right (our left) hand which is usually indicative of STR. The body armor also looks like less of a typical robe and more of a tenchcoat to me.
Rogue's traits were added to the game in 2.28, and there are DEX increases. http://xivdb.com/?search/!patch-Patch2.28
Knife PBAoE Up
Combo B1 Up
Increases poison damage
Increased TP Regeneration
20% more damage from next poison
Increased movement speed
Reduced Fall Damage
Reduced movement speed penalty when in stealth
Increased effect fro mmixed poisons
And 3 Dexterity up traits learned at levels 8, 16 and 24.
Traits were there since 2.3 or older. And Yoshida said nothing was set on stone yet as he didn't want anyone to build up gear for ninja until it's released.