will there ever be a dps war?

[Crios]

Not unless DRK is going to use a two handed axe, I think Berserker will be the job for MRD, fits the feeling of the class and uses the same weapon.

As much as people want to see a great sword or scythe for DRK I think Yoshi is going to go the way of one handed sword for the job

[TouchandFeel]

Not unless DRK is going to use a two handed axe, I think Berserker will be the job for MRD, fits the feeling of the class and uses the same weapon.
As much as people want to see a great sword or scythe for DRK I think Yoshi is going to go the way of one handed sword for the job

While it is likely that DRK will be a DPS job coming off of GLD, it is not entirely impossible for DRK to use a different weapon.
In the first usage of DRK in the series (FF2) the character Leon used many different weapons such as spears and axes as well. It wasn't until FF4 with Cecil that they made more of an explicit connection with DRK and sword usage. Then of course there is FFXI, where DRK used scythes.

Final Fantasy as a series has always been somewhat flexible with reinterpreting the classes and they way they function in different iterations. While the core theme and often a classic ability is shared through out, a lot changes. A perfect example is Blue Mage, where originally they were a more heavily armed and armoured casting class that learned and could then use monster abilities as magic. They wore capes and masks. Then there are characters like Relm and Gau from FF6, that in many ways were reinterpretations of Blue Mage, where they would learn and use monster abilities to fight, Relm by "painting" a monster that would come alive and attack and Gau by using his wild nature to learn the ways of the beasts and then be able to mimic their attacks.

Point being, classes and jobs could easily be reinterpreted by the dev team to work within the constructs of this game, just look at SCH.
I personally would like for the devs to make the classes/jobs work more from the game-play side of things while keeping the theme and flavor of the classic class instead of limiting themselves to trying to do a literal translation of them.

The reason I like DRK coming from MRD is that I feel it works better from a game-play perspective since I feel that more of the MRD abilities would work for DRK.

But DRK aside and more on topic, whatever Job they choose next to branch off of MRD it will most likely be a DPS job.

[Crios]

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I agree the devs do have the choice of where things come from and yes I feel the next Job for MRD is going to be a DPS.

The other reason I see DRK using single handed swords and coming from GLD is also from the FF universe in FF Tactics, and FF3 where their main weapons again were single handed swords, between this and Cecil who made DRK iconic in the FF universe, is what leads me to believe this.

As for other jobs who knows what will be down the line.

[Sylari]

I think Berserker will be the job for MRD, fits the feeling of the class and uses the same weapon.

Same weapon? FF bersekers use fist weapons in most of the games they're in.