New Classes

Aside from the obvious summoner, dragoon, samurai, ninja, dancer, I would like a Hairdresser :D

It would equip a scissor and change the hairstyles of others :D
It could also craft items like hairdyes and such and do tatoos.
A class purely to be able to change the visual of the character.

Would be nice if people could think of shit other than FFXI's classes. I don't know why people keep calling it "jobs" they're not jobs anymore, they're classes. This isn't FFXI, this is a different game. That's why the classes are different. I think I've seen Summoner and Dragoon on 9/10 posts. That's fine, but obviously that isn't going to happen, if you want a class with a wyvern, explain how it'll be integrated. Not just "well..copy and paste it from FFXI."

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Originally Posted by SirEdeonX

Aside from the obvious summoner, dragoon, samurai, ninja, dancer, I would like a Hairdresser :D

It would equip a scissor and change the hairstyles of others :D
It could also craft items like hairdyes and such and do tatoos.
A class purely to be able to change the visual of the character.

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You have attained Hairdresser rank 2!
You have learned Wash and Cut I.
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C'mon...

I have read many posts about what yoshi plans on doign and what others want to see happening. In one of Yoshi's letters, he talks about how new classes will be advanced jobs, or branch jobs (or whatever you would like to call it.) Another lengthy post I read was about how "jobs" and "classes" are different.

One of my main concerns, and I believe alot of others is that the classes aren't unique enough.

Combining these ideas I thought of a unique system that would keep the existing classes. (Feel free to add where you feel I missed)

Classes are all different and serve different purposes but they aren't very unique. As they stand they are somewhat similar, and most classes can do what the other classes can. Here is where my idea comes in:

At a certain Rank when you reach a class(Lets say ~35) you are given a quest(yes they will have to add quests!) to unlock class specific jobs. Each class would have 2 jobs. To give more content, they could make 2 seperate quests, 1 for each job. Once you complete that quest your rank 35 can now be a rank35 with their job as " ". For example: I reach rank35 Marauder, my class is still 35 MRD, but my job could be set as either a Berserker or a Dark Knight. These jobs do NOT have levels. They are just the same as your class. Based on what rank MRD you are, you will be given different abilities, and able to wield different weapons. Ex: a 40 MRD(Berserker) Can wield 2 handed axes, and get the ability "Rage":Increasing Attack damage for a limited time, while reducing defense. a 40MRD(DarkKnight) can wield 2 handed scythes, and at R40 get the ability "Drain2". These spells are just examples, but you get the gist of it. Each job can only use their specific abilities/spells. So MRD(berserker) couldnt use MRD(darkknight) abilities and vise versa.

So, with this system, once you are Rank50 MRD, you would have a 50MRD(Darknight/Berserker) as well(assuming you completed the job quests). In order to maintain uniquness, and so players just cant switch at will, you would have to set your class job in a city. This way we can avoid MRD switching between the 2, and defeating the purpose of job uniqueness.

So first off you have classes:

Pugilist
Gladiator
Lancer
Marauder
Archer
Musketeer
Shield
Conjurer
Thaumaturge
Arcanist

I added Arcanist and Musketeer as classes, as they are most likely going to be added since they already have their respective guilds in Lima Lominsa.

Then you have the Jobs which can be unlocked at R35 for their specific classes. These are just some ideas I came up with for their respective classes.

Possible Jobs(weapons):

Monk (knuckles) OR Puppetmaster (claws)
Paladin (sword with shield) OR Ninja (dual wield katanas)
Dragoon (Lance w/ Wyvern) OR Samurai (Great Katana)
Dark Knight (Scythe) OR Berserker (Great Axe or 2H sword)
Hunter (Pet and Shortbow-Crossbow) OR Ranger (Longbow)
Corsair (1 handed guns) OR Gunner (Bigger guns)
Physical Shield OR Magical Shield (Absorb magical spells or deflect certain ones for more damage)
Whitemage (Club) OR Blackmage (Staff)
RedMage (Sword or Club/Shield) OR Summoner (Club)
BlueMage (Scmitar) OR BloodMage (Books)

I know there are other jobs people would like to see but this is just an outline, and what i feel fit the best for each class.


