what happened to musketeer?

[Naria]

I'm hoping that they will sneak musketeer in 2.2 like they did arcanist. It would not surprise me if they wanted something new to have beyond just a regular patch for the PS4 launch. But I haven't heard anything on a timeline besides Yoshi acknowledging that people really wanted musketeer in a live letter a while back.

[UBERHAXED]

You mean "bubble"... In an case, that was arcane magic. I would be thrilled if they make a ranger from archer and at the expansion introduce the support role with bard green mage, etc. Being realistic, the next class in like is going to be a DoM and hopefully it using Dex as it's main stat.

[Nahara]

Being realistic, the next class in like is going to be a DoM and hopefully it using Dex as it's main stat.

DEX as an attribute benefits only ranged physical attacks and parry rate. It's not a caster attribute.

[Alberel]

No, it was not.

I find it hilarious that you posted this uninformed rebuttal immediately after the OP only to be followed by many confirming his assertion (that Musketeer was planned for a patch and not an expansion).

In a launch interview YoshiP was asked about this and he specifically said that he wants to get at least one new class in before the first expansion and if anything it would be Musketeer because all the assets are already in the game. It wasn't a promise that it WOULD be in but it's clear they do want to get Musketeer in before 3.0. I think that's probably the best we can hope for at the moment. I still hope they might surprise us with it in 2.2 but I know that's a 99.9% impossibility, haha.

[cotti]

Each time people go shouting about Musketeer, and asking after even hotfixes if it has been implemented like it's the new "Hoenn confirmed" or "HL3 confirmed", Yoshi carefully pushes it to a later update.

And that's beautiful.

[Reiryuu]

No, it was not.

Naoki Yoshida intends for the endgame content in FFXIV: ARR to be truly difficult and reward players who work awesomely together and employ perfect teamwork.
Square Enix is already working on the next three updates for the game– 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3. The plot for the next expansion is even already written.
2.1 will include the PvP Wolves’ Den, player housing, daily quests, hardmode dungeons, and instance battles. All of these features are ready to go.
Future updates are going to be meaty, each featuring a great deal of content that should satisfy both casual and hardcore players.
The team plans to introduce Gilgamesh at some point. They want to make him part of a multiple-patch update or a broad questline in order to not make the introduction a “one time” deal.
We’ll probably see more classes branch off into multiple jobs like the current Arcanist -> Summoner or Scholar setup. Dark Knight, anyone?
He also mentioned the possibility of having new jobs that require multiple current jobs. A Red Mage, for example, might be created by obtaining both White Mage and Black Mage.
Speaking of which, there’s a high possibility of us seeing new jobs before a future expansion.
Server transfers will be available within two to three months.
Daily quests will expand on the story behind the beast tribes in Eorzea. They will feature new rewards to encourage players to check them out.
One of Yoshida’s goals was to make FFXIV: ARR accessible to both an MMORPG player and a pure single-player RPG gamer who’s in love with the Final Fantasy universe. The tutorials at the beginning of the game and the way the game slowly ramps up in difficulty help ease single-player gamers into an MMO world.
Yoshida seems open to the idea of flying mounts, and even mentioned that the way the game is set up, the control systems would support such a feature.
The team’s looking at how to give players the functionality of using the world map to travel to other Aetherytes instead of having to hassle with menus.

Server transfers will be available within two to three months.
Daily quests will expand on the story behind the beast tribes in Eorzea. They will feature new rewards to encourage players to check them out.
One of Yoshida’s goals was to make FFXIV: ARR accessible to both an MMORPG player and a pure single-player RPG gamer who’s in love with the Final Fantasy universe. The tutorials at the beginning of the game and the way the game slowly ramps up in difficulty help ease single-player gamers into an MMO world.
Yoshida seems open to the idea of flying mounts, and even mentioned that the way the game is set up, the control systems would support such a feature.
The team’s looking at how to give players the functionality of using the world map to travel to other Aetherytes instead of having to hassle with menus.



Source: http://ffxiv.junkiesnation.com/2013/...uture-updates/

[Huginn]

I think OP might be referring to the character screen in 1.0
In that screen, it listed jobs that were not yet released. Jobs included: Musketeer, Fencer, Shepherd, Arcanist, a, whole, bunch, of, other, classes, i, cant, remember.

[silentwindfr]

musketeer at the realase of the 1.0 was one of the first class announced... but that was when tanaka was the director, so far Yoshida have one time talk of the musketeer and all he did say was: we know we must add it, we will add it in the futur. nothing more nothing less.

other point the 2.2 is called into the maelstrom, but in japan, the GC maelstrom have another name, people have look to much into it.

[Tanama]

I believe this was found in 1.0 before the addition of jobs were even thought of.

so far Yoshida have one time talk of the musketeer and all he did say was: we know we must add it, we will add it in the futur. nothing more nothing less.

In that same quote, Yoshi P also stated that they will introduce classes and jobs through patches. Take a look:

GE- With ARR we’ll see Arcanist added with Summoner shortly after the game launches. Are there any other classes or jobs you’d like to see added? And will these be added in patches or expansions?

Yoshida- What I would like to see right?

First of all, we are planning a new race for an expansion pack. For the classes and jobs, we will introduce them through patches because all of the Legacy players have level 50 jobs anyway. When we introduce new classes and jobs we will probably increase the level cap at the same time.

About what I want to introduce- it’s more like what I think I have to introduce. Something related to guns because the (musketeer) guild in the game. Something related to that I think I have to introduce.

Also I do feel that scouting classes are lacking so I want to bring in Theif, Ninja and those that have to do with stealth. Also more casters like Blue Mage and Red Mage are something I would like to add.

Whatever the players want, I want too.

[Reiryuu]

musketeer at the realase of the 1.0 was one of the first class announced... but that was when tanaka was the director, so far Yoshida have one time talk of the musketeer and all he did say was: we know we must add it, we will add it in the futur. nothing more nothing less.

other point the 2.2 is called into the maelstrom, but in japan, the GC maelstrom have another name, people have look to much into it.

Do your homework:

0:29:16
Q: The title of patch 2.1 was “A Realm Awoken,” but what's the title of patch 2.2?
A: Patch 2.2 will be titled "Through the Maelstrom." The keyword here is "Maelstrom" as the main scenario will focus a lot on Limsa’s Grand Company.

It certainly does nothing to confirm nor deny musketeer is coming in 2.2 or ever, but people are not "looking too much into it."

BTW, the brutally literal translation of Maelstrom from Japanese is "Black Vortex" while the patch is called "The Vortex of Chaos[or Confusion]" So there is a link tied in the Japanese as well. =p

Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/143655