Ask an Aran thread.

I'd guess a summer patch. or Nov\Dec 2010.

actually, i think it would thematically fit well in winter (since they were frozen) or spring (when most stuff thaws out). As far as year, I doubt to a degree it'd be this winter, and also doubt to a degree they'd wait another year. So idk. Thats just the logical advertiser in me seeing a good way to promote it, though they may decide to do a whole "christmas(or rather, winter) in July" thing too.

Also, I have a few questions I'd like cleared up as im getting ready to make one of my own.

First, can anyone clarify for sure what aran's seem to gain per point in dex as far as acc goes? I know bucc's gain more then warriors, and realistically when I made my bucc there was too much minor info that I did not know about(didn't affect me greatly, but would still be good to know for planning ahead of time).

Second, I have done some math, and read posts saying Aran's hp gain per level is ~40ish per level. What is their MP gain like? I think when I did prelimary math based off of a couple of nib SS's in the flaunting thread (like a level 13 and 16 first day, same equips) that it was pretty low like warriors (which is great for people who want to wash, int gear goes farther) but just checking to be sure.

And though I doubt anyone on southperry who plays versions other then GMS and MSea spends much in NX or tries to wash character, so doubt that I'll get this answered fully, since they do not have a skill for improving hp to get in way, does it give you full 40ish hp if you use a AP reset from, say, DEX and put into HP? It should since that'd be their natural HP gain, but asking for confirmation.

And prob my main one, how feasible is it to use a game controller (like a playstation or 360 controller hooked up to pc) to play a Aran? At first I thought that it'd be great, since they have a primary attack and you use that multiple times, then i realized I had misunderstood some of the other attacks, that you hit the 1-2 arrow keys and hit a different button, and then found out that Aran's have like a TON of buffs. I guess what I'm asking is how many different buttons do you use on a regular basis in, say, 3rd-4th job? and do buff timers stack up nice enough to just have like 3-4 macro's perhaps placed on keyboard?