Jobs I'd like to see in FFXIV.

Animist: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki...st_(Tactics_A2) / Beastmaster https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Beastmaster_(job) Would be nice to have another pet class and one that can actually tame wild beasts.

Spellblade/Mystic Knight: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Mystic_Knight It is foolishly what I had hoped red mage would be instead it's the opposite. Instead of a melee that enhances with magic it's mage that enhances with melee. Considering they're opposite themes I still hold out hope.

Freelancer/Onion Knight/Mime. Idk how this could be balanced but basically the concept would be you can use abilities from all other jobs you've unlocked. It'd probably have to be a limited job. Pretty sure onion knights already exist lore-wise so could be we uncover how to become one ourselves.

Gambler: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Gambler_(job) I know astro has some of it's themes but not really the important ones. I'd like to see this as a dps job.

Geomancer: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Geomancer Similar lore/story as conjurer/white mage except focused on offensive rather then restorative magicks.

Necromancer: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Necromancer_(job) Another potential pet class/job. I think unlike Summoner could summon many weak minions.

Time Mage: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Time_Mage Could be a fun new healing job. Reversing time itself to heal wounds.

I feel like Gambler and Time Mage are already covered by Astrologian. And Geomancer is already Conjurer with elements of Astrologian.

I feel like SE should double-down on the Gambler and Time Mage elements of Astrologian to make it more unique and separate it from the world of shields and regens. And White Mage could go back to its roots and gain some more nature-y spells and that would satisfy people who wanted elements of Gambler/Time Mage/Geomancer as well as uplift and expand upon what we already have.

Before Gunbreaker, I had hoped for a magic tank whose tank stance was melee and DPS stance was a jump back and melee attacks turned to spells. I can still dream~

What I'd love to see for a healer is a non-mage like Flintlock and Cannoneer from FFTA2 or Chemist from FFT whose abilities are themed as items. It's too bad adding more guns would move more into Machinist territory and they deserve a break. Unfortunately with how rigid the combat in the game is compared to other games or even other MMOs, it's not likely we'll ever see truly interesting classes like Arithmetician and there's only so much they can do.

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Originally Posted by MikkoAkure

I feel like Gambler and Time Mage are already covered by Astrologian. And Geomancer is already Conjurer with elements of Astrologian.

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Except Geomancer would be DPS version of white mage. They are bringing in tank version of machinist so that seems fair. Time mage might over-lap too much with astro idk... But gambler would also be DPS so should work.

The ending parenthesis on your links got kicked out, probably auto'magically' by SE's auto hyperlinker feature but just wanted to let you know.

On some of the jobs though:

I would love to have beastmaster, I was a huge Hunter fan in WoW with my pet (MANY moons ago lol). I hope they consider the "advanced job" idea for these jobs they were thinking of making limited though (advanced job being a job that has some limited party restricted features and then some paired down party/df functional features too).

I like the Onion Knight idea just for how silly it could be lol. Not sure what content they'd be able to give it but.. certainly funny to just hallowed ground and round off some triple double cast holy spells XD.

Geomancer could be fun, elemental area control lord of some sort, perhaps the mage equivalent of what bard offers. There is some lore that needs some massaging from what we know in AST questline but it's not something that is really a road block given enough desire (look at all the people who can't seem to stay dead lol). Don't pay too much mind to the "lore nos" as if it's wanted, it could be done- like summoner getting bigger options (lore no'd, now we have bahamut demi), super rare opposite genders unlocked (no'd, now we have miqote male), beast races (lore no'd, now we have Hrothgar), beastmen system not being exclusively beast based (lore no'd, now we have lalafell as dwarves in the beast system), and more has been done (it tends to be a flimsy barrier). That's not to say I don't respect the lore and want to bend things out of shape just because, but I just think people read it way too much as stone and not as the sort of living entity that it has proven itself to be.

Like technology the lore grows over time, what was once impossible can be possible or even different entirely given time and beyond that our lore team doesn't lack creativity to find a way if Yoshida determines there is a will. There are loads of ways you could re-angle Geomancer, including probably one of the more simple choices being "the job teacher is from the other shard" (so whatever lore we have currently from an NPC is exclusively for AST's stuff, can play around with the interactions between the two groups and such if desired). Of course if you can't make it mechanically different enough and visually different enough than from AST/White Mage then you'll have a problem in job identity or if there are more interesting options to pick in it's place that's an issue too (but that's different, Red Mage uses some fire spells but doesn't feel like black mage and is quite fun for some people for example).

