Comments from the Devs

[solracht]

Q19: So about that scholar rumor...?

A19: Scholar will be implemented for release as the 8th job! Look for details on scholar at E3!

8th job

SUMMONER CANCELLED

[Eagleheart]

8th job

SUMMONER CANCELLED

IIRC, SMN won't be ready for release? o.0 So that'd make SMN #9.

Or #10, if they pull another rabbit outta their hat. >_>

EDIT: or... # XI.

[Alkar]

IIRC, SMN won't be ready for release? o.0 So that'd make SMN #9.

Or #10, if they pull another rabbit outta their hat. >_>

EDIT: or... # XI.

Summoner is confirmed for launch, they simply made a mistake.

[Xanthe]

Summoner is confirmed for launch, they simply made a mistake.

Yep, the forum post has been updated to say 9th.

[ArchDizzle]

Just woke up, did they say what class Scholar will branch off from or describe how it will play at all?

[Gokulo]

Just woke up, did they say what class Scholar will branch off from or describe how it will play at all?

Nothing, just the usual "Please wait for E3 for more info/be excited"

[Rocl]

NIGGAS

SCHOLAR

[Psion]

Just woke up, did they say what class Scholar will branch off from or describe how it will play at all?

Don't think so, but it's generally assumed to branch off arcanist. (they're kinda scholarly). Plus, if you look at the gears of summoner and scholar, you can see a lot of similarities, such as the red and green themes. Plus, scholars generally use grimoires, which is what arcanist also uses.

[ArchDizzle]

Nothing, just the usual "Please wait for E3 for more info/be excited"

I can live with this long as we get a P3 date today.

[avelle]

So I guess there was no beta announcement about this weekend then?

[Toth]

Interesting. So now we have 9 jobs, 8 starter classes. Maybe a new starting class will be revealed? Perhaps a debuffer.

[Raldo]

I think you're crazy if you think it'll branch off anything but Arcanist.

[solracht]

Interesting. So now we have 9 jobs, 8 starter classes. Maybe a new starting class will be revealed? Perhaps a debuffer.

arcanist is a debuffer

wild guess of course I didn't see any leaked skills or anything

[Alkar]

Interesting. So now we have 9 jobs, 8 starter classes. Maybe a new starting class will be revealed? Perhaps a debuffer.

Scholar will likely branch from Arcanist. However they did say that there's a new healing class/job on the way.

[donnie]

Q28: Will the "haste" spell be implemented? If not, are there effects similar to haste?

A28: There are abilities that will increase your speed. Additionally, there are equipment that will decrease the global cooldown.

the first interesting point for me

[Obsidian]

Fists of Wind was basically Haste already.

[Eagleheart]

Can't say I'm not disappointed with their doubling down on the elemental vulnerability thing.

Funny thing is that Yoshi P said elsewhere that "yeah, no inherent damage bonuses, but there will be other reasons that will make you want to use elements that an opponent is 'weak' to in battle", which goes right against the stated intent of

A29: There was already a lengthy response about this on the Beta forum, but to give you an example, if you are fighting Ifrit and his weakness is water, then classes and jobs that are proficient in fire would be excluded from participating. Since we want to make participating in content easy with the Duty Finder, we felt that this wasn't good and decided to get rid of it.

So instead of additional damage, it might slow the monster's spellcasting or weaken their defense, as were some examples thrown down in previous posts on the matter.

And somehow, this means that jobs without those elements will NOT be passed over?

I'm all for job balance and such, but this seems to be chasing one's tail. <.<

[Raldo]

What's the latest date we can still call "the beginning of June"?
...June 14th?

Q39: What’s the start date of phase 3?

A39: I would like to apologize to those who thought that phase 3 will start tomorrow. Unfortunately, there's scheduled building maintenance that will occur on June 1st to June 2nd.

As for the start date, the current plan is June 14th, unless we encounter a critical bug!

fucking lol

[ArchDizzle]

Bah nvm...

[Gokulo]

Damn their teasing.