2.3 Info! New Classes Confirmed, New Summoner Pets!

From the Live Letter that took place last night.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...oner_pets_new/

This is info from Day 2 of the event:
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...w_information/

Here is Reinhart's doc. A translated look at the interview last night.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...sle=true&pli=1

I'd be looking for a source more solid than reddit before I believe this. Could be someone pulling a prank.

I was excited till you provided a reddit link... Get an actual one from here and we're good

"Black Mage buffs".
Wut.

From reinhart's translation stream, it looks real, the blm buffs were real in fact.

Here's a link to the NicoNico video. This was shown live last night (last night to us in the States)

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2341...arch_tag_video

didn't yoshi say they wouldn't add new pets until level cap was raised?


"Q12: Will we be able to obtain a new egi after defeating Leviathan?
A12: We feel it’s unfair to add new abilities just for summoners, so we would like to add new abilities for all jobs at the same time. Therefore, it will happen when we raise the level cap."

vvvvvvvvvv
sure is difficult

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by YmirEsc

didn't yoshi say they wouldn't add new pets until level cap was raised?

---

Quote:

---

Yoshi said Summoners will be getting Leviathan AND Ramuh pets, no mentioned when they would arrive.

---

Reading things is hard :(

i dont get it. yoshi said that he thought it would be unfair that summoners would be the only class to get new pets and thus skills. so this is either fake, or all classes are getting new skills somehow.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ShinigamiB06

i dont get it. yoshi said that he thought it would be unfair that summoners would be the only class to get new pets and thus skills. so this is either fake, or all classes are getting new skills somehow.

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by YmirEsc

didn't yoshi say they wouldn't add new pets until level cap was raised?

---

2nd post answers 1st post. They will increase level cap, prolly to 60, and SMN will get Levi and Ramuh. Considering Ramuh will most likely be in 2.3, you can count on a level cap raise in 2.3 or 2.4 maybe. Not really further away, becuase they would have hinted other pets imo

I was hoping for a rick-roll link.

It actually falls in line with what Yoshi said. Increase of level would happen before the expansion, and in so doing would also include new classes. Classes like the musketeer. Yoshi also said he wanted a stealth class.

This is very much in line in what I have read.
-Higher level cap before 3.0.
-New classes before 3.0
-Gun and dagger classes that Yoshi has talked about a few times.

But my speculation is if there is a Gun class it will be Red Mage. Yoshi basically said one of the first jobs to be added would be Red Mage.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Alavastre

But my speculation is if there is a Gun class it will be Red Mage. Yoshi basically said one of the first jobs to be added would be Red Mage.

---

Interesting if true. Perhaps a ranged dps/buffer&debuffer?

Now that I think of it, I'm guessing that they will not be adding another primary stat, so does that mean this class/job would use dex gear like a bard or caster gear like a mage?

Breaking news. The new class will be a tank called ATMA GUN-MAGE. It will be a tank/dps/healer hybrid that uses ATMA as ammunition. Need to kill a boss? No problem, just farm your 12 ATMA, load up your ATMACANNON and fire away. Farming ATMA for your gun will help keep FATEs relevant. Please look forward to this new fun and exciting system.

Gun Mage X-2 style?

Nice if true but damn sounds like 2.3 will be 2 months away and if it not present there that's gonna be another 3-4 months before we even see the new classes come into play. At least May wont be so hard on me with all the movies coming out hopefully I have enough to do before it gets released.

As for the gun class comment I wouldn't be surprised. There's many approaches to be taken into consideration.

Personally I wonder if this means the gunner class will be the black mage of range melee dps or summoner. Yet instead of having to resource mana or aetherflow you'll end up resourcing ammunition akin to how merlwyb did her role in the main scenario. I'm seriously looking forward to it.

As for the dagger class I wonder how it will play out. Will it be combo reliant and if so how will it play out? Are we gonna see this dagger class have a primary and secondary finisher like Dragoon's Full Thrust and Chaos Thurst making it a burst damage class with a dot or more like Warrior where the primary combo does it's main job and the secondary combo branches off for debuff and utility, or are we gonna see finishers like monks for stacking damage outputs making it a sustain damage class?

This I'm curious to see. Can't wait for E3.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Deathscythe343

Interesting if true. Perhaps a ranged dps/buffer&debuffer?

Now that I think of it, I'm guessing that they will not be adding another primary stat, so does that mean this class/job would use dex gear like a bard or caster gear like a mage?

