Scholar... SAY WHUT?

[Anonymoose]

Right now I'm just watching the JP forum. They skipped right over the "What if it's just an arcanist?" stage and went right from no mention of SCH to "JOB BRANCHING OR NEW CLASS?" lol

[Abriael]

i'm betting it's a job branch.

It makes perfect sense to start having job branches, as otherwise they'd have to introduce a new class every time they want to introduce a new job, which would be massively unpractical.

[Shigaru]

Can't wait for job branching. Theres a ton of potential for it already. Marauder/Thaum could obviously lead to DRK. RDM could stem fom gladiator perhaps simply noting the sword and shield gameplay. Obviously archer could turn into a more specialized DD Ranger. So much possibility when these unlock. Only problem I see here is how to deal with jobs levelling up with classes.

[Abriael]

The only thing I wonder is how they'll handle the branch itself.

If they made the jobs unlocked at the same level as the class (IE, if you have a 50 arcanist you get BOTH a 50 Scholar and a 50 summoner) it would also not be very practical, as it would completely defeat the purpose of adding new jobs to make people level up more and thus providing more stuff to do in the game.

I really wonder how they'll handle it. Maybe the jobs we already have will be considered basic jobs, while the new ones (including one between scholar and summoner) will be considered advanced jobs, and will be just unlocked at a certain class level, but will have to be leveled up from scratch...

so many possibilities...

[Orophin]

A big practical joke like this would be a bad PR move I'd think. Not sure they'd want to play with their player base during a MMO restart.

Maybe it'll teach people to quit reading into stuff so much. :P

[Skies]

If they made the jobs unlocked at the same level as the class (IE, if you have a 50 arcanist you get BOTH a 50 Scholar and a 50 summoner) it would also not be very practical, as it would completely defeat the purpose of adding new jobs to make people level up more and thus providing more stuff to do in the game.

Hardly defeat the purpose. You level up your job by completing quests, who are by no means easy no matter how much the hyper-elite wants to believe it. So any new job they add are still a questline to go along with it.

[Abriael]

Hardly defeat the purpose. You level up your job by completing quests, who are by no means easy no matter how much the hyper-elite wants to believe it. So any new job they add are still a questline to go along with it.

How much will that be, 4-6 hours of gameplay?

A questline, no matter how long and hard, is hardly comparable to leveling a job from 1 to 50 in terms of keeping players busy.

[Anonymoose]

Maybe it'll teach people to quit reading into stuff so much. :P

Ehhh, you never know. I may have listed it as unlikely, but the JP threads seem to indicate little questioning of the exchange between the Yoshida and PR being a rather solid confirmation of sorts, as far as I can tell. No mentions of what if it's this, what if it's that... just boils down to "Branch or New Class?" It doesn't make me reassess my take on the probability, but it does make me question a little more seriously if they pulled improbable off right under our nose.

The facial expression and body language seem legit. Even if you don't know the translation it looks like, "Say what's on your head." "Oh, god, he's putting me on the spot." "Go ahead, I'm saying you can." "I don't want to..." "Just do it." "Fine, SCHOLAAA-" and the guy from offscreen gets involved. The only thing that doesn't add up is the story. Why even let him come on dressed like that if they weren't going to mention it? How would a "leak" occur through the package art? There was no way the release of the IE art or the box art would be a surprise to anyone.

However, I also agree that it'd be unlikely for SE to troll that hard. I'd believe Fernehalwes messing around for the sake of current events, I'd believe Soken dressing up for the sake of boosting ratings tomorrow... but... eeeehhhhh. Maybe!

[Skies]

How much will that be, 4-6 hours of gameplay?

A questline, no matter how long and hard, is hardly comparable to leveling a job from 1 to 50 in terms of keeping players busy.

I dunno it took me about, what, 10 hours or so even at level 50 for the Conjurer quests? It involved other involved things such as dungeon-diving partially.
Also as if levelling keeps a player busy anyway. What keeps a player busy is doing things, levelling is just a side-effect of doing something else.

Of course, if you think levelling itself is content then... We can't come to an agreement here and we must agree to disagree in this stance.

[Akubikumo]

Ehhh, you never know. I may have listed it as unlikely, but the JP threads seem to indicate little questioning of the exchange between the Yoshida and PR being a rather solid confirmation of sorts, as far as I can tell. No mentions of what if it's this, what if it's that... just boils down to "Branch or New Class?" It doesn't make me reassess my take on the probability, but it does make me question a little more seriously if they pulled improbable off right under our nose.

The facial expression and body language seem legit. Even if you don't know the translation it looks like, "Say what's on your head." "Oh, god, he's putting me on the spot." "Go ahead, I'm saying you can." "I don't want to..." "Just do it." "Fine, SCHOLAAA-" and the guy from offscreen gets involved. The only thing that doesn't add up is the story. Why even let him come on dressed like that if they weren't going to mention it? How would a "leak" occur through the package art? There was no way the release of the IE art or the box art would be a surprise to anyone.

However, I also agree that it'd be unlikely for SE to troll that hard. I'd believe Fernehalwes messing around for the sake of current events, I'd believe Soken dressing up for the sake of boosting ratings tomorrow... but... eeeehhhhh. Maybe!

Thats really the whole problem here: How well do we really know these people? Is Yoshi capable of total mindfucks? We do not know!