About pet or summoning classes: I know the rumors, but...

[DNO]

hahahah @ people thinking a "story line" will stop one of the main and must used classes in FF history lol. cracks me up.

P.S. being able to call only one avatar is stupid. i don't want.

[quantumsaint]

hahahah @ people thinking a "story line" will stop one of the main and must used classes in FF history lol. cracks me up.

P.S. being able to call only one avatar is stupid. i don't want.

Like in FFX-2?

[Jennestia]

P.S. being able to call only one avatar is stupid. i don't want.

It's not stupid, it's called balance, which is why even in MMOs with a Pet focus you can only call one. This is why it's good Yoshida is indeed smart.

This and the fact that the lore DOES allow for smn's ... ignore every1 saying otherwise, they need to pay more attention and look at other FF's in contrast haha

None of the current storyline specifically says:

"You (player) can become a summoner if you do x, y, z."

they need to pay more attention and look at other FF's in contrast haha

You need to pay more attention to it as well before you go telling other's they need to:

FFIII - You need the power from the crystal and purchase the summoning stones from another world.
FFIV - Summoners were killed off, Rydia survives, there exists a land of summons where she trained. (This nor anything regarding actual summoners beyond "Primals have alligned themselves with the beastkin", meaning they're in their "prime" form and not "avatars" exists in current FFXIV lore, just a bunch of people that can SORT OF issue commands to them.)
FFV - Again, you need power from the crystal.
FFVI - Espers were a tad different, but you need magicite in the end.
FFVII - Materia.
FFVIII - GFs were generally fought and obtained
FFIX - Inherited power.
FFX - Heavily linked to the storyline (This is what you call summoner through story and lore)
FFX-2 - .
FFXI - They're Elemental, Celestial, Terrestial and Temporal gods. You fight them and summon an avatar of them. Story wise, Summoning was made forbidden magic after the great war because of how Fenrir destroyed Windurst and killed it's summoner, the story revolves that you're actually 'secretly taught' the art of summoning because Carbuncle felt you wouldn't have to make the same decision as Kara-Bara."
FFXII - Espers return in a different way.
FFXIII - Heavily linked to the storyline, yet again.
FFXIV - No storyline relation beyond Primals exists. No summoners exists, there's no "The great summoner (name) etc etc" story yet.

Thank god Yoshi is smarter than the majority of this community

I agree.

he knows how much they're wanted and how easily they fit into the lore lol

You mean when he implements Summoner the storyline/Quest will then be implemented...like it was said? Obviously the story will be extended in order to fit it in, which is what a few people said.

There are hints to pup in the opening CS in Ul'dah. It's just not likely to happen until we get a first expansion.

Those Matons are similar to XI's Automata but that's not a hint. They're just little machines programmed to do certain tasks -- PUP originally was supposed to be Necromancer, so instead of undead they created Automata in place for the job's pet.

[Zeigrin]

Those Matons are similar to XI's Automata but that's not a hint. They're just little machines programmed to do certain tasks -- PUP originally was supposed to be Necromancer, so instead of undead they created Automata in place for the job's pet.

There is nothing saying they won't be re purposed and made into a pup like job. I honestly don't think a lot of people here really know how fluid like the development teams assigned too mom projects can be. Nothing is ever really set in stone. Everything is subject to change.