Gambler Job to FFXIV

Lady luck is one of my all time favorite jobs in X-2 and the playstyle is addicting .
Aside from bard, i dont think we have enough support DPS jobs in the game and a card throwing, coin flipping buffer would bring and interesting twist to Parties.

what do you guys think?

A support job?
In my FF14?
Yes please~
That is ground I'd like to see explored more.

Though an RNG themed, card based, buffer?
Sounds like AST as a DPS lol.

ast used to be the closest you can get to this niche and while I would love to have an actual gambler job and it is a fun idea and a class with FF roots.

there's a rub though, and unfortunately its an irl rub. There's a european regulation that prohibits casino or gambling esque imagery in games depending on the age rating. While this regulation is blatently broken by the volume of lootbox ridden games, ea titles etc, Square enix operates on a "better safe than sorry" model with regards to ff14 because its a cash cow. This is why despite numerous requests in the past we don't have poker in the gold saucer.

a similar thing would crop up here with a gambler job

I'd love to see it. Unfortunately, I don't really know how it could work in the context of 14. Not because of the general mechanics but more because of the inherent randomness. As 14's big fights are so tightly scripted and, at the higher levels, fairly meta dependent I don't think many people are going to welcome a class that, by it's very nature, is going to be random. I mean, look how AST was changed to remove most of the randomness of it's card pulls and that didn't even have any truly bad outcomes.

Also, 14 doesn't really have proper a proper support role so it's a little hard to see how it would fit in on that regard.

What do you think DNC is?

That being said, I absolutely loved Corsair from FF11, so I would be totally on board with a Gambler/Corsair job.

I'd imagine all abilities costs Gil. I am too poor to play a job like that T_T

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Originally Posted by Recon1o6

there's a rub though, and unfortunately its an irl rub. There's a european regulation that prohibits casino or gambling esque imagery in games depending on the age rating. While this regulation is blatently broken by the volume of lootbox ridden games, ea titles etc, Square enix operates on a "better safe than sorry" model with regards to ff14 because its a cash cow. This is why despite numerous requests in the past we don't have poker in the gold saucer

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You notice there WAS gambling in the Gold Saucer. Doing Mini and weekly Cactpot, it WAS possible to lose MGP. Then several updates ago, MGP cost to play was reduced SO much it's impossible to actually lose MGP.

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Originally Posted by Lucke

You notice there WAS gambling in the Gold Saucer. Doing Mini and weekly Cactpot, it WAS possible to lose MGP. Then several updates ago, MGP cost to play was reduced SO much it's impossible to actually lose MGP.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that done to compel more players to go to the relatively unpopular gold saucer?
I didn't think that had anything to do with censoring gambling.

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Originally Posted by Recon1o6

ast used to be the closest you can get to this niche and while I would love to have an actual gambler job and it is a fun idea and a class with FF roots.

there's a rub though, and unfortunately its an irl rub. There's a european regulation that prohibits casino or gambling esque imagery in games depending on the age rating. While this regulation is blatently broken by the volume of lootbox ridden games, ea titles etc, Square enix operates on a "better safe than sorry" model with regards to ff14 because its a cash cow. This is why despite numerous requests in the past we don't have poker in the gold saucer.

a similar thing would crop up here with a gambler job

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I disagree that this would really be an issue. If so they wouldn’t have a literal giant casino hub.

There’s been gambler characters in many final fantasies and honestly I don’t think Japanese devs care too much about European regulations.

I just think it’s not a direction they’d want to go in as they’ve pretty much already done the gambler aesthetic with the gold saucer.

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Originally Posted by Igneous

what do you guys think?

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I gamble enough with glare mages.

:)

What I like about the gamblers in single player FF is how broken and/or funny some of their moves can be.
Randomly kills every ennemies, randomly kills an ally, random spells, random summons, random buff, random debuff.

I think that would be a fantastic limited job, and would lead to hilarious 24 man runs.

Gambler is a subject where the spirit of a “limited job” could actually shine. In my honest opinion, any “Job” added to this game should be A) Combat ready alongside all other jobs, and B) Progress-able through the story.

Gambler could be a Job that gains it’s exp most efficiently by playing in the Gold Saucer. I personally do not ever visit the GS unless it’s business- there is very little incentive for me to do so.

However, if there were a job that could gain its exp or other perks by playing in the GS, that changes everything. And then I could take that job and play normal dungeons in a fun and engaging way, I would see that as a win, and the perfect example of what a limited, or untraditional job could be.

In comparison to BLU, a Gambler is less limited by a volatile spell list. They can make a static kit for it like all other jobs. Some other concerns are the RNG nature of such a job, but a diverse pool of abilities and the law of averages on say a dice roll should iron out its DPS potential.

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Originally Posted by AceofRains

Gambler is a subject where the spirit of a “limited job” could actually shine. In my honest opinion, any “Job” added to this game should be A) Combat ready alongside all other jobs, and B) Progress-able through the story.

Gambler could be a Job that gains it’s exp most efficiently by playing in the Gold Saucer. I personally do not ever visit the GS unless it’s business- there is very little incentive for me to do so.

However, if there were a job that could gain its exp or other perks by playing in the GS, that changes everything. And then I could take that job and play normal dungeons in a fun and engaging way, I would see that as a win, and the perfect example of what a limited, or untraditional job could be.

In comparison to BLU, a Gambler is less limited by a volatile spell list. They can make a static kit for it like all other jobs. Some other concerns are the RNG nature of such a job, but a diverse pool of abilities and the law of averages on say a dice roll should iron out its DPS potential.

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That would be really awesome! Maybe not xp but they could take the blue mage spell mechanic and attach it to completing things in the gold saucer. Like racing Chocobos learns a Chocobo skill etc.

I like limited jobs concept if it’s used in this sort of way.

I would be fine with it being a limited job