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

[Berethos]

Umm... absolutely yes it was far more far-fetched.

Really, Blue Mage was the more far fetched theory.

The idea behind that class is willful learning of techniques from a variety of enemies - if we're gonna pick a superhero that fits that bill, Rogue is a less far fetched hint. Spider-Man was bitten once, by accident, and never sought out abilities from other creatures.

Compare that to a specific mention of a name, that when written in Japanese?

Samurai - サムライ

Sam Raimi - サム・ライミ

At BEST, that gives them equal weight as theories, but if we're really saying one is more far fetched...sorry, it was Blue Mage.

[Domeric]

He specifically mentioned liking sam raimi.

if the hint was bad, no one would've figured it out. people figured it out immediately.

ipso facto sam raimi as samurai was a good hint.

[TarynH]

It was no less far fetched than the Blue Mage theories.

One was a theory based on word play, the other was a theory based on a single thematic element of a character.

Adding a U to the middle of a pitiful director's name, who ran his own Spider-man series into the ground with whatever Spider-man 3 was.

Or an origin story that relates to just about any Spider-man medium ever created.

I'd say the safe bet was with the spider bite theory. Wrong as it turned out to be, it was the more logical guess.

The hint/tease itself was a rather weak choice if anything. Which in turn spawned an even weaker theory. There were so many other things he could have used, other than trudging up a director who hasn't struck gold since 2002. Relating the comic book hero to a single director (even with cutesy word play) is like making the Batman hint out to be Timburt as a new job. It related in no way to the actual character of Spider-man, or anything about him.

So yes, it was a bad hint. Either way, I'm not disappointed. Any job is a good job. I'll level them all anyway. And I was already in love with RDM before any of this.

Also, your suggestion about Rogue. She takes powers from other mutants, not creatures, AFAIK. So Spider-man still fits BLU far better than her. Last I checked, BLU didn't sing to the birds to get them to cooperate. They had to have the ability used against them; or in other words attacked by them.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Yawn, this whole expansion seems so dull - at least what they've shown so far.

DPS players get two new jobs to play with, tanks and healers get nothing. No new race. No new character customization options. We're gonna be right back in the same 8-person and 24-person raid cycles we've always had, grinding tomes for gear that last 3 months, AFKing in the new Asian-themed city.

[TarynH]

Yawn, this whole expansion seems so dull - at least what they've shown so far.

DPS players get two new jobs to play with, tanks and healers get nothing. No new race. No new character customization options. We're gonna be right back in the same 8-person and 24-person raid cycles we've always had, grinding tomes for gear that last 3 months, AFKing in the new Asian-themed city.

But we got HUUUUGE... tracts of land! >.>

[NorthernLadMSP]

But we got HUUUUGE... tracts of land! >.>

Yep, and that's why we'll be AFKing in the new city, because there won't be anything to do on these huge tracts of land.

[Domeric]

Yawn, this whole expansion seems so dull - at least what they've shown so far.

DPS players get two new jobs to play with, tanks and healers get nothing. No new race. No new character customization options. We're gonna be right back in the same 8-person and 24-person raid cycles we've always had, grinding tomes for gear that last 3 months, AFKing in the new Asian-themed city.

they didn't reveal any new information about the only thing i care about: returning to ivalice.

[NorthernLadMSP]

they didn't reveal any new information about the only thing i care about: returning to ivalice.

Right, but isn't that just the new 24-man raid? Or, am I mixing that up with something else?

[Domeric]

I think it is.

[ErikMynhier]

Get that popcorn ready for salt folks. Here we go.

Last bets: RDM - DPS
SAM - DPS

Forget roles, going by this we would have 3 classes per combat stat.