[Discussion] Which character(s) would you like to inspire future jobs?

As we go on with each expansion, Jobs are taking more inspiration from past FF character, with jobs like GNB and the upcoming Viper and Pictomancer taking heavy inspiration from character gameplay.

I would love to see what characters everyone would like to see as potential inspiration for either whole new jobs or already existing ones. （๑✧∀✧๑）

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I would love to see a magical Puppetmaster based off of Cait Sith from VII, where you command a large puppet/doll with a megaphone and uses other toys in combat as well. ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

Freelancer Bartz, Noctis, and Clive (I know he's a summoner but the idea of going full melee + transforming yourself into one is cool)

blitzball from the blitzball man

You didn't say they had to be FF characters.

whip job - Trevor Belmont
chemist - Walter White -- at the very least fill the job quest to the brim with Breaking Bad references
shapeshifter - Beast Boy
sickle user - Death from Puss in Boots

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Originally Posted by Oizen

blitzball from the blitzball man

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Since we had FF8s Squall with Gunbreaker and FF9s Zidane as Viper coming up, this would be the next logical step up with something from FF10 /copium

There are still quite a few weapons to draw from such as a Barret's Gunarm from FF7 for a ranged job, Hope's Boomerang from FF13 for a healer although I'd really like to see a Chemist type of healer next who can throw potions and mix items like Rikku (FFX/-2)

Gaia's hammer class. We lack a hammer class.

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Originally Posted by Shikiseki

Since we had FF8s Squall with Gunbreaker and FF9s Zidane as Viper coming up, this would be the next logical step up with something from FF10 /copium

There are still quite a few weapons to draw from such as a Barret's Gunarm from FF7 for a ranged job, Hope's Boomerang from FF13 for a healer although I'd really like to see a Chemist type of healer next who can throw potions and mix items like Rikku (FFX/-2)

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Except Wakka was never FFX's 'main' character, that was Tidus and Yuna (a... generic swordsman/magic knight and WHM/SMN respectively). Yeah Tidus was a blitzball player, but that didn't continue into battle when he used a sword, and, well, we now have multiple sword using Jobs. So I'm pretty confident FFX is not going to serve as a model for a Job to come.

And it was my understanding SE had already considered and discounted Chemist as a Job twice now (firstly with HW where we got AST, and more recently with EW and SGE), I think we can safely rule out Chemist ever being a thing (after all, FFXI never had it either in it's 20+ years of service).

Botany - Aerith Gainsborough descendant.

The amount of ppl capping Botany for a chance at a rare mount, CS, extreme trial.

Just about the only proper character from an FF game that they have left that isn't being represented at all as a Job is Wakka and his Blitzball.


But aside from that, Chemist as a non-magic based healer and a Gunshield using tank that uses ranged attacks rather than melee.

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Originally Posted by mallleable

You didn't say they had to be FF characters.

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I didn't. I left it open because DRK takes some inspiration for Beserk's Guts.
Personally, I would love a Castlevania-inspired whip user.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Except Wakka was never FFX's 'main' character, that was Tidus and Yuna (a... generic swordsman/magic knight and WHM/SMN respectively). Yeah Tidus was a blitzball player, but that didn't continue into battle when he used a sword, and, well, we now have multiple sword using Jobs. So I'm pretty confident FFX is not going to serve as a model for a Job to come.

And it was my understanding SE had already considered and discounted Chemist as a Job twice now (firstly with HW where we got AST, and more recently with EW and SGE), I think we can safely rule out Chemist ever being a thing (after all, FFXI never had it either in it's 20+ years of service).

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Enkidoh, do you only come to the forums to be a wet blanket and poopoo other people's posts? ＼(º □ º l|l)/
If you don't want a Blitzballer job, just say so.

Hey I can totally be supportive! (I admit, I do kind of dislike FFX and accordingly, I hope blitzball or a blitzball using Job doesn't come to FFXIV... ).

And, I do kind of seem to play devil's advocate in a lot of my posts... Ah well.

