New Jobs coming! Which is right for you?

Definitely going to try DRK for my tank and AST since I'm main healing.

I'll probably try Astro. but i feel like they gave all the new jobs such interesting mechanics compared to the old ones. there will be little to no reasons to play their counterpart.
Astro is both a healer and a shielder
Machinist is both a mobile dps/support and a strong immobile dps
Idk for dark knight

Gonna try DRK, but probably going to end up sticking with WAR anyway. All of them sound fun, though.

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Originally Posted by hallena

I'll probably try Astro. but i feel like they gave all the new jobs such interesting mechanics compared to the old classes. there will be little to no reasons to play their counterpart.

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New jobs in MMOs are usually OP and then rebalanced later when the community complains about specific things. So you'll probably see a lot of Dark Knight, Astro, and Machinist in Alexander clears before they get nerfed. Enjoy it while you can!

Above all else, Astrologian has my highest interest. With Scholar being my current main job, the interest in the healer role is already there, but having come from Corsair in FFXI the card drawing aspect of Astrologian greatly intrigues me. Not to mention that lore-wise the job would fit very nicely considering my guardian deity of choice is Nymeia, "the watcher of celestial bodies and goddess of fate."

Second on my list would go to Machinist. The fabled gun job is one that I had been anticipating for quite some time with high hopes for it being my main DPS job. Unfortunately, Ninja beat it to the punch and I've enjoyed that job immensely. So much so that when we saw that first video of Machinist it didn't leave a strong impression. However, having read about it's unique mechanics with reloading and charged shots, my interest has been renewed.

And last for me has to go to Dark Knight. I'm not as bothered as some by the fact that it's a tank and willingly accept it for what it is, but simply put, heavy two-handed weapons have never been my preferred weapon. I do very much like the MP focus and that alone will likely put Dark Knight above Warrior for me, but as an MP focused tank, on a personal level I am more hoping for something a bit more graceful in style, like a Spell Fencer. I've found a healer and a DPS that I enjoy a lot, but I may have to wait a while longer before I find my tank job of choice.

DRK! I really hope they go in a STR direction for DRK, Then I can gear my MNK and DRK without worry of lockout. Give them an ability to double their HP. Although at Pax Yoshi said the new raid was going to have a new loot system.

Don't mind me. I'm just twiddling my thumbs over here waiting for Samurai and Dancer.

*Ahem* In a more serious reply though. :p

Of the 3 new jobs, I've been wanting DRK to be in FFXIV for as long as I was playing this game. But being the collector I am, I WILL get all 3 of them to level 60, along with all the old classes. (PLD may very well be my first level 60 class) So I'll be making DRK my priority of the 3 new jobs.

I didn't think it'd be for me in an MMO, but ever since I got a taste of Tanking way earlier in FFXIV, it's been my usual main go to job in this game. That feeling of having all the aggro... all the eyes of the enemies on you... glaring at you with hatred... trying to bring you down while the DPS go nuts on them... I love it. It's like a conversation I had with Iron Bull in Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Bull: "So what made you decide to turtle up?"

Me: "I want to walk up to them. Take the strongest blow they can muster. Look them in the eye... and laugh."

Bull: "HA! While I sneak up behind them and pull their hamstring! I love it!"
(Not exact wording I'm sure, but it was pretty much that)

So yeah, DRK for me, first thing. I'll dive into AST next after since Healers are often in demand too, and the card mechanic interests me. MAC will eventually get my attention, but it might be awhile... much as I want to run around looking like an MIB agent shooting everything with guns. :p

Machinist all the way
RANGED CLASSES HOLLA
anyway um. I feel like I'll be fine with all my bard stuff sooo..

Oh and also Astrologian. I find I do like healing and it sounds really fun, so........

I really don't care about tanking so I don't care about dark knight.

hitting things with greatswords makes me happy. also darkness

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Originally Posted by SayuriHime

Machinist! 'Cause I'm a redneck irl and I want guns! :D

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Oh wow that made me laugh way harder than I should have...

I probably won't play anything new right away. I have to stay focused on what I am working on or I will never want to go back to it.

Will eventually do all three....AFTER I handle the main storyline. My focus will be my main, DRG, so it's ready for whatever awaits at the end. By then, the best ways to get to 60 should be known. I'll push Machinist up to 60 and gear it up. While I'm doing that, I'll tinker with DRK, then AST so they are at least at 60.

