The Future of THM

[Klive]

sooo. who the hell gets bard.

they could give thm bard have con have bl and white mage(i know they said one per class, doesn't mean they have to stick with it) and then go dark knight and some sort of ranger.

beings that bard does not suit arch or mar, id have to say this is a plausible idea.

Going off OP topic but I'll throw my two cents in here.

My Guess archer would get bard. Jobs are to create diversity in class and honestly, what else fits with archer, even remotely?

http://www.ffcompendium.com/h/jobs.shtml
Jobs list from all FF to date.
BOLD = Might work for archer

Archer - Uses bows and arrows
Bard - Sings to cause effects
Beastmaster - Controls other monsters
Berserker - Attacks uncontrollably
Black Mage - Uses magic to harm enemies
Blue Mage - Learns enemy skills
Chemist - Uses items more effectively
Dancer - Dances to cause effects
Dark Knight - Sacrifices self to cause damage
Dragoon - Uses spears and jump attacks
Fighter - Physical fighter who uses various attacks.
Gambler - Abilities are based on chance
Geomancer - Uses spells related to battlefield
Gunner - Uses rifles or pistols
Knight - Physical class that relies exclusively on high defense and attack.
Magic Knight - Combines black magic and physical attacks
Mime - Copies the last action by an ally
Monk - Fights with bare hands and chakra
Ninja - Throws items to cause damage
Onion Knight - has no abilities, but can equip special equipment and various abilities based on other jobs.
Paladin - Combines physical strength with white magic and can cover allies.
Red Mage - Can cast white and black magic
Samurai - Throws money at enemy to cause damage
Scholar - Can look at enemy statistics
Soldier - Sword user who reduces enemy stats.
Summoner - Summons huge monsters to fight
Thief - Steals from enemy
Time Mage - Uses magic to speed up or slow down actions
Warrior - Initial sword user class.
White Mage - Uses magic to heal allies

and from FF11

Bard
Beastmaster
Black Mage
Blue Mage
Corsair
Dancer
Dark Knight
Dragoon
Monk
Ninja
Paladin
Puppetmaster
Ranger
Red Mage
Samurai
Scholar
Summoner
Thief
Warrior
White Mage

so let see what have to work with with those two lists.
Archer, Bard, Beastmaster, Gambler, Corsair and Ranger.

Well an archer is an archer, that one is out. Gambler and Corsair are the same class and Corsair uses a gun. Musketeer is already been announced so; I would guess that they are getting that one, if it comes out. Ranger is just another word for archer that lives in the woods and the archers in FF14 already do that, but I'll keep that as an option for argument sake.

So all we have left is Bard, Beastmaster, and Ranger. I don't see Ranger coming out because it would bring very little to the class. Beastmaster would be an awesome addition to the archer and bring something new to class. Bard would also bring something new to the archer class and thus be a good job for it. Remember, jobs are intended to add a party role to a class, and bard would do that for an archer.

Just my line of thinking.