Famitsu interview confirm RDM use INT and share casting gear/SAM share striking gear!

[Exiled_Tonberry]

I really think people are overreacting to nothing.

NIN shared gear with MNK for a while, and still shares accessories with BRD and MCH. Are their playstyles similar?
Or BRD and MCH for that matter. Or BLM and SMN? ...well they weren't prior to level 60 at least.

Alright, we should stop spreading this misinformation.

Ninja only shared old gear with Monk. Everything from its implementation in to the game and beyond was Scouting. They never released new gear that was shared with Monk.
They did this so they didn't have to go back and make Nijna specific gear for every little unique piece of gear I assume.

Casters share gear based on role, not specific jobs. Bard and MCH do share gear though, and look how they're treated. One was slapped with a charge mechanic just because the other had one.
I fear it's going to be the same with SAM and Monk. We're going to play similarly for the sake of balance between us. Yoshi did specifically mention that SAM's system could be compared to Monks..

What scares me even more about sharing gear is how much more popular Samurai is compared to Monk.

I mean, even ignoring the community hype, Yoshi himself walked unto the stage cosplaying as a Samurai. I don't remember any other job getting this treatment. I fear that when it comes to gear design, things will come closer to fitting Samurai rather than Monk and we won't have any unique hear for ourselves anymore...