On Geomancer I hope to write a sort of geo-ish inspired Golbez tank mage job (the guy that looks a bit like Ex-Death, mage in heavy armor).. might have some geomancer-y references in it. Wont be calling it a geomancer though.

Sort of tactics related (seems to be the jobs you're referencing) but I'd love a morpher (a tactics transformation job) that's dark theme'd- as in inspired by Harmonixer, Spawn, Vincent, Dante, and such.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Sort of tactics related (seems to be the jobs you're referencing) but I'd love a morpher (a tactics transformation job) that's dark theme'd- as in inspired by Harmonixer, Spawn, Vincent, Dante, and such.

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Morpher would be REALLY cool. Too make it not too over-powered, or crazy like blue mage it'd need to be streamlined (like red-mage) So instead of turning into any monster they turn into very specific monsters which would be tied to it's job quest. Could also be that it can turn into any monster, or a large selection of monsters (within reason) but it's purely cosmetic and gameplay would be the same. Like Egi-Glamor. It'd be morpher glamour. Question is, would it transform into one monster? a group of monsters? Would it shift based on content? Or would it shift into multiple different forms in a single fight? Would it partially morph like hands, feet, head, or fully morph into the creature? Lots of question but any way they do it, would be really cool. Something that might be cool is non combat morphs that provide utility. Like increased movement speed.

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Originally Posted by Velaethia

Morpher would be REALLY cool. Too make it not too over-powered, or crazy like blue mage it'd need to be streamlined (like red-mage) So instead of turning into any monster they turn into very specific monsters which would be tied to it's job quest. Could also be that it can turn into any monster, or a large selection of monsters (within reason) but it's purely cosmetic and gameplay would be the same. Like Egi-Glamor. It'd be morpher glamour. Question is, would it transform into one monster? a group of monsters? Would it shift based on content? Or would it shift into multiple different forms in a single fight? Would it partially morph like hands, feet, head, or fully morph into the creature? Lots of question but any way they do it, would be really cool. Something that might be cool is non combat morphs that provide utility. Like increased movement speed.

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:D Glad someone else likes the idea of a morpher. There are lots of ways to go about it for sure, probably could go crazy OP if you made it limited but I feel not having a transforming job in main content means it would be nice if we had one there first before making something broken OP in the limited section lol. I like the idea of the glamour options and a transportation morph :).

If you wanted to read what I thought of one of the ways it might go I made a post on it here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Bayonetta-etc

If time mage would use some alexander skills concept, and would be a dps caster, i'd probably say goodbye to any other class and just main that till i die.
I love time concept and dmg. Used to play Dofus and still do just because they had a class based on time and control.

Those are all cool jobs
some of my fav even
lately though, ive just seen AST as Time Mage{with gambler as previously stated}
and Mystic Knight, though its too early to say anything,
it looks like Gunbreaker is going to be very similar to how a Mystic Knight functioned

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Originally Posted by ADVSS

Those are all cool jobs
some of my fav even
lately though, ive just seen AST as Time Mage{with gambler as previously stated}
and Mystic Knight, though its too early to say anything,
it looks like Gunbreaker is going to be very similar to how a Mystic Knight functioned

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Ew but without the magical theme...

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Originally Posted by Velaethia

Ew but without the magical theme...

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From what we heard, Gunbreaker uses magical ammo to charge its attacks. It's not to far fetched to see if more magic oriented than Warrior.
As far as a magic wielding knight is possible, I think Dark Knight and Paladin already have bits of it. Just like previsouly said, AST is the Time Mage / Gamlber / Corsair FFXIV version.

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Originally Posted by Mansion

From what we heard, Gunbreaker uses magical ammo to charge its attacks. It's not to far fetched to see if more magic oriented than Warrior.
As far as a magic wielding knight is possible, I think Dark Knight and Paladin already have bits of it. Just like previsouly said, AST is the Time Mage / Gamlber / Corsair FFXIV version.

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Yeah i mean the idea that hearing the bullets used to enhance attacks(like -en spells} and put up magical barriers
appeared similar to say a rune fencer or mystic knight, in concept to me.
Id be ok with a spellblade/mystic knight as maybe a dps, too.

I would also love to use a shapeshifter/morpher form, be it based on beasts, the void, or epser/eikon/primals. Heck, the soul stone for it could secretly be made with a magicite, that has had a few modifications

I hope they actually add in Blue Mage at some point.

