Tell us your job/class ideas!

I was just thinking about 11 for some reason, and how i focused more on mages. I noticed that in 11 whm, blm, rdm, sch, all used the same types of magic. with a few exceptions like refresh the elemental GA for blm and the helix spells for sch. yes they each had a few unique spells to their name but nothing ground breaking magic wise.

the point of this thread is that i woudl like to see what the players think would be cool classes to play that are not commonly seen. ive heard geomancer before, but give us something new.

throw this one on for size. it might be cheesy, but tell me the last time u ever saw an MMO that used a Fencer class? how about a chained scythe? a class completely devoted to throwing bombs? a magic class that uses, i dunno...tarot cards? runic symbols?

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SE has great minds, and the community has great imaginations. tell us your dream class. we probably wont see any of these in game but IDC

I would love to see the -TROLL KILLER- class. Its abbreviation would be T.K.O(don't know what i could have put for the O).

EQ2 had Fencer, iirc. I didn't play it that much.

I have to say though, tarot cards sound interesting! Hell, they could even tie in lore linking them to the modern guildleve cards. I want to say there's something like tarot in FF Type-0.
edit: meh, maybe it's more like playing cards :x

I never played EQ2 :( my loss. and thats a thought, using the guildleve cards for attacks XD

another idea i thought would be cool to see is a mage whose attacks are governed by moon phases. a DD class that uses uses its feet. mnks had kick attacks in 11 but i always thought it was lacking. itd be a pretty acrobatic job.

I've always wanted to see a chemist like in FF Tactics. The use of items in these games has always been very limited, but a character who specialized in using potions to heal allies and poisons, and the like, to hurt enemies would be an interesting. The character could either use a special line of items or have a trait to increase the healing or damage of all ready existing ones.

chemist or engineer like in warhammer. something never seen b4 would be awesome.

other then that i know they said they won't be doing this but i would love to see them find a way to do sp/exp party grinds with jobs, full party 4 and 8man grinds with them even if in just dungeons. biggest part is full 8man grinds being brought back and worth doing. second for the chance to do it in a more ffxi'ish style. lets hope they reconsider this for future content later.

I want Gunsmith(crafting) and Gunblade(battling).

chemist sounds interesting :D could mix that in with my bomb throwing idea so its not just potions maybe? and yes i would like to see gunblades in this game too XD.

I havent seen whips in an MMO either, a class that uses chains to attack with different buffs for the chains? like spiked daggers comign out of the chains? maybe have the ability for THM to add poison affects to weapons to make it a stronger poison? the "chain master" class could keep a flying mob from leaving the ground at the cost of being unable to attack? (using all strength to hold down mosnter)

I want a job that can kick the mob...wanna see a lallafel do a kick XD
J/K
well in most cases if SE decided to make a Job they would first check their history of jobs in the franchise (example:Bard,Blue mage,Swordmage,Timemage,Summoner,Ninja and etc) and with the new dev. team my guess is that they will implement xi jobs to this game
but their has been one job that i would love to bring it to xiv and its beastmaster

YES in the official 14 site it says in the bestiary section under aldgoats that they can be tamed...but simply leaving like its jsut LORE makes it kinda lame. before the game came out I had the impression that you could make goats do stuff for you at some point XD. but yes i never played beastmaster in 11 cuz i hated soloing. and coudlnt get parties ;_; but i always foudn the job as that one interesting thing i never got to try. I like the idea f addng in previous job classes form teh franchises, but i also like the idea of putting in something new on the table. i want SE to make a new job class so unique that other MMO's will go "Wow...ive never heard of an mmo with a job class liek that!"

maybe that crazy one from this movie, i would love to see this one, the chained one all over this 2min vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQT9HvpWoTQ

or add a class that uses this weapon:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusarigama

Mystic Knight!

Mystic Knights are warriors that can cast magic on their swords to perform attacks with the power of the spell for several rounds. They have also been called Magic Knights. In Final Fantasy V, the Mystic Knight can use any magic previously learned on their sword. The skill itself is called Magic Sword and Spellblade (Final Fantasy V Advance). Although their magic power is weaker than the mages', Mystic Knights use less MP (and generally pierce Reflect, which can hinder certain mages' offense).The Mystic Knight's ability appeared in Final Fantasy IX in the form of the combo between Steiner and Vivi, where Vivi casts a spell on Steiner's sword, who attacks the enemy at the same time. Although i suppose future Battle Regimens is similar to this.