As most of us know, the Physical level is kind of useless. Not only does it have flaws, but the benefits gained from physical levels are not really noticeable, and the caps screw the system up entirely, especially when wearing +attribute gear. Ontop of this, it also adds confusion and stress for those that do not know how they should distribute their points or how to test the effects to recieve the most from your allocation.

My idea is for them to get rid of the physical level.

Another Option instead of being able to switch jobs:

Perhaps the classes could have job advancments, like ones I have posted, but you would only be able to choose one, and stick to 1. Ex: At R35 Lancer, you could choose to become a dragoon or a samurai, but could not switch between the two. This would not only make players feel more unique and each player would have different upgraded jobs, so not everyone feels like they are the same as the other player.

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Hunter (Pet and Shortbow-Crossbow) OR Ranger (Longbow)

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kinda like most of what you wrote except the above one.
Pure WoW ripoff, and SE not gonna do that.

It's there's any class having pets it'll prolly end up being called "Beastmaster" or "Trainer" (aka. old scholl FF class)

Need further refrence please look here: http://www.ffcompendium.com/h/jobs/beastmaster.shtml

Definitely would love to see Soldier and Elementalist/Geomancer (just like it was done in FFTA).

All about BST.

I would like to see Samurai - Great Katana But more Old school samurai from FFXI helping others get TP "if they make it so tp lil hard to get." i don't want it to be the top dps class don't want them to OP them 5years later lol. If they do add skillchain i would like for samurai to also be about doing skillchain. I was a big fan of samurai back in 2004 when i played it but when it become more about zerging and TP burn party it just became a Samurai party with a tank and a healer.

Also BST would be a nice class to add.

CowTipper
MoonStroker
BeerSudzer
ChickenChaser!


Anything but the same crap we've seen for the past 7 years........

SUMMONER PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This game is striving to links from the great final fantasy history .... so please dont let us down

I came across this blog about unimplemented classes that are apparently in the .dat files or something like that. You all might find it pretty interesting, I don't know how true it all is, but it is still fun to read.
http://crevox.blogspot.com/2011/02/u...ass-stuff.html

Well, we already know Arcanist and Musketeer are classes awaiting to be unlocked in the near future, after all the issues are dealt with, of course. However, here are some ideas I've conjured up through my experiences with the game and it's lore.

Chocobo Handler/Jockey (Disciple of Beasts)

This would/could be a completely new class all together and a unique addition for Chocobos to have a larger role than any other FF game. Dealing with breeding, raising, racing, and riding of Chocobos as a class in itself. But, just like any other class, you can swap abilities to customize your character, so you can ride a Chocobo as any class. However, to advance your bird skills, and race them etc, you need to switch back to that class for all the interactions.

• Earning money, rare items for crafters to use (I.E. Golden Chocobo eggs, feathers, etc.) and obtaining other rare items only found by digging and racing in races with the bird, not found in any other class.

• Class quests would enable you to dive deeper in the Chocobo lore in Eorzea and also earn a license to race them and such and better equip your bird, by completing the quests and then purchasing the license and new abilites with enough guild points.

• Breeding them would enable you to earn different colored birds with more abilities. You can also buy new gear for them to race better and become stronger/faster out in the field. Crafters could play a large interaction role by making you the necessary gear for them (I.E. Saddles, armored helmets for the bird, protected leg guards, and stat enhancing meals cooked for them by culinarians (Gyhshal Greens and other healthy varieties to improve your birds overall stats).

• I'm guessing at a higher rank in this class you can summon your personal, customized Chocobo with a Choco Whistle and store items on it via Choco Retainer (200 bag space). You can buy a bigger bag with Guild Points and from crafters crafting them for you, and then ride your mount anywhere around the world. Choco Whistles need repairs when you use them too much.

