Thread: Your predictions for 4.0!

Well, we have a lot of info aleady, but there's still plenty of stuff being hidden from us until Fanfest! I've seen claims of Samurai, Dancer, Blue Mage, and Beastmaster, as well as talk of having more than 2 jobs, or new crafting classes being released.

So, what do you predict will happen? What do you think is going to appear with 4.0, and be revealed in fanfest?

I know what you WANT to be revealed, we all know that people WANT dancer, WANT blue mage, etc... but think about it - from all you've seen, through screenshots, and clues and the odd file posted here and there, what do you actually THINK will happen? Give me your prediction, and a reason behind it!

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We already know we're going to get Red Mage. My main prediction, is that We get Samurai, as another DPS class. The reasoning being that there's a lot of hints about it through screenshots of conversations with NPCs, as well as the odd filename in newer patches. Even though nothing is 100% concrete with regards to SAM, I'm not sure if the filenames are there just to troll us, or are part of something bigger.

I also think that people have overlooked the whole "Battle system changes" that were mentioned. I don't believe they only relate to the skill bloat reduction, but also relate to party dynamics:

If Samurai is a dps like I think it will be, then there's suddenly too many dps, and not enough tanks or healers for content. I believe that the Battle System Changes will also change the party makeup from a 4-man (2 dps, 1 tank, 1 healer), to a 5-man (3dps, 1 tank, 1 healer) dynamic.

This will likely be done from 4.0 dungeons and onwards, but unlikely retroactively applied. (maybe for heavensward dungeons to help with levelling?) I'm not sure if this will be done for 8-man party / raid content, but theoretically, you could have 10-man and 30-man groups, especially with the drop in ps3 support.

What do you think? What do you predict? I'm curious to know!

I think we're going to, "Lose."

To extrapolate, we'll succeed in pushing the Garleans out of Ala Mhigo, however, the cost of doing so will make it a Pyrrhic victory. Not only that, but the land will have been so damaged and stripped of resources that it will become virtually uninhabitable. The people of Ala Mhigo will remain refugees, in essence, while a hardcore group attempts to remain in the homeland and try to heal it to make it habitable again someday. However, they'll have no way to secure their border with Garlemald and the entire nation and its lands become a no-man's land between Eorzea and Garlemald. The Eorzean Alliance begins to fracture beneath the weight of this realization and the knowledge that all their sacrifices were ultimately for nothing. Groups such as Lolorito and the Syndicate, the Church of the Holy See, dissident pirates, and the Coerlclaw/Redbellies begin to gain popularity and sway amongst the nations as the people see their leaders as inept for dragging them into the war in Ala Mhigo to begin with.

The patches after 4.0 (4.1-4.55) will deal with attempts to re-stabilize the nations and restore the people's faith in the leaders of the Eorzean Alliance, not all of which will succeed.

Unless they change up game play, I predict it will be same treadmill as 2.0 and 3.0. Along with how they handle expert roulette.

It'll be a giant beach episode. It'll be all fun and games and adventure and nothing bad will happen at all to anyone. Especially Yda.

Whining about how jobs should be changed to meet personal expectations.

Originally Posted by Lexia

Unless they change up game play, I predict it will be same treadmill as 2.0 and 3.0. Along with how they handle expert roulette.

I predict that we will each get what we are looking for in the game. Those looking for that treadmill you mention will find it, and complain.

Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

I predict that we will each get what we are looking for in the game. Those looking for that treadmill you mention will find it, and complain.

I personally don't have any problems with how the game operates now, I'm just saying I don't see it changing in 4.0

I predict there wont be any SAM or BLU or Dancer.

But I do predict Blitzball