Class: Entertainer

Unlockable jobs: Puppet Master, Dancer, Bard

mystic knight sounds like a good addition :D along with the entertainer class. could add mimic to the unlockable jobs kinda like how we watch mimes on stage XD. i think that an ff14 bard would need a revamp on what he could do other than just the basic debuffs. if 14 has mobs sensitive to sound maybe by the bard playing a certain kind of tune could mess up how the monster sees players =o

and yes i enjoy toying with other ppls ideas to make new ones :p

Class: *Unknown name* (Some wild kinda name)

Unlockable jobs: Beast Master, Summoner*, Blue Mage

*Because primals and elementals are kinda living in the wild areas of the world

Class name : Vagrant
Class Category: DoMagic
Class Weapon: Tachi, Dual Wield Tachi
Class Job: Samurai, Ninja
Class Abilities: Magic Swordsman and Ninjitsu Magic Practitioners, Can use Various Ninjtisu Magic as well as call on the energies in their Sword to cast magical abilities.

Class: Entertainer

Unlockable jobs:
Puppet Master - Using a puppet similar to in FFXI apart from you have more control. the puppet will also copy you with some moves.

Dancer - Healing abilities and also some skills that can help fighting against enemies

Bard - Many possibilities with this one, think Brutal Legend
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Class: *Unknown name* (some western like name)

Unlockable jobs:
Taoist - Using cards as the main weapon, also does mystic magic against enemies.

Cannoneer - Hand cannon as the main weapon, using it to hit enemies as well as shoot explosives in short range.

Samurai - same as in FFXI but less loltp moves

Assassin - Similar to ninja with a mix of THF kinda skills.
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Class: *Unknown name* (Some wild kinda name)

Unlockable jobs:
Beast Master - Charming beast to use as pets aswell as calling your own pets and having the ability to call a wild chocobo for free use for a short time.

Summoner - Summoning wild yet mystical beings like Primals and Elementals to do all the hard work.

Blue Mage - An adaptive job that can take on many roles so long as you have learnt the skills you require from monsters and such

*Edited to keep up to date with my previous posts.

I would love to see a class use whips in this game because I really haven't seen that before and the fact that gunblades and gun spears are mentioned in the Grand Company article means I better have one in my hand within a year. I was hoping there wouldn't be a dedicated summoner class in this game because I thought it would be like some other FF games where anyone class could summon.

It's been a long time since I posted about what I wish the job/class combos would be... Let me see if I remember what I had thought. I was hoping to see a second weapon introduced to classes for a second job, but you have to remember each class is named after the weapon it uses, and magic classes are named after the way the magic is used, more or less.

MRD (Axe, G.Axe) -> Warrior (Axe(s)), Viking (G.Axe)
GLA (Sword, G.Sword) -> Paladin (Sword), Dark Knight (G.Sword)
PUG (Fists, Claws) -> Monk (Fists), Thief (Claws)
LNC (Spear, Pole) -> Dragoon (Spear), Puppetmaster (Pole) *See what I did there? Both pet jobs...*
ARC (Bow, X.Bow) -> Ranger (Bow), Scout (X.Bow)
CON (Staff, Radical) -> Black Mage (Staff), White Mage (Radical)
THM (Staff?, Scepter) -> Red Mage (Staff), Time Mage (Scepter)

Coming soon classes....

Musketeer (Pistol, Hand Cannon) -> Corsair (Pistol), Cannoneer (Hand Cannon)
Arcanist (Mechanical staff / Mechanical club) -> Bard (Staff), Mechanic (club)
Ronin (Katana, G.Katana) -> Ninja (Katana), Samurai (G.Katana)
Flagellant? (Whip, Flail) -> Beastmaster (Flail), Summoner (Whip)
Slasher? (Scimitar, Jambiya) -> Blue Mage (Scimitar), Dancer (Jambiya)

Something along those lines. I would like them to keep magic using jobs with other magic using jobs of similar nature. I know most of this isn't even possible anymore... But ever since they announced jobs, this was my dream, to abolish physical levels, and make class rank the physical level, and unlock 2 jobs each that each have their own rank you can level, too. For instance, level slasher to 20, unlock Blue mage, so now you've got a 1BLU/20SLA. Level up to 10, Slasher ends up around 24, then you unlock DNC, so now you have a 1DNC/24SLA. Keep physical levels, rework them, rebalance them, and work them into job/class instead of class/physical.

