Quote Originally Posted by Pence View Post
We have no idea if the stats are the same as Genji. Some people hope they are, some people hope they are not.
"The new weapon’s item level and sub attributes will be the same as the Genji weapons and contain three materia slots."

Taken directly from the official translation of the live letter. found here.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...e-Thread/page2