So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

[Yukiko]

(..) I guess we are doomed to a bazillion RDM and BlueMage/BeastMaster/PuppetMaster wannabes in the early months of StormBlood.

Brings back memories, when we crashed quest servers in 2.0 because of everyone playing Arcanist

[Kosmos992k]

Brings back memories, when we crashed quest servers in 2.0 because of everyone playing Arcanist

LOL, yes, I remember walking around Limsa and it was like trying to herd carbies.

[EdwinLi]

I guess we are doomed to a bazillion RDM and BlueMage/BeastMaster/PuppetMaster wannabes in the early months of StormBlood.

I actually expect mindless armies of Samurai even if it is a Tank Job.

If anything I kind of expect people to treat Red Mage like Machinist with those playing RDM for the cool factor to die down over time leaving only those who are willing to take Red Mage seriously enough to play it.

Heck people thought a Gun Job would be one of the most popular job in the game no matter how it turned out but look at it now. Though Machinist still has more mobility than a Bard.

[Zojha]

If anything I kind of expect people to treat Red Mage like Machinist with those playing RDM for the cool factor to die down over time leaving only those who are willing to take Red Mage seriously enough to play it.

I'd say that depends on the play style - No amount of cool can overcome an "Eww" factor in the long run. If it plays well and is fun however, I'd imagine many staying. DRK is the most popular tank job by now, even though WAR is better - it's gotta have some reasons and the cool factor should have died down by now.

[ZioSerpe]

I dunno if anyone pointed out this, but in final fantasy spider web is the item that mimics the effect of slow... how about a time mage?

[GMERC]

I dunno if anyone pointed out this, but in final fantasy spider web is the item that mimics the effect of slow... how about a time mage?

Astrologian IS Time Mage.

[ZioSerpe]

Astrologian IS Time Mage.

Having gravity does not a time mage one makes.
I suppose you are also seeing the arrow and the spear as haste maybe? Though I would see that point, it doesn't quite feel the same to me.

Also we're going for some trimming on abilities and they could just flat out take gravity away from AST and re-invent it for time mage;
OR
They could just use the other name (my favourite) for the spell, "Demi" and leave gravity to AST


Anyway just speculating and is off course gonna be Pictomancer in the end

[GMERC]

Having gravity does not a time mage one makes.
I suppose you are also seeing the arrow and the spear as haste maybe? Though I would see that point, it doesn't quite feel the same to me.

Also we're going for some trimming on abilities and they could just flat out take gravity away from AST and re-invent it for time mage;
OR
They could just use the other name (my favourite) for the spell, "Demi" and leave gravity to AST


Anyway just speculating and is off course gonna be Pictomancer in the end

It doesn't matter if it's not Time Mage to you, it's still Time Mage. Do the questline and stop living in denial.

[Hagen]

It doesn't matter if it's not Time Mage to you, it's still Time Mage. Do the questline and stop living in denial.

It is not Time Mage until it gets a real Haste, Slow or a pointy hat. Their magic doesn't deal with time itself but with celestial bodies. Sure they can influence time with Celestial magic, but it is not the same. I guess they couldnt call it Time Mage since it was going to be a healer.

[Yamimarik]

/snip

Sure, gravity a time mage does not make... how ever... with other abilities like oh idk... Time Dilation, Celestial Opposition, and as well as some of their quests and lore dealing with "time magic" itself. It's not just because of an iconic "Time mage" spell, but sort of how AST was set up and their other skills as well.