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

[Shippuu]

To be fair, if he said "I can't really talk about that," or gave any other quick pass it would be a huge red flag for the class. And as long as he states it as his belief he's not speaking for the team and whole of FFXIV.

The thing is, he brought up BLU and BST without being questioned about it. It's not like the guy asked him about Blue Mage and he deflected with a personal opinion of how it should be done to avoid confirmation. The guy said he predicted Shogun as a tank job for 4.0 and then Yoshida brought up BLU and BST, i.e. he used them as deflections to avoid talking about Shogun/samurai or even acknowledging them. That's more telling in my opinion.

[StarRosie]

That's more telling in my opinion.

I don't know, Yoshi seems to be playing into us picking everything he says apart this year. Him making those jokes about the reddit threads kinda leans towards that. While I agree that him dodging talking about SAM/SHO is a bit telling, I am also wondering a bit, that he might be doing that to mess with us. To make us look over towards SAM to distract us from something else. I can't tell, but Yoshi's playing a pretty mean troll game this year.

[ReplicaX]

Many Dev & Community Team Members have stated the enjoyment they get out of Job Speculation threads.

Tinking about Jobs Who uses a Whip-like as weapon, there\\'s DNC in FFT.
That\\'s my guess.

You are gonna get BLU fans into a stir. So I will just say it for them.

Quistis from FFVIII uses a whip and....

Monster Abilities

[Katana190]

I don't know, Yoshi seems to be playing into us picking everything he says apart this year. Him making those jokes about the reddit threads kinda leans towards that. While I agree that him dodging talking about SAM/SHO is a bit telling, I am also wondering a bit, that he might be doing that to mess with us. To make us look over towards SAM to distract us from something else. I can't tell, but Yoshi's playing a pretty mean troll game this year.

Double misdirection? D: I love and hate Yoshi-P, seriously.
I honestly think he's avoiding the subject on SAM/SHO for a reason though, and to me the whole director thing and spiderman samurai is too coincidental. But I won't discredit the BLU theory, although I personally don't think they'll do 2 mages in 1 expansion. Just my input though.

[StarRosie]

Double misdirection? D: I love and hate Yoshi-P, seriously.
I honestly think he's avoiding the subject on SAM/SHO for a reason though, and to me the whole director thing and spiderman samurai is too coincidental. But I won't discredit the BLU theory, although I personally don't think they'll do 2 mages in 1 expansion. Just my input though.

Keep in mind, I'm not saying he is WITHOUT A DOUBT doing double misdirection. I get a feeling he might be. I've stated my opinion of the Sam Raimi theory before, so I won't beat that drum. I just think Yoshi-P and the team are playing into the speculation rather then just observing it for the giggles. We'll see, it could just be SAM with a connection that NO ONE saw coming or he could honestly be presenting something to us and we're not seeing it cause it's right under our nose. Either way...this is pretty fun to watch/discuss.

[AzraelX]

The thing is, he brought up BLU and BST without being questioned about it. It's not like the guy asked him about Blue Mage and he deflected with a personal opinion of how it should be done to avoid confirmation. The guy said he predicted Shogun as a tank job for 4.0 and then Yoshida brought up BLU and BST, i.e. he used them as deflections to avoid talking about Shogun/samurai or even acknowledging them. That's more telling in my opinion.

Before this fan fest I was all in for Sam being a DPS, but after reading your pot and logic - I'm all in for Sam tank. I love reading your post b/c you seem to make the most logic arguments for Sam being a tank. Perhaps the Spider-Man job is related to a possible new healer job no one knows yet - i m hopping for a dancer with whip b/c I can't think of what other healer job it could be.

[Leep]

I sincerely hope it's a Blue Mage hint!