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Scout looks exactly like a thief job in other FF games.
Will scout have classic thief skills like steal, mug, pilfer gil, sneak attack and passive skills like increased drop rat and such?
With these I think Scout might be the first class worth switching back to when soloing as lvl 50.
Also does scout turn into NIN as a job (!?) am I the only one who thinks that's a bit odd.
I think you mean Rogue. No such thing as a scout in this game.
It's actually called 'Rogue' not Scout, and from what we've seen, it's probably going to indeed be something of a 'THF-lite' type class (the lore for the class definetely hints at it). And as for NIN being the Job upgrade, it's not actually that odd (not as much as BRD coming off ARC!), if you've done the 2.2 storyline, which not only hinted at NIN and RGE even then, the storyline clearly touches on just how similar both class/Jobs are. But I digress...
I don't think that Rogue will use any of those things.
If Rogue got increase drop rate, pretty much everyone who wants relics, would get NIN, just to farm atma/alexandrites.
also there's just a few items in the game, that are semi rare; like puk eggs, pudding flesh. Would be weird if you needed ROG/NIN, to farm those.
But...
Here's official description of Rogues:
"These agile fighters pride themselves on their skills with knives and daggers to make quick work of enemies.
Lurking in the shadows, adhering to no laws but their own, they punish the wicked, pilfering their ill-gotten gains and delivering them to the downtrodden masses. Thought by many to be mere common criminals, some would say they play an unseen hand in maintaining order in the buccaneer's haven of Limsa Lominsa"
So...they might get some pilfer skill...
Ninja:
"Hailing from the war-torn lands of the Far East, the secret arts of the ninja were born of necessity, and have since given rise to a unique breed of highly-trained combatants.
Able to manipulate the vital energies of the land, the air, and living beings, they manifest their power through the weaving of signs, unleashing a wide array of attacks against their foes. Master the arts of the ninja and learn to bend the tide of battle to your will"
Oh sorry my bad I thought it's scout, anyway ROGUE still looks like Thief to me.
So will it have any of the thief skills or will it just have the same stuff as all of the DPS classes we already have?
I hope it will be more specific since the difference between the existing dps classes is already a bit hard to distinguish.
There's already a thread with shitloads of pages, about Rogue/Ninja, though, on first page too :)
they posted translation of Rogue skills, from patch 2.28 (not all skills, but some)