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

[Shioban]

Btw that top the miqote is wearing is nothing like anything a caster wears. Otherwise I'd have it for my arcanist. What it does look like is the aetherial cotton tabard.

I meant it 'looks' like Caster Gear. Not that it was currently available.
I thought everyone would've thought i'd be assuming this was a new top/skirt coming in 2.2 seeing as this artwork (funnily enough) is for 2.2...

Still having difficulty believing that's a Male Miqote DRG though...just doesn't seem like it.

[Cerat]

I deliberated with my FC about this a lot as well. That definitely looks like a dagger. If it was a bow, we'd still see it continuing past the rest of their body. Lance/staff would be the same. Just because that "appears" to be caster gear as well, doesn't mean that it is. Almost all of that gear in the picture looks different from gear in game currently. Also, Square only ever puts one of the same class/job in their promo art like this. So the fact that there are 8 characters, DRG, 2 staff (BLM/WHM), WAR, PLD, MNK and SCH, that leaves only BRD available in the current jobs/classes. That is definitely not a bow, if that were a bow I would want a refund on any gil/tomes I spent on it because it's clearly broken.

[Thaliss]

I deliberated with my FC about this a lot as well. That definitely looks like a dagger. If it was a bow, we'd still see it continuing past the rest of their body. Lance/staff would be the same. Just because that "appears" to be caster gear as well, doesn't mean that it is. Almost all of that gear in the picture looks different from gear in game currently. Also, Square only ever puts one of the same class/job in their promo art like this. So the fact that there are 8 characters, DRG, 2 staff (BLM/WHM), WAR, PLD, MNK and SCH, that leaves only BRD available in the current jobs/classes. That is definitely not a bow, if that were a bow I would want a refund on any gil/tomes I spent on it because it's clearly broken.

I agree I don't expect anything but would be a nice surprise, like when they hinted scholar. But anyways I look forward to 2.2

[Tarushade]

Let me take my stab at "reading into this to much". The gear looks reminiscent to something a Dancer would wear. DNCs use daggers and eventually get the passive Dual Wield. Thancred is showcased dual wielding daggers. So, DNC gear wearing looking character w/ a dagger and Thancred dual wielding....take that and run with it.

[Pomelo]

^ Omg I'd love it to be Dancer <3

[Beetle]

^ Omg I'd love it to be Dancer <3

Out of all the jobs they could of added they had to add Dancer...

Now thats its Dancer Job hopefully its only apart of the GLA class tree of jobs.
Hopefully GLA gets few more new dps attacks that are dagger based.

[Eruantien]

Let me take my stab at "reading into this to much". The gear looks reminiscent to something a Dancer would wear. DNCs use daggers and eventually get the passive Dual Wield. Thancred is showcased dual wielding daggers. So, DNC gear wearing looking character w/ a dagger and Thancred dual wielding....take that and run with it.

Dammit beaten to he punch I was literally just going to say dancer lol

[Nama]

Alot of people keep saying this is concept art but it's not. This is promotional art and as such I highly doubt anything in the picture is done purely at the whim of the artist. It is obviously a dagger or sorts and given Thancred's new love of dual wielding it is compelling evidence of a thief/rouge class. That being said it doesn't mean we will get it anytime soon. A new class is an excellent way to generate interest and hype in players. While they did keep scholar under wraps till nearly release now that the game is out it would be better to start that buzz further out then drop it in our laps. SE could be keeping it hidden till the end but just seems more beneficial to talk about. Besides there's still musketeer which is referenced in the game already since 1.0. Would feel odd to get yet another class before it again.

[Tupsi]

Alot of people keep saying this is concept art but it's not. This is promotional art and as such I highly doubt anything in the picture is done purely at the whim of the artist.

Definitely your first FF game if you don't know by now that a lot of promotional artwork SE releases are usually just stylization.

[Duuude007]

Take a look at the bigger picture with the image.

They are an 8 player balanced party fighting Leviathan.

Based on established FFXIV balance logic and evident gear, we have:

2 tanks: 1 war, 1 pld
a mnk and a drg
likely 2 healers, at least 1 sch
2 others in cloth. 1 definitely a caster, the other equipped with what could easily be a cudgel.

You are perhaps looking too deeply into this, OP.