Anyway, thats obviously out the window, but I thought that would have been innovative.

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Originally Posted by weeble

chemist or engineer like in warhammer. something never seen b4 would be awesome.

other then that i know they said they won't be doing this but i would love to see them find a way to do sp/exp party grinds with jobs, full party 4 and 8man grinds with them even if in just dungeons. biggest part is full 8man grinds being brought back and worth doing. second for the chance to do it in a more ffxi'ish style. lets hope they reconsider this for future content later.

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ENGINEER IS CREDIT TO TEAM!

I knew i wasnt the only one interested in this ^.^

I was thinking back tothe ff14 official site and how the different weapons for each class gave me the impression that changing the weapon say from a wand to a staff would make a bigger impact on how you played. like the pug weapons having different types of damage, slashing, blunt, piercing. currently i dont see these really making much of a difference

Gunner (Dual-wields pistols)

Assassin (Advanced version of a thief, concentrating more on sneak-attacks)

Devestator (Wields giant swords like cloud Strife :3)

Summoner (Healer with summoned pet to act as support, protection or gives MP to the summoner)

Martial Artist (Unarmed combat specialist, advanced Pugilist)

Drake Handler (Archer with mellee based pet, such as lesser drakes etc.)

Faerie Handler (Archer with ranged spell casting pet, fire/ice/wind faeries etc.)

Necromage (Necromancer, controller of undead creatures and master of the dark arts of magic)

Reaper (Wields magical aetherial blades that can steal hp/mp/attack/defence/cause enfeeblements, kind of like a mellee support DD)

shapeshifting class, with different forms. like each shapeshifted form can evolve after certain requirements are met?

I want to see the Bread Mage, master of pastries and dinner-rolls. The Bread Mage uses his wheat-base wizardry to create confections loved by even the pickiest of Eorzea's connoisseurs. Whether its crepes, cookies, and scones or simply a loaf of bread for breakfast, the Bread Mage will manage to magically make it for you.

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Originally Posted by Zetonegi

I want to see the Bread Mage, master of pastries and dinner-rolls. The Bread Mage uses his wheat-base wizardry to create confections loved by even the pickiest of Eorzea's connoisseurs. Whether its crepes, cookies, and scones or simply a loaf of bread for breakfast, the Bread Mage will manage to magically make it for you.

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Culinary, we have one of those :p

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Originally Posted by Keruvinde

shapeshifting class, with different forms. like each shapeshifted form can evolve after certain requirements are met?

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Miqo'temón, gotta mieow them all?

Though shapeshifting could look pretty awesome in a pretty game like this :3

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Originally Posted by Konachibi

Culinary, we have one of those :p

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Last I checked crafting bread is not magicking bread into existence.
Culinarians take wheat, turn it to flour and make bread from there.
Bread Mages make bread from nothing.
There's a big difference between carefully crafting a culinary creation and BOOM Pastries.
And why CAN'T the DoH/DoL get Jobs huh? Let a goldsmith super-specialize in gemstones etc. Might not be planned but we can add it to the heap of things to be implemented?

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Originally Posted by Zetonegi

Last I checked crafting bread is not magicking bread into existence.
Culinarians take wheat, turn it to flour and make bread from there.
Bread Mages make bread from nothing.
There's a big difference between carefully crafting a culinary creation and BOOM Pastries.
And why CAN'T the DoH/DoL get Jobs huh? Let a goldsmith super-specialize in gemstones etc. Might not be planned but we can add it to the heap of things to be implemented?

