Thief/Ninja looks to be Inbound

[Panzer]

Fyi, ninja=assassin...and clearly it's a ninja, where did the idea of theft come from? O_o;

Assuming you've completed the 2.2 scenario, I'm not sure how you couldn't get the idea of Thief...

During the two major cutscenes with Thancred and Yugiri they mention that the two "share similar styles". At one point, Thancred even switches his style to something similar to her own. Thancred was raised in the "mysterious underground" (read: thieves) guild in Limsa and Yugiri is very clearly going with them to teach them her ways while learning theirs before *as she states* offering her services of training the people of Eorzea. It seems pretty clear to me the path they're taking, the only question is how the layout of the class>job/job will be. Personally, I think they'll have a base class that leads to THF/NIN but this is wildly speculatory and only because Thancred and Yugiri seem to make easy and effective leads for the two respective jobs.

People also keep talking about Musketeer as the 3rd class for Limsa that will even the unequal distribution of classes. Thought: Maybe the plan is to add musketeer and the new thf/nin class for Limsa, and one class each to the other city-states in the expansion, resulting in an even 4 classes per city-state and leaving room for possibly 2dps/1heal/1tank...

[A_Magical_Unicorn_Rider]

My theory on the matter of classes/jobs…

Thief-> Ninja (job), req: 30 THF + 15 ARC [DPS, shuriken/ACTUAL daggers for weapons, status effect attacks galore]
Gladiator-> Samurai (job), req: 30 GLA + 15 ARC [TANK, Katana/Greatswords for weapons, with additional ranged moves]
Gladiator-> Dark Knight (job), req: 30 GLA + 15 BLM [TANK, finally introducing Darkside ability]
Marauder-> Corsair (job), req: 15 MRD + 30 ARC [TANK, finally introducing ranged tank role]

[Deathscythe343]

My theory on the matter of classes/jobs…

Thief-> Ninja (job), req: 30 THF + 15 ARC [DPS, shuriken/ACTUAL daggers for weapons, status effect attacks galore]
Gladiator-> Samurai (job), req: 30 GLA + 15 ARC [TANK, Katana/Greatswords for weapons, with additional ranged moves]
Gladiator-> Dark Knight (job), req: 30 GLA + 15 BLM [TANK, finally introducing Darkside ability]
Marauder-> Corsair (job), req: 15 MRD + 30 ARC [TANK, finally introducing ranged tank role]

I have a feeling, that given the samurai and DK jobs will likely be using 2h weapons, that the sub jobs will have lancer in them. Perhaps something like lancer 30/pug 15 for samurai and mara30/ lancer 15 for dk.

[Melinia]

People also keep talking about Musketeer as the 3rd class for Limsa that will even the unequal distribution of classes. Thought: Maybe the plan is to add musketeer and the new thf/nin class for Limsa, and one class each to the other city-states in the expansion, resulting in an even 4 classes per city-state and leaving room for possibly 2dps/1heal/1tank...

Keep in mind that Musketeer was conceived when the other "additional" classes were nothing more than vague concepts for the future. It appears that the original concept was to have two DoW classes and one DoM class in each city. Musketeer and Arcanist weren't ready by the 1.0 launch date. Adding Musketeer would get things back up to the original idea. But beyond that? Who knows? It's possible that FFXIV will take a page from FFXI and allow Musketeer as a job available to new characters, while only making other new jobs available to those who've played the game a little.

[Langureion]

Fixed for you, np.

During the two major cutscenes with Thancred and Yugiri they mention that the two "share similar styles". At one point, Thancred even switches his style to something similar to her own. Thancred was raised in the "mysterious underground" (read: mysterious underground) guild in Limsa and Yugiri is very clearly going with them to teach them her ways while learning theirs before *as she states* offering her services of training the people of Eorzea. It seems pretty clear to me the path they're taking, the only question is how the layout of the class>job/job will be. Personally, I think they'll have a base class that leads to THF/NIN but this is wildly speculatory and only because Thancred and Yugiri seem to make easy and effective leads for the two respective jobs.

[Zoeila]

ninja's dont dual weild daggars.....honestly....

[Zoeila]

its beyond me how anyone can think ninja its clearly thf-=>assassin

[Nosidda]

I remember seeing the characters kick ass with their dual knives in the cutscenes, and thinking "Why is this not a freaking class!!?? I need this so much!!!" lol

[kiraan]

Don't forget about the "Advanced jobs system" Yoship was talking about at some point. The way we get jobs ( or even class) later on, might be different than the way we get them now

[Exstal]

I'd make Ranger a separate class from Archer altogether. There's no reason to fix what isn't broken.