Who do you think will get the Black mage job? CON or THM

[Krausus]

here is another post probably a translation of the same interview

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...azine-Aug.2011

[Krausus]

one thing I think we all should keep in mind is that since jobs dont come out untill after 1.20 that it is possible (unless already stated otherwise) that they could be planning to release Archanist and Musketeer at the same time. This could potential mean that they have a couple more jobs yet to announce. We do know for sure that they still have at least 1 job unannounced.

[Archadius]

one thing I think we all should keep in mind is that since jobs dont come out untill after 1.20 that it is possible (unless already stated otherwise) that they could be planning to release Archanist and Musketeer at the same time. This could potential mean that they have a couple more jobs yet to announce. We do know for sure that they still have at least 1 job unannounced.

Another good point.

[DNO]

one thing I think we all should keep in mind is that since jobs dont come out untill after 1.20 that it is possible (unless already stated otherwise) that they could be planning to release Archanist and Musketeer at the same time. This could potential mean that they have a couple more jobs yet to announce. We do know for sure that they still have at least 1 job unannounced.

i dont think that will happen as they said they will not put in new calsses into the first ones are balanced. now of course i am not 100% sure if by balancing they mean job balancing but i assume so.

Also in the letters of future tasks there are no metion of new classes what so ever. im 100% sure jobs will come before new classes

[Alcide]

They did say WHM and BLM are in the first wave of jobs and they did say that in this first wave there's just one job per class.
So yeah, we're gonna get both of them and nope, Conjurer can't have both of them. Also they're gonna rearrange the spells, so it's kinda pointless if now Conjurers got all the elemental nukes + Cure and Thaumaturges got Sacrifice, Banish and Scourge

Now let's try to move on

From what they did with 1.18 it seems they want Conj to be WHM and Thau to be BLM (Curaga and Rebirth). Honestly I think this is a bad Idea for 2 reasons:
1) AoE Thaumaturge's cone is so much better when healing and buffing than Conjurer's circle. Also I find the cone extremely painful when doing AoE nukes.
2) Lore Conjurers are in tune with the elementals and Thaumaturges are dealing with life and death... well it's quite clear to me.

Obviousely they can find a way to go over these things, but it seems like a huge waste of time to me since we already have a situation that leaves no doubt.

[NoctisUmbra]

CON gets WHM AND BLM

THM gets something else.

That's my prediction.

^This.

In the article the mentioned jobs are confirmed to be in the game - they are decided upon. It isn't said that they are the first wave of jobs though. In fact, they didn't even mention 7 jobs - leading to people assuming what ARC and MRD gets by mapping the WHM and BLM to the 2 mage classes we currently have.

Essentially SE is coming up with Jobs to implement - BLM and WHM are the most staple of FF mage jobs. It simply isn't an FF game if there are traditional jobs and you don't have both WHM and BLM. Thus they will both definitely be in the game. Not necessarily at the same time, however.

My prediction is:

• Gladiator - Paladin
• Pugilist - Monk
• Marauder - Warrior
• Lancer - Dragon Knight
• Archer - Ranger (?)
• Conjurer - White Mage (and then eventually Black Mage as well, but not in the initial set)
• Thaumaturge - Bard

I was under the impression that the jobs they announced were the initial set of jobs to be released as well, but after reading that post again it's clear to me that's not necessarily the case.

[Krausus]

They did say WHM and BLM are in the first wave of jobs and they did say that in this first wave there just one job per class.
So yeah, we're gonna get both of them and nope, Conjurer can have both of them. Also they're gonna rearrange the spells, so it's kinda pointless if now Conjurers got all the elementals nukes + Cure and Thaumaturges got Sacrifice, Banish and Scourge

Now let's try to move on

From what they did with 1.18 it seems they want Conj to be WHM and Thau to be BLM (Curaga and Rebirth). Honestly I think this is a bad Idea for 2 reasons:
1) AoE Thaumaturge's cone is so much better when healing and buffing than Conjurer's circle. Also I find the cone extremely painful when doing AoE nukes.
2) Lore Conjurers are in tune with the elementals and Thaumaturges are dealing with life and death... well it's quite clear to me.

Obviousely they can find a way to go over these things, but it seems like a huge waste of time to me since we already have a situation that leaves no doubt.

It is quite possible that they are making THM WHM and CON BLM, they could have given CON the AOE heals now and plan on adding them (even better ones) to WHM for THM and adding big nukes to BLM for CON, giving both classes the choice to be healer or DD.

[Soco]

This link is from a past Letter from the Producer, IV (02/28/2011).

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...449d1b7c37eb49

Don't worry people, no matter which class (TRM/CON) will "become" blackmage, what is important is that Black Mage is coming out :P. Here is some AF 4 j00.

[AmyRae]

CON gets WHM AND BLM

THM gets something else.

That's my prediction.

I think you're right. CON obviously has white and black mage tendencies. Even if the original plan was for one job to each class, this is the only arrangement that makes sense and is worth bending the "rules" for.

As for THM, hand it a (weaponized) scythe and you have a Dark Knight. Seems like a natural progression to make.

[Aldora]

I'm one of those people who thinks that the CON will get the White Mage and Black Mage jobs and the THM will get the Red Mage and perhaps an Oracle/Necromancer. Who knows? (But i can't wait for the official announcement) (^_^ )