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I actually asked the same question in a different thread, if ALL classes are getting an assigned job like they've said then surely DoL and DoH will get them too. Though seriously it'd be hard to come up with ideas for a more 'specific role' for a botanist unless they had some kind of chainsaw to more effectively log trees, or miners had a pneumatic drill to aquire an abundance of ore.

botany could possible have a gardening addition? mining could maybe grow crystals like those irl crystal growing kits XD fishing could do something with nets instead of poles. logging could also add in maybe abilities to remove the bark from a tree for making cork? mining could also break down like granite slabs or something...

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Originally Posted by Keruvinde

botany could possible have a gardening addition? mining could maybe grow crystals like those irl crystal growing kits XD fishing could do something with nets instead of poles. logging could also add in maybe abilities to remove the bark from a tree for making cork? mining could also break down like granite slabs or something...

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Good ideas :3
Perhaps miners could collect specific types of rock to use in some kind of... building craft maybe? Like a linkshell house or something...
Then botanists could file and sandpaper down some wood to use as shutters for the windows...
Then weavers could.. err.. make the welcome mat at the foot of the door.

As stupid as it sounds I think that'd be awesome XD

Stuff I would Love to see in the game.

Mystic Knight-There are a number of players that absolutely love the idea of a swordsman/magic user combo class, augmenting skill with both brute force and arcane power.

Gunblade and Gunhalberd- We already know musketeer will be in the game, and these are already present as well. I want a Gunhalberd, period.

Shapeshifting Class- Druidic and Elemental Shapeshift would not only look cool, but would be awesome. I actually might be okay with not having pet classes if there is a shapeshifter.

Bluemage- The simple versatility this job has as well as the support magic it usually gets is just fun to play with. I absolutely love classes that have a miriade of abilities and self-support spells.

Also, could someone please put berserk in already. we have defender and i'm sick of watching goats do it when I can't.

I would like to see a weapons class that focused on warhammers that evolved into the rarely-seen Berserker job. There would be one-handed hammers that left an arm open to finally put some use to those nordic style shields (or future dual wield purposes) and two-handed pike-hammers and heavy hammers.

We're going to need some blunt force to break through the armor of those Garlean judges. And my mule, Ban Hammer, needs some aesthetic touch. (We can use the name Mjolnir, finally.)

Konachibi came up with a cool choocbo class :D

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ture-Class-Job

and yes berserker was a job that i was surprised never made it to 11...maybe we will see it in 14 at some point.

id like to also see some crossbows...i loved thf in 11 XD iirl pug was supposed to get steal, i havent seen any info as to why we dont have it though :(

Heehee, my minds still swimming with extra stuff to add to that chocobo class. But I always find it better to center on 1/2 classes at a time and explain what you think they should be in as much detail as possible, because there's always the possibility a dev or community rep could see it and suggest it to the development team, who in turn may go "ooo this sounds like a good idea" and then make it. If you just kinda go "I want [insert class]" then it's sort of like "well err... what does it do? :3"

I wish we had a 'new class ideas' forum so our imaginative ideas for the future didn't have to fight for top-spot against the rage threads.

Geomaner is required!

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lol i agree konachibi :D i have ideas of my own but still workign details out. plus i wanted to see what things the community had in mind ^.^ im currently working on 2 mage classes that step out of the black and white magic cookie cutter of 11.

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lol i agree konachibi :D i have ideas of my own but still workign details out. plus i wanted to see what things the community had in mind ^.^ im currently working on 2 mage classes that step out of the black and white magic cookie cutter of 11.

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As soon as you write it up make it a thread here and I'll post my opinions and ideas on it :D

yay :D i think i made a new friend! i still gotta finish reading ur chocobo class...but this omelette is awesome....

Always good to have friends

Especially in an online game

ok so I Stated in a couple previously existing threadsn already but I Would love to see a chocobo knight class. It would allow for blacksmiths to makes beak and claw weapons for a chocobo as well as armorers to create protective leg and chest plates. Leatherworkers to creater harnesses and saddles!!!!

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Originally Posted by Amandra

ok so I Stated in a couple previously existing threadsn already but I Would love to see a chocobo knight class. It would allow for blacksmiths to makes beak and claw weapons for a chocobo as well as armorers to create protective leg and chest plates. Leatherworkers to creater harnesses and saddles!!!!

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So like, you're a Knight with a lance sitting on the back of a battle-armoured chocobo riding around skewering the enemy like ye olde camelot knights?