I have some more interesting ideas, but this is just a start for the developers to get some ideas and brainstorm a bit.

Mechanic (Disciple of the Hand and War) *Mixture of Both

• The Garlean Empire have the only known mechanics in the land of Eorzea. They are situated in the far North Eastern part of the map. I'm guessing Cid might have a cameo role in this game by being their main mechanist for hire.

• Imperial storyline quests can enable you to build your own mechas and use them in battle, similar to a Beast master, summoner or Puppet Master.

• Repairing them and upgrading them through Garlean technology, you can use alloys, metals, and advanced technological breakthroughs, Eorzea could change drastically through this new class advancement hybrid.

• This class would/could also enable the repairing and flying of your own Airship, and trading these skills can enable you to fly one as any class and build (customize) your own. Flying them would be completely instanced to make the game concept work smoothly though, but enables you to get anywhere you want. Fuel would be the repairing ingredient needed along with other parts.

Shepherd (Disciple of Beasts/Land)

• Playing as a Shepherd you must herd flocks of dodos, groups of goat and sheep, and other various creatures around Eorzea from various point to points and protecting them from harm.

• This class could also serve as a hybrid class, working as both a Disciple of the Land and Beasts class by extracting meat, fur, feathers, and hides through quest completions and such, but also to command the animals to protect themselves and you from encroaching enemies (I.E. wolves, puks, hyenas, efts, etc.).

• The various water wells you see from time to time around the land can be the water sources you use to guide your flock to on quests and such, along with also being used to heal them.

• Levequests can include, defending the flock for a set amount of time from an encroaching hoard of hungry monsters, guiding them from Point A to Point B, extracting materials from the flock (I.E. rare items, feathers, fur, etc.) and other various concepts.

Summoner (Disciple of War and Magic)

I've read through various levequests, NPC's and other lore-filled text that Arcanists seem to be this games Summoning class. They use staffs with magic genie lamps on top to call forth summons to fight for them.

I could be very wrong though, but I've read on a few levequests that through the Arcane arts, beasts can be summoned forth through the Necrologos to fight for you, along with other various means.

Arcanists are very knowledgeable with all the books they keep around in their library, but other than that, they are a very mysterious class. The details on the levequest description are all I have to go buy but I am pretty sure this class is for summoners.

• Since their guild and weapon of choice have already been determined, all that is left are the summons from the Necrologos and various other magical creatures that are awaiting to fight for you.

• Titan (Kobold God), Ifrit (Amalj'aa God), Garuda (Ixali God), Leviathan and Bahamaut are freaking HUGE in this game and play a vital role in the Main Story, I am not very certain if they can be called in as possible summons. However, calling forth various creatures already present in the realm along with new and old summons (I.E. Carbuncle, etc.), things are possible for this class to work.

• If anything, with the re-working of the battle system and what not. I can see summoners using a smaller-medium sized summon through out battle, and when enough TP and MP is built up you can summon Ifrit, Titan, Garuda, etc. for a brief cutscene of them entering battle and demolishing everything claimed in the vicinity. The downside to this is mass enmity given off, however, everything might be killed by the summon anyways.

• Depending on your Diety chosen, you get increased stat bonuses for those summons and certain perks.

These are just random ideas. Discuss more and see what you guys can come up with! :p

Well There is Dark knight alrdy in the game lvl thm and get absorbs things for Maruder = Dark knight
I want to see in this game Summoner / Samurai / Ninja / Thief and something new and cool

Red Mage White Mage black Mage, Summoner, Beastmaster, B A R D !

I really wish they'll come up with some unique classes really, we don't need carbon copy of the classes/jobs from FFXI. I mean, they already have carbon copies of the races, why not be imaginative with what those boring old races can do?

i side with you dromax and also think that new classes should come out at a later date but i love these suggestions

i too would like a 2 handed sword class like a barbarian or berserker like ppl said would be cool.

a new class with a dualblade like in final fantasy 9 that zidane use would be pretty cool i think those weapons were awsome

summoner and asassin too

To Leonesaurus
-I really like your ideas they are pretty interesting. I also like how you made a new Disciple for pets I believe that is a good idea since they should be there own disciple since you are not really focusing on magic nor weapon training.

