Hybrid classes - SAM & RD MAGE.

[Zaft]

Except that you give up Tanking talents to make Gladiator Stance worthwhile DPS.
Not only can you not switch Stance in combat, you required a FULL set of pure DPS gear.

Gladiator Warriors are not Tank Warriors.
Defensive Stance alone does not a Tank make.

Do you think it would be any different here? Granted our "tanking stat" parry is crap compared to bonus armor or mastery, but the fact remains that you would likely have different sets of gear for different scenarios. I know I don't tank T13 in all STR gear like I do the other turns.

Also talents in that game can be changed on the fly outside of combat in just a few seconds. So I wouldn't really consider that a big deal.

[Sylve]

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Given that you can simply flip your entire spec more easily than fiddling with a half dozen talents, trying to be a hybrid is a waste of time.
Why get the DPS Warrior to do it? Any Druid, Monk, Death Knight or Paladin could also just specflip and be a Tank.

Hybrid classes work in WoW because 1 character = 1 Class.
No such issue here, So theres no reason for any Job to NEED to be able to flip roles like that on the fly, there is presently no content that would take advantage of it naturally outside of Statics with a specific strat in mind.

Being role focused is good for a Job, it eliminates the wasted Skills for the other Role that you may never even play, let alone like.
If we had a hybrid Job, it'd need enough skills to be an effective Tank AND enough Skills to be proper DPS. You'd end up with half your available skills wasted on a role you never use, giving you a very narrow selection for the role you DO like.
Like Druids were in WoW for the longest time, 2/3rds of the total skills in its spellbook were entirely unusable at any given time.

[silentwindfr]

simply no, a jobs that can be support and dps, sure, not a tank/dps or healer/dps...

[Renik]

Well you'd have to pick one to major in since this game doesn't really support a true hybrid class (really pia to balance anyways lol), but it seems like the Paladin will be a tanking support in Heavensward (even more so than it is already) - with it's new barrier to ally and heal spell.

Possible ~ :P

Wrong, Yoshi said the game was designed to include Hybrid classes in the future, if they decided to delay the release was to keep the DF ptys simple for the new player to the genre, this was said in an old interview back to when 2.1 was released, and the decision to delay them was announced in a live letter.

I think it's about time to add hybrid classes, i don't feel comfortable at all playing a plain role, i used to play RDM and BLU in ffxi because they were hybrids, and played hybrid classes in most MMOs, just because that's my role, the same way some people like to tank or heal, this game is supposed to appeal to the masses and part of the masses wants to play hybrids.

Oh and my RDM was an awesome DPS, even tank in XI, don't blame the game for turning it into a refresh machine, blame the players for using a guide for everything instead of exploring the job themselves

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[Gardes]

I just want to see 'pure' support first. They can still be labelled a DPS for all I care. Just make them have low actual DPS but bring enough support to make up for it. A class that has very simple attack mechanics but complex support mechanics and most of the the focus is keeping them up. Like a bard that only has the attack gcds, few of the self buffing ngcds and mudra like mechanic (sans the cram-4ngcds-between-2-gcds) that is mostly used to buff your party.

Like, the class would be outputting DPS only half of the average DPS but bring enough attack buffs for the to others to make up for that missing self 50% (just make the buffs auto scale for 4-8 people parties for balance). Add those buffs with other non offensive buffs, they should be able to become an asset to the group.

[AzraelX]

I think if they do it like AST it won't be a problem and edits to the duty finder could come with it. I hate when people shoot down idea of it b/c they have change

[SuzakuCMX]

I just want my melee DPS with magic-enhancements RDM and my katanas.

[Akiza]

Summoner is a hybrid job and they are in the game so I'm sure they can add other hybrid jobs as well

[Ashkendor]

Wrong, Yoshi said the game was designed to include Hybrid classes in the future, if they decided to delay the release was to keep the DF ptys simple for the new player to the genre, this was said in an old interview back to when 2.1 was released, and the decision to delay them was announced in a live letter.

Eh. I found the interview you're talking about. While they do mention the hybrid role in it, that interview is also really old and outdated. I'm kinda leaning toward taking it with a grain of salt since plans for things like that can change really fast if they decide that it's not going to work out. We already know that hybrid roles aren't due out for the Heavensward expansion since they've already announced the new classes available for that, and they all fit quite squarely into the Holy Trinity. Either it's fallen by the wayside or it's something that's been pushed to the next expansion, neither of which is difficult to believe. It was mentioned in the recent Time Magazine interview, but all he really cited was the difficulty of making it balanced and mentions the possiblity of a "skill tree". He does mention Red Mage is one of his favorite jobs, but that could mean we're getting it as a hybrid role or that it's just being adapted as a pure DPS. Hell, it could just mean he likes dropping bread crumbs to see what conspiracy theories we come up with.

I think it's about time to add hybrid classes, i don't feel comfortable at all playing a plain role, i used to play RDM and BLU in ffxi because they were hybrids, and played hybrid classes in most MMOs, just because that's my role, the same way some people like to tank or heal, this game is supposed to appeal to the masses and part of the masses wants to play hybrids.

"Part of the masses" =/= "The masses". If they think it's only going to appeal to a small portion of the playerbase, they're probably not going to do it. If you need confirmation, just look at the design choices they made with Au Ra. :3

Summoner is a hybrid job and they are in the game so I'm sure they can add other hybrid jobs as well

How is it a hybrid job? Having Raise, E4E, Virus, and a really crappy Physick doesn't make you hybrid. o.O

[Renik]

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I said the interview was old, but it doesn't change the fact that the game has been designed to support hybrid roles, and the battle and instance systems have not changed, so it's still able to support them.

And, i'm sure there's more people interested in hybrid or pure support roles than savage coil, or even normal coil, and both are in the game, this leads to 2 options, they really want to appeal to everyone, but they have to do it step by step in small doses, or they are being hypocrite and just implement what they want to. I want to believe it's the first one.