Scholar... SAY WHUT?

[Xeia]

Why would there be a new guild? Aren't you arguing that this is a job? I thought this was the "job branching confirmed!" thing because of the book. Wouldn't it still just have the ACN guild?

Well, some people have said that, yes. I'm not exactly in that camp. IF we are getting Scholar as a new job, then it's definitely a strong possibility that it's ACN's second job (and thus from the same guild), but I was no more fazed to see "SCH" and SMN both wielding books than I was to see BLM and WHM both wield staves. I neither like the idea that we'll be getting two jobs from one class nor find it particularly likely, for reasons I will be glad to discuss at greater lengths... in a couple weeks. So I'm still optimistically hoping we'll see SCH as a new job with a new class (tactician?) and its own guild.. though even I can admit the amount of cover-up that would be required to keep something of that extent quiet would be... well, rough.

Regardless, I'm sort of mirroring your thought process over the median here. I'm also not above admitting I'm wrong, and also not 100% sold either way. But while you feel it's most likely nothing, I'm leaning the opposite way.

Edit:

Thought I'd just leave this here -

Rein posted a rough translation of the live letter test broadcast -

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post997418

They are talking about Scholar.. and PR was upset at them for leaking it.

I sadly have to agree with Moose on this one. Before I knew what was being said, I was pretty optimistic about Soken coming out in the mortar board, but having Yoshi-P then come out and fuss at them for leaking it does all sound more like a big practical joke than a sneaky reveal to me.

Hopefully tomorrow will bring concrete answers, either way.