Have the devs commented on future jobs yet?

[Kalsoa]

I'm hoping for a Thief class linked to a Ninja job. Those 2 seem like they could blend well together and both would use dual daggers.

[Duelle]

No lol... oh dear that job was never doomed.

You haven't been paying much attention, then. The job was non-functional past lv60 when a DRK could do a better job than a THF in hate transfer. The devs then gave up and laughably turned it into a true Treasure Hunter whore, as in "we can't/won't improve your job because you have treasure hunter". Which means no real buffs to damage, no native dual wield at a sensible level (the fact THF got dual wield at lv83 is insulting in and of itself). The job as per FFXI was a sham, and best left to fade into obscurity. Hence my Rogue => THF, NIN suggestion.

[SonSmasher]

You haven't been paying much attention, then. The job was non-functional past lv60 when a DRK could do a better job than a THF in hate transfer. The devs then gave up and laughably turned it into a true Treasure Hunter whore, as in "we can't/won't improve your job because you have treasure hunter". Which means no real buffs to damage, no native dual wield at a sensible level (the fact THF got dual wield at lv83 is insulting in and of itself). The job as per FFXI was a sham, and best left to fade into obscurity. Hence my Rogue => THF, NIN suggestion.

^ this guy gets it! :3

[Beardflex]

Can someone quickly explain why Samurai should be a tank? I feel Samurai would branch off Lancer really well. A Samurai to me is a medium armored burst dps, similar to LNC.

Nothing about Samurai screams tank to me.

[EmeraldSerenade]

You haven't been paying much attention, then. The job was non-functional past lv60 when a DRK could do a better job than a THF in hate transfer. The devs then gave up and laughably turned it into a true Treasure Hunter whore, as in "we can't/won't improve your job because you have treasure hunter". Which means no real buffs to damage, no native dual wield at a sensible level (the fact THF got dual wield at lv83 is insulting in and of itself). The job as per FFXI was a sham, and best left to fade into obscurity. Hence my Rogue => THF, NIN suggestion.

Well, at least Thief had one guaranteed party slot.

A day in the life of Monk in FFXI:
Monk: Do you guys need a DD?
Paladin: Is Samurai coming?
Warrior: No, Samurai has jury duty.
Paladin: What about Dark Knight?
Warrior: He's the defendant.
Paladin: Ohh, right, that "thing he did". Well, do you have any MND rings, Monk?
Monk: Yeah..
Paladin: Get to boostin!

[Naiser]

I was thinking about how the Samurai job could be introduced while keeping it in line with FF-traditions.

Introducing the DPS Bushi-class (which is Japanese for Warrior), which uses the katana.

The Bushi would specialize into a DPS Samurai job (by default) and a Tank Yojimbo. (which is a recurring boss/summon in FF, that is depicted as a Samurai and Yojimbo means "Bodyguard") Souce: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Yojimbo

The Samurai job could be STR-based and use Battōjutsu (quick-draw) stances to set himself up for combos.

The Yojimbo job could be a DEX-based evasion/parry tank. Each successful parry could trigger some "eye for an eye" riposte mechanics (just like Yojimbo from FF6). And it comes with an ultimate Gil-toss emnity action, ahem... Just make sure you collect some gils from your party.

[Duelle]

Well, at least Thief had one guaranteed party slot.

That's like saying RDM being reduced to refresh-whore was okay. (Hint: it wasn't)

In the case of MNK, the problem was that the game then and even now is dependent on burst damage while MNK was designed less on burst and more on substained. Which is why people started caring about them once they started getting stuff like Asuran Fists and Dragon Kick, not to mention Victory Smite in the Abyssea era.

Besides, if you're talking boost chances are you';re talking about the era where MNK was Chi Blast-whore, which is less the fault of the MNK and more the fault of how horribly-designed "endgame" in FFXI was.

[Hikozaemon]

Well, at least Thief had one guaranteed party slot.

A day in the life of Monk in FFXI:
Monk: Do you guys need a DD?
Paladin: Is Samurai coming?
Warrior: No, Samurai has jury duty.
Paladin: What about Dark Knight?
Warrior: He's the defendant.
Paladin: Ohh, right, that "thing he did". Well, do you have any MND rings, Monk?
Monk: Yeah..
Paladin: Get to boostin!

If you where in a real ls w/ skilled players that took care of there members none of that talk woulda never happened. MY ls did everything w/ every job. I did salvage on freaking PUP and owned it. FF11 was all about skill then gear. No job was truely bad if you where a good player.

[BabyChooChoo]

Well, Musketeer was slated to be released in 1.0 then, well, everything happened and that obviously never came to fruition. I could have sworn I read something about it coming "soon," but even I don't trust my memory sometimes lol. Either way, there's a dude smack dab in the middle of the Maelstrom artwork holding a pistol so if Musketeers aren't on the table, maybe Corsairs are. I dunno. I'm excited either way.

I just want my Dancer back. Not sure how well it'd fit, but it's the only Job that's missing that I really care about.

[Luda]

Samurai, Yes! but not a tanking samurai lol.