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

[Beckett]

The interview of the 14 hour anniversary broadcast. Someone posted a link a few pages back. https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...unity_related/

That seems, at best, incredibly vague. At worst, a bad translation. Has anyone directly translated the exchange?

[Iromi]

So wait... you mean the Spider-man shirt could be both BLU and SAM? Nah... That's just crazy talk!

I don't think BLU because he literally said at the JP fanfest that BLU won't be coming for a long time, and when it finally does..(then he explained his musing on it)

But I think it will be SAM and something else. Hoping for DNC, could be anything!

[Kaedan]

I don't think BLU because he literally said at the JP fanfest that BLU won't be coming for a long time, and when it finally does..(then he explained his musing on it)

But I think it will be SAM and something else. Hoping for DNC, could be anything!

The only thing YP said about BLU being hard to implement or anything of the sort was back in 2014.

[Lambdafish]

The only thing YP said about BLU being hard to implement or anything of the sort was back in 2014.

Pretty sure he reiterated it as late as vegas (could be JP) fan fest 2016, though don't quote me on that or ask for source. It was an interview saying that they would not implement BLU until they found a way to fit the core identity of the job in an MMO setting, and that keeping the enemy skill learning aspect of the job is important, which he has admitted that they have not found a way to do that yet (who knows, could be a red herring, but it does seem weird)

[Kaedan]

Pretty sure he reiterated it as late as vegas (could be JP) fan fest 2016, though don't quote me on that or ask for source. It was an interview saying that they would not implement BLU until they found a way to fit the core identity of the job in an MMO setting, and that keeping the enemy skill learning aspect of the job is important, which he has admitted that they have not found a way to do that yet (who knows, could be a red herring, but it does seem weird)

What you're referring to here is the 2014 interview question for a Live Letter. Unfortunately, some dishonest or misinformed people are spreading the rumor it was recent.

[Vexander]

Don't forget, Yoshi had similar comments about Red Mages ages and ages ago when asked why it wasn't on the table for 2.0 or 3.0. At the time he made comments to the effect that he wanted to bring the true essence of what a Red Mage was to FFXIV, but that the role system made it virtually impossible, and that they wouldn't add it until they could find a way to make it work.

Lo and behold, we have Red Mage, and its not a Healer or Tank, but a Ranged DPS.

[Shippuu]

What you're referring to here is the 2014 interview question for a Live Letter. Unfortunately, some dishonest or misinformed people are spreading the rumor it was recent.

The misinformed person here would be you because he absolutely did re-iterate the exact same idea as his 2014 statement regarding Blue Mage when he was on stage during his Naoki's Room segment in december during the JP Fanfest.

Source, another source, and another.

[Shougun]

The misinformed person here would be you because he absolutely did re-iterate the exact same idea as his 2014 statement regarding Blue Mage when he was on stage during his Naoki's Room segment in december during the JP Fanfest.

Source, another source, and another.

Could you find anything in English please?

Google translate doesn't really give me anything that feels negative:

Blue Mage 's learning is amazingly interesting as a collection - like play. I am thinking about playing on the field recently, I think that fighting battle with monster with Blue Mage solo, learning and increasing the action like increasing play will be fun. In the future, it is not a solo exclusive job, but I think that the blue mage is an ant in the standing position like "Monster Dr.".

To me that reads "oooh blue mage is special, I think about running around by myself getting abilities - but in the future it will not be solo exclusive! I think of Blue Mage as "Doctor of monsters!""

Sounds like he just talked about how cool Blue Mage is and said it won't be solo only even though he wants to have a lot of solo play. But yeah I'm translating google translate so some serious yolo

Just FYI, I speak Japanese fluently... and the only "source" you linked where he even mentions BLU is the first link. And in there, he mentions NOTHING close to what he said in 2014. He talks about how Blue Mages are interesting because of how they defeat monsters to learn abilities, and how when they implement BLU in the future, it won't be a solo-only job because that wouldn't be interesting in an MMO, but it would be more akin to a "Monster Expert" class.

Well I'm glad it read like I thought it did, calms myself that he isn't going to go toss it into the bin as "not a real job" job. Also felt quite good that Blue Mage will probably happen, doesn't really say when though so I'm not taking that as "now" just.. its not a no either.

[Kaedan]

The misinformed person here would be you because he absolutely did re-iterate the exact same idea as his 2014 statement regarding Blue Mage when he was on stage during his Naoki's Room segment in december during the JP Fanfest.

Source, another source, and another.

LMAO

Now I know at least one of the people purposefully spreading misinformation.

Just FYI, I speak Japanese fluently... and the only "source" you linked where he even mentions BLU is the first link. And in there, he mentions NOTHING close to what he said in 2014. He talks about how Blue Mages are interesting because of how they defeat monsters to learn abilities, and how when they implement BLU in the future, it won't be a solo-only job because that wouldn't be interesting in an MMO, but it would be more akin to a "Monster Expert" class.

[Iromi]

LMAO

Now I know at least one of the people purposefully spreading misinformation.

Just FYI, I speak Japanese fluently... and the only "source" you linked where he even mentions BLU is the first link. And in there, he mentions NOTHING close to what he said in 2014. He talks about how Blue Mages are interesting because of how they defeat monsters to learn abilities, and how when they implement BLU in the future, it won't be a solo-only job because that wouldn't be interesting in an MMO, but it would be more akin to a "Monster Expert" class.

I speak and read it fluently also. Took Japanese for over 16 years since I was a little kid...and I got a bit of different info then that outta it. Also the part where he spoke (not an interview or summary) is in the "Naoki Yoshida Room" segment of the paid stream. He absolutely said we won't be seeing it any time soon.