How Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker decided on Reaper and Sage

When Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion, Endwalker, releases on November 23, players will get access to two new job classes: Reaper and Sage. But how and why did Square Enix choose these two concepts?

I got to ask Naoki Yoshida, the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game’s director and producer, about the formation of both during a recent interview through a translator. The Reaper is a new melee damage job that focuses on fast-paced combat with a scythe. The Sage is a healer with a futuristic tech aesthetic that can shoot lasers out of floating cannons (maybe I would have become a doctor like my dad wanted if real medical professionals got magic lasers).