LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

[jenova_9]

If people later find an archive video version please share it here, mew.

[Malacite]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

FUCK I knew I wanted to get up early today for somethign... omg I totally spaced -__-


The one time it's not starting at like the crack of dawn here (plus they were supposed to be showing new trailers right?)

[Hayde]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

Job Video Re-posted:

[Malacite]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

GRR was about to post that.

[jenova_9]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

Hey you posted the new trailer first, mew! That was fast. Oh ya, the official general discussion has a topic about this and they have lots of pictures, including housing and a Goobue rug.

[Malacite]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

Also apparently SCH has been confirmed for launch for Arcanist so.... 2 jobs for 1 class? Or are they pushing back SMN?

No idea what's going on.

[Mezlo]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

Also apparently SCH has been confirmed for launch for Arcanist so.... 2 jobs for 1 class? Or are they pushing back SMN?

No idea what's going on.

I haven't seen the video yet but that would make sense and go along with what they've been doing. My guess would be you'd start out as Arcanist and then you can specialize into Scholar. My rationale behind that is on the other jobs, the non-ffxi jobs were the classes you'd start in and then you can specialize into an ffxi job. ie:

Pugalist > Monk
Conjurer > White Mage
so... Arcanist > Scholar

[jenova_9]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

Summoner is still at launch. Arcanist might be like FFTactics where Squire and Chemist branch out to more than one job class, mew.
Questing for Scholar may require leveling different classes compared to Summoner.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...ps930b6fdf.png

Is that a new city?

[Malacite]

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They already confirmed way back that SMN would be Arcanists' job, but they said in the video (and it's in the Q&A I believe) that now SCH will be available at launch for Arcanist as well so...

hmm. Guess it'll be the first class that gets 2 jobs.


EDIT: Just wanted to add that I f'ing LOVE the new animations for BLM ^_^

So much better than XI...

[DakAttack]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

Hasn't this been in the cards all along? I thought they were planning to add multiple jobs to each class at some point.

[Malacite]

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I believe they were, just surprising to see it happen like that right away - and also how SCH will work this time around.

I say that because the spell system was much different (and one of the few things I feel better) in XI over XIV. SCH has traditionally been like a RDM but even more focused on magic, eschewing melee entirely. But spells are all class/job abilities this time around and not shared skills like in XI. So what will SCH's magic be like? Carbuncle +... what?

[jenova_9]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

Came across new info and media, mew

"Q38: Please tell us about each job’s unique features, such as dragoons specialities for physical attack and the difference between the two tanks, paladin and warrior.

A38: Dragoon is your standard damage dealer. However, by attacking from behind or the from the side of your enemy you will get bonuses and buffs. These bonuses can stack and enhance your damage. Also, when you talk about dragoon of course they have jump, and in ARR we will have a variety of different jumps. You can use jump to get close, leg sweep to stun, and then run behind them and attack with a multitude of abilities.

In regards to Monk which was shown on the stream, using a single weapon skill will determine a “form” which will determine the next weapon skill you can use. Additionally, you will be able to link forms together. Depending on the form you can receive a haste effect which will reduce your global cooldown, so by linking a bunch of forms it will really open up possibilities.

With that said, each damage dealer has their own special characteristics, just as classes/jobs and paladin/warrior have their special differences."

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[Etra]

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I really wish they wouldn't do two jobs for one class. I'd rather level SCH independently from SMN. -_-

[Malacite]

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Yeah but that would mean coming up with a new weapon or sub-weapon type.

Again, that's something I sorta liked better about XI.

[jenova_9]

Re: LIVE Letter 7 from the producer right now

You won't necessarily have to level SMN or SCH to use the other, mew. If anything, this makes aquiring them much faster than having to level an entirely new class linked to it. Those that level Arcanist (and perhaps something else), could decide whether to get Scholar or Summoner based on the class requirements without needing to level more than 1-2 classes to get one or the other.