SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[Krissey]

You're super good at splitting hairs.

Convince me why 2 or even 3 DPS jobs "From the East" is too many. After all, isn't 3 "Western" Tanks too many? Shouldn't Dark Knight have been a "Western" DPS because we already had 2 "Western" Tanks? This makes literally no sense.

Also Rogue/Ninja is never called Thief in FFXIV...so I'm not sure why you brought that up. In the same way, I'm fairly certain in FF of any sort was there a "Ronin" or "Shogun" but rather only Samurai. It is what the developers call it...

Edit: Also to clarify I don't care if it is a tank or a healer or a DPS. In fact I would be fine if all we got for the next 6 expansions were magic users of various types and never got Samurai. I literally don't care. However based on common media portrayal etc... it makes sense that it would be a damage dealer rather than a tank.

Also just for reference Ala Mhigo is right next to Gridania... It's barely in the East in game, although I suppose as for "real life inspiration" Monk would be considered Eastern - sure...but in the real world, and in game Dark Knights..Dragoons...Machinists...all come from Ishgard which is in the West - and so do their real life counterparts (Knights are European, Gun powder came to Japan from Europe..Dragoons were calvary pikemen...from Europe...)

So again - is having all the "Western" DPS and Tanks too many "Western" DPS and Tanks? Why does the influence of the region in game or IRL matter /at all/?