Disciple of the Beast
-A disciple that focuses on the training of pets. All pet users belong in this Disciple since they are training in the arts of controlling pets not weapons, crafting, magic, gathering etc.

Classes
-I have chosen names that fit with the current naming scheme SE has used instead of using regular Final Fantasy names.

1. Evoker
2. Engineer
3. Necromancer
4. Tamer
5. Jockey

Evoker
-Weapon:Emblems:Tattoo's on the hand that offer different benefits.
Basic Attack:Energy Orb
-Primals:Require MP to stay out (Manapacts:MP)

-Pets
Evokers pets are primals which can either buff, attack, heal, cast magic etc. similar to how players need to set there skills on the action bar, evokers are no different they need to set there pets abilities on the bar and with there own abilities.

Primals
There are 2 types of Primals families

Divine Primals (Nonobtainable)
~These are Primals that are not obtainable but have a big story element to them, and are very rare and powerful they are similar to mini gods due to there size and power. (Strongest primals in the game) they were created with the universe and they are the guardians of the of the universe. They are the guardians of what is said below.

-Bahamut (Sky)
-Leviathan (Sea)
-Atomos (Space)
-Kirin (Earth)
-Fenrir (Moon)
-Zodiac (Sun)
-Phoenix (Life)
-Hades (Death)

Elemental Primals (Obtainable)
~These are the beast tribes guardians they are obtainable when a certain level is reached and a quest is done. (Second strongest Primals in the game). None is stronger than another, and you can unlock one every 5 levels. So you start at level 5 and you end at level 40 with all of them. They unlock more Abilities "manapacts" every even rank similar to how players gain abilities. So if you unlock them all at Rank 40 you will have them all with all the abilities they can gain from rank 5-40.

-Ifrit (Fire)
-Titan (Earth)
-Ramuh (Thunder)
-Shiva (Ice)
-Garuda (Wind)
-Triton (Water)
-Valefor (Light)
-Odin (Dark)
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Engineer
-Weapon:Wrench (similar to Dark cloud 2 max fighting style)
Basic Attack:Light Bash
-Robots:Require Frame,Machine (Actions:Attachments/TP)

-Pets
Engineers are Fighters that specialist in building robots, and machines for combat. They are similar to Puppetmasters from FFXI in the fact that they upgrade there robots and machines with attachments.

Robots
~Robots have many uses similar to Primals, but they are much weaker, and breakable than primals. But while they might have weaker pets in nature they are still very resourceful because they are able to use many machines and robots at the same time.
~They use a charge system that lets you summon more pets, you gain more Charges the higher your level is, but more difficult Contractions require more charges, or only one can be summoned at the time. (Similar to Sch charge system from FFXI)

Machines
~Turrets, Healing Aids, etc are less useful than Robots, but have there uses. only one can be summoned. Counts as 1 charge.

Attachments
~Attachments are upgrades that offer many benefits to the Engineers robots, like think of them as traits/special abilities for the robots, but unlike FFXI automaton attachments they break to provide some money to the crafters since they need income as well. (Can only be made by mechanics new crafter more details in the class section.)

How to obtain robots/machines
-First you buy the Frame/Machine from Mechanics (Only bought once but require repairs)
-Next you need to have the required Rank (to use)
-Next you need the Instructions needed to control them which are bought from the Guild. (If you don't get instructions for the Frame/Machine you can't use it)
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Necromancer
-Weapon:War Scythes (Might need changes to Botanist weapon name)
Basic Attack:Light slash
-Undeads:Require HP to stay out. (Bloodpacts:HP)

-Pets
Necromancers summon Undeads to do there biddings, they can only summon DD,Debuffers,Tanks,Mages, NO healers.

