So was thancred a dancer job?

[Enkidoh]

Don't forget that in the original opening movie right at the end Derplander's miqo'te friend mentions "Lets' give the bards something to sing of!" showing that even then the BRD job was definitely in the game's lore, but in both cases I just believe they're referring to an actual profession and not a at the time hypothetical combat class.

Another irony is that miqo'te in question actually became a BRD in the 'End of an Era' trailer too.

[Keith_Dragoon]

He is a Bard but he chooses to use throwing knives over a lame ass bow and arrow because he is motha f**king Thancred!!!

Seriously though he look a lot less badass with an oversized bow, would put a damper on his quick moves and twist slow-mo attacks having to reach for an arrow or 5 and nock/shoot them while trying to dart around and twist flip over people's heads.

[Bowen]

He is a bard by profession, but his class is a Gladiator.

[Ricky]

IIRC He's a Bard, he did some poetry or song in the main scenario if you started in Ul'dah.. I think.. it has been years since I did those

[Alaltus]

It was all an elaborate deception, Thancred is really a Juggler who entertains the ladies with his singing voice and throwing knive talents. =P Just imagine him wearing the harlequin set.

[Yrusama]

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Don't forget that in the original opening movie right at the end Derplander's miqo'te friend mentions "Lets' give the bards something to sing of!" showing that even then the BRD job was definitely in the game's lore, but in both cases I just believe they're referring to an actual profession and not a at the time hypothetical combat class.

Another irony is that miqo'te in question actually became a BRD in the 'End of an Era' trailer too.

Not enough bards sang of her, so she had to do so herself .

I think SE wanted the Disciplines of War and Magic to shine as the only playable jobs in this new world, and all of the conventional "jobs" we know would make cameo appearances in the lore as NPC-only titles. A Conjurer with an affinity for healing would be called a "White Mage", for example. I got the sense that "Dragoon" in vanilla 1.0 was more of an NPC-only title based on the word's historical origin - basically a mounted lancer like many Ishgardian knights in the Conjurer 30 scenes.

Not too hard to imagine Bard would be a title unique to Thancred if this were the case. The idea would be to give us distance and perspective on the traditional jobs, and draw us closer to characters in our favorite FF roles. Unfortunately there wasn't nearly enough story content in vanilla 1.0 for me to confirm this was their plan, but it still might've been neat in a story.

[Zehira]

Thancred isn't dancer. What a ridiculous thing to say.

He's a stripper.

Put a dollar in his thong!

[Catapult]

He's a Bard, back before Yoshida took over and decided to change Bard from an upcoming Class to Archer's Job.

This.

For practical reasons, Thancred's mechanical class was gladiator, as throwing daggers were that class' sub-weapon. It would have probably been developed over the following years once bard was implemented.

[Mjollnir]

Hey! Why could he just not change jobs? Are you insinuating the Circle of Knowing can't be bothered to level up other things? They'd lose out on powerful cross-class abilities if that were the case!

[Catapult]

Hey! Why could he just not change jobs? Are you insinuating the Circle of Knowing can't be bothered to level up other things? They'd lose out on powerful cross-class abilities if that were the case!

Touché, my friend.