Gender locked race?

[Karl0217]

Gaius in that RP duty being a hint is a pretty big stretch.

I would argue that it takes some real special logic to say the presence of a gunblade tank in duty with us some eight months prior to a gunblade tank class's official unveiling wasn't a hint as to the class's existence.

He showed up using animations and move's he used back in 2.0, the same animations and moves that Regula, Nero, and Fordola have also used. He's no more a hint than he was back in 2.0. We've seen all of those moves and animations for years now. Especially seeing how Gunbreaker clearly isn't based off of Garlean gunblades and has what seems to be little to do with them outside of both their weapons being called gunblades. So if that was the hint, he's been a hint since 2.0

Interesting critique coming from a guy who bases half his entire argument against the inclusion of male Viera on interview made in the 2.0 era six years ago. After all, if you think that Yoshida can tease his long term plans for the Viera six years ago you should have no problem thinking he can also tease a class he wants to include for that long also.

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Oh wait a minute, that reminds me. Weren't you the one arguing that Yoshida teased his long-term plans for BLU years before it was implemented in some previous posts?

[Fredco191]

Is the plural for Viera the same as the singular? (“Look at all of those Viera!”)
Or is it “Vieras”? (“That’s a lot of Vieras...”)


eugh.

[NanakoLigh]

Gaius wasn't a hint at all he's literally using the generic garlean gunblade animation the gunblades we use are completely different.

[WhiteArchmage]

Is the plural for Viera the same as the singular? (“Look at all of those Viera!”)
Or is it “Vieras”? (“That’s a lot of Vieras...”)


eugh.

I believe it's Viera, my favorite quote from Jote says "Viera who have forsaken the Wood are Viera no longer!"

[Shippuu]

I would argue that it takes some real special logic to say the presence of a gunblade tank in duty with us some eight months prior to a gunblade tank class's official unveiling wasn't a hint as to the class's existence.

Interesting critique coming from a guy who bases half his entire argument against the inclusion of male Viera on interview made in the 2.0 era six years ago. After all, if you think that Yoshida can tease his long term plans for the Viera six years ago you should have no problem thinking he can also tease a class he wants to include for that long also.

I said it was a stretch, not that it definitively wasn't the case. I'm of the opinion it was more likely coincidence instead of a deliberate attempt to tease a job, because as a job tease it's a pretty bad one considering he used moves and animations he and every other garlean who has a gunblade uses, so he showed us absolutelty nothing that we havent already seen before, unlike the other past job teases that have always showed something new. Of course, there also was no in game tease for Dark Knight or Machinist, nor technically Astrologian as the astrologians we had encountered weren't even the same thing we got. So they don't have the best track record for always teasing future jobs.

But hey man, not my fault you don't like what Yoshida said even if it was long ago, he stuck true on how he would do blue mage for close to the same amount of time and that was also an unpopular decision.

[Karl0217]

I said it was a stretch, not that it definitively wasn't the case. I'm of the opinion it was more likely coincidence instead of a deliberate attempt to tease a job

So you really believe the developers deciding to include a gunblade tank in a solo-duty with us is while they are working on designing and coding a gunblade tank is merely coincidence? Or are you merely trying save face after having run your mouth saying a gunblade tank wasn't hinted at?

But hey man, not my fault you don't like what Yoshida said even if it was long ago, he stuck true on how he would do blue mage for close to the same amount of time and that was also an unpopular decision.

Oh please, your track record when it comes to predictions as to what developers will do is somewhat lack-luster. See when I was doing a search for your posts on the BLU class I stumbled onto a bunch of old posts by you concerning Samurai and how according to you it could be nothing but a tank. Many of them have not aged well at all. For example in response to this post

STR - DRG, MNK, SAM
VIT - PLD, WAR, DRK
DEX - BRD, MCH, NIN
INT - BLM, SMN, RDM
MND - WHM, SCH, AST

And so with 2 dps, balance is restored.

You replied

Balance in one category, but unbalancing in another.

tanks, healers, and dps are close to their ideal ratio of 1:1:2, the same as light party compositions. 3 tanks, 3 healers, 7 dps. Adding 2 new dps jobs unbalances this ratio, making it a 1:1:3 ratio.

Thus, adding 1 tank, 1 healer, and 1 dps actually makes it a true 1:1:2 ratio, thus balance is restored. See? I can do it too.

Tell me something did you ever apologize to ErikMynhier for mocking him even though he was correct in his prediction as to what the devs were going for and you were completely wrong in your counter-arguments?

[redcurrant18]

Hooded Yugiri NPC = Au Ra teaser
Thancred and Yugiri vs Leviathan in that really old quest = Ninja teaser
Astrologian Tower in Lower Coerthas = Astro teaser (they had a very large role in tracking dragon movements)
No Dark Knight Teasers X
No Machinist Teasers X
Alisae vs Warriors of Darkness = Red Mage teaser
Gosetsu = Samurai teaser (can't remember if he showed up before or after Stormblood started though)
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Gaius using gunblade = Gunbreaker teaser
No Blue Mage teaser (that I can remember other than the leaks) X
Tsukuyomi wielding a fan, while also having a move that somewhat looks like Sword Dance = Possible Dancer teaser?

And lastly, Fran npc in Ivalice raid (along with Tsukuyomi's rabbit ears)= Viera teaser

[NanakoLigh]

Gaius wasn't a teaser at all stop using that example.

[redcurrant18]

Gaius wasn't a teaser at all stop using that example.

Much like Thancred and Alisae, when he appeared to help out Alphinaud this pretty much followed their standard procedure for teasing some of the other jobs. Not every job gets this kind of treatment though.

[artyport]

The Warrior of Light has also been shown to be sporting a unique stubble option in recent promotional in-game footage. More facial hair has indeed been a common request for quite some time so it is my hope that they're saving an announcement for an expansion of customisation options for the upcoming Fan Fest. It'd help mitigate any bad blood that arises from the new race(s).

yeah that too.
I'm pretty sure we area going to get some customization updates.
to really bring attention to it add 2 more races and everyone is purchasing this expansion day 1