I think I have an Idea of the next Melee Class!

[Palladiamors]

Except you're forgetting about Scarmiglione, who had just as much relevance if not a bit more in the same game and fits the reaper motif a lot more than the sisters do. So I think reaper/necromancer has a bit of a lead up over the sisters in so far as likelihood goes. Of course that doesn't mean much since we're all just spitballing at this point but eh, its still fun to guess.

[Shougun]

Except you're forgetting about Scarmiglione, who had just as much relevance if not a bit more in the same game and fits the reaper motif a lot more than the sisters do. So I think reaper/necromancer has a bit of a lead up over the sisters in so far as likelihood goes. Of course that doesn't mean much since we're all just spitballing at this point but eh, its still fun to guess.

Yeah I don't think the idea that Cindy was represented with an Indian remix is too outlandish in that one artwork released (the image in question gives a Ganesh like appearance), but given so many variables I don't think the T-shirts represented the sisters. Because it would be ONE sister... to represent all three are coming, and the sisters are coming is not really a major announcement... especially since they were only part of one archfiend's minions (so its announcing the shadow of the toe of the giant). That they are coming makes sense to be a teaser in a side image (which it might be given the current situation), but not as some sort of main tease (not shirt worthy info).

If the T-shirt was the 3 fates then it would be probably be far more "D'oh, of course". Also Death Fate (of the three Fates, Atropos) is not a reaper, she is not best represented by that idea (Reaper doesn't, stereotypically, determine who dies they have the power over death but they use that for order and to guide souls- Reapers, Thantos, Charon, stuff like that are psychopomps and the Fates, Death Fate included, are not psychopomps.. They are Fates.. because they determine... FATE lol). Thanatos, if we had to go greek, would be the peaceful reaper, or Charon in the more sense of guiding spirits as a full time job lol.

Guiding spirits also being entirely friendly to the WoL wheelhouse of lore. I can't see anyone who was anti necro (because of lore issues, which there are some) being like "NO WE CANT HAVE A JOB DEDICATED TO GUIDING SOULS" lol. It's a noble, important, and ultimately to be seen as either good or neutral task.

It also goes in some line with the last major magic type introduced in ShB (creation magic and soul magic, the npc that used soul magic also happening to turn very nefarious looking when they started to do their attack actions - even though they're a good 'guy').

For the fun of the Ranjit concept Ranjit is inspired by Golbez and another guy, Golbez being the leader of the Archfiends. Ranjit trumps sisters.. :P. But honestly I just imagine Ranjit being part of the key inspiration, not saying it's literally his job.

Or what I'm thinking, just as a "hah" moment for Zenos. Is he is, per the in game lore: "is possessed of but a single passion: to stand on the front lines, blade in hand, and dance with death.". How great that he gets to actually dance with a Reaper? Name up for influence, lots of names for psychopomps. Dancing with Cindy just sounds silly .

I also feel it could make a wild turning point in our trailer if the Paladin goes Reaper, inverse Cecil- a nice turn on the influences that this expansion is clearly wielding.

I mean.. I guess it /could/ be a sister announcement but that just sounds so very off compared to all the other options possible. Comparing announcing the sisters to Viera seems also a bit off given that sisters are not really that big of a deal meanwhile getting Viera was pretty important to many people.

The concept of psychopomp, again what a reaper is, is why I'm not really sold it references a Judge. Although I would say Judge armor is neat lol, and you probably could make a neat Judge combat job. But I imagine they'd not use a scythe if we were going full imagery here, more like a flail or a huge bludgeon weapon. Of course a lot of these thoughts are all coming from us thinking the weapon will 100% for sure being a scythe... XD. That could be leading us all astray.

[Edax]

So I been grinding and just playing The southern warfront, I see the new relic gear and it makes us all look like Judges An iconic and very bad ass job now My brain kinda Clicked and looking at Yoshis shirt We see a grim reaper and people jumped on Necro and all that but Listen follow me on this one The grim reaper does what? He judges whether it is your time to die or not correct?

Could Judge be the next heavy Maiming job?!?!?! it fits right?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

Oh no! The dreaded yellow card!

[Hank_Hotspur]

I don't get the people still saying necromancer. During the reveal, Yoshida and Koji Fox said that so far no one was close to guessing what the new jobs would be (as evident when Sage was revealed) and were specifically making jokes about necromancer after saying that.

[Rymi64]

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The difference between the Bugs shirt and the CoB shirt is that bugs was hinting at a race that a lot of people were requesting while this shirt would be hinting at only a summon. Yea summon can be exciting but yoshi-p has never hinted at a summon as a shirt before so there's no reason to assume he would now.

We have had a expansion in game that hinted at a weapon before it was shown it was shadow bringers with thancreds gunblade, We didn't know what it was exactly but it was shown. We've also never had them have to cancel all three fanfests before because of a pandemic. Without the pandemic we might have already known what the second job is if not we would have known by the end of this month what it was so yoshi-p hinting at the second job now makes sense since there are only gonna be 2 events, the one we just had and the one in may. If anything the concept art is a hint that they will be the boss of that dungeon.

