Predicting the next new Job after Ninja

There's a lot of theories aboud about what's next on the table, now that Ninja is confirmed and a "gun class" is in the works.

However, my prediction is that the gun class (Musketeer/Corsair) will be released alongside...

Red Mage, in 3.0.

If you think about it, RDM would fit the bill perfectly for just about every major decision the design team SE will have to face:

-RDM would fit in the Main Scenario story very well as a character who could step forth claiming to be one of the last of his kind (similar to Yugiri). It would explain why they weren't implemented immediately as well (it may be that there used to be elite soldiers capable of wielding both White and Black magic in the old days, as well as the arts of the sword, but since both arts are outlawed now, they were thought to have died out along with the WHMs and BLMs of eld).

-It's been heavily implied that the mystery "gun class" will do far more than just shoot stuff. Another thread on here has brought up the idea of it being a combat medic/engineer type Job that can heal. It's confirmed that a new Healing class as well as a new Tanking class are in the works for 3.0; if this is true, then it could be that RDM will actually be a Tanking DoM class.

-Details have been sparse, but "Hybrid" classes have been rumored to be in the works, so RDM could be the first example (and test) of such a class. Perhaps it will be capable of Tank as well as melee DPS, while the Gun class can be either ranged DPS or Healer.

-Most importantly, the dev tram has said that they really would LIKE to add RDM to the game at some point, it's just a matter of working it into the armory system somehow. My guess is...that it will use a base class along the lines of Spellblade, or something like that, and the playstyle will be similar to Jedi Shadow/Sith Assassin from SWTOR. He can use melee attacks and a special blade custom designed for him as well as spells like Enfire to boost damage and Blaze Spikes to generate threat, as well as passive Conjury-style healing abilities to survive in light armor.

Well, there will be two released at the same time (tank and healer). One of which we pretty much know will be Musketeer. Available jobs that could possibly come from it: COR (DPS/Support), RDM (DPS/Support, DPS, Healer), CHM (Healer), BLU (DPS/Support, DPS, Healer), RNG (DPS). I have a terribly hard time believing a gunner to be a tank within a FF game (although it's entirely possible) so that leaves MSK being our healer. The possibilities I see for the healer are RDM, CHM, BLU. Red Mage could function as a healer/DPS hybrid though I hope it comes with Fencer some day as it's schtick is swords not guns but their AF is very "3 Musketeer" looking so would fit the name of the class. Chemist fits the bill perfectly. Blue Mage is a job Yoshi really wants in, has used guns in the past and has had access to healing spells. My bet goes to MSK>CHM.

For the tank I'm seeing the trends across various websites on which jobs people want to see and that's leaning heavily to SAM/DRK/RDM/BLU. I personally cannot see DRK or RDM as a tank. I could see Mystic Knight as a tank but there's little demand for that. BLU could function as a tank probably; it could during low levels in FFXI. However seeing as how Yugiri's race will be revealed in 3.0 and how she wears garbs of far eastern style I would guess that along with the new race comes a new area, the far east. That makes me think Samurai will be the tank coming.

TL;DR: Musketeer>Chemist & Mononofu>Samurai.

PS: And please please if they bring enspells back for players to use have them used by Mystic Knight D: They should never have been given to RDM in XI.

Don't forget dancer as a possible healer alternative as well, which would be relatively easy to make different from the current healers as it did it's healing via tp

I didn't mention DNC (which could effectively be any role tbh) because of my supposition that the MSK will be the healer class. MSK will use guns and DNC has always used daggers, cloth, or poles. Guns have nothing to do with DNC. DNC could be the incoming tank but I still think 3.0 will bring us to the far east and SAM makes sense (by FF standards, not real-world) to be a tank and the job of choice from that area.

If they don't have DRK in 3.0 I'm going to be a very sad panda.

I wouldn't mind Dancers coming to Eorzea, even as healers (although I would prefer combat Dancers vs healing Dancer).
We even received four continuous dances at 2.2.

Gunblade Tank, Chemist Healer.

Mystic Knight demand!


^ There you go, I made the demand bigger ^_^

Seriously though, I want to play my Mystic Knight! Sword! magic, En-spells, however they want to handle that, and I will happily tank the hell out of everything if we could just have it XD

Even though I know the demand for Corsair/Gunner has been high (considering the guild sign in Limsa too) but if you think about it, if they were going to bring in a far eastern feeling to the next jobs cause of Doma then I'd think Samurai for Tank, Ninja for DPS, and Dancer for DPS. The dancer could be more Geisha-esque to fit a far east feel if necessary. But considering Yugiri is from a desert like nation, then I can see Dancer as in looking like the dancers in Ul'dah as a job and maybe something different as a Tank.

Though quite frankly, I want something different as a tank. Something hybrid related or just different than your normal hulking mass of figure. If Corsair/Gunner is healer, Dancer for Tank all the way!!

Being how Ninja is the next job @ 2.4 AND they've stated 3.0 will have a new healer and tank....
I'm thinking the gun Job will be one of these, perhaps utilizing gunblade as a tank (but that doesn't fully fit with the dual gun depiction they've consistently given us)
Not really sure which iconic Healer class/job they're going to go towards, but I'm looking forward to trying it out!

I want a blue mage type job, would even think it could be a tank depending on how they managed it. Gun Mage, however, could fit into the dual gun depiction nicely and I would be happy with that too!

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Originally Posted by MartaDemireux

Mononofu>Samurai

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I have a hard time wrapping my head around this one. Not so much that I can't see it happening, on the contrary I'd love it if SAM came out, but I just don't know how it could be introduced without somehow crowbar-ing it into the current story, instead of in a story that deals with Doma or whatever other lands are eastern in thematics.

