[Lobivopsis]

a Corsair is a privateer, not a pirate.

The difference is that a corsair is sanctioned by the government to plunder the shipping of rival nations. In exchange for this they split the loot. They were skilled well trained professionals with good equipment. Quite unlike the popular image of a pirate (which is the outlaw variety).

Corsairs were professionals who could expect to make a fortune and then retire as wealthy men. Unlike outlaw pirates who usually ended up hanged or worse. Being a corsair ment you got all of the perks (plunder, adventure) and few of the drawbacks (scurvy, lice, being hung from the yardarm by the british navy)

[Katsi]

nice point <3 @_@

[Tonyr]

2 entries found for corsair.
cor·sair Audio pronunciation of "corsair" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kôrsâr)
n.

1. A pirate, especially along the Barbary Coast.
2. A swift pirate ship, often operating with official sanction.


[French corsaire, from Old Provençal corsari, from Old Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursrius, from cursus, plunder, from Latin, run, course. See course.]

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Depending on context, Corsair can refer to:

* a pirate who used to operate with a commission from a government (see privateer). Etymologically, it derives from the Italian corso ("chase"), and thus means "one who gives chase."
* an alternative term for a Barbary Pirate, especially "Turkish corsairs"
* a French airline, see: Corsair (airline)
* several aircraft of the US Navy:
o the O2U Corsair
o the F4U Corsair
o the A-7 Corsair II
* a kind of fireworks
* a poem, The Corsair, by Lord Byron
* a large manufacturer of RAM (computer memory), Corsair Memory
* a "Protoss" unit in the StarCraft: Brood War computer game extension pack
* Le Corsaire is a ballet in 3 acts choreographed by Konstantin Sergeyev to music by Adolphe Adam et al.
* one of the expected jobs in the latest expansion pack for the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI

[Aurac11]

Well when I think of THF I think of aladin and they look nothing alike :con

[Jongo]

Lobivopsis just got owned, lol.

[Tensu]

oi ill agree with him to a certain extent

from my own speculation Corsair (which i now call COR ) is more or less mercinaries like nin but COR is directed toward sea if that makes any sense at all >.>

[katb]

Since when were NIN merecenries?
Ninjas were secretely the Highest members of the Japanese Imperial army, higher up than a Samurai.

[darkhell87]

yeah its a fuckin pirate dude, I tryed to find some reasoning to SEs desicion on this one, but failed there is none there just desprite.


Dude.. they so need the jobs

Assassin

Berserker

Black knight

Holy knight

Dragon knight

Singer

Holy mage

Evil mage

sexualy confused mage

animal tamer

bow man

then the game will be complete

No lie some gave me a /tell saying that the top for I listed where going to be the new jobs.

[Avatarius]

lol ^ joking right?

[spira]

Corsair is actually a derivation of the gambler job/class found in previous FFs. while its only official name mention in the main series is in FFX-2 (gambler/ lady luck NA ver) alot of FF characters have exhibited gambling traits, such as Setzer (VI), Cait Sith (VII), Selphie (VIII, her Slot limit break is somewhat of a gamble).

So Corsair is just a nicer name for Gambler. And they decided to tie in piratey elements to it too i guess.

Unless you were saying like dictionary meaning of Corsair.. which is basically what a pirate anyway, except they sound cooler

[soniquefan2003]

Your sig isn't for the simple minded. I should show it to my cousin over load her brain a little.

[Odinomega]

w/e, just give me a ranged attack parrot!

[Warkvlt]

Privateer = govt. sanctioned pirate.

[locketaru]

spira :
So Corsair is just a nicer name for Gambler. And they decided to tie in piratey elements to it too i guess.

Prolly they decided to call it Corsair in order to avoid that every single stoopid american family with stoopid fake morals sue them 'cause Gambler is a bad with and you would be in hell forever if you gamble.. and shit like that..

[Dimmauk]

From the SE site

Corsair

Descendants of the dauntless pirates that once scourged the seas of the Near East, corsairs rely on the “Hexagun,” a multi-barreled revolver, and elaborate luck-based abilities to alter the stakes of battle.

[Zerous]

I keep trying to figure out if this job will be my main or just another one of the jobs I will hate. I personally dislike support jobs since I can't play em. The Revolver type gun sounds awesome but the gambling abilities seem like a huge draw back. The name also contradicts the abilities of the job which is what the thread is about. I just hope its not another SE fuck up.

Prolly they decided to call it Corsair in order to avoid that every single stoopid american family with stoopid fake morals sue them 'cause Gambler is a bad with and you would be in hell forever if you gamble.. and shit like that..