Alisaie becomes the new job.. my prediction

[Greyhawk]

I read the reddit post and the quote that it wants to highlight, but it doesn't include the original context that the quote is answering. Was he directly answering a question about gear, or is someone taking something he said and interpreting it as "new job will wear maiming gear"? Because the quote itself doesn't say anything about gear.

It's the best they could do with the interpretation, and the direct quote is there, it's just in Japanese. :\

If it's not the correct assumption, someone better get on the horn to JP SE, because that post and a ton of gaming sites talking about it have it also that way. Reading the interpretation, it tells me that the melee DPS is in fact using the maiming gear because it makes the most sense without re-inventing the wheel so to speak. It's the only class that doesn't share its armor set and to put a new melee DPS in it does make a decent sort of sense.

[Rymi64]

It's the best they could do with the interpretation, and the direct quote is there, it's just in Japanese. :\

If it's not the correct assumption, someone better get on the horn to JP SE, because that post and a ton of gaming sites talking about it have it also that way. Reading the interpretation, it tells me that the melee DPS is in fact using the maiming gear because it makes the most sense without re-inventing the wheel so to speak. It's the only class that doesn't share its armor set and to put a new melee DPS in it does make a decent sort of sense.

It's also the only melee thats one the slower side of things (compared to the others) so adding another that plays like it with its armor makes the most sense

[Rongway]

It's the best they could do with the interpretation, and the direct quote is there, it's just in Japanese. :\

If it's not the correct assumption, someone better get on the horn to JP SE, because that post and a ton of gaming sites talking about it have it also that way. Reading the interpretation, it tells me that the melee DPS is in fact using the maiming gear because it makes the most sense without re-inventing the wheel so to speak. It's the only class that doesn't share its armor set and to put a new melee DPS in it does make a decent sort of sense.

The quote only says that they chose to make the new job a melee DD. It says nothing about gear. I checked the linked interview since the reddit post failed to include a translation of the aforementioned context. The header above the quote in the original is simply "About the new 6.0 close-range job".

While I too believe that the job will surely be wearing maiming gear, it is an overreach to say "maiming gear confirmed". If we're talking about uniqueness of gear, as Bright-Flower points out, DRG is not alone in that regard. NIN also has its own gear type.

The quoted quote doesn't mention gear at all but mentions DRG's "special position". This could easily be interpreted to mean that the new DD will be a slow melee DD, as DRG is the only melee DD with a 2.5s GCD. The thing that differentiates DRG from the other melee DDs is that the rest are hasted to 2.00s (MNK), 2.125s (NIN), and 2.175s (SAM).