But, whatever floats your airship! :D

Maple from Bofuri as a Limited Job... >.>

Monster Hunter - Gunlance, Heavy Bowgun, Hunting Horn, Switch Axe, Charge Blade, Hammer, Longsword, Greatsword. (Yes the Longsword is basically a Katana and Greatsword a Greatsword, However the size utilized in the MH series basically makes them an entirely different weapon than the ones used by SAM and DRK. I left out Sword and Shield, Bow and Dual Daggers because of PLD, BRD, and NIN, Insect Glaive felt too similar to DRG, and Light Bowgun is just inferior to Heavy. :P)

Nimbus from Exoprimal - Shoot your allies to keep them alive. Also was kind of the theme to the Flintlock job in FFTA2 where they fired cure spells and buffs out of their handcannons.

The Time Master from Empowered - Just to poke at the ppl still asking for Time Mage. Instead we'll give you a goofball with no actual magical or special powers that just uses weapons based on various types of timepieces. :P

Clive from FFXVI, except even more transformation focused. Rather than like an occasional super form, past perhaps like level 50 it's mostly in form. Shadow hearts Yuri Harmonixer (not FF), Vincent Omega (FFVII / Dirge), and Terra Branford (FFVI) meet Clive, and they make an aggressive angry transforming focused job with multiple forms.

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Originally Posted by mallleable

You didn't say they had to be FF characters.
whip job - Trevor Belmont

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The last Castlevania game I played was Lament of Innocence, which takes the series to its roots. It's an absolutely fantastic game. When I was hoping for a whip user in 7.0, my thoughts were entirely fixated on Leon Belmont, his fighting style, combos, and the use of elementally charged whips. Everything from the aesthetic of his look all the way down to the gameplay itself fits so perfectly into this game. There is also Quistes Trepe from VIII that had me hoping.

Alas, no. We get Zidane and freakin Picasso. "We would like to create original jobs for FFXIV."
Translation: Syke! Fooooled you!

Totally my fault for the disappointment. I never should have gotten my hopes up.

I forgot something earlier

Toaster Dog from Secret of Evermore so we can make toast while melting everything with lasers :P

Dark summoner / Necromancer: Summons a Dark Spirit or Skeleton that absorbs the party damage, does little damage and can tank if needed or for solo content.

Hegemone from ff14 :3

I'd love to use a parasite that grow out of your body as weapon.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

I didn't. I left it open because DRK takes some inspiration for Beserk's Guts.
Personally, I would love a Castlevania-inspired whip user.

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Oh really?

Alchemy - Heisenberg
MCH - Vash. He has the perfect Elvaan model.
DRK - GUTS %100.
MNK - The man with 7 scars.

I don't see any connection between DRK and Guts besides big sword, which Berserk does not have the claim on. Hell, Cloud himself is more of a Guts homage than DRK.

Cait Sith's Megaphone

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Originally Posted by CNitsah

Gaia's hammer class. We lack a hammer class.

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At this point in time I'm done requesting a hammer job; it's clear we'll keep getting more blade jobs until the game goes into maintenance mode.
As for what character? I'd use any Green Mage viera; so far every race seems to have a job that's representative or born in their lands except viera.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Except Wakka was never FFX's 'main' character, that was Tidus and Yuna (a... generic swordsman/magic knight and WHM/SMN respectively). Yeah Tidus was a blitzball player, but that didn't continue into battle when he used a sword, and, well, we now have multiple sword using Jobs. So I'm pretty confident FFX is not going to serve as a model for a Job to come.

And it was my understanding SE had already considered and discounted Chemist as a Job twice now (firstly with HW where we got AST, and more recently with EW and SGE), I think we can safely rule out Chemist ever being a thing (after all, FFXI never had it either in it's 20+ years of service).

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It doesn't have to be a main character. Relm's not the main character of FF6 yet we're getting Pictomancer. I wouldn't completely discount the chance of them basing a ranged job off Wakka.

Seconding Wakka for a Blitzballer job (didn't he also have aspects of Gambler too? That would also be an interesting job, like... Setzer was it? And Luxord. But RNG sucks in FFXIV, so idk how that would work.).

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Originally Posted by Syln

Hegemone from ff14 :3

I'd love to use a parasite that grow out of your body as weapon.

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Man I kinda wish this was the kind of route RPR took, I love me some body horror.

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Originally Posted by Destati

Seconding Wakka for a Blitzballer job (didn't he also have aspects of Gambler too? That would also be an interesting job, like... Setzer was it? And Luxord. But RNG sucks in FFXIV, so idk how that would work.).



Man I kinda wish this was the kind of route RPR took, I love me some body horror.

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Only if it can also go out of control like the end of Akira :3

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Originally Posted by Syln

Hegemone from ff14 :3

I'd love to use a parasite that grow out of your body as weapon.