If they have to get rid of scythes for a new scythe job they would have to also get rid of hatchets since we already have an axe job WAR.

Not to mention “I’ll be here if you need me” could be tied to Hythlodaeus’ quote “In time of greatest need, should you wish upon it with all your heart, it will surely answer to your call”. Not Magus Sisters related, but the shirts hint at interesting things.

We kinda already used that quote in 5.3 when we were sent to the chrysalis and called hades to get us back to fight Elidibus so there's no reason to hint at it again. Which add's more credence to the Death/reaper related job

[EtherRose]

We kinda already used that quote in 5.3 when we were sent to the chrysalis and called hades to get us back to fight Elidibus so there's no reason to hint at it again. Which add's more credence to the Death/reaper related job

We are the fourteenth, The Seat of Azem. We are travelers of the stars. I don't think anything in here would "Hint" at a death/reaper related job.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Azem

[Shougun]

We are the fourteenth, The Seat of Azem. We are travelers of the stars. I don't think anything in here would "Hint" at a death/reaper related job.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Azem

Now I'm doing this to "reach" but just for the sake of it since you said you can't see anything.

Hades - ruler of the underworld
Azem - charon / thanatos, friend to Hades.

It's freaking perfect lol.

To carry that on, there are mentions of traveling far and wide, to catch them al... wait wrong line, traveling far and wide and being a shepherd. Repears, or to refer generically psychopomps, would well fit within that as shepherd travelers. Reapers are travelers and shepherds, guiding lost souls. Although if we were going for greek gods I might talk about Nyx, mother to those Fates and Thanatos, linking Azem to Charon is a bit harder than to suggest Nyx.

A symbol of Nyx is stars on the black.

"Herein I commit the chronicle of the traveler. Shepherd to the stars in the dark. . . . " -Azem

Stars in the dark.. souls? REAPER!?!?!

"ALIENS!"

lol. Like I said I did some reaching for you, so if you call it that I'll accept, but you said you couldn't see anything and maybe now you can see potential hints here and there?

[MikkoAkure]

lol. Like I said I did some reaching for you, so if you call it that I'll accept, but you said you couldn't see anything and maybe now you can see potential hints here and there?

The problem with associating events that take place in ShB as having to do with the new job, is that this job will be available to ALL at level 70. Sage, like SAM, RDM, GNB, and DNC can be started 20 levels under cap from a city zone available to all without having to worry about progress in the MSQ. I don't see why the 2nd of the new jobs would be any different. The quest NPC for the job will also be in ARR zones for the 70-80 quests and won't be attached to anything that directly ties into the MSQ. I don't think SE will be giving up the twist to players who have outsped the level requirements or who choose to start ShB as one of the new jobs.

[Rymi64]

We are the fourteenth, The Seat of Azem. We are travelers of the stars. I don't think anything in here would "Hint" at a death/reaper related job.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Azem

I'm talking about the shirt not the quote

[Shougun]

The problem with associating events that take place in ShB as having to do with the new job, is that this job will be available to ALL at level 70. Sage, like SAM, RDM, GNB, and DNC can be started 20 levels under cap from a city zone available to all without having to worry about progress in the MSQ. I don't see why the 2nd of the new jobs would be any different. The quest NPC for the job will also be in ARR zones for the 70-80 quests and won't be attached to anything that directly ties into the MSQ. I don't think SE will be giving up the twist to players who have outsped the level requirements or who choose to start ShB as one of the new jobs.

Not really though. . . The job doesn't have to strongly tie into Azem's lore like some sort of canonical "this is Azem's job, you're doing LITERALLY the job he had", some other culture can teach it. I was merely pointing out how Azem could have some traits that point, ish, to psychopomps. Although if working with Azem directly I'd want to talk about Nyx rather than something lower like Charon. Especially since Nyx can have some relation to the moon, has even more interesting tidbits of lore and implications to the relation to Hades (and the other 'gods'), and then which adds even further layers of O.o o.O?!

It's not like you'd just call the job "Nyx" "Thanatos" or something, and then have people draw super direct comparisons to Hades when they get to that point in the story. Like how you can see Summoner magic is really creation magic but you don't ruin the creation magic plot bit later in the game by doing it at level 30.

IF (huge if) say this was true (Azem is a soul shepherd in a sense, which kind of fits really, given his special is to call friends from afar), then if SE wanted to label a job with that power as a manifestation of Azem they could do that much later when it was safe to do so. It doesn't ruin anything so long as you.. just do it right.

Your issue would be an issue if SE was hyper blatant about it, so... don't be.. lol. Then again the point of the post you quoted was I just wanted to say if you 'wanted' Azem could have hints of a psychopompth-like nature.

Also as Rymi64 points out they weren't trying to say the quote will come around to be used again, more that the quote was already used and to kind of extract it from the conversation as a resource point.

So really I'm just here having a blast connecting dots everywhere and seeding chaos (get it.. Nyx.. chaos.. eh..eh okay bad joke), because.. wEEeweeeEEEeee. Although I still think the shirts have nothing to do with magus, that just seems like a terrible use of 'shirt power'. Especially since we've already decent hints at such a concept, if it is one, via the Ganesh-Cindy a part of another art work.