Comments from the Devs

[Vuitton]

Arcanist uses books for their weapon and look scholarly. What am I missing here? I don't get this omg scholar shit.

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...st_Artwork.png

Held within special grimoires, these symbols lend shape to the arcanist's aether, thereby allowing him to produce myriad powerful spells. Arcanist has been described as a class with powerful damage-over-time and debuffing abilities, similar to the old Thaumaturge skillset. Additionally, Carbuncle has two different stances to choose from, one focusing on spellcasting and other for tanking

[miokomioko]

edit: Eh, the more I look, the more I'm conflicted.

Bows on the shoes, unique socks, the scarf/brooch, a mortarboard, etc. Her equipment doesn't have the look of general DoM gear like Vanya or the like.
Then again, they could be adding class-specific gear (actually I think this might be the most realistic explaination).

The grimoir ,considering the current confines of the armory system, is hard to think belongs to a different job entirely. Especially since it doesn't look like anything comparable to a relic weapon.
It's likely Arcanist and is just featured among the rest of the jobs in this illustration because it's brand new for the re-release of the game; thus, important to draw attention to.

[Cichy]

Yoshi knows they need to go above and beyond to regain any type of respect in the eyes of their customers. He also said that he is aware that we need another mage job. I suspect it's SCH and it's gonna be mostly debuffing job.

[Raldo]

I find it interesting that the summoner isn't holding shit.

[solracht]

Monk has no weapons either so clearly the logical assumption to make is Summoner unlocks from Pugilist

Confirmed via artwork

[LD]

Spoiler: show

http://nerdeux.files.wordpress.com/2...f14-ca-sum.png

This one is.
Though I guess you're suggesting, just as I was, that shifts in development may have changed things.

Also, what he said.

Oh wait, no. Can't have two jobs from one class w/o confirmation. We're back to square one.
Also, there's a blue outfit in the middle of that pic BLUE MAGE CONFIRMED.

[mightyg]

Still unknown as far as I know. I think they said dyes will be released in phase 3, though? I don't have the time to search for the post now, but I know they talked about that recently.

If I remember right, they mentioned they were leaning away from being able to dye the JSE, as they wanted them to be distinctive/recognizable. That was a pretty old quote though so they may well have changed their mind by now.

[Pyree]

If I remember right, they mentioned they were leaning away from being able to dye the JSE, as they wanted them to be distinctive/recognizable. That was a pretty old quote though so they may well have changed their mind by now.

Yeah, that was right. I misread the question and thought he was talking about RSE, the new gear that each race starts with now.

[Hyan]

Beta roadmap has been updated.

http://gdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Roadmap_EN.pdf

Duty Finder to be implemented in the middle of P3, level sync in from the beginning of P3.

[Gulkeeva]

Hope people note the "partially lifted" NDA in that ＿冂○
(previous roadmaps said like NDA lifted, so that has changed!)

[Alkar]

I was browsing the website of one of my country's retailers and noticed that they've uploaded a "time card" for ARR. Looks like you won't really need to go through the SE account at all and just buy these cards if you want to.

[Seiji Okita]

I know we still have two phases of beta to go, but dare i say... This looks like a whole new SE with a much more encouraging pathway to launch. *fingers crossed* It's almost like I'm going to flip on the television one night and be blasted with an actual full feature ARR commercial. lol

I have to say, if this relaunch turns out a success and actually saves the game and maybe even reinvigorates the franchise... Yoshida deserves some mutha fuckin mad props. I've got nothing but respect for the man up to this point, few people have been in his position and fewer would want to be lol, but the man keeps on like a sleepless soldier.

[Adajer]

Still no word on when we will be able to recreate our existing 1.0 characters to change races.

[Seiji Okita]

Still no word on when we will be able to recreate our existing 1.0 characters to change races.

I'm pretty sure it was said that when the game launches there will be NPC's that will allow 1.0 players to reroll their appearance.

[Evane]

More like the first time you login the game after the release.

[Seiji Okita]

More like the first time you login the game after the release.

Your right. I found community rep Hvinire's response to this.

I know confirmation has been a long time coming on this one, and we're glad to finally detail how this will work! When you log into A Realm Reborn for the first time with your old character (specifically after phase 4), you will have the ability to redo any aspect of your character -- one time only.This includes the ability to change your name.

Everyone's getting a second chance at a first impression!

[Adajer]

Huzzah! Going to play with character creator in P3/P4 and write down my customization for launch then.

I will still have to play as a Hyur throughout P4 though. ; ;

[shepardG]

When is the next beta phase? I've got an itch...

[Fievel]

When is the next beta phase? I've got an itch...

We'll most likely find out on May 30th.

[Takiwaki]

Nice post from Yoshi in the Jp forum, translated in the JP > EN thread

Things to note that I liked.

WS build up (which I take as a charge or telegraph in some form) from Mobs that can kill you if you dont move, early enough in the game that may make some people complain its too hard from the start.