unimplemented ffxiv classes.

I noticed the update on FFXIV Lodestone regarding Harlequin level 50 armor. Their gear reminds me of Bard from FFXI, and although I would be rather sad regarding the lack of a musical class, I think the Harlequin sounds quite intriguing. And I totally want that hat. However, this new development caused me to further investigate future class updates; I had heard about Arcanist (already has NPCs in LL, I believe) and Musketeer (potential gun class). But I found something even more interesting!

Shepherd
- A Disciple of the Land class.
- They use an action called "Herd."

What the what?? It has been SO LONG since I could play a true animal tamer class; like, Ultima Online long. Beastmaster was similar, but it was, in all actuality, a battle class. Animal Tamers could harness something, say a dragon, own it, and sell it for money to other players. It didn't deal merely with a temporary enchantment, but rather a permanent situation. You could tame your own wild horses to stable and ride at your leisure, or sell to stable NPCs / other players. I remember riding a raptor creature around town. Anyway, I loved it. Perhaps FFXIV could allow us to tame Chocobos. Fingers crossed this is speedily added.

Squenix has already stated advanced classes will be added through version updates rather than expansion packs. I believe Arcanist and Musketeer will be first though.