Artifact Armors!

[Gath]

1st: Dev team did not translate the content on these forums. A user did.

2nd: I don't see anywhere it "states" ARC could become BRD. I think the word you're looking for is "implies". Implications are yet again speculatory.

3rd: Ranger also uses a bow.

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[Jennestia]

1st: Dev team did not translate the content on these forums. A user did.!

It was an interview with the dev team that was translated.

[Arcell]

It was an interview with the dev team that was translated.

Look, I think we should give them some time to let it all sink in. I can see a lot of them are in denial about the whole thing.

[Kiote]

While I must admit it does kind of look like a harp, I would called that the worst implementation of Bard Instruments ever.

I'm really hoping that is just some kind of compound bow.

[Endemerrin]

It was an interview with the dev team that was translated.

This. Even google translate says the same thing as the bit translated by Reinheart, who pretty much everyone knows is an excellent translator. Even to a point where Yoshida himself thanked Reinheart for his work in translating JP posts to English.

[AreeyaJaidee]

Look, I think we should give them some time to let it all sink in. I can see a lot of them are in denial about the whole thing.

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[Physic]

It was an interview with the dev team that was translated.

the same article also mentioned rdm. It is possible that it could have been a longer term job for a different class. However, one can also imagine and archer being a bard.

The main problem i think people have, is putting the two jobs together kind of lowers the chance of a more support heavy real instrument using bard, and it doesnt go with the idea that people have for archer. It would be fine if there was more than one option for archer, but if they can only be bard, its kind of sad.

I think that is teh major problem with the job system as proposed. some things fit well, and others feel like they are forcing classes into jobs. Con->whm thm->blm and archer->brd? stand out. Not only do they kind of clash, but they lower the possibility of their being classes with a stronger synergy for those roles.

Thm isnt really what most people want from a blm
Con loses half its cool stuff if its a whm
archer being brd isnt the type DD or support people might want for a bow user, and makes it so a true instrumentalist is unlikely.


That said the pic is pretty awesome, and does still inspire me to play the system. But im a pug, and i love the FF monk concept. Even though they dont entirely intersect.

honestly it would probably be better if these jobs had at least 2 alternatives for each. and maybe some added weapon choices for some jobs.
pug could go monk or assassin
gladiator fencer or paladin
mrd war or bserker
con whm or blm
thm some 2 new things
archer some actual bow based job and one more support oreinted.

etc.


Still overall pretty exciting pic.

[Jennestia]

Yep, it was also stated classes will have multiple jobs that can be unlocked eventually. It's why I honestly wished and hoped they went the FFTT route.

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[Kiote]

As to the argument that Arc does not equal Brd I have to point out that in XI bards eventually became puller and instruments are not weapons so it actually makes sense that a bard would use a bow with an instrument as a secondary item. I can't think of any game where the instrument was their actual weapon.