This game needs a new Gatherer class...

[tymora]

Can barber players too, but has only one hairdo available - Skinhead. (this would be a joke)

[TaalAzura]

or how about a "Farmer" class, which can also grow mats for cooking and such.

[TheMoonflow]

or how about a "Farmer" class, which can also grow mats for cooking and such.

This would be a cool addition to the housing system when it comes.
Growing stuff on your own little plot of land.

[Airget]

I was bored and wrote down a quick idea of how they could make a DoL based on Shepard that I think would be fun to play lol.

Shepard:
Main tool:Skinning Knife

Sub tool:Aetherial Glove

Skinning Knife gathers skins/furs parts available off a dead corpse

Aetherial gloves uses life force to extract products of a creature like milk, secretion or even fresh eyes

Skills:
Animal Scent:Allows player to detect footprints

Detect:Allows user to continue path of footprint if going in right direction 50 GP

Observe: Searches for Corpse in circular radius around user 100 GP

Gather Rate effects the amount of footprints needed to find the corpse

Perception increases the radius of observe when used

Basiscally finding a node comes in steps.

Step 1 you find a footprint. Upon finding it you are under the effect of that footprint and follow the direction you are told to go in, depending on lv you will be given an idea of the distance between you and the next footprint

Step 2-? Use Detect to find additional footprints for the footprint you are currently locked on. You repeat this process until you are given a message like "The corpse is close by" upon seeing the last footprint

Step 3 Use observe to search around you to find the corpse and upon finding you have two options.
--Shepard would have two stances, Skinning stance, and Aetherial Stance. Said stance would determine which tool you use when gathering off the target corpse.--

Step 4 you go into either stance and gather off the target. Once done the corpse disappears and a new footprint(s) will be in the zone in which you can identity.

--Footprints would have unique artwork to them so the user would be able to tell which animal they are seeking as long as they have proper skill in identifying the animal they are seeking out--

--So if you find a footprint but it's not the animal you want you can skip it and find a new footprint til you find the one you want to seek out.

Posted this on another topic the other day, my thought was they could also obtain other pieces of materials that aren't skins like fluids, milk and parts of the body, rather than just be a skinner they could pretty much gain everything that can only be gained via battle classes atm.

[Earthen]

I know they're adding gardening of some kind to grow Ghysal greens and chocobo breeding. I doubt you can grow other plants, need a BTN for those.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

Get dat Monster Hunter armor going on.

[Tupsi]

I shall call it "Shepherd"
- Shaves Sheep for fleece, Snurbles for fur.
- Locates all animals you can put a shaver on.

Fleece problem solved~

Tanaka wanted to add that in an update along with other classes, will Yoshi will never know, though if other MMOs have a class like that we'll get it.

[TrystWildkey]

I like this idea! That way a crafter can survive with gathering classes and not need a battle class to farm things like skins/fur/horns/fluids.

Excellent thoughts!

[Reiterpallasch]

With all the neckbeards available for trimming, people will be 50 in no time!

Though I hate to wonder what will be crafted from it all...

[Darklordkjell]

How about "bot catcher"
It can be like pokemon, everytime you find a bot, you gotta capture it

"Gotta catch'em all, Bot-é-mon!"