~The undeads are obtainable when a certain level is reached and a quest is done. you can unlock one every 5 levels. So you start at level 5 and you end at level 40 with all of them. They unlock more Abilities "Bloodpacts" every even rank similar to Evokers. So if you unlock them all at Rank 40 you will have them all with all the abilities they can gain from rank 5-40.

~(Multipet user) They use a Charge System similar to Engineers.

Obtainable Pets (5 charges at rank 50)
-Rank 5:Skeleton (Random Hybrid) (1 Charge)
-Rank10:Imps (Mages) (2 Charges)
-Rank15:Ghosts (Mages) (2 Charges)
-Rank20:Wolfs (Melee) (2 Charges)
-Rank25:Fomors (Random) (3 Charges)
-Rank30: Dark Dragon (Melee) (4 Charges)
-Rank35:Evileyes (Mages) (4 Charges)
-Rank40: Demon (Hybrid) (5 Charges)
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Tamer
-Weapon:Whip
Basic Attack:Fast Whip
-Pets:License to tame, and Piety to improve control.

-Pets
Unlike the other classes Tamers have to tame there pets, they can only tame pets if they obtain the require license off the guild, but they also have whistle to call pets that don't require licenses.

Animals
Only pets that are green or below can be tamed, and you require the license.
Only whistles of the approach rank can be used.

Pet abilities
Only Pets from whistles have abilities, the wild pets only use random abilites.

How many pets
Only one pet can be controlled by the Tamer.
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Jockey
-Weapon:Raipers
Basic Attack:Impale
-Mounts:Require Mount, and TP to use abilities

-Pets
Jockeies can use many mounts for combat including chocobos that offer different Abilities and different benefits.

~They are bought from sherperds
~Can only be used at the required Rank.
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Disciple of the Hand/Land
Here are two new Disciple of the hand

Classes
Mechanic
Sherpard

Mechanic
Main item:Blowtorch
Second Item:Screwdriver

-Makes Attachments
-Makes frame
-Makes Machines
-Repair frames, machines

Sherpard
Main item:Knife
Second item:Collars

-Gets skins off dead enemies
-Scavenger of material from animals.
-The collars are for whistles, mounts

@Leonesaurus and Brightshadow

Disciples of the Beast would be a GREAT idea! I absolutely love this idea.

I don't get much into making up stuff but another cool one to add would be Druid
They could summon elementals, spriggans, and the elemental faries (i forgot their name)
And of course, the guild would be centered in Gridania...

Summonner, do not let every class can summon and leveling their aeons!! you must be a summonner to summon your aeon

I would like Bum something that really speaks to the lazy people cause hell wouldn't we all like to get something for nothing? As a Bum the only way to make money would be to beg, steal or do "favors" and to level up you get skill points for each chat spam you say(outside of the towns of course cant have them cluttering up the streets) or each item you successfully steal and you get bonuses depending on the difficulty of the favor and the PVP angle is amazing I mean Bum fights? Come on! And you get bonus points if you can manage to get inside of a town and out run the town guard NPCs.

And if you think this is serious your nuts lol

But seriously give me some advance roles for my basic classes so when I make my character into a Thf, Rdm, Pld or Drk I can at least have something that says/shows that's the role I'm choosing and currently equipped as. Other wise keep the classes and the Armoury system as is.

Tithe Collector- Scythe class, cant wear armor, does sick damage, low hp, dies all the time, only Lalafell can unlock
Vagabond- Gsword class, just wonders around looking all bad-ass with their big swords, and tales of the road
beast-master- whip or axe, this is the classic I wont mess with it, and I miss it, but if they need to change the name, something that sounds like Kevin Sorbo
and def finitely need some dual wielding, fast swinging class- let the whirlwind blow

I just want something with a whip and ability to catch tarutarus

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I just want something with a whip and ability to catch tarutarus

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Epic Like really

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Originally Posted by Velhart

Dark Knight - Scythe

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There, fixed that for ya. Dark Knight & Samurai are really fun jobs.

