Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
Only because Ninja, a melee job, is the only scouting job right now. Create a ranged physical scouting job and that job can go with their appropriate role quest. Scouting does not need to be limited to melee.
In reality, it most likely will be, tho. Also consider we do have role skills as well, another reason they'd be unlikely to split up scouting into different roles.

In truth, though, I'd wager the biggest hurdle they have right now is designing around Trick Attack. If they have a goal of not doubling up on DPS roles in parties, NewScout needs a reason to exist alongside NIN, and NIN's major reason for existing in a party is TA. So, they're now stuck with designing something new that works similar, but also doesn't stack, and also the delicate balance of not making NEW so OP that NIN is obsolete.

Whatever new job they conceive, I don't think it's going to go as pretty and smooth as we might like...