Personally the jobs I'd love to see:

Tanks:

Vampire/Nightshade - With a focus on high mobility and lifestealing. Possibly using a Scythe to become the ultimate edgelords ;)

Pirate - With a focus on plundering stats from enemies and fighting dirty. Also, buff themselves by drinking different types of alcohol (Whisky makes them hit harder, Rum makes them take less damage, Grog makes them start singing sea shanties).
Weapons something like Axe in the main hand and Main Gauche or Buckler in the off-hand.

Exorcist - A Tank-Mage. Using various magic spells to deal damage and protect themselves.

mDPS:

Viking - A melee that is a reverse RDM, using primarily melee attacks bolstered by the occasional spell cast. Uses a big ol' Hammer.

Elementalist - Melee job that uses En-elemental spells to change how their attacks work. Think something similar to GW2's Elementalist only more melee focused.

Beastmaster - I dunno, I think it'd be kind of cool if BST was melee as opposed to ranged. Given that we already have SMN as a ranged pet user.

rDPS:

Sniper - Bow Mage. Could use large sniper rifles or greatbows.

Gambler/Corsair - Put the focus on dice rolls instead of cards. Give them a Hexagun or 2.

Grenadier - Throw/shoot explosives. Ideally I'd love to see a mechanic like Saboteur from Rift where it's a combo system such like you stack up to 5 bombs onto the target and then detonate them an it would deal damage/effects based on what bombs you used (Such as a 5 stack of Shrapnel Bomb would put a massive Bleed on them, then you'd refresh it with a 1 stack Shrapnel and 4 stacks of your direct damage bomb)

Mage:

Blue Mage - Job that uses monster skills. Focus on being closer range and having oGCD's with cast times.

Shaman - Dark Magic focused job. Using Hexes and Curses to debilitate and deal damage over time to enemies. While using Rituals to empower themselves or party members. Possibly with a theme of allowing health sacrifice to gain power.

Wizard - From Bravely Second. Using spirit magic and the ability to build their own spells.

Healer:

Necromancer - Edgelord healer. Uses mastery over life and death to protect and restore their allies. While using spirits and geists to attack their foes.

Green Mage - Using protective spells and curative magics. While having a plethora of debuffs to boot.

Flintlock - Similar to the Chemist/Salve-Maker concept that people often bring up. But instead of merely throwing potions around like some sort of plebian, you shoot your allies in the face with a CANNON to make them better. Also, Flintlock was traditionally a Moogle only job so you should get taught how to shoot your friends in the face with a cannon by a Moogle.

A necromancer raising slain enemies does sound cool. Maybe have a system where you can store the essence of enemies you have killed and summon an army that has like a cap of 6-10 minions. You can level that minion to your current level with some sort of essence system. It could be a balancing issue with minion abilities, maybe have a limited pool of abilities and the rest purely cosmetic. Maybe for open world you can rez slain enemies and keep all their properties but they die after like 5min or something. Permanent raised minions can have set/shared abilities so it's balanced for instanced PVE. The weapon could be a scythe, cliche but it would look awesome.

Gimme Chemist healer, you cowards! And give it a GUN like Alchemist in FFX-2! Ignore the DoH, you can have BOTH!

I'd love to see a necro

Arithmetitian (Calculator as it was known in FFT)

Uses abbacuses. Would use Health percentages, MP and HP numerical values and distance to target to alter her dps spells for massive damage. Give it a wierd non rotation based gameplay, more like applying buffs to itself as the combat progresses and releasing well timed huge blasts of damage

I don't care how, just give me Green Mage that can buff and debuff and whack things with a mace/hammer and I'll be maining that till the day this game dies

I would like Puppeteer and Necromancer, those are my favorite classes in anything really.

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Originally Posted by GrimGale

Arithmetitian (Calculator as it was known in FFT)

Uses abbacuses. Would use Health percentages, MP and HP numerical values and distance to target to alter her dps spells for massive damage. Give it a wierd non rotation based gameplay, more like applying buffs to itself as the combat progresses and releasing well timed huge blasts of damage

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I expect Arithmetician to have galaxy brain rotations.

Ranged physical DPS:

Centurion:
Garlean gunblade user, can melee if required, normally shoots enemies at range, summons big blue ceruleum X's to fire at enemies, buffs allies by shouting orders at them.
I want a Garlean gunblade, they look cool, and frankly I want to do the Garlean bad guy thing of standing and pointing at enemies while shouting monologues. That your monologues would function as party buffs amuses me.

"It is ever the strong who dictate the fate of the weak!": Lowers target's damage dealt by 10%.

"Strength is evolving past your own flaws!": 10% Crit rate buff.

