Quote Originally Posted by Reynhart View Post
Actually, they went to great lenghts to explain that this IS a Thief, apart from the actual name.
If it wasn't Thief at all, they wouldn't have to explain exactly why it wasn't named Thief.
No and this is what people do not get, even when it was explained a thousand times. Rogues were Thieves in the PAST and LOST their specialisation and became Rogues. So their Ancestors were Thieves, but Rogues are not Thieves anymore. But let aside the lore for a second, since that is allready causing confusing it seems... lol.... What is a Job compared to a Class? A specialisation of the Weapon Type, which is the Class.. the Class is not a Job and won't be, it is just the type of the Weapon. I am surprised that still that many people, do not understand the most simple Basics about the Game.

Like i said earlier. THF can not be a Class, RDM, SAM, BLU and whatever else is out there, won't be Classes. Their are a specialisation of their "Weapon Type" ( Class ). Some would Argue that RDM could fit in a couple Classes and that is true, since RDM did use different "Weapon Types" over the past titles. But that is beside the point. It is a simple Statement; THF can not be a Class in the System of FFXIV, that is a simple fact. If RDM would not branch of an existing Class, they would create one called.. i.e. "Fencer". They will not add SAM as Class, they would add a Class called i.e. "Braver". It IS possible to have several Jobs branch from 1 Class and that was actually the main-idea behind it, but also SE will still add more classes.

So while some argue that Rogue plays like Thief, how exactly do people know? 1) Noone did play Rogue or Ninja yet 2) Thief is not in the Game as well. How can people compare things they do not know about, or not even existant?