---

More likely than not, the base class will be Musketeer. As for the jobs, they can easily have something akin to Scholar, ie the main stat changes for one of the jobs.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by YmirEsc

didn't yoshi say they wouldn't add new pets until level cap was raised?

---

well from the text they just comfirmed that they would get them not when suppose to be with leel cap increase yeh which should be with ethe expansion in like a year or so

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by MrLeonheart

Reading things is hard :(

---

im talking about before this live letter lmao
reading previous live letters is apparently even more difficult

EDIT;
"Q12: Will we be able to obtain a new egi after defeating Leviathan?
A12: We feel it’s unfair to add new abilities just for summoners, so we would like to add new abilities for all jobs at the same time. Therefore, it will happen when we raise the level cap."

amazing!!!!! only took a few seconds of searching!!!!!!
i originally added my post just because it contradicts what they first said, so yes i did in fact read it. asking questions and analyzing is a little different from "not reading"

lmao smh

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Kirren

well from the text they just comfirmed that they would get them not when suppose to be with leel cap increase yeh which should be with ethe expansion in like a year or so

---

And Yoshi also said they couldn't add them til a level cap increase.

also i really hope this is true!!! i want my musketeer only been waiting for this since 1.0

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ispano

And Yoshi also said they couldn't add them til a level cap increase.

---

thats what i just stated

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Alavastre

It actually falls in line with what Yoshi said. Increase of level would happen before the expansion, and in so doing would also include new classes. Classes like the musketeer. Yoshi also said he wanted a stealth class.

This is very much in line in what I have read.
-Higher level cap before 3.0.
-New classes before 3.0
-Gun and dagger classes that Yoshi has talked about a few times.

But my speculation is if there is a Gun class it will be Red Mage. Yoshi basically said one of the first jobs to be added would be Red Mage.

---

From what i remember from translation he just said Red mage is one of the classess he would love to see added in the game cause he is a big Red Mage fan. Didnt say it was one of the first jobs to be added.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Kirren

thats what i just stated

---

Well, with your giant run on sentence of a post, that wasn't very clear.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SavageWolf

Here's a link to the NicoNico video. This was shown live last night (last night to us in the States)

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2341...arch_tag_video

---

That video is literally useless to those who cannot get into the site. Please re-upload it some place else or take some screenshots of some parts showing graphs and stuff like that for us please.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Inosaska

That video is literally useless to those who cannot get into the site. Please re-upload it some place else or take some screenshots of some parts showing graphs and stuff like that for us please.

---

Well considering it's SE's video, I don't think he's really allowed to re-upload it somewhere else. You could just sign up for niconico as well, unless you have it blocked for some strange reason.

Quote:

---

The gun class isn't what people are expecting it to be.

---

Given that Red Mage and Blue Mage were actually talked about a lot coming off Musketeer in beta, and Corsair is just ridiculously obvious, I'm going to say Dancer. A ballet of shooting people in the face would be pretty damn awesome.

Quote:

---

Frontlines are aiming to be in 2.3! (They made it seem like it was an 8v8v8, not confirmed though)

---

Really hope that's a mistake, because as far as I remember, they've always made Frontlines out to be an open world PvP area. I've certainly not been expecting anything half as good as ESOs Cyrodiil, but this would just be terribly disappointing.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Inosaska

That video is literally useless to those who cannot get into the site. Please re-upload it some place else or take some screenshots of some parts showing graphs and stuff like that for us please.

---

I'm at work, so no.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Kirren

From what i remember from translation he just said Red mage is one of the classess he would love to see added in the game cause he is a big Red Mage fan. Didnt say it was one of the first jobs to be added.

---

True. It's not just one statement. He's made a few of them. We know Musketeer is something since 1.0 that should be added. So there is a gun class. And we know that he wants a dagger/stealth class as well. After that, it is really conjecture. But the only class I know he's mentioned by name is Red Mage. And I think he said something along the lines of, it can't be a FF game without a Red Mage. Again, I could be wrong. But that was what I remember.

But a guy can freaking hope! I would love to shoot people in the face with status changing affection!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Nalien

Really hope that's a mistake, because as far as I remember, they've always made Frontlines out to be an open world PvP area. I've certainly not been expecting anything half as good as ESOs Cyrodiil, but this would just be terribly disappointing.

---

I don't think this game has enough of a dedicated/interested PvP playerbase to support an open world PvP area, unless it was cross-server (which it doesn't sound like it is). Perhaps they realized this and changed it to a 24-man battleground type thing?

