Originally Posted by
Craiger
Grim Reaper isn't necessarily just about "death", but about reaping souls. It could be anything of what you said, but could also be a job that's not really about death as much. That's where I've gotten my prediction for Sice, since she is portrayed as a grim reaper, but it's more about the reaping (absorbs malice from the dead, same concept) than "death" like most people would see it.
Yep, there will be a lot of pissed off players if it's not a scythe job at this point, but there are probably just as many who prefers something else. I liked the idea at first, but while it would be cool, I would actually prefer something else unique. Looking at what they did with Sage, and I think Yoshi-P have mentioned in the past that he wants to make more unique adaptions of FF jobs, there might be a surprise when it comes to the weapon. Even my own prediction of Sice doesn't mean it would have to be Scythe as weapon just because she uses it.
Surprised to see so many people here who are kinda assuming the new job will be totally unique to FFXIV. All other jobs we have in the game (and Sage) are based on already existing jobs/characters from Final Fantasy games. Sure, it's very possible they will make unique jobs, but wouldn't it at least be more likely that they just follow the formula they have followed up until now? Especially since there are still tons of jobs they can add based on existing jobs.