Would you like to see a job class based off of Azem's crystal?

WARNING! SHADOWBRINGERS SPOILERS FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET!!!!

Azem's memory crystal has a unique magic that allows us to summon allies to assist in our greatest time of need. Like the shade of Hades during our fight with Elidibus.

So what if Azem's crystal were somehow converted into a job crystal and then strengthened by the aether of our closest allies (other than the Scions), allowing us to temporarily summon them and use their fighting skills in battle, much like how Summoner will function in Endwalker with no clunky slow pet mechanics, but a whole scene of one of our allies appearing before us and wrecking havoc on our enemies with their strongest attack or supporting us/our party members with their best status boosting abilities/spells or protecting us with their greatest shield/healing spell or ability.

Thoughts?

Also, real quick. Sorry if I just let the thread goes talk amongst themselves without me joining for the most part. I never know when to actually properly jump into a online conversation without somehow feeling like I'm alienating/not responding to another person's opinion I read before or after. Though I still enjoy reading the thoughts on the subjects I bring up for people to talk about. So...yeah. Lol!

Honestly love this idea. They can’t properly balance 3 healers, so let’s just smush all current jobs into one. Easy balance!

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Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami

Honestly love this idea. They can’t properly balance 3 healers, so let’s just smush all current jobs into one. Easy balance!

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The bluemage of healers. Neutral sect, synastry, benediction, sacred soil all in one.

We already have the power of calling our friends into duties. It's called bribery!

I see it as a straight stat boost, with some thematic skills, & summon ability. Even after Endwalker, i'm still maining Dark Knight, so having to switch to another job would irk me a bit.

The job already exists. It's Duty Finder.

Honestly? No.
I think at this point, we have more than enough Jobs already, if anything, squeenix should start putting more focus and effort into the existing ones, like giving us more customisation options/skilltrees/alternative playstyles.

I have to join the no party.
It would be ridiculous... For once how do you summon the aether of your still living closest allies? Do you sap them leaving them half dead somewhere in the world? :D
How is the class different from the Endwalker summoner? It works completely the same as you described, there are no clunky slow mechanics anymore.

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Originally Posted by Soge01

Azem's memory crystal has a unique magic that allows us to summon allies to assist in our greatest time of need. Like the shade of Hades during our fight with Elidibus.

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I don't think it was a shade, I think we just straight up summoned emet to help us
iirc someone on the forums made a long post about that

Imo I think it'd be too much of a reference to the past, after Endwalker I hope they move forward with something new entirely.

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Originally Posted by Anhra

Honestly? No.
I think at this point, we have more than enough Jobs already, if anything, squeenix should start putting more focus and effort into the existing ones, like giving us more customisation options/skilltrees/alternative playstyles.

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At some point, yes, I completely agree with this. But I think adding a few more classes at least is what we need to help see the current job classes eventually leading up to that.

Like, with Sage added to the trio of healers as the fourth and with the introduction of pure and shield Healer concept to seperate the Healer role into two distinct groups. If Endwalker is successful with this concept, then I think we need more of that with the job classes we already have, plus adding a few more in order to fill certain roles our current roster of classes can't at the moment. For example, with the loss of Summoner's DoT spells, this would give FFXIV team the prime opportunity to introduce a spell caster class that focuses primarily on DoT skills and status ailments.

I think after all of that, then the devs should focus on customization options, skilltrees and alt playstyles for the classes to give some variety to what we already got.

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Originally Posted by Setesh45

I have to join the no party.
It would be ridiculous... For once how do you summon the aether of your still living closest allies?
Do you sap them leaving them half dead somewhere in the world? :D

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I forgot to put in my opening post, but I thought the summoning would work like a Endwalker Summoner's where we, having the residual aether of our closet comrades stored away in our soul crystal, allows us to temporarily summon a simulacrum of sorts that performs the attack/ability/spell you summoned them for before breaking apart and dissipating until you need to call them again.

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Originally Posted by Setesh45

How is the class different from the Endwalker summoner? It works completely the same as you described, there are no clunky slow mechanics anymore.

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That, I haven't really thought through yet. For right now, I just thought us gaining a job class some time later after Endwalker based off of Azem's supposed ability to summon his friends during his time of need would have been a cool concept and something to call back to the WoL's original/unsundered self.

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Originally Posted by Rinhi

I don't think it was a shade, I think we just straight up summoned emet to help us
iirc someone on the forums made a long post about that

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Honestly, that could be the case. That Emet-Selch could have been what remaining aether that was left of him that we summoned to help us fight Elidibus. He was the one to create our memory Crystal, after all. Though if you remember the title of that thread talking about the summoned Emet-Selch, I'd love to see and read it. It sounds like it'd be a really interesting read. :D

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Originally Posted by Kolsykol

Imo I think it'd be too much of a reference to the past, after Endwalker I hope they move forward with something new entirely.

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But it could also be something to help the WoL move forward as a means of never forgetting the past by always having your friends in some shape or form with you at all times, ready to help you in your hour of need. Never forget the past, but also don't let it hold you back either. At least that's how I'd think of this job class.

It sounds like equal parts walking spoiler, no solid theme/type unless you arbitrarily restrict who we would call on and for which skills, and distracting. I don't want to see a constant parade of other characters turning up.

Make it a "Freelancer" job crystal like FFV.

Have it be a special job like Blue Mage in which you are able to equip skills from any job you've already leveled. Group skills into ranks (for example Benediction, Hallowed Ground, Living Dead, etc. are all "Rank 9" skills) and make it so that you can take a limited number of skills from each rank (like 1 rank 9 skill, 2 rank 8 skills, 3 rank 7 skills, and so on).