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

[DBelmont]

How does it sound like puppet master? Just curious because they have never used strings or webs. Puppet Master was only a full fledged job in FFXI and it controlled things remotely with an automaton. Other than that, you can only find very loose (and I mean very loosely) hints of a "puppet master" in 1 or 2 final fantasies. Which brings me to the very quote you posted by Yoshida: "I stated earlier that we will implement jobs true to the FF series..." Puppet master is not true to the series. However, Blue Mage is true to the series. It can be found in nearly every final fantasy title. Even more than Samurai.

I see your point. I personally connected the strings/webs to the Puppetmaster as a possible itteration where it may use strings to attack and manipulate the puppet at the same time. However, Puppetmaster does not feel like an FF classic which most likely makes it less of a candidate. Could it indeed be BLU then?

[Lufir]

I see your point. I personally connected the strings/webs to the Puppetmaster as a possible itteration where it may use strings to attack and manipulate the puppet at the same time. However, Puppetmaster does not feel like an FF classic which most likely makes it less of a candidate. Could it indeed be BLU then?

Ah I understand what you were getting at now. I think it could be BLU. Especially since there are rumored to be only 2 jobs in Stormblood. Puppet Master and Samurai just seem a lot easier to implement than a Blue Mage. There would be no reason to not have 3 jobs unless there is a time and resource issue. And I think Blue Mage might be taking up that time with the creation of numerous Blue Magic spells on monsters, players, and implementing a way that players acquire them.