I think I have an Idea of the next Melee Class!

[White_Wolf_X]

Right now i'm pretty sure the melee job will be a "reaper" type of job or at least use scythe weapon anyway, because during both the showcase and live letter Yoshida had shirts on with a "grim reaper" on, don't think that's by chance.

Ofc he could just be playing with us but well, we will find out.

[Hank_Hotspur]

As long as we are posting our wildest theories, here's mine.

In FFT, Holy Knights, Rune Knights, and Sword Saints can use an attack called "Northswain's Strike" (or "North-Star Bone Crushing Strike" in Japanese) which has a unique KO effect. Agrias Oaks and Thunder God Cid both use this ability in their FFXIV boss forms too. Here's a little trivia I read on the FF wiki about the ability:

The concept of Northswain's Strike's additional instant death effect refers to the Chinese deity of Northern Dipper associated with death whose role is similar to that of the Grim Reaper.

Therefore, the shirts hint that the next job will be Holy Knight/Rune Knight/Sword Saint.

[Varilyon]

Yoshi-P was wearing shirts with quotes from different rock musicians.

Rock...

Geomancer!

At least they exist in the universe if you think about astrologians and its storyline. Both are taking the energy from the stars. This fits good with the moon and space in endwalker

[White_Wolf_X]

Yoshi-P was wearing shirts with quotes from different rock musicians.

Rock...

Geomancer!

At least they exist in the universe if you think about astrologians and its storyline. Both are taking the energy from the stars. This fits good with the moon and space in endwalker

If you ignore the "melee" part sure, i can't remember any FF game that had geomancer as melee.

[Varilyon]

If you ignore the "melee" part sure, i can't remember any FF game that had geomancer as melee.

I love those speculations. You can always add a new assumption.
Geomancer could be reinvented by the team. That's why noone thought about geomancer and noone said it during the stream.

[GrumbleBeard]

If you ignore the "melee" part sure, i can't remember any FF game that had geomancer as melee.

Geomancer in FFT used one handed axes which seems pretty melee to me

[Enkidoh]

Geomancer in FFT used one handed axes which seems pretty melee to me

Except it's already established in FFXIV's lore that Geomancers are mages, specifically it's what the Domans call Conjury (with a little bit of AST thrown in) - GEO enemies show up in The Swallow's Compass. So GEO as the next Job is therefore out on multiple points I'm afraid.

[Shougun]

Yoshi-P was wearing shirts with quotes from different rock musicians.

Rock...

Geomancer!

At least they exist in the universe if you think about astrologians and its storyline. Both are taking the energy from the stars. This fits good with the moon and space in endwalker

Rock and metal... Hahaha, maybe lol. That would be a bit evil of a hint though XD.

As for geomancer being a mage, or pre-existing lore. A while ago, and few times after, suggested Geoknight. A geomancer golbez, sauron (lotr), ex-death, etc inspired mage (the weapon I was suggesting being very similar to what Sage's ended up with).

What if they made a bulky new variant of geomancer? Still could also have some of the soul and or reaper vibes in a job like that (helping it further be not just a 'different' geomancer).

Heck we are going to the moon. What about a Lunar Knight. The moon having some dark elements, which give some precedence to the shirt (as well as the rock concept you brought up, moon is a great big rock lol). Why I liked Ranjit brought up was because they mentioned maiming gear and he was inspired by Golbez (heavy duty mage). Main reason I'm stuck on the idea the next job may be a bit higher in the magic is because a. Reaper I feel has some caster like vibes and b. Dragoon's heavy defense armor was partially explained (originally) by the nature they had to deal with jump mechanics. Not the most solid logic but just my thought on why I focus with some magic vibes.

Also lunar geo knight like concept would also line up into the rune/mystic knight and death knight like suggestions. I do feel a moon knight would fit well with a sycthe over say simply a rune knight (which one normally thinks swords, I think). Mystic knight inspired by the moon (or other reaper-y concepts) probably doesn't even need a relabel lol.

[GrumbleBeard]

Except it's already established in FFXIV's lore that Geomancers are mages, specifically it's what the Domans call Conjury (with a little bit of AST thrown in) - GEO enemies show up in The Swallow's Compass. So GEO as the next Job is therefore out on multiple points I'm afraid.

Yeah, I know. I just wanted to reference FFT honestly.

[Lihtleita]

if its wearing maiming gear (you know 90% tank reskins) it's probably a job that looks good in armor. so judge actually makes more sense than necro.