"For the world of man to mean anything, man must own the world!": Increases direct hit rate of all party members.

Give me my Gaius LARP job plz.

Caster DPS:

Blue Mage:
It's Blue Mage, but upgraded from mini-game to real job.

Healer:

Puppetmaster:
Wields a puppet. The puppet uses generic low potency copies of whatever abilities you use, i.e. it throws out a small heal whenever you ST heal, does a small attack whenever you attack, and so on.

The gimmick is that you can order it to memorize and combine abilities it copies, programming it as a custom oGCD basically. For example AoE heal + Regen + Regen would combine and save as weak AoE heal that puts a medium strength HoT effect on everyone it hits.

You'd have multiple puppets for programming, normally only one out at a time copying you though.

Mystic Knight, Time Mage and most of all Oracle as a HEALER PLEASE YOSHI

Geomancer

I know they were talked about in the AST story line and was basically just a Conjurer but I feel they could pull it off. Give them an idea mixing Monks element fist with Blackmages Leylines to have the elements laid out to cast skills based on the element the GEO is standing in or as it does its rotations the ground "aoe" changes/shifts which allow access to different spells depending on the skill. Now be it a magic DPS or Healer, I feel either way could work.

Geomancer magic DPS.
Main gimmick is a skill named "Calling".
Ranged weaponskills (sound based damage), Spells (elementals) and abilities can provide 3 different types of runics to the gauge.
After filling the gauge we can use Calling which has a very long cast and activates a very powerful raid wide skill.
This skill will be selected randomly between the option of the main runic collected.
To make an example: The fight forced us to move a lot and so we used more weaponskills and filled up 60% of the gauge with this type of rune.
It could trigger a Storm that damages and leave a DoT on every enemy or a Breeze that halves cast times and gives haste.

I know y'all hate RNG but a funny job can still exists :P


A dark type of healer.
Something that can manage HP in the party like with a skill that redistribute the HP the HP of the party in the same % to everyone, that can take HP from one to give to another or sacrifice his own HP and things like that.

I think Beastmaster actually has a lot of potential as a limited job, especially if there's any way to implement a pokemon snap-style challenge available. Not exactly combat based but could be a really fun variant imo. Similarly would be down with Gambler as limited. I'm so-so on Necromancer, and personally feel like mystic knight is kind of like Dark Knight or Red Mage already.

Still love the idea of a dark healer either with Hemomancer (manipulate aether inside the body, can be used to heal or cause damage) or with Chemist (mad doctor tone, no magic). If another caster was brought in I'd be interested in seeing something along the lines of Jester or Mime (not necessarily in classic FF style). And maybe eventually ranged physical DPS Cannoneer or something, long reload time but does insane damage from far away.

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Originally Posted by griffinborn

Gimme Chemist healer, you cowards! And give it a GUN like Alchemist in FFX-2! Ignore the DoH, you can have BOTH!

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Heal people by shooting them in the face with super potions? Sounds good to me.

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Geomancer

I know they were talked about in the AST story line and was basically just a Conjurer but I feel they could pull it off. Give them an idea mixing Monks element fist with Blackmages Leylines to have the elements laid out to cast skills based on the element the GEO is standing in or as it does its rotations the ground "aoe" changes/shifts which allow access to different spells depending on the skill. Now be it a magic DPS or Healer, I feel either way could work.

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Considering all jobs only has 1 role and don't see that changing any time. I really don't see a problem with Geo being similar to white mage if it's DPS. Gunbreaker is basically a tank version of machinist

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Originally Posted by Greven

Geomancer magic DPS.
Main gimmick is a skill named "Calling".
Ranged weaponskills (sound based damage), Spells (elementals) and abilities can provide 3 different types of runics to the gauge.
After filling the gauge we can use Calling which has a very long cast and activates a very powerful raid wide skill.
This skill will be selected randomly between the option of the main runic collected.
To make an example: The fight forced us to move a lot and so we used more weaponskills and filled up 60% of the gauge with this type of rune.
It could trigger a Storm that damages and leave a DoT on every enemy or a Breeze that halves cast times and gives haste.

I know y'all hate RNG but a funny job can still exists :P


A dark type of healer.
Something that can manage HP in the party like with a skill that redistribute the HP the HP of the party in the same % to everyone, that can take HP from one to give to another or sacrifice his own HP and things like that.

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I like your dark healer concept. They could use their own life force to heal, or equalise health of allies, and regain their own health by draining it from baddies. Most heals are expected to dps anyways. This would be even more compelled cause you use HP to heal. Idk what it'd be. It's kinda vampiric. Blood mage? idk.

