Here me out new healer class idea

[M0xie]

That’s absolutely crazy. Do you know how expensive it would be to keep a well-stocked inventory of healing items with you at all times?

My original answer to this concern was to say, have abilities be summoning whatever components you need, but they'd be temporary items that disappear when you log out or untradeable. But if you're going to go to so much trouble, why not just develop healing abilities, but I don't think that's the idea here...

Time Mage: bring back time and restore allies wound.
As well as.. haste, slow, gravity (damage) etc..
We need a healer who can manipulate dimention and time

This would be amazing!

[NintenPyjak64]

It's kind of off the rails as far as Final Fantasy lore goes, But they already did a rewrite for the Scholar, and could do the same here. I have no idea what the class would be called though.

Actually SCH has been pretty spot on compared to lore of other games. SCH is intended to be a war strategist (Lore says the diagrams in it's books are actually strategies, plus reading the final quests show that the SCH of the past were strategists that came down with a sickness that decayed them into Tonberry), which is exactly what it was in FFXI during the Crystal Wars. FFXI's SCH had the power to enhance it's White Magic and Black Magic using the white/black books and because SCH has access to ACN attack spells and it's own curative spells, it's safe to say SCH in 14 is still the White/Black mage we've known and loved.

Then look at FF3. Although it was fairly useless, it did help for one boss fight to determine it's constantly changing elemental weakness (using strategy) and used books as it's weapon of choice

[Aloreal]

Time Mage: bring back time and restore allies wound.
As well as.. haste, slow, gravity (damage) etc..
We need a healer who can manipulate dimention and time

^This. Had a very similar idea about Time Mage.

The only difference in my idea was that TiM was alot of supports, no attacking power whatsoever. a 'party animal' only that could do nothing without a party.

[Sanguisio]

|The Alchemist idea would work well, just have it so they don't consume the item as a trait.
For more specific skills e.g dps etc use consume grenade ash, shard, etc.

The time healer would work, by disguising general healing skills as reverse, warp, and you can have the DPS skills as demi or other gravity inspired skills.

[Synestr]

RED MAGE


that is all

Syn

[Sanguisio]

Alpha pattycake player ? syn

[Synestr]

Since inception... ^.^

[Aminidab]

Previous FF classes not currently in game, with notes about healing potential:

Melee/physical
Samurai
Thief (announced coming soon)
Ninja (announced coming soon)
Dark night
Hunter (possibly current archer)
Viking
Berserker
Mystic Night (Could possibly morph into "Melee healer")
Onion Knight (had healing potential in FF3)
Machinist
Freelancer
Gunner

Magic:

Devout (possible healer, progression of WHM)
Magus
Time Mage (possibly some healing potential as mention by previous post)
green mage (possible healing, but more likely a magic version of current bard)
Sage (possible healing)

Hybrids:
Red Mage (possible healer)
Blue mage (would be badass, but to do it right it would be OP)
Geomancer (could heal depending on environment)
Beastmaster (possibly if catching healing pets, fun idea)
Dancer (healing possibilities, but to much like bard)
Gambler
Mime
Memorist

[Gamma621]

|The Alchemist idea would work well, just have it so they don't consume the item as a trait.
For more specific skills e.g dps etc use consume grenade ash, shard, etc.

This is what I was thinking. Alchemists have been known to have the "Stock" ability, which allows them to use several types of potions without consuming them.

If Time Mage became a healer branching off from the Thaumaturge line, I'm curious how it would utilize the Astral Fire, and Umbral Ice system. I suppose it could use the same principle, where heals would become much more potent with fire but cost way more MP. This means they would have to be using attack spells to set up heals/regenerate mp, which could be interesting.

[Yonko]

If Time Mage became a healer branching off from the Thaumaturge line, I'm curious how it would utilize the Astral Fire, and Umbral Ice system. I suppose it could use the same principle, where heals would become much more potent with fire but cost way more MP. This means they would have to be using attack spells to set up heals/regenerate mp, which could be interesting.

Like you said they could make cures more powerful with more stacks of fire. Or they could make Fire make Regens AoE and single target cures stronger and then Ice would reverse that so Ice would be single target regens and AoE cures.