Archer Hero Confirmed? New Pirate and Resistance Chars?

Like, instead of introducing a new archer class, maybe you should first look at how Bowmasters and Marksmen are almost IDENTICAL classes.

This one in particular has bugged me. Warriors seperate at the third job (second is near identical). Mages, thieves, and pirates seperate and the second job. In terms of actual differences, bowmen stay very similar until the fourth job. The only seperations prior to that are arrow bow/iron arrow, fire/ice element, and arrow drain/dragon pulse. Hell, even the fourth job is barely different. Hurricane and Advance Final Attack against Ultimate Strafe and Piercing.

For players to want to play classes, they want to see what the class is capable of on its own. Otherwise, it's not much to play one class when in fact it's practically the same for the other classes in its category. Then again, I usually stray from ranged classes in general as I find myself playing warriors. The only real exception was a Night Walker which is my "nice change of pace" class to play. One of the reasons I won't bother to touch most of the other classes is because it won't pick up a unique play-style until into the 3rd job under most cases.

Otherwise, I can't help feel a bit giddy inside when I think of a warrior for the Resistance. A 2-handed master utilizing Swords, Axes, and Maces, or a dark-elemental warrior, maybe a dual-wielding berserker, or a blacksmith class that wields massive warhammers with buffs that amplify the party's weapons. Oh, the possibilties!