Final Fantasy MMO fanatics can officially begin blocking off entire months from their calendar in order to grind one of two newly introduced classes — the Gladiator and Pugilist.

The Gladiator is a sword and shields close range combat specialist capable of following a well timed decapitating sword swipe with the words “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!” While the Pugilist’s mix of hand-to-hand claw combat and ranged expertise reminds me more of a mix between Street Fighter’s Vega and Lord of the Ring’s Legolas Greenleaf.

The reveal of both characters was accompanied by a slew of images containing high res shots of both classes and several new weapon models to drool over while you calculate statistical upgrade numbers in your head.

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Tags: final fantasy XIV, Gladiator, images, new classes, Pugilist, Square-Enix

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1 Comment » Jamillah Rasheed on November 12, 2009 9:03 am Why do these two “new” jobs remind me of the Paladin and Monk jobs from Final Fantasy XI online? RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.