Think it will be possible to implement Samurai armor in the game for Samurai? Possibly as an AF set?
Also, is Spectral Thief a potential hint to a Thief job?
I know usually peoples first response to this is "BuT NiNjA", but a lot of skills that are Thief specific have been removed from Ninja over the years. Remember that Ninja was released in Patch 2.4, and since then the game's combat systems have been radically transformed like... 3 times already. Picking and pruning abilities to streamline and adjust the jobs. So how could Yoshi-P and team create a Thief job? [Info from Patch 2.4]
Lets take a look at some of the old abilities Ninja started with, but over time, lost.
Kiss of the Wasp
Mutilate
Sneak Attack
Dancing Edge
Kiss of the Viper
Jugulate
Goad
Abilities Ninja still has but can be repurposed that belong to Thief
Mug
Trick Attack
Perfect Dodge
The rest of Ninja's kit is to theme of the Ninja job. I know the way these abilities work no longer function with the current gameplay, hence the suggestion of repurposing. I'm mostly grasping at straws here, and its a fun thought for me, but what do you guys think? Think Thief can become a possibility? Or will it forever live in the shadow of the Ninja?
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Also, is Spectral Thief a potential hint to a Thief job?

I know usually peoples first response to this is "BuT NiNjA", but a lot of skills that are Thief specific have been removed from Ninja over the years. Remember that Ninja was released in Patch 2.4, and since then the game's combat systems have been radically transformed like... 3 times already. Picking and pruning abilities to streamline and adjust the jobs. So how could Yoshi-P and team create a Thief job? [Info from Patch 2.4]
Lets take a look at some of the old abilities Ninja started with, but over time, lost.
Kiss of the Wasp
Mutilate
Sneak Attack
Dancing Edge
Kiss of the Viper
Jugulate
Goad
Abilities Ninja still has but can be repurposed that belong to Thief
Mug
Trick Attack
Perfect Dodge
The rest of Ninja's kit is to theme of the Ninja job. I know the way these abilities work no longer function with the current gameplay, hence the suggestion of repurposing. I'm mostly grasping at straws here, and its a fun thought for me, but what do you guys think? Think Thief can become a possibility? Or will it forever live in the shadow of the Ninja?
Continue reading...