[Tanks/Healers]: Are you disappointed there is no new job in 4.0?

[Kemonologist]

No any disappoint and I want those two to be DPS. I main scholar since launch, still main it in HW and will continue it as main in SB too. Even I level all jobs but I still choose PLD for tank and SCH for heal from many reason until now. New tank and heal can't take me away from old jobs. Why many people think people will abandon their main to new jobs? Yes, new jobs have some interesting from new and fresh but the thing that intend people to the job is gameplay. They might leveling it but after capped, many people no touch it anymore. Job specific aesthetic don't have potential that much when glamour can take away from it easily. You have only different weapon and animation for new jobs when they can share gear with old jobs.

[Belhi]

Why many people think people will abandon their main to new jobs?

Well for a number of reasons. People can get tired of the same thing and want a change and for people who the themes of RDM and SAM appeal to the switch is tempting. If people never changed there wouldn't be any DRKs, MCHs or ASTs.

For me personally its because I know a number of tanks and healers who have outright stated that they intend to change. When statics are planning for a new expansion knowing that some members might not be intending to play the same roles is they are now. I considered a change but with no new healer job and the probable need for healers for my FC I will probably stay as healer even though the current jobs have felt somewhat stale for me recently.

I don't have any tanks past 50 so I can't comment on those, but AST and WHM are the two jobs I play the most. In pve, AST is a WHM with some attacks exchanged for card buffs. They are incredibly similar, which is why the current meta is wonky. AST can do everything a WHM can do and more.

The thing is that I don't see them drastically changing AST because they want it to be able to fill both roles in the existing meta. The only way to make balancing that work is to either alter the meta itself or try and tie it down to a particular place. Or make all the Jobs good at doing everything which would end up making them feel even more similar.

[Rokke]

The thing is that I don't see them drastically changing AST because they want it to be able to fill both roles in the existing meta. The only way to make balancing that work is to either alter the meta itself or try and tie it down to a particular place. Or make all the Jobs good at doing everything which would end up making them feel even more similar.

They kinda backed themselves into a corner and we got AST, a WHM with SCH shields as a result. It was hardly new when introduced and devs trying to smash it into the meta ended in it being broken now. AST's playstyle and how its been handled are pretty much why I don't think it'd be a good idea to introduce a new healer atm. I don't really want another job thats a repainted existing job.