Samurai

[Zeonx]

When is Nightshade job going to be released?

Or

Heritor job

these two jobs from final fantasy tactics advanced 2

Samurai I used to play one in FFXI but I changed into a rune fencer just thought to myself rune fencer godly.

[KaiKatzchen]

If I remember correctly they said something along the lines of - they planned on adding it as the new tank job in 3.0 but they didn't want to release to eastern inspired jobs (because of Ninja) back to back, so they switched it out and brought in Dark Knight and made it the new tank instead.

They then (I believe) said they would like to see it come out at some point, but had no established date for when they would because it would have to fit along with the story/expansion/whatever... So at the moment your answer would be: We don't know lol

[Terrini]

Has there actually been anything about red and blue mage? The last I remember was Yoshi-P saying red mage would be hard to balance so that it isn't a must have or complete garbage. In the same interview he commented on blue mage possibly being an interesting take on a solo class.

This was pretty long ago so I'm sure I've missed something with people talking so much about these jobs recently.

One of the Rising Easter eggs was 2 people asking what comes after white and black, whether it should be Red or Blue.

[Gunspec]

Probably 4.0 along with Blue Mage and Red Mage.

It was stated in one of numerous post-3.0 interview that they will never again release 3 jobs at the same time. The balancing work was too much in 3.0.

Also consider that the armory system only has 2 more open spaces for main hand weapons/ tools. They would have to be insane to release another 3 classes before overhauling the armory system to support more weapons.

I wouldn't be surprised if Samurai was held until the main story heads to Doma. We'll probably get some poetry suggesting the location of 4.0 when 3.1 hits next week, so we'll see then.

[SuperFlorinjin]

It's getting added in 3.1

Pretty sure that's from the upcoming FFXI crossover event.

[Kogasan]

I wanta know when they are gonna add DNC and I really hope its a dps/tank kinda job. I really wouldn't want it to be a healer class it be a big turn off for me for DNC.

[Kaiser-Ace]

I think an interesting way to implement Samurai would be to bond it with Blue Mage in a Tank/DPS Hybrid learning Monster Skills via Job Quests. We really need a 4th tank and healer job so we can officially Ballence out the Tank/Healer/DPS ratio back to 1/1/2.

[silentwindfr]

If I remember correctly they said something along the lines of - they planned on adding it as the new tank job in 3.0 but they didn't want to release to eastern inspired jobs (because of Ninja) back to back, so they switched it out and brought in Dark Knight and made it the new tank instead.

They then (I believe) said they would like to see it come out at some point, but had no established date for when they would because it would have to fit along with the story/expansion/whatever... So at the moment your answer would be: We don't know lol

Yoshida have said too that he don't see the samurai as tank anymore
plus like i have said before, while the 2nd anniversary event, when you was going back into the dev room, Yoshida pnj was talking of the Samurai and Red mage

I think an interesting way to implement Samurai would be to bond it with Blue Mage in a Tank/DPS Hybrid learning Monster Skills via Job Quests. We really need a 4th tank and healer job so we can officially Ballence out the Tank/Healer/DPS ratio back to 1/1/2.

oh please no, i feel the bluemage will be one of the most complicate jobs to add, soo far every jobs have only one role... bring an hybrid that will be as good than a specialist will simply be a pain.

[Velox]

It was also stated by the devs a while back that they wouldn't be releasing multiple jobs anymore in a single patch, as it created a balancing nightmare with 3.0. Instead we will see 1 job every expansion, with a possibility of getting a second job midway through the patches (like they did with NIN).

[Kaiser-Ace]

I honestly want to know how Samurai is suppose to be and less a Tank than paladin or dark knight considering all 3 were just diffrent forms of heavy infantry Paladin being your Sheild Bairer and Dark Knight being your Heavy Swordsman Line Breaker.

A Tank IRL was a mobile artilery weapon invented in the world wars, so if we're calling anything with heavy Armor a Tank the Samurai IS a Tank.

Even healers can deal dammage do DPS SPECIALISTS are what the DPS classes are. So a DPS Samurai makes as much since as a DPS Paladin IMO.