New Job Ideas

So i was talking with some friends about upcoming expansions and i was thinking about stuff that would be really cool to have in game that you dont see too often in games. my idea would be a magic dps that either used strength or dexerity. or even the opposite. a melee/ranged dps that used intellect or mind. i know it sounds weird but id like to see something new and fun. anyone else with weird ideas too? i wouldnt know what to call it but imo it would be fun and interesting

I want to see jobs with gameplay that is truly distinct from what's already out there. Half-baked ideas include:

• A tank that is a mage, whose moment-to-moment gameplay is using defensive spells to mitigate, negate, and absorb damage, thus protecting their meager health pool.

• A non-magical healer who primarily heals via melee.

• A caster DPS whose kit is almost entirely devoted to increasing the damage dealt by one or more other party members.

• A melee DPS with a kit almost entirely comprised of gap-closers and gap-openers, so they are frequently making swift movements in and out as part of their primary rotation.

I get why there aren't classes like this already; it's significantly more difficult to balance a game when the classes are less homogeneous. But there's a lot of possibility space out there, and I'd love to see CBU3 explore it a bit more if they can find the bandwidth!

And not a new job, but I'd love to see the 7.0 DRG rework include the ability to jump up and stay in the air for a handful of seconds (avoiding damage) before landing and doing an attack. Y'know, like Dragoons do in the other Final Fantasy games. :)

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Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo

I want to see jobs with gameplay that is truly distinct from what's already out there. Half-baked ideas include:
And not a new job, but I'd love to see the 7.0 DRG rework include the ability to jump up and stay in the air for a handful of seconds (avoiding damage) before landing and doing an attack. Y'know, like Dragoons do in the other Final Fantasy games. :)

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is it bad that i laughed extremely hard at this and i would absolutely LOVE to see this?

Is it bad that I've been playing this game long enough that I remember when fans argued with the developer during 2.0 launch that DRG jump should be an immunity and they adamantly refused then? Still a huge mistake in my book.

Personally I would like to see them do alot more work to the many jobs they already have.

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Originally Posted by Roflcoptorz

Is it bad that I've been playing this game long enough that I remember when fans argued with the developer during 2.0 launch that DRG jump should be an immunity and they adamantly refused then? Still a huge mistake in my book.

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Know what else is funny? For the Monster Hunter World side of the FFXIV x Monster Hunter collaboration MHW got a DRG jump emote... that makes you leap off screen making you untargetable during that small window of time. Meaning people were using it to dodge things like Eclipic Meteor from Behemoth which is something DRGs can't do in FFXIV lol. Oh the emote also actually does damage to the monster if you land on it XD. However that's not really unique. Other attack emotes like Hadoken also damage monsters if you hit them with it lol.

What's fun and interesting is if they actually revamped the entire combat system and changed their design philosophy. Until then jobs are just skins of the same concept.

In Dragon Age they had a Mage Tank build. I think it was locked behind Blood Magic but your Magic level was also your defense level.

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Originally Posted by Koros

What's fun and interesting is if they actually revamped the entire combat system and changed their design philosophy. Until then jobs are just skins of the same concept.

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I suspect we'll have to wait for FF MMO3 (temp title cause it could be any game from XVII to XX or beyond) for a new game design. Hopefully if they choose to copy whatever the hot new MMO is, it'll be one that will allow for some core mechanics differences rather than pushing some numbers around.

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Originally Posted by ChazNatlo

I suspect we'll have to wait for FF MMO3 (temp title cause it could be any game from XVII to XX or beyond) for a new game design. Hopefully if they choose to copy whatever the hot new MMO is, it'll be one that will allow for some core mechanics differences rather than pushing some numbers around.

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Many of the anime/manga based around people playing an MMORPG in some way shape or form feature fake MMORPGs that honestly look like they'd be fun as hell to actually play simply because of the systems put in those games and what people can do with them lol

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Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo

I want to see jobs with gameplay that is truly distinct from what's already out there. Half-baked ideas include:

• A tank that is a mage, whose moment-to-moment gameplay is using defensive spells to mitigate, negate, and absorb damage, thus protecting their meager health pool.

• A non-magical healer who primarily heals via melee.

• A caster DPS whose kit is almost entirely devoted to increasing the damage dealt by one or more other party members.

• A melee DPS with a kit almost entirely comprised of gap-closers and gap-openers, so they are frequently making swift movements in and out as part of their primary rotation.

I get why there aren't classes like this already; it's significantly more difficult to balance a game when the classes are less homogeneous. But there's a lot of possibility space out there, and I'd love to see CBU3 explore it a bit more if they can find the bandwidth!

And not a new job, but I'd love to see the 7.0 DRG rework include the ability to jump up and stay in the air for a handful of seconds (avoiding damage) before landing and doing an attack. Y'know, like Dragoons do in the other Final Fantasy games. :)

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1) Geomancer.
2) Cleric? Two handed mace gameplay
3) Magic Support (Basically a cater bard, something like Oracle)
4) 7.0 dragoon rework (Hopefully!) a more FF9 inspired dragoon gameplay loop with jumps and long range throws.