http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/25931-Gamer-Escape-Interviews-FFXI-Dev-Team-Post-VanaFest-2012?p=343642#post343642
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Greetings,
To answer the question about "why can't these new jobs also use relics?"
The main reason why rune fencers and geomancers will be unable to equip Relic and Empyrean weapons is because those weapons were created and balanced around the jobs that existed at the time. This is also the reason that blue mage, corsair, puppetmaster, dancer and scholar were never given access to relic weapons.
However, as Mythic weapons are job-specific, it won't be a problem to design a weapon that is best suited specifically for rune fencers or geomancers.
As an additional note, when we release content for these new jobs in Seekers of Adoulin, they will be able to earn the equivalent of Relic equipment, Empyrean equipment, and Mythic weapons. We simply used these terms to make it clearer and we haven't officially decided on what names these types of equipment will take.
I've always interpreted the bolded part as meaning "the new jobs will get the relic/empy/mythic equivalents" meaning a new set of legendary weapons and JSE from this expansion, but they just didn't know what to call the next sets yet. In the case of gear, from Artifact to Relic to Empyrean to "X." So rather than just give us a temp name they used terms we are already familiar with. What's the equivalent of a Relic, an Empyrean and a Mythic? Well considering that the topic focus seemed to be about weapons (and why RNF and GEO aren't on familiar legendary weapons) I concluded that the equivalents would be a set of legendary weapons we'd never seen before. Though I'm about 70% certain I read that they were releasing new JSE and weapon sets
However, now that I'm looking at it even without my coffee at 5:30am, I can see that Camate may have been intending to mean that the new jobs will be given their own Relic equipment (ie AF2
armor), Empy equipment (AF3 armor) and Mythic weapons - but they just didn't know what to call them (Like how White Mages have Healer, Clerics and Orison gear, they'd not worked out the naming scheme for Rune Fencers and Geomancers at that time.)
It's too early in the morning. I shouldn't be thinking so hard.