NIN I get because the base class is very much something we see in Eorzea as it is, but for SAM... I dunno, I just have a hard time seeing it.

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Originally Posted by Nahara

how it could be introduced.

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Well, no one said that it had to come to Eorzea. 3.0 could have us traveling to Doma where we get to unlock the class. It wouldn't have to be incorporated into the main storyline at all. It could just be a guild over there that we go and do the class quests for when we get there. Of course this means that we wouldn't be able to choose that class upon starting. I'm all for unlockable classes through story progression though.

Being an actual expansion pack it could have its own story completely unrelated to the main story we have now. They could place an early level restriction like 15 (coinciding with class changing) to unlcok access to the new area and then we could begin its storyline akin to how FFXI did its expansions.

3.0 has been said to be planned to introduce a similar amount of content as was in 2.0. I suspect that this will be one new 4 or 5 section area roughly the same size as the starting nations with level 1-49 content including a new starting city with its own new character storyline and a 50 to Cap area that may be roughly twice the size of the current nations.

I'm sorry another DPS? Really do we need that? I know the rogue is a classic backstab dps, but I think we can ignore this aspect with a simple high evasion skill set and make this a tanking job, ala ffxi.

Another Tank job(even though FFXI style) is way better for variety than another DPS.

I can imagine moves like "acrobatics" that cause mobs to miss, but with added feature of increasing enimity the more mobs miss. So rather than "damage based" enimity and new game mechanic emerges. Maybe, roll-outs away from mobs or more AOE stabs like baulders gate?

PLEASE, no consumed ninja items. I despised this aspect in FFXI. GREAT for crafters, made this the most expensive jobs to level except maybe ranger in FFXI.

Another thing, NO freaking death/bomb moves. So freaking lame to be weaken in fight.. did anyone actually bother with this move? I'd much rather have a naruto "substation" move were the mobs continue to attach a wooden decoy then blowing myself up.

I'd love to see RDM or BLU however the latest live letter said RDM won't come until after 3.0, if at all... Sadness..

Musketeer into Chemist (Healer) and Blue Mage (Something.)

As I have seen puppets in ARR, i think eventually there will be PuppetMaster ^^;

Yes please add puppet master

Chemist Healer and Samurai Tank. Yoshi confirmed the FF14 ninja will never be a tank.

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Originally Posted by AspectOfWinter

...if this is true, then it could be that RDM will actually be a Tanking DoM class.

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This would be awesome. I was just talking with friends about how I'd like to see a magic tank in the game, with abilities centered around pulling the enemy to them, rather than going to the enemy, like Death Grip in WoW. I'd like to see it as a pure magic class - nothing like a magic knight or something. Long-term magical self-buffs (or maybe just traits) could be used to make up for lost defense with weak armor. Magic naturally lends itself to ranged attacks, so that would easily be included.

I'd also love to see some some sort of magical cloning/doppelganger ability that improves as you level (additional clones). This would give the class a very different feel from existing tanks by allowing the mage tank to still have low HP, but when the character "dies," it's just a doppelganger that dies, and a replacement or the original steps in and takes its place with full HP. It would also give the devs a place introduce truly unique features for the class. As an example, a doppelganger that acts in your stead makes you immune to instant death attacks (because it's just the doppelganger that dies), which could be key in difficult boss combats.

I think it's a cool idea and I'd love to see it implemented.

Damn, I would like to see Dancer at some point. xD

We need a hero job like holy knight, white knight, dark knight, aka thunder god etc.

And a time mage what can cast mass haste on the raid, lowering their GCD to 1 ssecond....god that 2.5 second GCD on every skill really slows down fast pace pro gamers, without looking at skills bars back and forth.

I would love to see a Heal Over Time based healer class. I miss my Resto Druid in WoW...
Or, CHAIN HEALZ! Shamans also made fun healers.
Hmmm... Geomancer healer base class with a couple HOTs and a chain heal. Splits into Druid and Shaman, both healers. Druid focus on HOTs and Shamans focus on chain heals. Both have a placable AOE heal retained from geomancer.
But! Im just rambling. :3

If Red Mage is Brought in... I'd want them too have 3 Stances that Suit a Role Each...

"Book of the Black" Mid-Range/Melee DPS, Uses Spells and Fencing Lunges (Plus Sword Buffs) too Deal Damage.
"Book of the White" Healing Stance, while in this Stance it's Spells are Replaced with Healing Abilities/Spells, Mid too Long Range Healer.
"Book of the Artful" Tanking Stance, Avoidance/Parry based, Abilities and Spells give Increased Aggro and also Build Stacks of "Jest" that acts as a Debuff too reduce the Enemies Accuracy. Jest Falls off Relativly Quickly and as Such They are more Off-tanks then Main Tanks.

But that's just me... And i Doubt Anyone Else Wants them as a True Hybrid Class.

this one would be a little weird but i wouldn't mind seeing the morpher from fft advance come into play with the saints wake out and players could be turned into monsters show's that the game could handle it the player would turn into a monster and have some of the said monster abilities so they could fill alot of roles and not just the ff version of druid but they could be a buffer or a debuffer if se put some thought/work into it could be a possible job in the mix at some point just saying ^^

I like the idea of the musketeer=>chemist healer route. That would combine guns and healing. I also agree that we do not need another DPS. Tank ideas, of course a dark knight, we already have Paladins as a Knight class, Warriors as a weapon class.... What about Barbarian/Wildman types? They could use clubs and 2-handed maces...