So, is that a dagger? (In the new concept art.)

[Ramsey]

I'm surprised there's not already a thread (looked, if there is one I apologize) about this guy, but check out the Miqo'te male in the top of this image. Reddit seemed disinterested, but I am amazed the speculation machine isn't running wild about this.

To dispel the immediate knee-jerk reactions, keep in mind, GLA has not had a new dagger added to the game since 1.0 and an "end-game" style "unique" dagger like the one in this image has never been in the game. Additionally, GLA never holds their dagger backwards like this.

Also, for those who dismiss this as "just a bow," it's simply not, here's why:



So, yeah. What?

[Kitfox]

Art is art. There's a lot of impossible/non-implemented armor and gear combinations in the concept and promotinal art posters.

[Parodine]

Edit: changed my mind. Not quite it.

[Ramsey]

Art is art. There's a lot of impossible/non-implemented armor and gear combinations in the concept and promotinal art posters.

Can you show me a case of this? I have looked at almost all of the concept art in the past, and it is always accurate as far as I have been able to tell, aside from unique storyline characters, which this miqo'te is obviously not. Occasionally unreleased armor or weapons will be shown off long before being released, but that makes this no less relevant.

This would be the first time a character obviously meant to be representative of a player is using a weapon type currently not in the game. Additionally, Thancred wields his daggers in this manner in this patch and is dual wielding for the first time.

[Shioban]

So, yeah. What?

If I were to be fussy, the artist probably doesn't know about the "no daggers for GLA for ages" and probably just looked a a bunch of FFXIV assets and said "that looks good!

Hence why that Monk is using the Avengers.
And another using the coliseum subligar.


(But, my inner "THIS WOULD BE SO COOL" would want Thief in the future)

And example of them /not/ using gear thats actually avaliable in the game, or not YET available for promotional artworks is here;

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/p...jpg?1390808909

[hamsteak]

Art is art. There's a lot of impossible/non-implemented armor and gear combinations in the concept and promotinal art posters.

during beta, this image (or one without the logo, i can't remember) was found a little before SE started the microsoft x ffxiv promotion

at this time, scholar wasn't mentioned once, so naturally some people said it was just arcanist or summoner... of course, it was later revealed that scholar would be in the game

edit: i'm not sure if this means we'll have a new job, but that is definitely not a bow, and it wouldn't make sense for it to be a gladiator, as there's already 2 tanks in the picture out of 8 classes/jobs

[EdwinLi]

Most likely is partly because Yoshi-P has stated already that he has plans to add a Scout class later into FF14ARR which is the class that advance into Ninja and/or Thief.

However, this just a early art so it does not mean Scout will be released in 2.2 unless Scout is included in the upcoming 2.2 content trailer.

[chococo]

That is DRG's relic. It looks extremely like those spiky parts of the weapon.
Though the way it is held is a little weird.

[Enkidoh]

Uh, I don't mean to be semantic, but, you do, know their already are daggers in the game? They've been in there since 1.0, as Gladiator's Arms (sure they might not be as long as depicted in that artwork, but they're definitely named as such). For instance, here's one I found in not even a second of searching: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Ae...l_Brass_Dagger

[Ramsey]

If I were to be fussy, the artist probably doesn't know about the "no daggers for GLA for ages" and probably just looked a a bunch of FFXIV assets and said "that looks good!

Hence why that Monk is using the Avengers.
And another using the coliseum subligar.


(But, my inner "THIS WOULD BE SO COOL" would want Thief in thea future)

And example of them /not/ using gear thats actually avaliable in the game, or not YET available for promotional artworks is here;

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/p...jpg?1390808909

They do not outsource their concept art and just say "go wild," it's pretty obvious in this image that they're previewing the fact that you can now use glamours, and also some new armor is being previewed on the WAR and BLM. Their concept art has always been fairly accurate. They have never drawn a wildly inaccurate player character using a weapon that obviously does not exist, in a manner that is obviously not possible, wearing equipment that is obviously not meant for the class.

What in the seven hells is going on? Normally I see dozen page threads speculating about things with way less in-your-face evidence, the reaction here and on Reddit has been surreal. I'm not necessarily saying we're getting it this patch, but that is definitely a dagger wielding thief-like character featured in concept art depicting player characters. And there is supporting evidence that this will be coming in the not too far future based on Yoshida's past conversations about classes and on Thancred's appearance in this patch.

Uh, I don't mean to be semantic, but, you do, know their already are daggers in the game? They've been in there since 1.0, as Gladiator's Arms (sure they might not be as long as depicted in that artwork, but they're definitely named as such). For instance, here's one I found in not even a second of searching: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Ae...l_Brass_Dagger

Semantic?



Read the OP: To dispel the immediate knee-jerk reactions, keep in mind, GLA has not had a new dagger added to the game since 1.0 and an "end-game" style "unique" dagger like the one in this image has never been in the game. Additionally, GLA never holds their dagger backwards like this.