Quote Originally Posted by basketofseals View Post
What do you have them actually do though? There's VERY few notable monsters in FFXIV itself, and of those even fewer have notable attacks, and of those I can't think of any that don't just apply a status effect. Should the intention to just add a bunch of new mobs that are apparently renowned for something that we've just never paid attention to before? It could work, but honestly the idea doesn't really excite me.
That was one of the easier things to figure out with the concept I made for Blue Mage in my sig (#shamelessplug), but mostly because inspirations for the skills came mainly from the two FFTA games.

As for that DRK analogy, the "HP sacrifice gimmick" is actually there, just in the form of taking damage as a tank rather than the traditional method of the past. It also had a salty reception because it wasn't like it was in past games (much like Samurai), but was quickly forgiven by players embracing their inner edgelord.