What Inspired SAGE In FFXIV! [THEORY] Origins and References!



When the sage job was announced — or rather shown in the endwalker expansion trailer — I think I wasn’t alone in being totally blown away at what exactly I was looking at?!

I want to reveal my theory on it, as well as use this theory to posulate exactly how the Sage job will play in FFXIV.

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0:00 Intro
2:00 What Certainly Did NOT Inspire Sage
2:56 YoshiP’s Letter And Gundams
4:10 Nu Gundam Version Ka?
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8:04 What is a BIT?
10:00 Fin Funnel Lore
11:50 Sages Augment Ideas
17:00 Outro

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30 thoughts on “What Inspired SAGE In FFXIV! [THEORY] Origins and References!”

  1. Don't get me wrong
    I'm main healer and I'm hyped af for new healer
    But…
    Sage does not look like that, FF14's Sage has zero in common with other FF games outside of name D: Even spells are different
    Sage is just a buffed red mage, able to use high level black and white magic without sword.
    So yeah… we will see
    Can't wait still to pew pew, sages were really powerful dpses

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  2. As a Gundam great fan, this new job looks amazing. Can't wait to try it and say "ike fin funnels". Amazing job with the research and all I can say is, watch Gundam!!! Watch gundam thunderbolt first.

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  3. I instantly recognized the Nu Gundam reference on first sight, and I remembered the letter as well when he said healer. A couple of notes though on both semantics and hypotheses:
    There are 3 separate universes (entirely separate) in Gundam that use the specific style of weaponized mind controlled flying objects. They all are called out differently, and you can tell how what first Gundam series a fan watched based on it.
    Bits and Fangs references to Gundam 00 (2008). Which is your initial source.
    Dragoons references Gundam Seed (1999/2000). All my gaming friends referenced this.
    Funnels reference Gundam 0079 (1979). Which I recognized, and my gaming friends do call me Grandpa at times, including that moment.
    Fin is extraneous and not used in any of the series I have seen that I recall.

    The Variable Beam Spray Rifle references Nu Gundam's hand weapon. Not the function of the funnels themselves. So I am weary of the variation of atk spd and dmg capability of sage. If it was the case, then the other classes will need that capability as well.

    The Mega particle cannon is an anti-captial ship weapon. Only extensively large mobile suits (ZZ, space artillery guns, and Mobile Armor) can wield those (Think MCH LB3). I don't see Sage having that type of OP power. Maybe if it was DPS and an LB3. But since they are a healer, I would rule this one out as well.

    If you want to get a better feel of Nu Gundam as a reference to the future sage: There is the movie Gundam Char's counterattack which is the first and only time you see Nu Gundam. There is also the short feature of it Gundam Evolve 5 which probably captures the spirit of Yoshi P's letter and his view of Nu Gundam as a healer.

    I might say your research would be better directed at funnels since the Universal Century (UC) universe is the most lore heavy of the 3. The Zeon Empire were the first, and have many examples and lore on it.

    P.S. Emerald Weapon harkens to Kshatriya from Gundam Unicorn which also has funnels, and when Emerald goes gold, notice that the attacks are multidirectional like hers.

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  4. As im grinding for relic this what im telling myself in my head:
    " Space met Mage and they both gave birth to Sage.
    While im doing this relic girind at this horrible time and age "
    -Abdul Aziz Al-Belushi
    nice to meet you XD

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  5. As a Gundam nerd since Gundam Zeta, this video got me smiling the whole time. I got a whole library of knowledge about Gundam Universal Century mechas. If you got Theory crafting questions, reply below

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  6. There have been characters who use weapons in this way in Final Fantasy history. Granted, in those cases they were melee weapons like swords. Vayne Solidor from FFXII had swords flying around when you fought him, and in Dissidia he’s depicted with four swords in this same configuration. Ultimecia is also depicted with four swords floating around her in this same configuration, in her appearance in Dissidia. Though I don’t remember her doing this in FFVIII, but it’s been a LONG time since I played VIII.

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  7. I think im like one of 4 people who thought Graduis and not gundam. I have two kits of the Nu my self, the RG and the Ver Ka. See, Nu has six funnels, Vic Viper has for options. Because the sage uses four Nueliths, I was more "The heck? what does Alphinoed thing he is, a space fighter?" None the less I do look forward to trying out the new class. My fc is gonna hate me going "Option" every time i shield them lol.

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  8. I love WHM and SCH.. I enjoy their skill effects too but I've always disliked the book as a weapon due to restrictions of glamour options and hate the way WHIM holds the cane LOL. Sage is gonna be my new main no doubt. I'm a huge gundam fan too so I straight up screamed when I saw Alphinaud as a sage.

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