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Originally Posted by Amas

Ninja implemented somehow

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As long as things like utsusemi don't exist i'm all for it.

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Originally Posted by Kurokikaze

Before adding new classes they should... I don't know... fix the ones in the game now that clearly don't work. And before you ask that naive question of which: its all of them.

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I couldn't agree more.

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Originally Posted by Junfy

I dont know why most people when they hear about "what new classes u want" they talk about "old" classes from FFXI.

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The majority of classes from XI are staples of the series with the first 6 jobs dating back to FFI.

My view is that XIV suffers most from not sticking to the robust foundation of FF lore and trying to go too far in another direction. The jobs/classes don't have to function exactly as they did in XI but they need role definition. It seems impossible to acheive that end with the abomination of TP spamming mix and match we know as the armory system. I won't begin to say that I have the answer but maybe (assuming the final cap is 75) allow players to have that main job/class and pick skills from 2 other jobs/classes up to level 37. It would be different than the sub job system and still allow for changing roles based on what the player is doing. *Just a suggestion to go with my complaint.

In the end I think that XIV needs to draw from what has worked with jobs/classes and the battle system. While I wouldn't mind FFXI-2, I also realize that XI had it's fair share of issues (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...1-LOYALTY-MODE if you need a few specifics) and thought XIV would build off of the foundation of XI to provide a superior experience. To this date it has done quite the opposite. Until things change I'll remain cautiously optimistic and keep waiting for the mystery patch that fixes everything.

Currently, I only like 1 of the classes. The rest are kind of...dull. All of them are dull really, but I can only stand 1 of them. I want Corsairs, Dark Knights, more than 2 mages...A pet job would be nice as well. I also want a Thief class. Give us something! The current classes are dull, underpowered and just completely boring. FFXI had better starters...Oh and, go back to FF names PLEASE! FF games without FF class names is not a FF game. I blame FF13 for this problem -.-

I would personally like to see a Illusionist or a Rogue type class implemented.

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I would personally like to see a Illusionist or a Rogue type class implemented.

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Rogue? You mean Thief...

This sorta thing has always been a huge problem with dealing too much damage to be fair. I would say it should have some kind of accuracy penalty so you get good regular DPS and awesome spike DPS

Edit: Talking about the 2handed greatswords

I think for me personally I would like to see Summoner as well, call the beings aeon's, GF's or whatever you like. The animation and shear size of the beasts bring a sence of wonder to the game that I enjoyed. I am also an old school FF fan. I enjoy seeing the old jobs re-invented in new ways on the newer versions of FF, Red mage, warrior, black mage, white mage, Thief, monk. We already see one or 2 of these on a re-invented way (pugilist, gladiator and maurader). I just think the jobs just need to see a little more uniqueness in gear and weaponskills etc. I also really loved Paladin from FFXI. I've still yet to enbrace the new armory system in FFXIV, that could possible be because I was very used to the "Job class" system in FFXI.

Blue Mage and Summoner

Corsair and Samurai ftw!!!

Classes I would love to see in this order that I would think would give a nice feel to FFXIV which I don't particularly think should be exact replicas of FFXI but should just have a resemblance to in general role/tactics, but what I miss the most is mainly the specific feel you get when using their weapons or the way their armor looks that really defines these classes apart from merely remaking them from the pool of actions currently in FFXIV (which still for the most part lacks the true defining skills of making these classes). Also, I don't have any FF experience previous to titles before FFX or handheld platform titles so my knowledge of of all FF classes is very limited.

