Stormblood: Samurai Question about Gear.

so i've overheard that the new Samurai class will be specifically sharing additional abilities with the Monk Job. its the reason why i am trying to level up my Monk before Stormblood.

so in terms of gear, will Monk or Pugilist exclusive gear (mostly armor and jewelry) also be available for Samurai to wear?

for example, i if i get the Ironworks Cuirass of Striking, will i be able to wear this as a Samurai. to me, it would not make sense, assuming that the Samurai's attacks would most likely benefit from Dexterity rather than Strength. however, if it does, then please notify me of this.

if it were the case that a Samurai's attacks would benefit from Dexterity, would it mean, for example, that the Ironworks Corselet of Scouting be available to wear as a Samurai?

[gear of discussion is available in Mor Dhona, Revenant's Toll from Auriana]

im just trying to plan ahead as to which class i should dedicate the most time on before deciding to switch to Samurai and what gear i should keep or obtain in order to fully prepare myself.

this is mostly asking the question as to which Attribute will benefit the SAM? Will the SAM have its own exclusive gear? what gear exclusive to other classes most likely be shared with SAM?

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Originally Posted by Mysticdraggon

so i've overheard that the new Samurai class will be specifically sharing additional abilities with the Monk Job. its the reason why i am trying to level up my Monk before Stormblood.

so in terms of gear, will Monk or Pugilist exclusive gear (mostly armor and jewelry) also be available for Samurai to wear?

for example, i if i get the Ironworks Cuirass of Striking, will i be able to wear this as a Samurai. to me, it would not make sense, assuming that the Samurai's attacks would most likely benefit from Dexterity rather than Strength. however, if it does, then please notify me of this.

if it were the case that a Samurai's attacks would benefit from Dexterity, would it mean, for example, that the Ironworks Corselet of Scouting be available to wear as a Samurai?

[gear of discussion is available in Mor Dhona, Revenant's Toll from Auriana]

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All striking gear is usable by SAM. SAM is a STR job, not Dex.

Yoshida stated that they will be sharing Striking gear. Last time Yoshida mentioned that in regards to NIN, all Striking gear pre-2.4 received DEX stat on it and was available to ROG and NIN (besides AF). So it's fair to say that all MNK gear pre-4.0 will be shared with SAM, including accessories as he did not mention its main stat would be DEX, which implies it's STR.

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Originally Posted by Stitches1974

Anything that a monk can use, a SAM can use.

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so this means that he attribute that benefits the Samurai is Strength?

this is good to know, thank you.

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Originally Posted by Mysticdraggon

so this means that he attribute that benefits the Samurai is Strength?

this is good to know, thank you.

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Yes, SAM is a STR job.

As Stitches said samurai will share gear with monk as it will be strength primary, so you want to collect striking gear.

As for ability sharing that's not quite correct. In 4.0 instead of having cross-class abilities you will instead unlock shared abilities based on your role so you do not need to level monk to get the most out of samurai.

Sam shares gear with mnk, not abilities (as well as accessories with Drg and maybe tanks). Not sure where you got the ability share from

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Originally Posted by Unholychinchilla

As Stitches said samurai will share gear with monk as it will be strength primary, so you want to collect striking gear.

As for ability sharing that's not quite correct. In 4.0 instead of having cross-class abilities you will instead unlock shared abilities based on your role so you do not need to level monk to get the most out of samurai.

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This is very good to know, Thank you.

Does anyone know yet if this will include the Monk Garo set?

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Originally Posted by Sylbhar

Does anyone know yet if this will include the Monk Garo set?

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Most likely will get a recoloured version in the case of Garo sets, I feel.

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Originally Posted by Sylbhar

Does anyone know yet if this will include the Monk Garo set?

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With how events work, it's likely they'll tack SAM onto MNK's current GARO gear. BLM shares with SMN, which will likely share with RDM too.

Only unique sets are PLD, NIN and DRG really.

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Originally Posted by Sylbhar

Does anyone know yet if this will include the Monk Garo set?

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Knowing SE, I wouldn't be surprised if the MNK's AF gear as well as the event gear is/stays job exclusive. They might add a other version of this to the npc for SAM and RDM if they even bother since it's not a permanent event. But time will tell, I would recommend saving your pvp seals and just keep an eye on the upcoming live letters. Because you might be disappointed if you're saving for that set and SAM won't be able to wear it at the end.

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Originally Posted by LunaFaye

Knowing SE, I wouldn't be surprised if the MNK's AF gear as well as the event gear is/stays job exclusive. They might add a other version of this to the npc for SAM and RDM if they even bother since it's not a permanent event. But time will tell, I would recommend saving your pvp seals and just keep an eye on the upcoming live letters. Because you might be disappointed if you're saving for that set and SAM won't be able to wear it at the end.

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AST/DRK/MCH didnt share AF with WHM/SCH, PLD/WAR and BRD. Since MCH/BRD share the same GARO gear, SMN/BLM share the same gear aswell and the 3 healers aswell, there is 98% chance that MNK and SAM will share the same GARO gear.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

AST/DRK/MCH didnt share AF with WHM/SCH, PLD/WAR and BRD. Since MCH/BRD share the same GARO gear, SMN/BLM share the same gear aswell and the 3 healers aswell, there is 98% chance that MNK and SAM will share the same GARO gear.

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I understand that however these jobs were in the game as the event started. The new jobs are not and we have seen in the past, that most temporary and/or old content doesn't get added to the new available jobs. Again I might be wrong and SAM end up sharing that set with the mnk, but I wouldn't count on that.

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Originally Posted by LunaFaye

Knowing SE, I wouldn't be surprised if the MNK's AF gear as well as the event gear is/stays job exclusive.

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AF gear will obviously be job-specific; that one's not even up for discussion. AF gear is each job's iconic FF-series look.

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Originally Posted by Sylbhar

Does anyone know yet if this will include the Monk Garo set?

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I think making a slight but important nitpick here will make "Will SAM share xx set?" questions easier in the future.

It's not really that SAM will share MNK gear. It's that SAM will share PGL gear. If the gear was designed for a PGL*, a SAM should be able to wear it. This allows us to distinguish easily between "strength equipment" (PGL MNK LNC DRG SAM), "striking equipment" (PGL MNK SAM gear), and "monk equipment" (MNK only).

*I say here, "designed for a PGL" and not just "labeled PGL" because the animal PvP sets were clearly made for jobs, even though classes can also equip them, so for this purpose we should consider the Hawkliege set as MNK-specific gear despite its PGL mark.

That in mind, since the Garro set is PGL gear, it's more likely that it will be available to SAM. However, it's a special event, with its own rules. The Garro equipment is a little strange in that all the heavy armors are job specific, while all the clothing is role specific. Still, the PGL MNK sets are clothing, so we can project that they will be a PGL MNK SAM set once Stormblood launches.


Of course, when an SE representative hasn't yet come down from the sky and said in official material, the best answer is always "probably (/not), but you'll just have to wait and see." But speaking from a probablistic standpoint, with precedent, we can use this as a basic guide.

i feel people miss the point, stuff from garo will only see the weapon for each jobs be added and the armor shared with will be used.
the only AF it's the artefact armor i200, outside this every gear 60 was shared between jobs. they will probably don't add a i200 armor and adapt the rest of the striking for sam.

same for gear level 50...