Yoshi-P New Classes/Jobs Release Plan.

[coffeeking]

bah new race...i want new classes and higher lvl cap...right now!

[Naberrie]

Treat RDM like a FFXI NIN tank. Make it generate hate thru enfeebles, and his performance is about not getting hit, but if he does get hit he's got the ability to take the hits until he can get his enfeebles back up. Give him self-Haste and self-Stoneskin bonuses, and access to tank armor. Make it a job off Gladiator with THM sub so it can use sword and shield.

Also, make his enfeebles AoEs that stick for longer than current enfeebles, and that don't have diminishing returns.

[Delmontyb]

My guess is they will have enfeebles like paralyze.

That and perhaps more en spells? Setup also like a front line caster, using a mix of TP and MP for abilities. Could be a blast to play.

[Orihara_Izaya]

Dark Knight.... must have dark knight....

[pochte]

The only new race I can see that could become playable is the Padjal since it's already in the world, and adding a new one entirely wouldn't make sense.

Also, [yes, please!] on the red mage.

[LoLo]

For people still expecting new class/jobs to be released only for expansion pack here is Yoshi-P statement about new class/job release.

"Also I do feel that scouting classes are lacking so I want to bring in Thief, Ninja and those that have to do with stealth. Also more casters like Blue Mage and Red Mage are something I would like to add.

Drool at the bolded red. Please make it happen sooner than later!

[Nahara]

My biggest hope is that Thief isn't a class. Thief, as one of the biggest and most well known job in the franchise, should be a Job and be given a soul crystal along with all the other Jobs we have out right now.

I don't care if Thief sometimes advanced into Ninja later on; I want to be a Thief, not a Ninja, and Thief shouldn't be something most people don't care exists once you hit Lv30.

The only new race I can see that could become playable is the Padjal since it's already in the world, and adding a new one entirely wouldn't make sense.

Padjal can never happen because not enough of them exist to justify them being a playable race. I would cite this, but I honestly don't remember where I heard it.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

The only new race I can see that could become playable is the Padjal since it's already in the world, and adding a new one entirely wouldn't make sense.

Also, [yes, please!] on the red mage.

It's been said several times that Vieri are the popular choice right now. It will be easy to expand the lore in an expansion to make room for them.

[Gamemako]

My guess is they will have enfeebles like paralyze.

Not likely. Game design doesn't permit that. Crap solo, broken in parties, ruins balance for endgame content. Same reason BRD isn't made of 9 songs and 2 attacks.

How about making Red Mage a tank? Black magic attacks (or black magic infused within the Mages weapon) and white magic for mitigation/self heals?

Magic attached to weapon is Mystic Knight, not Red Mage. Would definitely like to see Mystic Knight and Red Mage both.

Don't know if you ever played WoW, but they could work like an Enhancement Shaman which was a class that utilized both offensive magic and melee attacks in it's skill set. I can see RDM pulling this off. Would have to sacrifice healing however. With FFXIV's setup, one job can't be both a DPS and a healer. Perhaps in it's class form, but jobs have to have a specific specialty.

I think you can have a token healing spell (BLM and SMN have Physick, after all), but I would agree that you could have nothing major unless the second job is a dedicated healer. Would have to focus on damage aspect of White Magic -- Harm/Dia, namely. No Dia in the game ATM, leaving it open, but there's also no holy aspect, so /shrug. You'd have to pick between DPS/healer and DPS/tank -- no healer means no healing spells (odd for Red Mage); but no healer in the series uses swords, and a Red Mage without a sword is not a Red Mage at all.

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Padjal can never happen because not enough of them exist to justify them being a playable race.

Kind of like male miqo'te?

[Nahara]

Kind of like male miqo'te?

Cheeky, but I'm just recounting what I've heard. I honestly don't know and haven't found where this information came from, since the FFWiki doesn't cite it's source.