Job Wishlist for Samurai

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Dont bother. Its gonna be a Tank. Every job with a sword will be a Tank. Because reasons.

The developers stated that Samurai will be DPS because having three sword tank jobs is silly. From what I remember reading.

[Calypsx]

The developers stated that Samurai will be DPS because having three sword tank jobs is silly. From what I remember reading.

Yoshi said at pax it came down to the wire when deciding between Dark Knight and Samurai for the tank role. They probably have a general idea on how it will work as a tank at this point. Yoshi said the dps thing a very very long time ago. Also Yoshi (thankfully) doesn't make all the decisions, it's a team effort.

Red Mage will most likely be a sword dps and you can pretty much count on that. It would seem kind of odd that Doma has no tanks if Ninja and Samurai are both a squishy dps. Also seems kind of weird that the two far east jobs would share the same role, I mean who protects the rulers in Doma? Do they have no sturdy defenders or healers in their culture?

[Cynric]

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You're remembering a little wrong. They said Samurai as a tank didn't fit the theme for heavensward, so they decided Dark Knight would be the tank and that since Dark Knight had taken Samurais place as a tank , Samurai would in turn be a DPS.

[Calypsx]

You're remembering a little wrong. They said Samurai as a tank didn't fit the theme for heavensward, so they decided Dark Knight would be the tank and that since Dark Knight had taken Samurais place as a tank , Samurai would in turn be a DPS.

They meant theme as in location. The theme of heavensward is dark and takes place in a corrupt Ishgard which is why Dark Knight fits more thematically.

A Samurai appearing out of nowhere in Ishgard during the dragonsong war would be strange but a European fantasy themed greatsword wielding avenger fits Ishgard perfectly.

https://youtu.be/SyqedOqkaHI?t=30m30s

"In terms of the tank role we were actually down to the wire in determining which. We had two possible choices between Dark Knight and Samurai"

When they say a statement like "two possible choices" they had to decide between the two for what would fit Heavensward more. Also such a statement like "possible choices" does mean they are considering Samurai as a tank and probably even have ideas for it. However since they only could release 3 jobs for this expansion they picked what they could for now.

If red mage is released as a dps next expansion, samurai will most likely be a tank.

[AlphaDragoon]

If red mage is released as a dps next expansion, samurai will most likely be a tank.

I hope Samurai is a DPS. I'd really like to see something closer to FFT Samurai and FFTA's Parivir.

They want to make things interesting, make Red Mage the tank. Having an actual magical tank would be cool. Dark Knight uses MP but they're not really a magic tank, per se.

[Calypsx]

I hope Samurai is a DPS. I'd really like to see something closer to FFT and FFTA's Parivir.

They want to make things interesting, make Red Mage the tank. Having an actual magical tank would be cool. Dark Knight uses MP but they're not really a magic tank, per se.

That would be cool too honestly.

Just releasing two dps jobs in one expansion seems like a bad idea for fans of tanks/healers and for the queue times.

I'm just trying to be real here, people quote what Yoshi said long ago but the Pax East interview was more recent and hinted at Samurai as one of the possible tanks so its very likely if it got that down to the wire they already have playstyle concepts for it.

[Cynric]

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You're leaving out the part where they said the other job they didn't pick would become a DPS, as DRK was originally slated for the DPS role, not Samurai, now the roles have swapped.

I get that you really want Samurai to be a tank but that's not what the information presented so far by Yoshida says.

[Calypsx]

You're leaving out the part where they said the other job they didn't pick would become a DPS, as DRK was originally slated for the DPS role, not Samurai, now the roles have swapped.

I get that you really want Samurai to be a tank but that's not what the information presented so far by Yoshida says.

Where did they say DRK was originally slated for dps a role? Please show me this recent interview I missed and quote the exact words because I never heard that.

Also where did they say the other job they didn't pick would become a dps? Please give me a link.