what happened to musketeer?

[BlackPriest]

Didnt this get mention in beta? Im pretty sure thief got mentioned as well.

Vanity - Check
Mounts - Check
More Mounts - Check
Housing - Check
Rehash old fights - Check

Actually pushing out the jobs that should have been in the game day 1? - not so check.

So uh can we get an update on this?

If you arent going to release new classes till the expansion say so but im pretty sure it was mentioned that classes would be released in large patches(not expansions)

[AngelMoon]

No, it was not.

[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.

[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/

[Sotek]

Actually pushing out the jobs that should have been in the game day 1? - not so check.

Actually, they did a double check on that... Arcanist wasn't originally planned for launch, let alone Summoner and Scholar, they were meant to be in 2.1. Musketeer on the other hand, that has never been given a estimate release date, though I expect it to come in a patch at some point. They've said we'd get new Jobs in patches at some point, and the only one (other than second Jobs for all existing Classes) that makes sense is Musketeer, short of Ishgard being in a patch and not an expansion.

[BlackPriest]

Actually, they did a double check on that... Arcanist wasn't originally planned for launch, let alone Summoner and Scholar, they were meant to be in 2.1. Musketeer on the other hand, that has never been given a estimate release date, though I expect it to come in a patch at some point. They've said we'd get new Jobs in patches at some point, and the only one (other than second Jobs for all existing Classes) that makes sense is Musketeer, short of Ishgard being in a patch and not an expansion.

Ah ok I was pretty sure there was a interview or a live letter during the beta where yoshi mentioned musketeer and said that he has to put it in the game (because its already in the game).

I did find it odd that smn and sch got released but no mention of musketeer. And all ive seen is a bunch of dress up doll updates. Maybe im just frustrated. maybe rehashing primal fights in harder modes just isnt doing it for me anymore. And nothing about vanity appeals to me at all. maybe it the 1 job ive been waiting on since 1.0 that I wanted to play the most but still cant play.

A mention in a live letter or some concept art would tide people over but it feels like a forgotten element at this time.

[Phaylis]

Actually, they did a double check on that... Arcanist wasn't originally planned for launch, let alone Summoner and Scholar, they were meant to be in 2.1. Musketeer on the other hand, that has never been given a estimate release date, though I expect it to come in a patch at some point. They've said we'd get new Jobs in patches at some point, and the only one (other than second Jobs for all existing Classes) that makes sense is Musketeer, short of Ishgard being in a patch and not an expansion.

This is not correct. In beta they always intended arcanist to be available at launch. In an interview Yoshi stated that musketeer would be available shortly after launch and that another class would be made available later through a patch, possibly a great sword user, before the next expansion. However the first floors of crystal tower were suppose to be ready at launch and were not. I would say unless they are able to pull a big surprise and drop it in on 2.2 I don't think we will get a new class before the expansion...probably only new jobs.

[Sotek]

There are lots of things which seemingly get forgotten by the developers... The fact that we got some mention of things like FC Primal Summoning recently, after it had seemingly been forgotten for years, gives me some hope... Musketeer should really come before the tamer class which was mentioned alongside summoner way back... Thinking about it though, they could go the Tactics route and have Musketeer > Orator as a tamer Job...

Damn... I'm speculating, now I really want more information again... Maybe the community reps will bring me a birthday present /crossesfingers.

[Shioban]

Didnt this get mention in beta? Im pretty sure thief got mentioned as well.

It didn't get mentioned, it was more of a theory craft based on the fact there was an Arcanist guild in 1.0 and a Musketeers guild. Arcanist was released and assuringly Musketeer is next.

Yoshida wants a stealth based class such as Ninja, Thief, Samurai or more casting classes ( Ideally Red Mage, sadly they're having extreme difficulty in balancing as to where to put this and how to work it).


As a lot of assets already exist for Musketeer it's safe to assume it's 'next-in-line' due to the poll results and the presxisting content for it. But thief was still VERY high on the original 1.0 poll for what people wanted to be added to the game, so you can expect Musketeer or Thief to be added in a later patch (I recall them saying it was going to be added in a patch, not the expansion), so 2.2/2.3, keep your eyes peel'd!

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(THIS NEXT BIT IS A WILD GUESS AND ALMOST DEFINITELY WRONG, don't take it seriously)

But the Maelstrom update is the perfect opportunity to have the introduce the new class/job (I doubt its even close to ready though, no hints were given), yet the same happened with Arcanist where we weren't informed of its addition until the last minute, so stranger things have happened!

This is very very unlikely though that we'll see this any time before 2.3

[waldo]

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A shame no tanking class added to the chart isn't it.