I honestly don't know how I'd feel about that. On one hand the large-scale open world Frontlines system did sound kinda cool and it would be unfortunate if it was scrapped but on the other hand I just don't see how this game could support it. The place would be deserted 90% of the time, certainly it'll be nowhere near the population of GW2's WvW. And some objective-based battlegrounds would be a very nice change of pace from the stupid 4v4 arenas we have now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Alavastre

True. It's not just one statement. He's made a few of them. We know Musketeer is something since 1.0 that should be added. So there is a gun class. And we know that he wants a dagger/stealth class as well. After that, it is really conjecture. But the only class I know he's mentioned by name is Red Mage. And I think he said something along the lines of, it can't be a FF game without a Red Mage. Again, I could be wrong. But that was what I remember.

But a guy can freaking hope! I would love to shoot people in the face with status changing affection!

---

He also mentioned ninja, samurai, thief, dark knight, not just red mage. And iirc, he said that he wanted to have as many jobs as XI did and maybe some more.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Kuwagami

2nd post answers 1st post. They will increase level cap, prolly to 60, and SMN will get Levi and Ramuh. Considering Ramuh will most likely be in 2.3, you can count on a level cap raise in 2.3 or 2.4 maybe. Not really further away, becuase they would have hinted other pets imo

---

There are some incredible leaps in logic being made here. We will almost certainly not get a level cap increase until an expansion... where would we level, after all? They're not going to add several big leveling zones in a regular patch, we'll have to wait for an expansion for those.

We will see new primals, sure, but that certainly does not mean that summoners will get pets for them right off the bat. We'll possibly see Ramuh in 2.3, but don't expect summoners to get a pet for them until a level cap increase, probably in 3.0 (which I imagine will come after 2.4 or 2.5).

Being almost a full time summoner i'm expecting the new pets are awesome and i want to see the balances too.
I don't do pvp since being a summoner i get ko off the bat.. yeah..

Since the new class/job will be something we dont expect im seeing.. a ninja/gunner healer xD

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ninix

I don't think this game has enough of a dedicated/interested PvP playerbase to support an open world PvP area, unless it was cross-server (which it doesn't sound like it is).

---

All they need to do is give it some passive bonuses. Maelstrom controls X, Maelstrom items cost less GC Seals. Twin Adder controls Y, all Twin Adder allied FCs get cheaper actions. Nothing that would massively impact gameplay, but something players would want to get. If Frontlines is anything like Cyrodiil, it wouldn't entirely be PvP either. Cyrodiil had PvE elements, if one faction controlled an area, NPCs of that faction would guard it. Same thing could buffer numbers in Frontlines.

Assuming PvP becomes playable to the layman, then the gear itself also provides a viable incentive. OK, you get Moral instead of a useful stat, but it's still iLv100 gear that isn't behind a weekly lockout. In that sense PvP gear could fill the same spot as crafted gear if the developers allow it.

I hope the gunner class's second job allows me to be a "man with the machine gun".

We did salvage all those machine guns from the Garlean empire right?

Excited about the upcoming Ninja/Thief class and Summoner pet rebalancing. Hope they turn them into something more than glorified DOTs.

Frontlines plox, fast. and please it better be realm vs realm instead of an alterac valley-ish minigame T.T

Hmmm... a gun class which is not what we think it is....

So I guess we get shoot our teammates instead.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by HumsterMKX

Hmmm... a gun class which is not what we think it is....

So I guess we get shoot our teammates instead.

---

lol maybe they mean gunblade. That would be amusing.

I do feel like people may be dissapointed since the bullet point and this statement conflict with one another

"Nakamura-san asks when’s new jobs coming.
YoshiP saying you said earlier you mentioned you saw Yugiri’s face, it’s related to that,
Nakamura-san then says Thancred suddenly uses two daggers too, or how about the previous XIV where you use a gun and gets taken away.
YoshiP saying we’re going to do gun, but it’s not something what everyone is thinking it’s in the plans, it might be earlier than what everyone is expecting. It’s not 2.3 but it’s not too far out. We still got E3 and other events we need to keep good infos."

Which sounds more like it won't be coming in 2.3 but will be coming earlier than expected. Whoever did create the bullet point might of just seen the key words and thought "Class" "gun" "dagger" "2.3" and "earlier" and didn't realize that it actually said "it's NOT 2.3" but it's NOT to far off.

Just noticed a lot of people seem to think classes may come in 2.3 but looking at the notes from the current trans it doesn't look like that will be the case so I don't think people should be getting their hopes up to much.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SavageWolf

From the Live Letter that took place last night.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...oner_pets_new/

---

Gonna comment on these with the assumption that they are true. If they are not true, just ignore what I have to say on it.

