Musketeer in Through the Maelstrom Patch or Huge Tease?

[Linadae]

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Don't need a poll, both Musketeer and Samurai are already in the DATs as unlockable, so you'll be seeing these two Major content patches on paper always look....dry.

And let's not forget all the teasing they did before launch. They enjoy getting the players worked up over a new class. I'm expecting foxclon or soken to show up with a pirate hat.

Also Yoshida has said that classes/jobs will be released in patches.

[Felis]

We should never avoid speculating or disgussing what's coming up next. (I remember when "Scholar Unlocked" was found in the DATs with "Gozaru unlocked" and "Gunner unlocked" and everyone said "THAT'S FAKE, LOLOLOOLLOL". And then BAM, "We're releasing Arcanist,Summoner and Scholar!"

To be fair, we knew about Arcanist and Summoner since 2012. It was announced during the Final Fantasy 25th anniversary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...hYbSCEs#t=2957

Only Scholar was new. That was the reason for the sceptic. Because Arcanist had already Summoner and there were no other classes known for Scholar.

[Ptolemy]

Scholar wasn't "forced out", it was leaked. They always had implementation in mind for launch/whenever Arcanist was gonna get its jobs but some artwork was uploaded (and found) before the actual announcement.

Yeah, those don't have anything in common

[Shioban]

I really don't think we'll see new classes until the first expansion. Too big of a change in game to just toss into an update imo.

They're being added in patches. A good number of people have already said that in this thread.
I can find an official quote if you'd like, but they basicly said; "We're not adding new classes or jobs in expansions but through patches instead"

[Nikita]

2+1=3

Half-Life 3 confirmed.

[BloodPact]

He also laughed and mentioned that there's a "high possibility" of new jobs debuting prior to future expansions.

Here. That's from this bit of news: http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09...expanding-fun/

But even though it's been mentioned about jobs in patches, like so many have said here, it's such a radical change to the game and it's mechanics that I only see it (them) coming with the expansion.

[EdwinLi]

They're being added in patches. A good number of people have already said that in this thread.
I can find an official quote if you'd like, but they basicly said; "We're not adding new classes or jobs in expansions but through patches instead"

You mean this statement from Yoshi-P?

http://gamerescape.com/2013/02/21/ga...iv-media-tour/

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 Thief, 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.

Still I'm still waiting on more info for Melee Mage class (Class going into Red Mage) and Scout class (class going into Theif/Ninja)

Plenty of lore for Musketeer already in this game and that Musketeer's weapon is made by Blacksmith crafts as stated in Balcksmith lore.

Here. That's from this bit of news: http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09...expanding-fun/

But even though it's been mentioned about jobs in patches, like so many have said here, it's such a radical change to the game and it's mechanics that I only see it (them) coming with the expansion.

But you can't ignore this "He also laughed and mentioned that there's a "high possibility" of new jobs debuting prior to future expansions."

It maybe radical for new players just joined for 2.0 era but long term wise it is still possible for new class/job to appear via patches.

Of course Yoshi-P can't satisfy everyone. There will always be people complaining class/jobs are released too soon or too late.

[Alkar]

Yeah, those don't have anything in common

You're implying the job was rushed because of the leak when it was obviously not the case.

[BloodPact]

You mean this statement from Yoshi-P?

http://gamerescape.com/2013/02/21/ga...iv-media-tour/



Still I'm still waiting on more info for Melee Mage class (Class going into Red Mage) and Scout class (class going into Theif/Ninja)

Plenty of lore for Musketeer already in this game and that Musketeer's weapon is made by Blacksmith crafts as stated in Balcksmith lore.

See? But that's contradictory, because in recent answers (more recent than that) they've said that there's no cap increase until the expansion. So, job only when cap increase, then job in patch and cap increase in expansion? Best bet is to just no hold for it and then you'll be super exited once it gets announced.

[EdwinLi]

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I don't know about other people but I really don't care what they release anymore as long it provides something new to the game. I've yet to find a ideal class/job to play as so far but whatever they give later I'll just try them and hope to find one that suits my gameplay style.

If any new class/job is planned to be released before 1st expansion I'm only expecting 1 new class while the remaining other new class/jobs are released in the Expansion because they will have more places to put the class Guilds.

There are a lot of things SE have to do first if they want to release a new class/job being

1) location of class guilds

2) lore (Classes and Jobs are strongly tie to lore in FF14 world)

3) Jobs and what Jobs will require them or use them for cross-skills

4) General concept for class and job design

A lot of promises are switched around in this game such as Arcanist was originally going to be a 2.1 Content but it was pushed to 2.0 release.

Still one reason why Revenant Toll is expanding in size could be to become a new city or small town which does leave room for new buildings like Class Guilds.