Thief/Ninja looks to be Inbound

[Melinia]

So true! Let bard be the "support" job and ranger the reaaal dps. Long bows, short bows, cross bows, maybe even guns.. I doubt they'll do that since every other job then needs multiple weapons to chose from in order to avoid massive QQ.

Other jobs already have access to multiple weapons. Gladiators have swords and daggers. Both Conjurors and Thaumaturges have access to one handed weapons (and shields) and two handed weapons.

However, guns will be going to the long-promised musketeers. So those aren't going to be an option for an Archer-derived job.

[Allard]

I hope that they release more then 3 classes in the next expansion. Seeing as Musketeer and Ninja are very likely (thats 2 dps), it leaves us with only either a new tank or healer if there will be only 3. It'd be a lot funner for everyone is there was a new class for each role.

[Freyt]

The one guy was right about the armor scales part of the quest though. That does hint to Samurai. And considering that box was going to Mor Dhona, maybe the Samurai guild will be constructed there?

[Eardstapa]

So we are going to get the 'Scout' class Yoshi wanted to get in the game, no real word or hints about Musketeer... Samurai had very subtle hints and may not come around for a while yet itself. Well, this will be an interesting year.

[Pavywavy]

Has anyone thought that although they might release a new dps class, wouldnt they have to release a new class for each role? Could you imagine how many less tanks or healers we would have with JUST a new dps class.

[Ixpheon]

Has anyone thought that although they might release a new dps class, wouldnt they have to release a new class for each role? Could you imagine how many less tanks or healers we would have with JUST a new dps class.

Hmm, well that might happen to some extent but I doubt we'd have new classes until at least the first expansion. I'm sure that'd add a ton of new content for the dedicated tank player base to plow through before choosing to play an alt.

I'm also half expecting them to introduce some new secondary job options for all classes at some point and if expansions are as large as they make them out to be then I wouldn't put it past the devs to implement them at the same time as new classes. Tanks/healers would then stick around to lvl those alt jobs.

[Bloodclaw]

This. Do the quests, or don't comment at all.

Yes! Exactly. own up!

[RyuDragnier]

Has anyone thought that although they might release a new dps class, wouldnt they have to release a new class for each role? Could you imagine how many less tanks or healers we would have with JUST a new dps class.

Here's a possible twist of my own making, Ninja will end up being an actual tank class.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Ideally, Ninja would make more sense as DPS, with Samurai as the tank (I'm thinking like Auron from FFX). Musketeer/Corsair would be its own class/job, and Ranger would make for a great physical-oriented branch class for Bard (maybe lose the songs, gain more offense/defense/aoe techniques)

I really would want Red Mage as a job to be based off its own class, but a GLA 30/THM 15/CNJ 15 could work too. As for Blue Mage. . . LNC 30/THM 15/ARC 15? (I don't remember enough about Blue Mages)

[Tharian]

There's to many speculation going on. It can also b said for a corsair/ranger(gun base) job since the leader of limsa is a corsair. Also limsa is a port city so there's another speculation for a Viking type job.

The Marauder is essentially the Viking type job. You do realize that, don't you?