FFXIV Official Website Updated!

Ohh joyous times, once again Square Enix has updated the FFXIV official website with a plethora of new information, in fact it's so much new information that sadly I'm not going to be able to copy and paste every last photo and detail, but hopefully I can give you a rundown of what we have just learned. Most importantly I recommend you check out The official FFXIV website for all the photo's and detailed articles on this new information.


With this update we see more details and information as well new never before seen photo's of the classes and official names for them in english! Not only that, but new information on the beasts of Eorzea as well. Not to mention what you might can expect in the daily life of a Eorzean!

The Classes

So far it quite obvious Square Enix isn't completely done adding all the classes to the website and information involved with them. So far however, we know there will be four different kinds of "disciplines", and classes within them. Whether there will be advanced classes to those or not is anyone's guess, as of now at least.

The Disciplines and Classes within them are listed below:

Disciples of War

Archer
Gladiator
Lancer
Marauder
Pugilist

Will we see more? I'm guessing most likely. When we take a look at the Disciples of War and can see the token "Bow user, Great Axe user, Sword and Shield user, Fist Fighter, Polearm user, etc. But what about our Dark Knights? Our Scythe weilders, our what about our duel handers, most importantly being a Theif/Assassin type? What about or Ninja's and Samurai's? As I said earlier, while this remains a bit blurry I would imagine at the very least you will be seeing a dagger and scythe user. So I have to say this section is most likely not done yet, and there will be more added.

Disciples of Magic

Thaumaturge

As you can see this list isn't anywhere near complete. They've only got one class up under this listing so far, and no information on it is up as well. This is far from complete, so look forward to new updates on the FFXIV site soon enough.

That being said, what of the Disciples of Magic? So far all we know about is the Thaumaturge. In FFXI a Thaumaturge actually does make an appearance, although it is in the form of a Dynamis monster. What kind of monster was it you ask? A black mage! And from the looks of this fellows attire I would say it's not going far out on a limb to say that's more or less what he will be. There are arguments stating that Thaumaturge can mean some one who is a summoner, but when you look closely at what a black mage is, they are one who "summons" the spirits of the elements to use for fighting. So again, this is a bit more controversial and up for discussion, however I'd guess from all things said it is a black mage. But will we have summoners?

What about the other magic classes? Most likely yes! Almost every MMORPG follows the trend of adding a summoner type job, and the earlier Final Fantasy games are no exceptions, so I'm sure you can expect to see them around. Not only that but we can all guess that there will of course be your obligatory "White Mage/Cleric/Healing class" as well as your hybrid "Red Mage" class. After that, again, it becomes more blurry and open for discussion.

Disciples of the Hand

Blacksmith
Alchemist
Culinarian
Tanner
Weaver

When we take a look at the disciples of the hand we see Square Enix is going with the same type of crafting professions you might see in FFXI, of course with more emphasis on them as actual jobs and not just side crafts. But it is obvious they are sticking to the core roots. One thing we see missing from the Disciples of the hand though, and quite possibly the only thing we are not seeing having seen from FFXI is of course, the wood-worker, or what you might be calling a Carpenter. So expect to see that added in very soon. Will there be more than just Carpenter added though? At this point it is hard to say. While I can almost completely assure you that you will be seeing the Carpenter, anything beyond that is more "up in the air" and not as certain. All we can do for now is stay tuned and wait for more information.

Disciples of the Land

Botanist

So far this is the only class they've released under the Disciples of the Land section. Of course we know more will be introduced soon though. When we take a look at the Disciples of the Land things become a bit more blurry, although we can still see the general direction they are going. Most likely it will be similar to FFXI as well, having classes like Lumberjack, Harvester, Angler, Miner, etc. However one more thing has been up for discussion lately, and that is what if there is a true master of hunting? Not a Ranger mind you, as we see already they will be had in the form of Archers. But perhaps a class that traps and scavenges for lesser monster/animals? Only time will tell.

So what can we expect to see in future updates regarding the different classes? Well it's pretty easy to see where Square Enix is going with this, and you're in luck because of my many years experience playing FFXI. It's quite obvious while they are using a new "system" to implement things, there will be some classes you can bet your last penny on.

As far as classes and disciplines go, that is what you can most likely expect to see in FFXIV, and in future updates, so let's move on to the new Monsters!

We see some new monsters being added to FFXIV, some familiar, some not so familiar, but the most interesting part is the bit on how monsters will have different sexes (male/female). Which monsters will fall under these categories? Some? Most? All?! And what does it mean? No one knows yet! All we can do is stay tuned. So far the monsters listed on the FFXIV site are:

Ahriman
Antelope
Cactaur
Opo-Opo
Ogre
Mammet
Puk
Raptor
Aldgoat
Morbol

Be sure and check the Bestiary on the official FFXIV website for more information!

After all is said about the new monsters and classes and the information with them, we take a look at the other new update to the official FFXIV website, "Lifestyle". This section is very interesting and talks about the circle of life in Eorzea. From disciples of the land providing the goods, disciples of war hunting them, and disciples of the hand crafting them into what they need, to the joys of versatility and capitalism.

Lot's of great new information on the Official FFXIV website for everyone to read, so be sure to check it out!