NEW JOBS!.....WHEN?

[zaviermhigo]

I really don\\\\'t know what makes people think that Dragon Knight and Dragoon are different. They are the *same* job that has been translated differently. The Japanese for Dragoon is 竜騎士 which literally translates to Dragon Knight.

Back-up source: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dragoon_%28Job%29

Lol I actually speak French so I know they aren't different. But this a fantasy game. Dragoons were a military unit... they didn't fight dragons irl nor did they have dragons. So from a fantasy perspective I think a dragoon= had a lance and a dragon knight is more like a Chevalier, the name means horse rider or horseman, by the way, didnt have a wiki link for you since thats how one proves intelligence now a days, I guess. Dragon knight being - has a wyvern. Already a dragoon in this game isn't what a dragoon is in irl so who cares, its the other ishgard dragoons that are more "mounted cavalry" based on actual history.

I'm just saying from FF perspective, and not a real life one, its actually easy to make Dragoon and Dragon Knight two completely different things. With dragon knight actually meaning "hey i fight with dragons", since dragoon does not mean "I KILL DRAGONS irl" and they made it into that in FF, why would we even be talking about logical stuff.

[Reiryuu]

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I am aware of what dragoons are irl history, but the dragon head symbol for dragoon in the FFXIV game and the dragoon from previous Final Fantasy games kind of tell the tale of their lore in the Final Fantasy universe, no? In fact, many fantasy-based games have related the Dragoon with dragons. Having a "Dragon Knight" in FFXIV just isn't possible because, well, that is what the Dragoon is. Also, it's not so much that they kill dragons that makes them dragoons, but the fact that their spirit has bonded with that of a dragon which grants them their powers.


And from a FF standpoint: Why does the lancer need to have 2 jobs based on dragons anyway? Why can't lancer have Chocobo Knight for a second tank-based job? http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Chocobo_Knight

Back on topic, however, it appears that in an interview with Dengeki, Yoshi P has implied or at the very least hinted that new jobs may not be coming until an expansion. At PAX, he said new jobs and level cap increases would come in major updates, however, in this interview he implies that when new jobs come out, level caps will increase, and level caps will increase with expansions.