Also was reading about Void Mages which exist in the lore. I know they're "evil" but aren't black mages banned? We're the WoL we can do whatever we want and people let us because we're heroes. If using ancient forbidden void magick helps us defeat xyz villain of the months then why not. Void mages summoned and bound voidsent to them. Which might make it seem like it'd function like summoner. But I think instead of having one constant summon out, they build up void power in order to temporarily summon voidsent that come in and preform a single attack. So all their major spells have them summon different voidsent/demons to preform the actions while their others are building up to be able to do that. Different voidsent would do different things. Like they'd summon a bomb to rush the enemies and explode. A succubus to stun. Etc, etc.

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I think Beastmaster actually has a lot of potential as a limited job, especially if there's any way to implement a pokemon snap-style challenge available. Not exactly combat based but could be a really fun variant imo. Similarly would be down with Gambler as limited. I'm so-so on Necromancer, and personally feel like mystic knight is kind of like Dark Knight or Red Mage already.

Still love the idea of a dark healer either with Hemomancer (manipulate aether inside the body, can be used to heal or cause damage) or with Chemist (mad doctor tone, no magic). If another caster was brought in I'd be interested in seeing something along the lines of Jester or Mime (not necessarily in classic FF style). And maybe eventually ranged physical DPS Cannoneer or something, long reload time but does insane damage from far away.

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I'd really rather them never do another limited job tbph. I'd rather them find a way to make all jobs work. Even if they have to be streamlined. Blue mage being limited is kinda bs anyways because it's only OP very situationally other then that it's a basic (and kinda boring) regular dps. Still hoping that they make blue mage a full job. I especially don't want beastmaster/tamer/animus to be limited because it's not remotely hard to figure out how to streamline it.

Edit: Also the mystic knight is not remotely available currently in the game. Red mage sounds like it, unless you actually play the job and realise it's the exact opposite of what mystic knight should be. Dark knight is honestly closer but it's dark themed which makes it so it's not quite what I'd want to see.

I don't care much as long as they are (1) grounded within the weapon proficiencies and schools of magic already in game or would augment and bridge, rather than conflict with, the ones existent, and (2) add something wholly new to gameplay.

But, my favorites would probably be:

• Blue Mage. Jack of all trades, minus sustained healing or tanking. Master of... exploiting synergies between skills used within their various rules to devastating effect. Kind of, sort of a utility-heavy Ranged DPS. Definitely a Hybrid.

  Saber, Staff, or Cane. Oversized kit with X chosen out of the total 100 possible skills. Skills balanced through resource systems, playing synergetic breadth against synergetic depth. Includes some transformation spells and many self-augmentation spells. Balanced kit. Literally no resemblance to current mini-game BLM.

• Beastmaster. Half-tank, DPS, Saboteur. Some external utility, but most is limited to between self and pet. Each can directly or indirectly heal the other, though not sustainable, which makes them competent for infrequent burst tanking or sustained light tanking, though never for taking sustained heavy damage. Mostly a DPS. Though also a two-man army (that occupies just one player slot).

  Ogre blade -- double-blade for vicious whirling slashes, split for frenzied strikes, throw like boomerang blades in either form for ranged attacks. Mixed ranged and (mostly) melee, varying further with pet choice. Tag-team and combo-play with pet. Pet use builds Aspect, which further manipulates your skills and bonuses. Can change pet in combat after level 50 (where you gain your Spirit Beast, who can and should be macrorotationally transformed to suit synergies between Aspects). Does not stand back out of the fighting like a puppeteer. Not a limited job. Is an intense, mid-high-APM job with high requirements for awareness and synergetic play.

• Judge/Judicar. Hybrid, though primarily an "Off-tank". Capable (though not simultaneously) of tanking, healing decently, and dealing powerful blows with some debuff utility.

  Long-handled War-mace. Has elements of XII's Judges along with the Riskbreaker and some capacities similar to the Mystic Knight. Durable, but with far more obvious utilities and need to exploit them (although these are self-castable and some occasionally should be self-casted) to get its full worth.

• Augurer. For a Victorian/Steampunk/Lovecraftian/Voodoo-heavy setting. Utility heavy Healer. Think of a mix between the Plague Doctor, Apothecary, Chemist, and Witch Doctor, but with a further twinge of Oracle, Seer, and/or Inquisitor.