Quote:

---

Gun and Dagger class/jobs were both confirmed and coming sooner than people think. Apparently soon after 2.3. (He said we are saving this info for E3-Announcements, looking forward to June 10th!)

The gun class isn't what people are expecting it to be.

---

Right on! I'm, like, 99% sure that the Dagger CLASS won't be either Ninja or Thief, but something like "Rogue" or "Brigand". The reason I say that is because, going with the pattern, there is not a single class in the game that shares its name with a relevant job from previous Final Fantasy titles. That being said, I do think Ninja and Thief will be Dagger JOBS that branch off the class rather than the class themselves for this reason. As for gun jobs, all I can think of is X-2 style Gunner and Gun Mage (which is a Blue Mage... with Guns), but we'll see more on that on June 10th, I guess! I wonder if we'll see a healer-type Chemist job for gun-users? That could be interesting!

Quote:

---

Frontlines are aiming to be in 2.3!

---

I never played 1.0, so I have no idea what these are, but judging from the excitement of veteran players, I guess this is a good thing! =D

Quote:

---

Yoshi said Summoners will be getting Leviathan AND Ramuh pets, no mentioned when they would arrive.

---

Well Yoshi mentioned that no one would get new abilities until the level cap rises, so I'm gonna go with that. Also, this pretty much confirms that Ramuh is the next Primal, in my eyes.

Quote:

---

Black Mage buffs and Summoner pet rebalancing to make others useful coming.

---

Not sure how Black Mage needs buffing, really, other than to shorten casting times to make dodging easier. *shrug* As for Summoner pet rebalancing, I'm not in a position to comment on that.

Quote:

---

Yugiri's face was apparently shown to Nakamura, who gasped. No images as of yet.

---

I wonder about Yugiri... her tail was more reptilian than a Miqo'te's, I remember. Maybe she's an FFXIV-variant of Bangaa or something?

Quote:

---

Gold Saucer will be BIG. He wants the games to encompass more than just playing with friends. (Hints at match making and chocobo races.)

---

Ooh, very exciting! Also, I can see the Gold Saucer being the new "IT" place for hanging out and for events so we don't have to all squeeze into Mih Ketto's Ampitheatre in Gridania. Also, Chocobo Racing is gonna be interesting. I wonder how it's gonna be implemented pre-2.4 (since, iirc, Chocobo Breeding is gonna be in 2.4).

Quote:

---

Personal rooms for your FC housing mentioned again. He said it would be like a mog house from ff11 with decorating.

---

Interesting concept, though as long as the design intricacies are equal to what they already are for housing (moving and rotating things exactly where you want them instead of being static squares and 45-90 degree rotations only), I'll be content with that! Though ultimately, I do just want my own house.

Quote:

---

The new 2.3 Dungeon will be outside, and deal with water, supposedly in La noscea.

---

How curious... I wonder if it could be a continuation of The Wandering Palace...

Quote:

---

Crafters are getting something to do with salv- (He was cut off, people thought it was salvage, but he claims that he wasn't going to say salvage.)

---

He... was definitely gonna say salvage or something close to it, I'm pretty sure. It'd be handy for crafters to be able to convert items into their components. That would help crafters level up greatly!

Quote:

---

Phantasia Potions for sale in May!

---

And just like that, 20-50% of the General Discussion community creamed themselves in utter bliss.

Quote:

---

People complained about still going to the waking sands, solution is coming.(Urianger is staying behind because of the twins are fighting and he doesn't want to leave Alisae(the female twin) behind on her own. Apparently as part of the story, they will make the move in 2.3) So no more waking sands trips!

---

YAAAAAAAAAY!

Quote:

---

Hildibrand was originally supposed to be a Lalafell.

---

WHY IS THIS NOT A THING!?

Quote:

---

Yoshi said to watch the Hildibrand cutscenes again and pay attention to a reoccurring person in the back ground stalking Nashu. He said he was surprised no one caught this.

---

...*runs to the inn to watch the cutscenes again*

Quote:

---

Gerolt's name in japanese is Gero, which literally means "barf", is getting a personal story to explain his rocky past where he was not such a nice person.

---

Interesting! I assume it'll have something to do with the Zodiac Weapons as well.

Quote:

---

Stitches in the moogle* are being removed because japanese players find them scary. (Was unclear if he meant the moogle pet or the moogle housing item)

---

Gonna need some background for this, but... okay? Not a big deal.

Quote:

---

Housing Instruments if all played at the same time will play a memorable song.

---

I am... extremely curious how this is going to work.