Musketeer in Through the Maelstrom Patch or Huge Tease?

[Pinworms]

She is part of the msq AND the new content is going to be in her domain. Of course she is going to be required to fight. Several pictures elude to some samurai, noh, or a kubuki type themes though. ALSO what's up with that cock running around? I mean chicken..

[ArmorKing]

I wouldn't discount it, however I wouldn't get my hopes up either.

Limsa needs a third starting class.
The game is missing a 2nd DEX class.
It's also missing a 2nd ranged physical DPS.

That's a lot of birds to kill with one stone. So I can see how easy it is to get hopeful.

[Swagcity]

They could announce it during the live letter or something, idk, just throwing darts. However, as Armorking stated, I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[XanderOlivieri]

One thing I noticed. SE dropped a possible sneak peek to our new playable Race for the expansion. What ever Yugiri is, she is seeking solitude in Eorzea from her homeland. She has many other people migrating with her, similar to the 5 spoken races, so she may be the interlude to our new Playable race. She doesn't really look like a Viera to me. Her ears, givin by the way the hood shows them, are too low to be bunny like and they appear to be pointed. If those are even ears at all, could be some kinda horn or tendril.

I'm hopin what ever she is, is our new race~ I really want more clothes like what she wears. Its all dark and mysterious. Has such a mystical vibe to it. ♥w♥ Want it for my mage~


I no longer count NPCs as credible hints to classes as they don't have to meet the requirements we have as character. I mean Ysholta used a super shield as a Conjurer. A spell any playable Conjurer will not have. I doubt its something to add, cause even if its a short term spell, throw a spell that negates damage like that up during Primal EX and see how much less people complain about difficulty and how much more they complain about people not timing it right XD

Thancred also refers to himself as a Bard, uses Daggers as his weapons of choice and Papalymo uses Conjurer and Thaumaturge spells, a basic well rounded mage. Some of the NPCs break the set mode for characters just to give them a little bit more uniqueness. Merlwyb as a main focus is because its her Company and city fighting against the Sahagin. Could it be, maybe, but not likely. Does it mean we won't get it? Not really no. Could still happen, just her presence doesn't mean as much as we think.

[jomoru]

Rune Knights hail from Dorma and they use Greatswords, so..... New Tank Confirmed!

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Rune_Knight

Dorma was also home to Samurai, Ninja, Blue Mages, Magitek Knights and Mimics who always cover their faces and have 1 "horn" on the left side of their head...hmmm...

Your link does not seem to support this. Could you show where you are getting the last line of stuff?

[Moheeheeko]

Rune Knights hail from Dorma and they use Greatswords, so..... New Tank Confirmed!

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Rune_Knight

Dorma was also home to Samurai, Ninja, Blue Mages, Magitek Knights and Mimics who always cover their faces and have 1 "horn" on the left side of their head...hmmm...

Why would it have to be a tank? Gods know if this game needs a dps class it needs more melee.

[Awaterujin]

... I no longer count NPCs as credible hints to classes as they don't have to meet the requirements we have as character. I mean Ysholta used a super shield as a Conjurer. A spell any playable Conjurer will not have. ...

But Y'shtola is a Sharlayan, iirc, and that's how she has a magic shield thing; some kind of cross-class we can't be.

[XanderOlivieri]

But Y'shtola is a Sharlayan, iirc, and that's how she has a magic shield thing; some kind of cross-class we can't be.

That's a City State from what I've heard.

"Sharlayan is an inaccessible city-state in Final Fantasy XIV. It is on the north western region of Aldenard called Dravania. The Circle of Knowing hails from there, and Louisoix was the last to come south to offer assistance. "

Thancred, Y'shtola, Papalymo, and Yda all come from that place, Urganir too I believe since he also has the tattoo on his neck. It kinda pushes my point, that these characters don't denote a specific class since none of them follow proper set ups. Papalymo being a Thaumaturge based character with potent Conjurer abilities, Thancred's weapon choice questions, and Y'shtola's OP shield spell kinda off set that they are conventional and shouldn't really be seen as hints towards new classes. They are given this unique factor as key NPCs.

Other than that, its not some special cross class from what I can see. Sharlayan denotes place or origin like a Lominsian or Gridanian.

[Bakiraka]

It kinda breaks my heart when I think of how much Musketeers have been shafted the past few years. The worse part is people are talking about introducing other classes and have basically allocated Musketeer to "oh well that doesn't count because it should be in game already" ... except it isn't. It probably won't be either if people continue to show such a lack of interest albeit it is understandable considering the borderline disgusting wait most have been subjected to.

I used to love Berserk and couldn't wait for the next installment but after 8 years of being on a boat, I started to loose interest. I feel like this is what is happening to the Musketeer.

[Giantbane]

Yoshi suggested Musketeer as the first class, he also explicitly promised one JOB (specifically) before the expansion, which would be in an update. I imagine this is the basis by which people are getting excited.

Also doesn't Merlwyb's gun look different and more boring than that? Is she getting an upgrade? I thought she sported a bland silver twin barrel.

They have stated in the past that they wanted to bring multiple Jobs and Classes into the game over the course of regular patches. XPacs were reserved for introduction of new races. Only releasing a single Job before an xpac would be a major letdown.