  Carries a saber and pistol. Would give good reason to expect mild griefing when paired with one but carries such amazing utility in certain speed runs when skilled. Provides subtle, but effective, charms of protection along with certain defensive effects which require high-risk play to see benefit. Impressive Saboteur toolkit. High synergy between enemy-targeted (offensive) and ally-targeted (defensive) support functions. Burst healing in the vein of Chemist concepts. Gases and sprays provide area support, both offensively and defensively. Access to flares, which can interact with said gases for explosions, or can be fired directly into enemies to burn a hole through them or their armor. Sprays in turn can be used with the Augurer's modified torches for flamethrowers, for more burning. Carries explosives, if you still need more burning and exploding thereafter. Galvanize makes the dead more living and the living more dead. Poisons can be sprayed, fired as darts, or applied via blade. Some poisons can technically be used supportively, as they can quickly immunize allies certain effects via diminishing returns from very mild versions of the given status effect (think vaccination) or provide other benefits at cost (stim packs). Access to Wards for burst defense. Can draw Omens and the parts for Serums or Wards from enemy corpses. Can gas-mask self for defensive utility/restoration or utility access, including being able to see Omens without needing corpses, albeit at cost of poisoning self (hence the hallucinations).

• Thaumaturge. ...As something worth being and actually fitting its name and established (long since gutted) lore! "Oracle" if it must be renamed despite being the original XIV Thaumaturge.

  A twin-Caster/Healer hybrid (though more focused on healing). Huge emphasis on macrorotation and balancing ones offense and defense/healing. A miracle-maker who's all too aware of the art, craft, and cost of miracles. Bends (or, better said, lets meet) the ends of light and dark, life and death, prosperity and abjection, the fecund and the scarce. Feeds the needs of many a "dark/edgy healer" but without needing to go too over the top or outside XIV lore; they can make normally comedicly edgy elements of the dark or macabre look nuanced, grounded, elegant, and reasonable, even while letting the player bask in shadowy powers as much as Augerer or, say, a Vampire or Voidtouched or Riftstalker or Necromancer might. That said, there's plenty of light-side magics to work with here as well. Gives those stark ascetic priest feels, but also those wonderful shadow priest feels.

Honestly, though, I care a bit more about seeing our current classes put to better use, each "base class" following into another job possibility, if we choose not to take the job kit. E.g...

When not diverted into greater White Magics, Conjurer retains access to the makings of a Storm Mage, Mistcaller, Windrunner, Grove Keeper, Stone Druid, or whatever other name you can give a master of Earth, Wind, and Water and all their synergies. When not diverted into Advanced Summoning or Nymian Techniques, Arcanist retains access to its increasingly vast network of mana-siphoning and -altering utilities.

Pugilists take a more practical approach to their fisticuffs, forgoing the showy blows and Chakra nonsense of Monks in favor of additional combat control and tighter but more nuanced and variable combos, and allowing access to Maiming Armor when without a Monk job crystal. Lancers can go on to levy their strength as half-tanks or strike leaders or even harriers. Rogues can double into theft, item usage, or swashbuckling. Ronin hold onto the subtler arts of attack that Samurai replace with Sword Arts (leading to, say, Guren, and ShB's self-buffs from consuming Sen) and the ability to wear Maiming Armor.

When not diverted into the Path of Sanctity, Gladiators just keep piling on more tricks for fighting dirty and turning the tables. Marauders make the perfect "bully" heavy-dps, with all the kicks of a Viking. Templars continue in the opposite direction of Dark Knights, making for a blend of Sword Saint, Rune Fencer, Mystic Knight, and, well, a Witcher. Soldiers take a supportive, tag-team approach to the use of their gunblades as mid-utility DPS, as compared to the riskier and more direct approach of Gunbreakers, and greater versatility in the use of their gunblades themselves.

Gunners can focus instead on the actual craft of gunnery, with deep dives into the area of Marksmen and Gambler depending on weapon choice (uniquely including access to long-rifles), while Machinists siphon those additions instead into just their engineering (complete with a much larger combat impact from their tinkering). Archers can focus on their marksmanship, balancing speedier and longer draws, further differed by bow speed, focused on the art of the hunt.

So on and so forth.

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Originally Posted by Velaethia

Considering all jobs only has 1 role and don't see that changing any time. I really don't see a problem with Geo being similar to white mage if it's DPS. Gunbreaker is basically a tank version of machinist

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When I said that I mean as in if it would be best suited as a Healer or DPS, I do not know. Not that it could do both.

I think 'Artist' as a healer/DPS maybe feasible. Just draw and heal things up or conjure something from drawings.