Idea: Class split idea for all jobs

Arcanist can split into Summoner and Scholar, both wielding books for their main hand. This idea builds on that for the other 14 jobs.

Marauder splits into Warrior (tank) and Viking (dps). Viking wields two axes and instead of defiance and deliverance, it gains a Carnage gauge that increases attack speed and be spent on abilities. The Viking would dual world axes.

Gladiator splits into Paladin (tank) and Cleric (healer). The cleric wields a mace and uses a combination of instant cast heals and proc heals, similar to excog. Melee dps between heals and perhaps a beneficial group aura.

Dark Knight (tank) would have a split job into Reaper (dps) and wield a scythe that has a darkness pet to fight alongside him. The scythe would have a longer melee range, giving it more mobility.

More ideas in following posts

Conjurer splits into White Mage (healer) and Geomancer (magic dps) and there is a greater emphasis on combining elemental attacks. For instance, a water opening spell with an earth finisher spell might trigger a mudslide aoe attack, or a earth starter air finisher that is a dust storm.

Astrologian (healer) splits into Time Mage (magic dps) that 6 new cards for attack combos, or spell enhancers. It also puts a miriade of status effects on mobs

Yoshi had already stated that he ended up not liking the way ACN split into two jobs, so I can't see it happening to other classes.

Monk (dps) splits into Dancer (healer) as another melee dps healer who uses chakras as either currency for big heals or as enhancements on heals, the dps would rotate on encumbering the mob with 3 or so dots as well as status effects.

Ninja (dps) splits into Shadow walker (tank) who uses a lot of evasion as well as their version of hallowed ground being a shadow clone who has all threat transferred to this clone to eat a tankbuster, then aggro goes back to ninja. Perhaps 3 clones summoned at a time so aoe would kill all 3 but single target gangbusters need 3 shots to break the shadow clone defense.

Machinist (ranged) into Gunblade ( melee) with all the cool melee things that Gunblade are known for.

Bard (ranged) into Performer. I don't know more of what could be done here.

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Originally Posted by SketchyBrush

Machinist (ranged) into Gunblade ( melee) with all the cool melee things that Gunblade are known for.

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Guns and...blades?

Dragoon transfers into Halbedier, who uses their spears more in a defensive way, perhaps creating a line of pikes for defense and calls on dragon power for natural scales

Samurai would turn into a Ronin who uses 2 katana for some interesting dual wielding

Black Mage could have some sort of void caster variant, not sure on this one.

Red Mage could have a Blue Mage melee dps variant.

And finally Scholar already has Summoner.

I truly apologize for typos, but that's just an idea to give every base job multiple ways to play.

This idea gives us 6 tanks, 6 healers. 7 melee, 3 ranged, and 6 or 7 casters

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Though I should mention that this will never happen because split jobs are terrible and cause a lot of problems for the devs (they have said as much)

I'm not familiar with forum format, sorry for replies to fill in all my ideas