The harp is a lie.

[Colino]

I forgot to mention: old memes are old, dead, used and abused.

Please leave them alone.

[Forerunner]

Take a closer look.

Open your mind, Quaid.

That is not a harp, and those are not strings.

http://www.gwcdn.com/albums/images/4...6df10040f2.jpg

Made me lol.

[Konachibi]

I'm a little more concerned as to why the Black Mage only has one eye in that picture.

Is that glowing thing in his hands the other eye?

[Forerunner]

I'm a little more concerned as to why the Black Mage only has one eye in that picture.

Is that glowing thing in his hands the other eye?

Wink of Doom before he blows up everything.

[Payadopa]

I'm a little more concerned as to why the Black Mage only has one eye in that picture.

Is that glowing thing in his hands the other eye?

Or he's probably ... blinking... with one eye... lol Who knows~

[Xmbei]

http://www.4gamer.net/games/005/G000...064/TN/002.jpg

Piano-harp! Begun, the FFMMO harp revolution has!

edit: lol sorry to bump but this was just posted on 4gamer and thought it was funny and since it was FFXI related would have some on topic XD!

edit 2: http://www.4gamer.net/games/005/G000546/20110930064/ original post will be getting it because I <3 the music. Very soothing to relax to!

[Fouluryu]

I gotta start a new thread for this, because the rage is getting out of hand.

Take a closer look.

Open your mind, Quaid.

That is not a harp, and those are not strings.

That is a recurve longbow, and those are extra arrows. Look real close. You will clearly see arrowheads and fletchings.

Now, can we please stop this nonsense?

/thumbs down.

If you don't like it, don't play the job, khew?

[PSxpert2011]

Nuuuuuuu! I believe it's just a a cool Jap. design for a bow flinging ppl into delusion (for some reason) that it's a harp (floating in mid air) somehow merged with a composite archery weapon. LOL!

Someone just forgot to open a poll to find out how many believe this. This is fun, let "rage & chaos" continue! =P

[Xmbei]

Nuuuuuuu! I believe it's just a a cool Jap. design for a bow flinging ppl into delusion (for some reason) that it's a harp (floating in mid air) somehow merged with a composite archery weapon. LOL!

Someone just forgot to open a poll to find out how many believe this. This is fun, let "rage & chaos" continue! =P

It is a Bow-Harp for the Bard Job, been confirmed by Yoshi-P himself in the Live Letter from the Producer.
He even shows Concept art for both the Bard Harp (bow-harp) and the Bard AF armor in the video. Should watch it.

[Anonymoose]

Aye; we do currently know for a fact that it is, indeed, a bowharp and Archer, indeed, will supplement its ranged attack by evolving the ability to ranged support in its downtime.

Now everyone's just arguing over whether or not they think it's a good thing because, let's face it, there's a reason MMO design requires more than experience with MMO play.

BUT THE JOBS ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER

I know, I know. In the stories Square Enix have told you thus far, they've been pretty unique entities. However, unfortunately, if you ask around, (1) ranged DPS and pure support classes really have their drawbacks in the modern MMO market, (2) any class that can't really hold its own solo is no fun to play in XIV, and (3) the concept of a battle minstrel (who obviously attacks form a range because if they were okay with being all up in the enemy's grill, they wouldn't be a fucking MINSTREL.) isn't uncommon to high fantasy as a whole.

Anyway, I digress.

Yes. It's a harp. I'm sure SE will tie the Bard job securely to Archer's abilities and style, and by the time this game is over you won't think anything more of an XIV bard having a bow than you thought of an XI bard having a dagger or monks fighting with giant armored demons with an ancient mixture of turtle devastation waves and tae bo.