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Completely off topic, but I really wish that Hegemone's fight had wayy more parasite mechanics, and fewer floor tile mechanics.

I'd still like to see an ACTUAL Bard job, with a harp and everything, like Edward/Gilbert from FFIV. Make it a new healer, but with a nice mix of party buffs and enemy debuffs. Call it "Minstrel" instead, to differentiate the name.

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Originally Posted by Kranel_San

Freelancer

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That could be an interesting "limited job" where we can use any skill we've learned from any job in the game. Maybe bring back some of the old abilities that got deleted from the game over the years? The skill animations still have to work though, so rather than the Freelancer actually equipping a physical weapon you would instead briefly conjure a "spirit weapon" into your hands which matches the job the skill is from.

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Originally Posted by Oizen

blitzball from the blitzball man

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https://i.imgur.com/wCkIbz2.jpeg

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Except Wakka was never FFX's 'main' character, that was Tidus and Yuna (a... generic swordsman/magic knight and WHM/SMN respectively). Yeah Tidus was a blitzball player, but that didn't continue into battle when he used a sword, and, well, we now have multiple sword using Jobs. So I'm pretty confident FFX is not going to serve as a model for a Job to come.

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TBF, it could be interesting to see some FFX stuff as a job. Not necessarily any one character or their weapons, but the skills in the game. You have things like party buffing via Cheer, Aim, Luck, enemy debuffing via Armor/Power/Mental/Magic Breaks with Auron, some Time Magic stuff on Tidus like Haste/Slow (which here would be a selfbuff so as not to throw off other people's GCD, most likely), and of course Mix (which here would likely function more akin to NIN mudras). In fact I think I saw someone made a TOS-breaking mod to change NIN mudra animations into Mix. Anyway, there's just about enough in FFX to make a job out of, and if anything, I'd like to see a focus on some specific skills to build a rotation out of. Specifically, the Breaks. Having a DPS that mimics the old PLD rotation style of 'Physical Phase, then Magic Phase' by swapping between Armor Break (akin to old Fight or Flight) and Mental Break (a Magic FOF, filling in for Requiescat) could potentially be interesting, and Extract Power/Magic/Speed skills (the ones that guarantee sphere drops) could be a selfbuff to increase a stat for that phase. Something like 20s of Power (harder hits), 20s of Magic (harder magic hits), 20s of Speed (the filler), which would be akin to what BRD has currently with it's songs. And then Cheer as a partywide 5% damage buff, because every job needs one of those nowadays, apparently

Many FF characters were already turned into jobs, but Setzer is still there for a future Gambler scouting job.

Weapon: Whip (unique mid-range weapon) + offhand 'gambler accessory' like cards, darts, magic dice

Not a FF character, so I'll be a bit off-topic with my answer. But I would love to have a Cleric (from Dnd games) in FFXIV. Melee healer, with a huge mace (a weapon we haven't got yet!) and replication of divine domain for buffs and debuffs. To be more in tune with the topic : Gaïa could be an inspiration.

One weapon that's very heavily ignored in everything ever that could be fun to make a class with... The Quarterstaff (or as the japanese devs might be slightly more familiar, Bō).

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Originally Posted by Raikai

Many FF characters were already turned into jobs, but Setzer is still there for a future Gambler scouting job.

Weapon: Whip (unique mid-range weapon) + offhand 'gambler accessory' like cards, darts, magic dice

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While Setzer is iconic as a Gambler job he's already been used as a template for the Gambler's Attire glamour set you can get in game. Also he was basically a ranged attacker that had a slot machine command.

If Gambler were added as a job in FFXIV I think it would be a ranged physical DPS using throwing cards as a weapon and have a range of abilities pulled from multiple sources like FFXI's Corsair, FFT's Trickster, FFX-2's Lady Luck, etc...

If they're gonna add Gambler class, I'd want it to be limited... So that it can have ALL of the shenanigans that they tend to have... Including instakilling any enemy and instakilling the party.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

As we go on with each expansion, Jobs are taking more inspiration from past FF character, with jobs like GNB and the upcoming Viper and Pictomancer taking heavy inspiration from character gameplay.

I would love to see what characters everyone would like to see as potential inspiration for either whole new jobs or already existing ones. （๑✧∀✧๑）

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easily nero. gun hammer looks fun tbh