Guess future jobs, as well as their origins

This is a game. We’re going to guess future jobs, and possible origins that they might have. We will come back, and take a look in the future of FFXIV to see who got what right. Good luck! :p

I’ll start first.

Dancer:

I believe that this class will be tied to Thavnair in some way. Dancer could very easily have far eastern lore, especially due to the Thavnairian dance emote.

Blue Mage: I believe it could be one of two places. Either Sharlayan, or Thavnair. On one hand, Sharlayan studies magic, and they likely have unique jobs up their sleeve. On the other, I think the classic appearance of the Blue Mage fits Thavnair the best.

Geomancer: I believe this job would be rooted in Bukyo, which is a city state most players have no idea about. It’s in Hingashi’s mainland, and functions as the capital. Hingashi is a country with room for another expansion to explore into.

Oracle: I believe that this class would come from either Bukyo, or Sharlayan. It depends on what aesthetic they decide to go with.

Gunner: I believe that Gunner would obviously be Garlemald. There’s no other place it would make sense to be tied to.

Green Mage: Probably will never happen, but if it did, it would be tied to Dalmasca.

Beast Master: A very loose guess, but I suspect aerslaunt, or however it is spelled. A Viking like setting would be great for a job that wields bows, and has a beast companion.

Rune Knight/Spellblade type: Definitely Sharlayan, or Thavnair in my book. It just makes sense.

Time Mage: Yoshi P said somewhere that Time Mage is still possible along side Astrologian. I believe it would easily be tied to Sharlayan.

I think one of the incoming will be a Magitek Knigth tank job with a Gunblade, with Garlean theme. Something like the Legatus. Could be also a Gunhammer (like Nero) or Gunspear (like Nael).

Dancer probably will have Thavnairian theme. Could be melee DPS or healer perfectly, as there are already a lot of glamour that resembles like eastern dancers.

Blue Mage is very complex to implement in the traditional way. But could be also a mid-eastern theme with the use of Scimitar. Maybe Persian themed. Mainly i'd say DPS.

Geomancer has been already hinted in Astrologian job quest and Swallow Compass. It is obviously eastern themed too, origins in Hingashi. But they resemblance to a Conjurer makes difficult to differ from it.

Gunslinguer with two guns can be from Garleand, but now Ishgard has the machinist technology, could be tied to this ones too.

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Originally Posted by Xlantaa

I think one of the incoming will be a Magitek Knigth tank job with a Gunblade, with Garlean theme. Something like the Legatus. Could be also a Gunhammer (like Nero) or Gunspear (like Nael).

Dancer probably will have Thavnairian theme. Could be melee DPS or healer perfectly, as there are already a lot of glamour that resembles like eastern dancers.

Blue Mage is very complex to implement in the traditional way. But could be also a mid-eastern theme with the use of Scimitar. Maybe Persian themed. Mainly i'd say DPS.

Geomancer has been already hinted in Astrologian job quest and Swallow Compass. It is obviously eastern themed too, origins in Hingashi. But they resemblance to a Conjurer makes difficult to differ from it.

Gunslinguer with two guns can be from Garleand, but now Ishgard has the machinist technology, could be tied to this ones too.

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I honestly never thought about Ishgard having to do with a gunblade. I could see the job quest being related to Machinist in some form.

I would like to make Time Mage a tank mage for the first time. It would use time and space magic to create magic barriers and shields, slow/stop/heavy/pull/push enemies and mitigate damage as well as undo damage taken.

But that would mean a tank that doesn't use tank gear and FFXIV is too ingrained in having all jobs of a certain role using the same gear even if it makes no sense.

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Originally Posted by MomoeMoe

I would like to make Time Mage a tank mage for the first time. It would use time and space magic to create magic barriers and shields, slow/stop/heavy/pull/push enemies and mitigate damage as well as undo damage taken.

But that would mean a tank that doesn't use tank gear and FFXIV is too ingrained in having all jobs of a certain role using the same gear even if it makes no sense.

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That sounds bizarre in a way that would actually work. I like your idea, but this isn’t about the roles. This is about the city states/lore origins you speculate on for each possible job.

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Originally Posted by MomoeMoe

I would like to make Time Mage a tank mage for the first time. It would use time and space magic to create magic barriers and shields, slow/stop/heavy/pull/push enemies and mitigate damage as well as undo damage taken.

But that would mean a tank that doesn't use tank gear and FFXIV is too ingrained in having all jobs of a certain role using the same gear even if it makes no sense.

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Yea, cause everyone loves chasing after mobs you push around. And 'reversing time to undo damage' is a heal. Get some friends together, go in to a dungeon synced, tank on your healer with Fluid Aura. Boom. Your time mage tank. Enjoy.

I suppose it would be too much to ask to not get new jobs next expansion? I think it is, sadly, we've had new jobs every one so far...

Gunblade tank plz???
I think maybe we will get dancer as a dps, maybe healer.
blue mage should definitely be a dps? OR maybe they could make them a mage tank, who knows?

Pimp. Disciple of Land. He gathers hoes.

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

That sounds bizarre in a way that would actually work. I like your idea, but this isn’t about the roles. This is about the city states/lore origins you speculate on for each possible job.

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A time mage certainly would be related to the Sharlayans. AST have some spells related to time and space and Sevestre from the AST job quest is said to be able to stop time so time magic would be a branch of Sharlayan magic. Probably spells they keep secret from the public monopolizing the knowledge. A quest giver could be another scholar who ran away from Sharlayan due to divergent views from the faction in power.

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Originally Posted by RuleofThree

Yea, cause everyone loves chasing after mobs you push around. And 'reversing time to undo damage' is a heal. Get some friends together, go in to a dungeon synced, tank on your healer with Fluid Aura. Boom. Your time mage tank. Enjoy.

I suppose it would be too much to ask to not get new jobs next expansion? I think it is, sadly, we've had new jobs every one so far...

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Yes, tanks already can pull mobs and heal, this one would just do it in a different way (like aoe pull for example). If you are going that route 2/3 of the jobs in the game are unnecessary since you can do something similar with another job that doesn't perform its role.

Beastmaster

Idk, some stupid Roe child lost his dog in a well or something.