WAR to 60
DRK to 60
BLM to 60
PLD to 60

In that order. My three zodiac class characters.

Sticking with white mage as main, and levelling new (and old) jobs really slowly when no one needs me to white mage for them.

That is, until they introduce samurai of course :)

Machinist definitely interests me the most so far of the 3. It sounds very different and interesting with charge-up shots and reloading and different attachments and turrets and *gets overwhelmed* :P

That said, the recent revelations of how Astrologian will play have grabbed my curiosity. Currently SCH is my secondary job, but I think AST may have a chance of replacing it, at least as my main healer if MCH is too much fun.

I can't see myself switching mains from Monk though :)

Dark Knight. I was a drk in ffxi and I love tanking here so perfect fit for me getting it unlocked and leveled on day one.

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Originally Posted by Yamimarik

T-T-The great Rongi Pongi humbles my fun little thread! /faints

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xD Make sure you tell me how all the classes are :D

I was awaiting a DRK (my favorite job) as a DPS pretty much from the beginning. During that time, I played PLD as a tank (my favorite role).
Now, they offer me my favorite job as my favorite role, even if it was kind of unexepected.

As for the two other jobs...well, i'm only a little curious about how they will play.

I am going to be raiding on AST, since kind of fed up playing SCH since launch.

However, MCH looks really really really really interesting :). Hope its implimented well.

(I was one of those people who wanted the gun based healer..........shhhhhhhh).

I've had a tarot card deck since I was a young teen so when I saw Astrologian I got pretty excited since they use cards and divination apparently! I am also happy they are a healer class since I've been mostly a career healer throughout all the MMO's I've played and tried. I can't wait to add Astrologian to my healer repertoire.

I might switch over to Astro because it's sounds like an interesting job and akin to FF gambler.

I am quite conflicted and I\\\\'ll likely need more info before I know for certain. Before the reveal i was all about whatever the gun class was going to be, but then they did something I hadnt anticipated, they made the gun class a pet user....

I was prepared for the gun class being a dps, support, or even a healer, but a dps/buffer/debuffer/pet user?

My favorite class of all time from any game was corsair, always will be probably, so I had secretly hoped for something paying homage to it, but what it seems like they have done is taken corsair and split it down the middle and created 2 jobs, Machinist and Astrologian. Machinist got the gun and a little buffing, and Astrologian got the cards and a little buffing. So I suppose it will ultimately come down to which part did I enjoy more, the cards or the gun, and of course how each class plays.

I see myself either going machinist main and Astrologian secondary or vice versa, I need more information first.

I'm looking forward to DRK the most. I'm not interested in the "dark knight" part of it as much as I'm interested in the Two-handed Sword, caster-tank aspect. My favourite parties in Final Fantasy I usually has a Redmage as the front-line tank, so this interpretation of Dark Knight feels very much like something I could enjoy. In any case, I have a hard time not being in the thick of it, no matter which job I play. Might as well be on a job where people aren't angry at me when I pull threat first :P

Time will tell if it's the job that will "stick" to me, though. In the end, I plan to level everything to 60.

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Originally Posted by DarkmoonVael

(I was one of those people who wanted the gun based healer..........shhhhhhhh).

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YOU! HOW COULD YOU! :) But in all honesty if machinist is implemented well it may become my new main from brd, and ive been brd since 1.0!

Machinist I will try, it sounds like a physical version of arcanist blended with archer, which sounds like it could be fun. This might be my preferred DPS class - but it will have to out do Bard to Become that.

Dark knight I will try, it depends on how it plays and how dark the lore is. I don't like the dark side of the force - so to speak.

Astrologian - no thanks, I really dislike astrology and consider it little more than cold reading based on superstition. The inclusion of tarot cards just drives this further into the "not gonna play" category for me.

Warrior has always been a 'waiting room' class for me until Dark Knight, even before Dark Knight was announced, before I knew it'd be a tanking class or anything.

Loved it to death in FFXI, preferred Great Swords infinitely over Scythes. So the weapon choice for 'em in this game is feeling pretty good right now.

Even if Dark Knight is wrong for me- I'll just have to settle with never being right.

That said, I really hope the class lore doesn't go along the lines of 'Tap into the bad feels and feel bad all the time!' I liked that they weren't over-emotional sob stories in FFXI, Dark Knights just did what they had to do and didn't expect to get any medals for it.