[SPOILER] Possible new class

[Giubba]

Hello.

For those who finished the new main quest what do you think about Alisaie aether sword? Which ff class fit her better?
Just as i saw it i thought red mage but usually red mage use phisical swords and not magical construct. Maybe some sort of mystic knight?

[Erudito]

Red mage is close, but the job name that might fit her best would be Spell Blade. I don't remember from which Final Fantasy it originated though. First seen in Final Fantasy 5.

If it is indeed a new job, then for the love of all that is good, make it a DPS. Sword/Shield and Greatsword have both ended up as tank, if they end up making Spell Blade (or Red Mage) a tank as well the development team is gonna have a riot on their hands.

[CaptainLagbeard]

I didn't end up paying too much attention to her fighting so I didn't notice if she used GLA/PLD attack animations with the sword, or if she had new animations...

Because if she didn't use the GLA/PLD animations then it might be a very good indication of being related to a new class.

[Giubba]

Red mage is close, but the job name that might fit her best would be Spell Blade. I don't remember from which Final Fantasy it originated though. First seen in Final Fantasy 5.

If it is indeed a new job, then for the love of all that is good, make it a DPS. Sword/Shield and Greatsword have both ended up as tank, if they end up making Spell Blade (or Red Mage) a tank as well the development team is gonna have a riot on their hands.

Ah cool i thought i've read something about a job that fitted alisaie but i wasn't able to remember the exact name and yes i think that's a dps job all right considering the lack of any tyoe of heavy armour.

How actualy worked the spell blade in ff5?

I didn't end up paying too much attention to her fighting so I didn't notice if she used GLA/PLD attack animations with the sword, or if she had new animations...

Because if she didn't use the GLA/PLD animations then it might be a very good indication of being related to a new class.

Didn't paied attention to animation too but it would pretty strange that they will use the animation of a new class that it will not show uo for at least another year

[Arasiel]

I was thinking Red Mage

[Niwashi]

Red mage is close, but the job name that might fit her best would be Spell Blade.

Spellblade is the skill name (or actually a whole category of skills, since it can be used with a wide variety of spells). The associated job is Mystic Knight. (In Bravely Default, the same job is called Spell Fencer.) Basically, instead of casting offensive magic directly at the enemy, you cast it on your weapon and then attack with it.

I think it could be a pretty cool job to add if done well. (But then so would red mage.)

[Giubba]

Spellblade is the skill name (or actually a whole category of skills, since it can be used with a wide variety of spells). The associated job is Mystic Knight. Basically, instead of casting offensive magic directly at the enemy, you cast it on your weapon and then attack with it. I think it could be a pretty cool job to add if done well. (But then so would red mage.)

This is really interesting but for the class to work as described in the wiki elemental resistance should acquire a lot more importance ingame

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Spellblade was also a class in Final Fantasy Tactics A2. It was a Veira job that had you enchant your sword to do damage that also caused a debuff on the foe. The attack wasn't elemental in the game like the Elementalist was (had magic that was elemental and caused a debuff on the foe). Veira could only be Elementalists, too.

[Giubba]

Spellblade was also a class in Final Fantasy Tactics A2. It was a Veira job that had you enchant your sword to do damage that also caused a debuff on the foe. The attack wasn't elemental in the game like the Elementalist was (had magic that was elemental and caused a debuff on the foe). Veira could only be Elementalists, too.

......Damn so viera could be in 4.0

[Niwashi]

This is really interesting but for the class to work as described in the wiki elemental resistance should acquire a lot more importance ingame

Well, in most FF games, Black Mage is highly focused on elemental attacks as well. They changed how that works in this game, so could change how Mystic Knight's spells work as well.

I think so long as it involves casting magic on your weapon and then getting a corresponding magical effect when you attack with that weapon, then it fits the job's basic paradigm. Any other details can be adjusted around to suit the mechanics and balance concerns of this particular game.