NINJA and ROGUE confirmed

[Roris]

This game sure needed another speed based two handed melee, but hey at least they do have Flee, oh wait I mean "reduced fall damage". I'm glad for people who actually looked forward to it though, after all I picked Pugilist in 1.0 because it was the closest to Rogue classes in other non MMO games and I love two handed knives characters and also Monks in most Final Fantasies, though now years later after seeing how Rogue classes actually play in most WoW clone MMOs such as this one, I'm glad I didn't wait.

[BooskiBoo]

Wow doodz! New DPS class atlast! Any mention of new tank classes to compensate? Because more DPS in an overcrowded DPS world... Not gonna be much fun with the tank shortage situation.

[Abraxis]

Wow doodz! New DPS class atlast! Any mention of new tank classes to compensate? Because more DPS in an overcrowded DPS world... Not gonna be much fun with the tank shortage situation.

New tank will be in the expansion after 2.4. Won't effect the queue times much even if they added a tank class, actually it would make it worse for anyone above level 40. So no, adding a new tank wouldn't matter now, or later.

[Omegakiyohime]

So I'll avoid the Thf/Rog/Nin debate and state something that I've been theory crafting for a bit.

What if the Doman's aren't the ones that teach us Ninjutsu? Bear with me for a second.


It's a bit weak, but if you've watched the last live letter, you probably saw that there were Ninja enemies in CT.
It may just be SE throwing them in to tease us, but lore wise, it could mean that the Ancient Allagan had some knowledge of Ninjutsu that they either learned from the Doman ancestors or that they taught to the early Doman (or a sect went and founded Doma). Since the CT excavation is part of the living world and has few conflicts with the extended main story, I'm thinking that they may go the smn route with the ninja job quest/stone. Instead of requiring players to be up to date on the extended main story quests in which Domans are introduced, they will have someone teach the art based on the excavation of the job stone/ancient scrolls from CT and the ancient Allag. Thoughts?

This also had my mind racing a bit about the connection between the Allag and the Domans.

[Arkista]

Snip.

Oh good I wasn't the only one who saw that Ninja.

[Omegakiyohime]

Oh good I wasn't the only one who saw that Ninja.

Yeah, so apparently those guys are common enemies in the Crystal Tower from III, but I still think they are going to make a connection between Ancient Allag and Ninjas.

[Vallug]

I am very excited, already decided it would be my main class when it released. I like Dragoon and play it well but it lost its luster for me after 50. Was into the whole jumping thing but now that I realize it is not what I was expecting I want a different DPS main. Ninja just looks so amazing and just my thing.

[Arkista]

I am very excited, already decided it would be my main class when it released. I like Dragoon and play it well but it lost its luster for me after 50. Was into the whole jumping thing but now that I realize it is not what I was expecting I want a different DPS main. Ninja just looks so amazing and just my thing.

I'm Thinking of Changing my main to NIN..... Even thinking of farming 12 Atma/75 Alex between 2.3-2.4 for Nin Relic. Wonder what we will get Kikoku, Nagi, Kannagi, Or something different.

[ForteXX]

I'm Thinking of Changing my main to NIN..... Even thinking of farming 12 Atma/75 Alex between 2.3-2.4 for Nin Relic. Wonder what we will get Kikoku, Nagi, Kannagi, Or something different.

We had a small discussion about this elsewhere. Going by the current pattern, Gerolt's Ninja weapon will be Twashtar (all Gerolt items are Empyrean items from FFXI). We couldn't find anything good for Relic, but we use a few of FFXI's Relics for this, so it could be Mandau, or something else entirely (PLD relic in XIV was a special item in FFXI, not even a decent weapon). Primal item wold be from FF3 still, but theres a few choices for that (Ashura, Kotetsu, Kiku-Ichimonji, though will likely be Masamune based on the pattern for WHM/BLM of being the highest non-Legendary Smith item for each class, as long as you ignore WHM and BLM swapping Elder Staff and Omnirod).

[Arkista]

We had a small discussion about this elsewhere. Going by the current pattern, Gerolt's Ninja weapon will be Twashtar (all Gerolt items are Empyrean items from FFXI)

Link please? Also why would Ninja get Twashtar? Twashtar was THFs Empyrean and Kannagi was Ninjas. Also I think you mean Mythics, Because I had Almace, Rhongomiant, Kannagi, and a Masamune. So most likely it will be Nagi then.

ETA is most likely gonna be oct or nov for 2.4.

You can bet for mid Nov.....