Forecast: Ninja with a chance of Samurai?

[Worldofwarcraft]

Personally, I think the mystery gunner class will be a gunblade wielding tank. Not range.

I think if they announce Gunblade it wouldn't be to unexpected. Maybe the fact its a tank is quite unexpected, but most people would be like "Yeah no thats exactly what I thought" I'm still going on the musketeer train....

[Alavastre]

With the lack of tanks, you would imagine that they would be added a Tank Job. If only to reinvigorate people playing tanks.

So if we have two classes, with two jobs, then it makes sense the gun job would be a tank and the dagger job would be DPS.

[Savagelf]

beast master to i hope too

[EdwinLi]

With the lack of tanks, you would imagine that they would be added a Tank Job. If only to reinvigorate people playing tanks.

So if we have two classes, with two jobs, then it makes sense the gun job would be a tank and the dagger job would be DPS.

It depends if they will provide 2 jobs for each new class like they did with Arcanist being the gunblade class may have 1 Tank Job and 1 DPS Job while Dual Dagger class has 1 DPS job and 1 ??? Job.

As of now it is easier to give new classes 2 jobs than the current classes.

Also the reinvigorate part will only be temporary because once they hit a certain point with tank jobs they either have to become master of tanking or get the boot by other players because they lack the necessary skills to handle the role of a Tank Job in lvl 50 contents.

In the end introducing a new Tank Job is only a temporary solution to increasing Tank population since very few people enjoy the Tank Role and it will only serve to add more variety for people already enjoy the Tank Role.

[Esmian]

I read these threads now and again because I like to imagine all the sadness that will be on the forums when a person's favorite class isn't the one that's added first with a rather perverse sense of glee. That being said, I can't help but wonder if there's even a soul on these forums that hope for a completely unique job that hasn't been done before. Would get me a million times more excited for a class if the devs rolled up their sleeves and came out with an original job on their own.

[Moheeheeko]

Personally, I think the mystery gunner class will be a gunblade wielding tank. Not range.

they implied quite heavily that the gun weilder was going to be a support class at the last event they went to, I cant find the link but im sure someone has it.

With the lack of tanks, you would imagine that they would be added a Tank Job.

Ive said this before, ill say it again. Adding a new tank class would not encourage more people to tank, because the people who dont tank dont want to tank.

[KingOfAbyss]

I'm excited! After all my 19 classes capped, done all relics, zeniths, atmas, animus, novus, adamus, sterling, zodiac, all craft recipe done, beaten T20 solo *poof - wake up from his dream >.<

I would love to see Ninja as job (I pretty much think it will be, with the 5 'dedicated job skills') might be a melee + range (shurikens?) for once I might fall in love with melee ^^

Next Samurai: I speculate again, but I bet the 'expansion' will have an eastern theme attached to it. Since WAR use 2-H axe, I don't see why Samurai couldn't Tank with a 2-H Katana. (Sephiroth's 100feet-long weapons glamours, like lightning! yay!)

Thief: if with a possibility of 'ganking' Bosses to fetch these rare mounts and baby opo, tha'd be something to look forward.

Guns: personally I don't like them, but if it's to cast 'spells' and buff/debuff/on par with BLM - I will for sure take it with a smile

Anyway, all classes/job will be tested fully (they better give another achievement gear for 10000 fates - I should be close by now >.<)

It's been a while i've been in love with an MMO, so far, only solo DF with some rude and crappy peeps is my pet peeve. (Update: the silly 1000 characters that you can edit anyway, is another con.)

Keep up the good work SE!

[Fitzmagician]

Everyone seems so intent that the dagger class is going to be DPS...but lets not forget, if this is Ninja we are talking about, we might get a revival of Utsusemi blink tanking! Now that would be something else :P

[Swagcity]

they implied quite heavily that the gun weilder was going to be a support class at the last event they went to, I cant find the link but im sure someone has it.



Ive said this before, ill say it again. Adding a new tank class would not encourage more people to tank, because the people who dont tank dont want to tank.

Personally, if tanking was fun, I would tank, lol.

If they released a ninja job that teleported and crap while throwing shurikens; damn straight I will tank, lol.

If they released a beastmaster job that rides a battle-mount which shoots lasers out of his eyes; I would tank and love it^^ Pricks may curse me out when we wipe or play, "Bash the tank", but man did I have a great time tanking^^

I see where you are coming from, however, it may not pertain to everyone.

[Darske]

Mechanic-wise, how do you think a new tank class will handle tanking? I forecast something that will make much more use of Parry.

Same question for healing, I guess. We've got reactive healing with WHM and proactive healing with SCH, what else could they do? Personally, I'd love to see Chemist as an item-based healer.