First level cap rise predictions

[Gilthas]

Well, if I'm not mistaken, Yoshi-P first mentioned that he wants to add a new class (classes?) via a patch and not wait for the first expansion, but who knows if those plans will still be in effect.

My guess is that the first level cap raise will come with patch 2.2 to go along with the next part of Binding coil of Bahamut. If there's no level cap raise they my next bet is that it will only happen with the expansion (which I expect to be released next Summer).

First new class to be added is most certainly Musketeer given that they already have a guild ready and all. Other than that... I honestly expect to see more of the current classes getting a second job than a new class being added. I only expect new classes other than Musketeer to come with the first expansion.

I'm going off topic here, but just so that you know.
"Ronin" is a certain type of "Samurai".

Hard to tell what they are going to call the new classes, but I wouldn't be too surprised to see the class leading to Samurai being called something like blademaster. Though on the other hand, its possible that Samurai might be the second job for Lancer.

weaponwise the class before samurai would probably use a katana, i just cant think of any name that uses a katana other than the samurai. and
ninja does not use katana more like kodachi which is near to knife, so its preceding class could be a thief which could come rather than a ronin? not sure because theres really no diff. between a ronin and a samurai but its not a bad idea

Honestly, I don't want to ever see an iconic job like Thief relegated to being just a class. A better option would be to have a class named Rogue that would have Thief and Ninja as jobs.