Next Job/Jobs Speculation

[Kazrah]

Well Tancred was a Rogue, but had the gladiator arms and fighting style until Rogue was about to be implemented. In the same sense that 1.0 had weird Arcanist arms, and Ryukuho in the AST questline is a Geomancer and has conjurer fighting styles.
I don't think it's out of the box to think how people might seem a specific class based on current game mechanics, but are only assigned such as similar placeholders until the correct class/job is actually implemented in game

I think it's more a case-by-case basis. Thancred didn't really have a defined class/job, but rather a vague image that slowly transitioned over the course of ARR and cemented into what it is now with Heavensward. With the "Geomancer", it's not just the placeholder stuff, but the whole theme and everything brought up in that Astrologian questline is almost entirely Conjurer.

As for Arcanist, I would argue that 1.0 is probably almost as distinct from 2.x onward as any other FF game is from FFXIV, so that one to me doesn't really count.

[Fantasy9]

I think it's more a case-by-case basis. Thancred didn't really have a defined class/job, but rather a vague image that slowly transitioned over the course of ARR and cemented into what it is now with Heavensward. With the "Geomancer", it's not just the placeholder stuff, but the whole theme and everything brought up in that Astrologian questline is almost entirely Conjurer.

As for Arcanist, I would argue that 1.0 is probably almost as distinct from 2.x onward as any other FF game is from FFXIV, so that one to me doesn't really count.

I just hope they don't do to DNC and GEO as they did with Merylwyp(I know I misspelled her name), the admiral was shown as musketeer for the longest time and still is but what we got was MCH...

[Velstriker]

MSQ spoilers:

The late development in the MSQ, with experiments about adding capabilities to a human body from various monsters, actually reminded me of Blue Mages and made me think it'd be a pretty good lore hook.

I didnt even think of this, that makes sense!

Krile could be used to build up to a BLU reveal towards the end of the 4.x storyline

[Telvorei]

I just hope they don't do to DNC and GEO as they did with Merylwyp(I know I misspelled her name), the admiral was shown as musketeer for the longest time and still is but what we got was MCH...

I agree. I would hate for them to simply mention Geomancer in HW and again in Stormblood, and for them to basically say "You already have conjurer and astrologian!" :/ I would be heartbroken. Maybe I'm being too hopeful and unrealistic. Who knows.

[Hiveer]

You mean something like this?



Back when DoM one-handed weapons were a thing, these wands were the ones that CNJ/WHM had. They came in various shapes, that image being the most common, but it looked like he held his weapon much like a Conjurer weapon.

No, I went and looked back at the cutscenes and took some screenshots added to my previous post through an edit, it looks like he has a unique weapon!

[Telvorei]

No, I went and looked back at the cutscenes and took some screenshots added to my previous post through an edit, it looks like he has a unique weapon!

Definitely agree with you. Perhaps it could be some fancy Bell?

[Kazrah]

No, I went and looked back at the cutscenes and took some screenshots added to my previous post through an edit, it looks like he has a unique weapon!

Trust me, it might look it, but he definitely uses it like a Conjurer arm.

[armandojc3]

has there been any official word on "advanced classes"? like specializatinos?.

say you have a paladin and can specialize in shield skills or magic skills get 1 or 2 different abilities depending on your choice.

[Naunet]

My idea is simple, make it a close range caster tank. Nothing wrong with casting spells on enemy's face if they're a tank to begin with. We saw what Geomancer's primary role was in the AST story and it's clear they're protectors. What describes the tank role? Protector. So it could be that when the stormblood geomancers unlock more of their magic they could eventually become those real protectors and be tanks. It's all clearly laid out in the AST story. They're not healing, they're doing minor damage to enemies, but what are they really doing? Shielding and protecting things against damage.

So that's my idea/theory behind Geomancer tank. You're basically casting natural barriers using nature to tank the damage from enemies.

I'm convinced!

[Kazrah]

has there been any official word on "advanced classes"? like specializatinos?.

say you have a paladin and can specialize in shield skills or magic skills get 1 or 2 different abilities depending on your choice.

Yoshi pretty much said no to it, preferring that jobs not only be simple, but has repeatedly stated plans to remove the base class system to accommodate for this vision.