So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

[Shippuu]

I personally would be let down if they add Samurai in this expansion compared to blue mage. It doesn't fit with the Ala Mhigo theme and would be better suited in an Othard/Doma expansion along with geomancer.

No new races and only 2 new jobs makes for a sorry excuse of an expansion. SE knows about datamining and have trolled dataminers in the past. Here's hoping they are doing it again with those SAM files.

Red mage doesn't fit the Ala Mhigan theme either, seeing that it's clearly coming from Sharlaya. The new jobs don't need to be tied with Ala mhigo in the slightest, especially since they start out in 2.0 areas.

And no, they don't have a history of trolling people in the data files.

[Iromi]

And no, they don't have a history of trolling people in the data files.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._icons_likely/

I don't know if this is considered "trolling", but nothing came of these. Also there are tons of files that never came of anything in the data mine stuff.

As far as the SAM files go in the dats, SCH was found the same way >.> During Beta 2.0 SCH dats were found and then there was the same arguments on the forums.. "It's not SCH!!! They wouldn't do that!" SE remained silent..and then SCH came out lol. I am leaning towards SAM being in the expansion now for sure, just waiting for the big man himself to confirm it.

[Shippuu]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._icons_likely/

I don't know if this is considered "trolling", but nothing came of these. Also there are tons of files that never came of anything in the data mine stuff.

As far as the SAM files go in the dats, SCH was found the same way >.> During Beta 2.0 SCH dats were found and then there was the same arguments on the forums.. "It's not SCH!!! They wouldn't do that!" SE remained silent..and then SCH came out lol. I am leaning towards SAM being in the expansion now for sure, just waiting for the big man himself to confirm it.

Still zero evidence to support claims it was trolling and not simply the far more likely situation of assets intended to be used but changed.

[Iromi]

Still zero evidence to support claims it was trolling and not simply the far more likely situation of assets intended to be used but changed.

Hence why I said "I don't know if this is considered trolling" ?

You are basically repeating what I said haha. Just linking this to show that indeed stuff IS in the dats and sometimes never used. And if we really wanna show where stuff is in the DAT's and not used I can pull up quite a lot of things...this is just the example someone was saying earlier with no link.

and Shougun I agree, a directors name would be really odd. With Yoshida though, anything is possible lol. and yea beyond her outfit and the cloth attacks, I have no idea anymore. If they announce dancer at all I would be surprised for real. If it's SAM, since its in the DAT files..meh, no shocker there..

To my understanding the JP fanfest did not say WHERE RDM would be unlocked, only that it was in a 2.0 area. Ul'Dah is just speculation.

Yea he said it in the paid live stream..its somewhere on the reddit mega thread for the JP fanfest if you wanna dig. I was like "huh..uldah, that's random I guess"

[ErikMynhier]

Red mage doesn't fit the Ala Mhigan theme either, seeing that it's clearly coming from Sharlaya. The new jobs don't need to be tied with Ala mhigo in the slightest, especially since they start out in 2.0 areas.

And no, they don't have a history of trolling people in the data files.

Yeah I mean in HW only DRK had direct ties lore wise with Ishgard. Maybe Machinist too, but they seemed equally tied to the Empire.

[frankenbeans]

"Yeah I mean in HW only DRK had direct ties lore wise with Ishgard. Maybe Machinist too, but they seemed equally tied to the Empire."

Didn't Ishgard already have their own brand of Astrologian? Part of the AST 30-50 quest was about trying to bring the Sharlayan branch of Astrology to the Ishgardian branch.

[Dualblade]

Ishgard already had their own brand of Astrologian. Part of the AST 30-50 quest was about trying to bring the Sharlayan branch of Astrology to the Ishgardian branch.

This is more of a localization thing, atleast in Japan the way its spelled or something is similar but ends up being two different things. It didn't become a thing until Astro was announced, though it isn't really much of an issue.

Basically though Ishgardian Astros, if they DO fight, do not fight anything like Sharlayan/Player Astros.

Also you can edit posts to bypass the 1000 char limit, and it doesn't count against your posting limit.

As for adding things in now for Stormblood, it'll make downloading 4.0 easier when it actually comes out because there will be a little less to download by then.

[frankenbeans]

This is more of a localization thing, atleast in Japan the way its spelled or something is similar but ends up being two different things. It didn't become a thing until Astro was announced, though it isn't really much of an issue.

Basically though Ishgardian Astros, if they DO fight, do not fight anything like Sharlayan/Player Astros.

Also you can edit posts to bypass the 1000 char limit, and it doesn't count against your posting limit.

As for adding things in now for Stormblood, it'll make downloading 4.0 easier when it actually comes out because there will be a little less to download by then.

I have no difficulty in believing that they would add stuff in patches over a period of time in order to alleviate the Stormblood download. However why would they include such a big spoiler as the number of new jobs and what that job is (there was only red and sam listed besides the current jobs, so no third job).

So my question is why jump the gun and put those files so early on? Why not add those files in the patches after the German fan festival? We have another big patch coming up in march correct, so why not just add these spoiler files then and there?

[Dualblade]

I have no difficulty in believing that they would add stuff in patches over a period of time in order to alleviate the Stormblood download. However why would they include such a big spoiler as the number of new jobs and what that job is (there was only red and sam listed besides the current jobs, so no third job).

So my question is why jump the gun and put those files so early on? Why not add those files in the patches after the German fan festival? We have another big patch coming up in march correct, so why not just add these spoiler files then and there?

-shrugs- I know as much as you do, possibly less. Honestly given that the devs KNOW datamining is going to happen and given that speculation here has sometimes gotten very wild, a part of me believes it was added to try and calm things down early. Either that or for some reason they believed it wouldn't be found so quickly.

[Iromi]

I have no difficulty in believing that they would add stuff in patches over a period of time in order to alleviate the Stormblood download. However why would they include such a big spoiler as the number of new jobs and what that job is (there was only red and sam listed besides the current jobs, so no third job).

So my question is why jump the gun and put those files so early on? Why not add those files in the patches after the German fan festival? We have another big patch coming up in march correct, so why not just add these spoiler files then and there?

Yeah I have no idea for this either...if they truly didn't learn from the SCH and SMN incident, then gg them lol unless they have another secret job/content surprise at Germany. If it is only SAM, and that was spoiled in the dats...then what can I say, it'll be a pretty boring event already knowing heh. This is SE we talking about tho...