Is having your class in this game as important as it is for me?

I think I was a Monk for 2-3 months. It was a painful experience for me because I never liked Monk since the start; my first encounter with it was in Diablo III where I was certain that it was not a class I would ever like. However I decided to give it a go with FFXIV but still the same drill resulting to leaving. Thankfully Square Enix introduced my traditional class. Been waiting for Ninja for ages; having "my" class has been very important to me in all previous MMOrpgs; I could have the best MMOrpg out there but because it doesn't have what I want I would still quit after a while.

Are there any other classes you people are dying to have?

Musketeer. The class that should have been in game 4 years ago. The class a lot of us have been waiting for for four years. You know what we got instead?

Rogue.

We should have been first.

A DPS-Oriented Gun Job.

DYING TO HAVE IT SE!!!

I don't know exactly because each game I've played a different role. In WOW I played warrior tank, DCUO I played sorcery healer, and on FFXIV I played dragoon. But good thing about this game is I can have my healer/tank fix without rolling another character

Mine changes from game to game, this is the first game that I have ever really enjoyed healing in though, it's a really nice change of pace for me, I was mostly either ranged or melee dps

The only thing consistent in every game I play is that I focus on crafting.

For battle, my class changes depending on the game.

I really liked beastmaster. Oooh or blue mage! I liked using special moves from mobs ;)

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu

Red Mage, but I'd probably be sick to my stomach if they did it anything like it was allowed to be in XI...

If I had to be perfectly honest, I would love a true, honest Support job. Not a healer, but a Support. Bard is way too focused on Ranged DPS and not focused enough on being a Support.

Something like Log Horizon's Enchanter class, but with better soloability.

Out of every jobs I can think of that could fulfill this role would be as follows:

-Bard (Reinvented as a Support, giving all the Ranged DPS attacks to Ranger)

-Mystic Knight (A swordsman that can enchant weapons with aether and even convert an enemy's offensive magic damage into MP regen)

-Dancer (A dagger-using job that uses the power of dance to spread around buffs and debuffs alike)

-Chemist (While it would very likely become a healer job, a Chemist is well known for its ability to mix potions together. In this way, it could be a great support job as well.)

-Oracle (A powerful spellcaster who foretells the fates of friends and foes alike. They use powerful spells that have a delayed activation, similar to "Doom".)

-Time Mage (A mage well versed in the manipulation of time and space. They can use powerful magic such as "Comet" and "Meteor", but they can also speed up allies and slow down (or even stop) enemies!)

-Mediator (A silver-tongued master of manipulation, the Mediator can temporarily convert enemies to the Mediator's cause and both encourage allies and discourage enemies alike.)

I'd be willing to play any of these.

RDM has always been a favorite of mine, so if they add that then I will be over the Dalamud. That being said, I am perfectly happy being a Summoner, and am looking forward to master every DPS and Healer class they add into the game! (Not Tank though... do not have the confidence in skill!)

I've lately been wanting to see something like FFTA's Illusionist, even if only for the introduction of gorgeous elemental AoE animations. It would be hella cool to see an AoE-only magic DPS class, but it would probably be far too problematic for Tanks and Healers in most instances because I can't imagine it would be easy to hold hate constantly.

...but I still want to see it hahaha.

Always liked punching classes so Pugilist was my first choice. Second and third choices are dual knife classes and gun classes, never liked how WoW and its clones handle dual knife/Rogue classes with their Stealth mechanics so I usually pick gun classes in those, though so far this Rogue seems somewhat alright. Still would have liked Musketeer first, at this point I don't really care if it turns out to be a healer either, because Chemists are cool in FFT and I guess Agents from the FFTA sound kinda alright too.

Dark Knight is my job so I'm really happy that is finally coming, even if I still have to wait until Spring.

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Originally Posted by LlenCoram

Musketeer. The class that should have been in game 4 years ago. The class a lot of us have been waiting for for four years. You know what we got instead?

Rogue.

We should have been first.

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^^^^^^ THIS a thousand times. Also Red Mage. :S My main job, still isn't in this game. D: I used to be a conjurer in 1.0, then they messed it up. Now I'm waiting for something else to take it's place.

As far as classes, I'm hoping for a Fencer, gun class and a class to lead up to a Samurai job as a tank~

I'm a Paladin. Pretty much since I started playing D&D 30+ years ago. I'll probably go on playing Paladins for as long as I keep gaming.

... but I would kind of like to try Samurai.

Personally I prefer DPS caster classes like sorcerers, warlocks, wizard, elementalist, etc., whatever names they get in games. Even better is said DPS caster classes have pets because I love having pets. There are way too many war classes and definitively not enough magic classes. I also like ranged classes like archer and dpsing with a bow, guns or whatever. My big disapoitment in FFXIV is that there are only 3 classes/jobs in the game that fits what I like to play: Black Mage, Summoner and Archer.

Edit:

My favorite magic class so far I've found in MMOs is the mesmer in Guild Wars 1.

A true summoner but with actually summonings.

A two hamded sword dps class.

*looks at Dark Knight*

..thnx.

Personally I'm waiting on Samurai. I was really hoping it would be a tanking class, but with the introduction of Dark Knight as a two-handed sword tank I imagine Samurai will probably be the two-handed sword DPS. Either way I'll be playing both of them as I always tend to gravitate towards physical melee classes.

I've always been more of a caster, so any type of mage class, and I generally like to heal because it's a more important role so I feel more useful to the group. I don't really play mmo's outside of the Final Fantasy ones but I think that for me, it depends on the game.

I couldn't stand BLM in XI, was a chore for me just to get it up to 37 for subjob and then to have to turn around and get about 3 more levels on it when they first started increasing the level cap. :P But I picked it up in XIV just to get it to 15 to unlock SMN, and you can kinda see where that went.

I would just love it if they would add some kind of sword using dps class. either one-handed, two-handed (preferred), or dual wielding swords. I don't care what you call it; Rune Knight, Fencer, Samurai, Soldier, (insert class name here), lol. I love swords, they are just a traditional weapon, and while I do like my paladin a lot, sometimes I just want to play on a dps class, and none of the dps classes use swords. in short: more swords please!

Red Mage.
Thief.

Rogue is essentially the latter, so I mean it's not all bad.

Samurai

the moment they add, all other jobs can disappear and i'd be happy.

Two handers 4 life. Pretty much any game that lets me pick a class I look for who has the 2 hander axe/swords/spears and try those first. I dont play too many mmos but I usually go for the 2 hander melee jobs first. If they can tank, even better. I've played wow several times on and off and I've tried every class except monk at least once (some not max level) but I've gone arms warrior like 5 times maybe more. Ragnarok Online I played 2 hander sword knights the most. War is also my first 50 in XIV 1.xx. Went to 1st coil as paladin cause I decided to try leveling from scratch at launch and took that to 50.

Only exception is XI where I jumped classes so much and can't pick between war/drg/sam/blu/dnc. Didn't really care about drk in xi (style wise) but it's going to be a tank in xiv so I'm gonna try it.

I like my Bard but I'd love it if they put Dancer in.
Wanted to be a sassy Roe dancer ever since I was a wee cub.