2nd STORMBLOOD Job revealed

[Reinha]

Alphinaud's clothes have always been blue, and the red outfit on the right is Alisae's new clothes, post-Heavensward.

Pray, keep thine pantaloons firmly equipped.

I have a theory... :O

What if the siblings go their separate ways again and Alphinaud falls in battle?

[Beckett]

Well his sister was always a arcanist and out of nowhere she pulled a rapier out of her book who says he won't pull a magical scimitar from his book?

Watch BLU and RDM both be more offshoots of Arcanist, and muddle the class even further.

[Ralts]

it's gonna be a dnc; spider produces silk, plus dancer prefers silken garment/weapon

[Jas710]

Pantyhoser job confirmed. Alphinaud the man-girl also confirmed as official mascot.

[Brightshadow]

I was working along the train of thought that Alphinaud would be a Blue Mage, and therefor the Class would suit his character's current existing combat style. Even if Thancred went from Gladiator to Ninja, that's still not that big of a change. Still a front line fighter. Alternatively, if BLU were a healer I think that'd suit Alphinaud fairly well. I just don't see him falling into the melee category, but BLU (from past FF games) seems to require melee range and even being hit at times. That's something Alphinaud has always avoided.

Granted FFXIV's BLU can be vastly different in acquiring skills, so all bets are off. I just don't think Alphinaud would match up well as a BLU given its past incarnations.

I feel that BLU will be a tank in this game because we currently have no "Mage tank" and they seem to fit the role Best since they get hit by monster magic. My gut is telling me that this expansion will only feature mages because people have complained that there is a huge lack of Caster options, and in my opinion RDM (DPS)/BLU (Tank) remedy that. And I doubt Square enix would release their two most requested jobs at the same time. So here is how it will happen I think.

1.) 4.0 = RDM (DPS) / BLU (Tank)
2.) 5.0 = SAM (Tank) / DNC (Healer)

[Vexander]

I feel that BLU will be a tank in this game because we currently have no "Mage tank" and they seem to fit the role Best since they get hit by monster magic. My gut is telling me that this expansion will only feature mages because people have complained that there is a huge lack of Caster options, and in my opinion RDM (DPS)/BLU (Tank) remedy that. And I doubt Square enix would release their two most requested jobs at the same time. So here is how it will happen I think.

1.) 4.0 = RDM (DPS) / BLU (Tank)
2.) 5.0 = SAM (Tank) / DNC (Healer)

I want to believe, but I also feel like SAM/DNC are more appropriate to an expansion about Ala Mhigo, than RDM/BLU are. Those would be better saved for 5.0, which seems to indicate we'll be going to Sharlayan. One of the Live Letters described how the current expansions are telling the story about the rebuilding of the Eorzean Alliance. 3.0 took us to Ishgard, 4.0 takes us to Ala Mhigo, and this story will end after 5.0, or more specifically, at the start of 6.0. Of the Six nations of Eorzea, all that's left would be Sharlayan, a Magic-Heavy nation by all accounts. If there was an expansion to release a bunch of Mage Jobs, that'd be it.

[EdwinLi]

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Not going to lie but I am standing with my opinion that 5.0 is the Garlean Empire Expansion where we may get the Gunblade Job as one of the new Jobs for 5.0 either as the Tank or DPS Job.

The entire story has been building up for the final battle against the Garlean Empire once Eorzea is fully united which will become united once Ala Migo becomes fully part of the Eorzean Alliance in 4.X era.

Not to mention the constant hint that the garlean Empire is getting ready for another Invasion to Eorzea and with Ala Mhigo free from the Garlean Empire the only path into the Garlean Empire will be open.

[Jas710]

[Vexander]

Not going to lie but I am standing with my opinion that 5.0 is the Garlean Empire Expansion where we may get the Gunblade Job as one of the new Jobs for 5.0 either as the Tank or DPS Job.

The entire story has been building up for the final battle against the Garlean Empire once Eorzea is fully united which will become united once Ala Migo becomes fully part of the Eorzean Alliance in 4.X era.

Not to mention the constant hint that the garlean Empire is getting ready for another Invasion to Eorzea and with Ala Mhigo free from the Garlean Empire the only path into the Garlean Empire will be open.

We've all got our own opinion, but Eorzea isn't united until Sharlayan joins the Alliance. 6 Nations. 5/6 doesn't give us a United Eorzea. My hope is that 5.0 will be about Sharlayan and ramp up the war with Garlemald severely, causing us to push into Garlemald itself as a counter-attack. If Garlemald got its hands on Sharlayan's knowledge of magic and Aether, well, we probably WOULD see a resurgence of the Allagan Empire. Garlemald has the tech, and Sharlayan has the magic.

[Beckett]

I could remotely entertain the idea of the SamuRaimi theory if it was at least a shirt from those movies, but it's not, and Spider-Man is associated with a whole slew of people before you can think about the director of some of his movies.

On the flip side, some people have said "Blue Mage because Spider-Man's costume is red AND blue, just like Stormblood will have Red Mage AND Blue Mage!" but there's no blue on that shirt, so that theory doesn't really hold water either.