Do YOU think we'll get a new Tank and/or Healer in 4.0? And vice versa.

[Alacran]

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I can accept many of the very valid points brought up by both parties here, as Dark Knight can "cast" many of it's spells immediately, I feel it leads to a very dynamic and satisfying play style. I was one of the many who at first disliked the idea (but grudgingly accepted even then) it being a Tank, as of today it is my main job and one that I absolutely love.

The idea of Red Mage being a DPS very similar to DRK, to me is not a bad idea, neither is the Samurai as a Tank following the FFT skill set (Draw Out/ Iaido) (tweaked of course for FFXIV). However i truly think we may be on the verge of a battle system change that may introduce skill/ talent trees allowing us to choose roles within jobs, and consolidated skills/traits to help with skill bloat (not certain it's good thing tbh). Mind you this is only my opinion, I have seen no evidence that this is what to expect from 4.0.

[shao32]

skill/ talent trees

i agree adding skill trees make everyone a little more happy like all they want drk and war become dps for example, but the skill trees in any game make a lot of imbalance issues making to the devs waste a lot of time in balance the jobs and not to mention that decrese for sure the tank population making 2 of the 3 most wanted tanks become a regular dps, i dont see skill trees in this game viable with all the jobs they want to add, if ffxiv have only 6-8 jobs then yes for sure, ¿but with all he can add? poor the devs how have to balance that.

[Souleater13]

i agree adding skill trees make everyone a little more happy like all they want drk and war become dps for example, but the skill trees in any game make a lot of imbalance issues making to the devs waste a lot of time in balance the jobs and not to mention that decrese for sure the tank population making 2 of the 3 most wanted tanks become a regular dps, i dont see skill trees in this game viable with all the jobs they want to add, if ffxiv have only 6-8 jobs then yes for sure, ¿but with all he can add? poor the devs how have to balance that.

Balancing issues aside i think it would be neat if skill trees were added that allowed jobs to cover 2 roles. there is a chance that amount of players that play tank and healer roles would stay the same since other jobs would be tank/healer possible. WAR (dps/tank), DRK (dps/tank), PLD (tank, dps or another tank setup), DRG (dps/tank or another dps type), MNK (dps, healer), Nin (dps/tank) etc..

[shao32]

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sadly whe already have that, is name archanist, and they say "nope, no more"

[TaranTatsuuchi]

And either a healer with nothing but instant heals or a dancer that has to stand still all the time.

They can do both just fine...

They have instant skills until level 52 when they get a stance that gives them all a cast time!