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

[VeliusVire]

Dancer was /never ever/ hinted at, so anyone that thought it was Dancer because of a stylised CG Trailer have nobody but themselves to blame. You don't get to be mad at Yoshi, or anyone else for that matter, because you deluded yourself.

Blue Mage was specifically talked about in great detail during the Tokyo FanFest 2016, with Yoshi saying he was unsure of how to implement it to be true to the job.

If you people spent even five minutes to research and compile the actual /evidence/ as opposed to the blind hype, then your disappointment wouldn't be so high. Hell, we've known it would be 2 jobs since that leak and yet everyone /still/ insisted that there was a twist. Next time, just take what you see at face value, this way you're not setting yourself up for eventual disappointment. So no, don't expect DNC/BLU 2 years in advance because if it's not those two, then you might as well quit now.

[Dualblade]

That's assuming we get two new Jobs next expansion. Could be just one. The more jobs they add, they more they need to update for new level caps.

As a non-XI player, looking at their expansions we have a good chance of usually getting 2 per expansions, but 0 isn't out of the question. 3 while currently out of the question could possibly change in the future if they get more manpower.

[Maero]

I think it is because aside from SAM, Dancer was the next job players were most excited about, and actually people only started to board the SAM hype train after seeing Yoshi P in a spiderman shirt and the Sam Raimi thing, i do not recall players talking about Samurai before this.
Not to mention that now having 2 dps over having 1 dps and 1 healer (or tank) does not make 100% sense. Hooray for having 9 dps jobs and longer queue times i guess?

[silentwindfr]

sam was mentioned by the pnj yoshida two year ago while the anniversary, plus it was planned to be the tank of hw, before they switch to drk for obvious reason, and at that time a lot of people was disappointed to not get sam.

honestly we did know that sam and rdm was the next one for very long, we did mostly expect a third job and confirmation. dnc can be either an evasion or a support class, even if i dont see dance mending wound. blm was confirmed not for now while an interview after fanfest of tokyo...

ps: i need to understand how the queue will change most of the tank and healer will continue to play them main, you know? plus no one forbidde you to switch to a tank and healer, i main pld and mnk

[Lufir]

I think it is because aside from SAM, Dancer was the next job players were most excited about, and actually people only started to board the SAM hype train after seeing Yoshi P in a spiderman shirt and the Sam Raimi thing, i do not recall players talking about Samurai before this.
Not to mention that now having 2 dps over having 1 dps and 1 healer (or tank) does not make 100% sense. Hooray for having 9 dps jobs and longer queue times i guess?

I remember things differently. People created their own Dancer hype from the Stormblood teaser trailer. Samurai had high hopes for at least the prior year's fan festival.

[Remus]

I knew Dancer wasn't going to happen. There was nothing there to suggest it. The only thing I remember was at the start of the teaser where they are doing a type of warm-up and then moving into Monk v Monk fight.

[ZeratoTyrael]

I remember things differently. People created their own Dancer hype from the Stormblood teaser trailer. Samurai had high hopes for at least the prior year's fan festival.

From what I recall, DNC and SAM have been pretty equally hyped since way back in ARR. Aside from RDM and BLU they were among the top requested jobs to be implemented. The only thing that really tipped it in most people's minds to really favor SAM was the sam rami thing. The datamining could have literally been anything from a samurai npc to something not related at all to samurai, so that I don't count 100%.

[VeliusVire]

Of course Samurai was being spoken of, The Anniversary event 2 years ago had Yoshi's PC mention Red Mage and Samurai by NAME. And no, the NPC's argueing over Red/Blue doesn't count as that was ONLY in the ENG version of the game, no other region got that speech bubble. DNC was never, ever, ever mentioned, at least BLU is referred to in the ALC questline, Dancer doesn't exist anywhere aside from the sensual dancers in Ul'dah.

[Lufir]

Of course Samurai was being spoken of, The Anniversary event 2 years ago had Yoshi's PC mention Red Mage and Samurai by NAME. And no, the NPC's argueing over Red/Blue doesn't count as that was ONLY in the ENG version of the game, no other region got that speech bubble. DNC was never, ever, ever mentioned, at least BLU is referred to in the ALC questline, Dancer doesn't exist anywhere aside from the sensual dancers in Ul'dah.

Where is BLU mentioned in the ALC quest line? I'm a huge BLU fan and would love to see this. I must have skipped a cutscene if it is true.

[VeliusVire]

Where is BLU mentioned in the ALC quest line? I'm a huge BLU fan and would love to see this. I must have skipped a cutscene if it is true.

Sorry this is so late, while they're not mentioned by name, there exists a type of magic on Thavnair where mages sew parts of monsters to themselves in order to acquire their abilities, or something to that extent. You can use the XIVDB Lore finder to specifically look at ALC stuff, it's the...level 50 quest I believe?