The announcement is hardly surprising (if you read all those cut scenes and lore from the main quest!). I still want my Dancer to come with the dual-wield class ;P
I am a bit more surprised how tactful Yoshida talked about in-game marriage thing. As a business (gaming or not), senior staff members and executives have to thread carefully in touching socially sensitive issues. The problem is not personal beliefs in the issues involve, but senior managerial staff and executives have to do things to prevent drawing fire from the public, shareholders and opportunistic activists and politicians that may affect the reputation of the business or getting sued. Anyway, I think Yoshida answered that the marriage question reasonably, and he is clearly aware of the implications how he may be interpreted.
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Amanada (Cerberus-Retired) (aka MaiNoKen/Steven)
-- Thank you for the fun times in Vana'diel
Art for the sake of art itself is an idle sentence.
Art for the sake of truth, for the sake of what is
beautiful and good — that is the creed I seek.
- George Sand
A designer knows he has achieved perfection,
not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry