Quote Originally Posted by Dhex View Post
It honestly doesn't matter to anyone posting on here really - you're all (so far as I've seen) already lv50 and if you're not through 2.2 story you easily can pass "Through the Maelstrom" by 2.4 and have Ninja introduced in whatever goofy manner you advocate for - it won't hurt your "play-through" narrative.

It will however hurt a new player's narrative.
I know exactly the scene you are talking about. That too is a bone of contention for me and a hurdle that the Devs will need to overcome/address to make it cohesive if they are making this a starting class. Your unwillingness to entertain the idea that it could be possible for them to braid the R/N story into the existing world lore as it has been presented is something you continually ignore. Many ideas on how that could be done have been presented quite a few times in this thread and thats just from random dudes and dudettes who are players. I'm pretty sure that the Ninja and Rogue were in development and planning long before they announced it to us. I also seriously doubt they would have planned all this lore and story at level 50 to tease current players with the new class/job and not taken any of the issues raised into consideration.

Honestly, I'm about 60-40 on which way this will head. I recognize your arguments and those of several other posters here but I also acknowledge things the Devs have said along with their overarching concepts for the game. Two things make me think he wont start gating classes and jobs behind level or story requirements until after the first official expansion and they are:
- Yoshi-P's repeated statement on accessibility to all ranges of player types (those "filthy" casuals)
- Yoshi-P saying he felt this particular class/job was missing from the original lineup and this is why we are seeing it before the expansion.

I know you might want it to be locked away so people have to work for this new job and you might be worried that if newbs can get the class at start that it somehow might be "unfair". But "Lore" can easily be fixed, repaired, or added to with.... more lore! Just because you cant think of any way for it to work does not mean the devs havent. All I'm asking is for you to say that it might be possible for them to make it happen from a starting character perspective, even if you don't think they will.