Did they hint at rogue class in 2.2 story?

So I've recently resubbed and am going through the 2.2 story, after defeating leviathan and watching all the dialogue I was left with a big smile on my face thinking that Yoshi P hinted at the upcoming class when Lady Yugiri tells Merlwyb she will teach everyone her combat methods. Anyone else think that was some good word play now that rogue is officially announced? :)

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Originally Posted by Urielparadox

please delete this thread. You can still see that ninja/rogue are confirmed on the front page and the fact you called it rogue instead of Thief even says you knew it ahead of time. please please please delete this thread.

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Of course I knew it ahead of time as the main reason I resubbed was their e3 showing. I even stated I knew it when I said Yoshi P hinted at the upcoming class rogue as you said. However my question was if anyone else believes they were playing on words with that particular section of the dialogue and I see no reason to delete this because you failed to read properly and understand the purpose of the thread..

I was rude I'm sorry.

Chrisbox, I can see where you're coming from, in stating that prior to the release information about the Rogue/Ninja classes, by Yugiri stating that she would teach the Eorzeans her techniques, meant that a new class would be introduced - which aligns with the way she battled the enemies in the Sapsa Spawning Ground.

At least, that's what I am getting from your post. Basically, if you played the 2.2 patch all the way to the end, it's hinted that Rogue would be the next class. Because, Yugiri is clearly not a Thief. :P

Uriel, there's no need to be rude to someone who's excited about something they picked up on in the story dialogue.

The OP is not claiming that he had no idea of the rogue class coming up. To me it reads that in hindsight, it seems that SE was hinting at rogue/ninja back in 2.2, before the official announcement. He's not asking for an explanation, he's asking if we thought it was a clever little thing hidden in there.

Urielparadox, you clearly know nothing about lore. I also personally hate snobby people on forums who say, "Don't talk to us, go read X." So please shut the fuck up.

Chrisbox, Yosida confirmed in an interview that the main scenario played out with the announcement of a new class and new job in mind. It was all according to plan.

I got a feeling that Yugiri will be ninja quest giver. Will the guy that we had to meet at the bottom of Limsa be rogue guildmaster though?

Well, Yugiri said she'd teach us her technique => ninja.
She's then introduced to an underground organization made of scoundrels (it was said during a cutscene), and then we accompany her to see a "gatekeeper" to this organization.

Yugiri having said there was some similarities between both styles, it was quite clear she'd teach her skill in addition to what these people knew, hence Rogue/Thief/Whatever-you-want-to-call-them would be the class, and Ninja the job :3

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Originally Posted by Urielparadox

I was taught it's not rude to ask someone to read the main page of the website, first. I was taught that it's rude to ask other people to explain something there are 15 different forums about. That the devs have also answered them self and that their is a whole 2min long video about... I'm sorry if I come off rude this is just how I was raised.

Yogiri(sp) battled mobs like a ninja, whats his name the traitor battled mobs like a thief, which according to lore are now called rogues. They made it a very specific point of the cut scene to point out class/job. If this was 2 months ago yes, but not now that we have confirmation.

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Should we tell you to stfu and go read previous topics, when you ask questions already answered?
Should we tell you to delete your threads/post when you say something that doesn't make sense?

This guy comes back after having stopped, went through the Leviathan questline, and noticed it was announced. He obviously wasn't here when we all did the questline some 3 months ago, and thus had no idea that such a topic was made.

Even if someone posts something gameplay related, we usually answer him without flaming him for posting in the wrong section.
This forum is one of the few where people can talk without attacking each others, and that would be nice if that could stay like that.

I thought it was fairly obvious that they were introducing us with a new class.

Both Yugiri and Thancred got a chance to show of their skills, and Yugiri later on promises to teach her fighting style to an organisation in Limsa. To me (and many others) this was an obvious introduction to an upcoming class. I originally expected her to come back in smaller quests for several patches before we would actually gain access to it, but it turn out that will already take place in 2.4

In the same way, Yugiri is an introduction to the new race we will be getting.
It is outright stated in the main scenario that she hides her face to avoid panic, because she looks very different from the 5 races. So she is a walking talking teaser preview of the upcoming race. All we know at the moment is that the new race will have a scaly tail, and either horn or some sort of long ears judging by her hood.

ps: I wonder how they are going to handle that scene after the new race becomes available. People are obviously going to change race -for fun or permanently- meaning that there will be plenty of Yugiri-race adventurers in Eorzea, giving her no reason to hide her face.

Well, that's assuming that they make that new race playable. Just because an NPC is a certain race doesn't mean we get to play it. What if that race is super rare, like Yugiri's comment makes it seem? We'll just have to wait and see. ;)

She DID make it sound like the majority of her race was slaughtered back in Doma, so they could very well end up being near-extinct at this point.

There is the matter of implementing ROG/NIN. I'm hoping to make a new character that plays through from the start as a Rogue, and roleplay her to this effect, but the entire questiline with the arrival of Yugiri... How would that work? Would they have to ALTER that for someone that started as a Rogue? If Yugiri doesn't show up until level 50, would you then not be able to get a Job until after level 50?

I was pretty stoked by the teaser myself... but I think it would be unfair not to let people start as Rogue in Limsa because it finally balances the number of starting classes there are. If other jobs are introduced, I'd like to see a healer-type class appear in Ul'Dah and a tank class appear in Gridania, because then all city-states will have guilds for each of the 3 roles. (I know ACN doesn't start as a healer, but it can progress to one, and that's the main point, it's still a class that can act as healer in a pinch.)

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Originally Posted by Terrini

There is the matter of implementing ROG/NIN. I'm hoping to make a new character that plays through from the start as a Rogue, and roleplay her to this effect, but the entire questiline with the arrival of Yugiri... How would that work? Would they have to ALTER that for someone that started as a Rogue? If Yugiri doesn't show up until level 50, would you then not be able to get a Job until after level 50?

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Good question. It could be you can only unlock it later, or it will just be a case of gameplay and plot segregation. The same pretty much goes for Yugiri her race (if it indeed becomes available to us as players).

But I guess we'll just have to wait and see.