1. Blue Mage (sword + shield/learn actions from mobs/melee and magic both attack and defense jack-of-all-trades actions) perhaps make exclusives for this class since it would generally cover a broad range of skills
2. Samurai (great katana/TP acquiring or boosting actions/viable tank and dps actions)
3. Ninja (dual wield katana/accuracy + evasion actions/ninjutsu actions/viable dps and evasion tank actions)
4. Bard (instrument/buff actions/debuff actions/crowd control actions)
5. Corsair (gun/buff actions/ranged dps actions/ranged magic dps actions with TP cost)
6. Dragoon (spear or 1 handed spear + shield perhaps?/wyvern pet that uses actions when you do or having an action to have your wyvern use a random or specific action/viable tank actions if paired with shield and dps actions)
7. Scholar (wand + shield or staff/elemental buff and debuff actions/enmity buff and debuff actions/spell manipulation buff actions/various jack-of-all-trades spell actions)
8. Red Mage (sword and shield/spell buff actions/spell debuff actions/specific spells combining white and black magic or neutral spell actions) the main difference between Red Mage and Thaumaturge would be that RDM is mainly buffs while THM is mainly debuffs
9. Summoner (avatar pets each with specific actions related to the avatar)
10. Arcanist (I have no true concept of what this class can do other than what I assume would be magic) some form of magical tank be interesting I think
11. Musketeer (dual pistol or rifle?/ranged dps/I have no idea what else) perhaps SE plans this to be very similar to Corsair
12. Fencer (rapier and shield/I assume evasion and accuracy buff actions/viable evasion tank and viable dps actions)

Now I know 1-9 is pooled from FFXI and uses some of the same weapons that are already bound by current classes in FFXIV and I'm not sure how that would fit in the current situation unless SE just didn't mind them using similar weapons like CON and THM or if SE would have branches fill out to these classes like advanced classes IF these classes were to be implemented into FFXIV. Now I also know that SE already has an Arcanist and a Musketeer guild in Limsa Lominsa so I'm sure SE has plans to release these when ready, but I also encountered a few beastmen with the class of Fencer (at least it was part of their name anyway). So I expect to see 10-12 but I hope to see 1-9 implemented in some form as well.

I believe the most interesting form of creating a class would be have something like Gladiator 10, Thaumaturge 10, and Conjurer 10 unlocks the use of the class Red Mage or Blue Mage, something like this. Now the way I would have the game in these sense is to give an option in the main menu when equipping a sword w/ or w/o a shield that allows you to become a Red Mage or Blue Mage from a Gladiator which would be the default class for equipping a sword. Which could have Red Mage or Blue Mage be leveled form Lv. 1 or sart out at Lv. 10 (or could be higher and require higher prerequisites) and gain actions in the same fashion along with having base stats changed to reflect these classes traditionally which would be a jack-of-all-trades stat base rather than pure magic or pure defense base stats.

Another interesting path in this sense would to change the base stats in the same way but not allow acquiring new skills but instead progress in levels of 1 class of your choice of the prerequisite/default weapon (which should be allowed to use any GLA/THM/CON weapon in this case and have the option to change to Red Mage/Blue Mage) or to progress in all 3 classes evenly at 1/3 the SP rate but for all 3 classes.

Another option entirely is to have class specializations such Gladiator can evolve into Paladin or Dark Knight, Conjurer can evolve into White Mage or Black Mage, and Thaumaturge can evolve into Scholar or Red Mage. In my personal opinion CON would be better suited to go into Scholar, but this gives 2 classes for each to evolve into (which if implemented SE could add more than 2 specializations or even allow some specializations to be shared or have minor differences).

This thread gives a much better explanation and goes into full detail of my last option.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...sic-FF-Classes

Paladin

A Real One

Seriously

kthxbai

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Rogue? You mean Thief...

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Hence saying Rogue type....

Ninja uses a katana and the second sword is a wakishashi.

Dark Knight and Summoner ; ;

and perhaps a new time of mage. Like, Time Mage, who gets the exclusive "Haste" (and its not Crossclass), and a bunch of buffs/debuffs.

Gunblade class!

I havent read all 20 pages so sorry if this has been said.

I think Summons are going to be called Primals but could be wrong.
Its from FFII, i believe a lot of ffxiv is based on ffii.

I cant remember if it was mentioned in main story quest or not.