What jobs are we hoping to see in the next expansion?

[Alacran]

There's two classes I would like to see...

First off, Viking, as a dps or possibly tank, with a Warhammer (and some Thunder based magic), there's a serious shortage of blunt weapon types in the game. Monk is STILL the only one.

Secondly, Time Mage, a proper time mage and none of that "but ast uses time magics!"... Get some Haste buffs and Slow debuffs in there, maybe even make the debuffs work on bosses...



And since the MSQ seems to be pointing pretty heavily towards Garlemald, Chemist as a healer class might fit the theme.

You realize Viking in FF is just another form of Warrior right? Why else would Warrior have berserk as a skill?

If you need to make a class/job with a two handed hammer, must it be so uninspired that the best one can come up with is an already existing jobs theme? In this game we already have Nero and Grynewaht using two handed hammers setting a precedent for an existing class/ job of Garlean origin. From my perspective they do not seem to be Vikings to me. Would it not make more sense to have a Engineer who makes magitek field emitters that create defensive/ buffing AoE's and make it a Tank role? Something that would mirror Machinist but with a defense role rather than a DPS. The whole story could be wrapped around Garlean defectors trying to help make their homeland something to be proud of, something i feel is being missed with the current defectors we have had contact with.

He even calls his hammer Mjolnir ffs...

[Magnus808]

Geomancer please! I have been waiting so long!

[wereotter]

Geomancer please! I have been waiting so long!

White Mage = Geomancer

If you recall the lore of the job from all the Conjurer quests, white magic in this game literally functions by taking the energy of the land you're on to heal others and calling on the elements of the land for their other spells like Stone, Aero, and Fluid Aura.

The problem they're going to run into with this and many other jobs people want to see is that they already exist in the game, just not under that exact name. Time Mage? Look up the lore of Astrologian. Thief? That's the base class for ninja, just under a different name. Engineer? That's more or less Machinist.

There aren't many jobs at this point they could add into the game that don't already exist in one form or another. To that end, I really hope they come up with something new rather than try to base it off of existing jobs.

[REPROBEAN_CHILD]

I have no idea

[Kazrah]

You realize Viking in FF is just another form of Warrior right? Why else would Warrior have berserk as a skill?

Probably because Viking was known for more than just Berserk in the Final Fantasy series. It also came with Tsunami and an array of Thunder spells, which would make for an adequate focus if devs wanted to make Viking in the game.

Dude, I actually made a post similar to this. I'd like you to share your thoughts!
PS. don't get intimidated by the title.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ed-Job-Tanking

Link's broken.

[Maero]

Geomancer please! I have been waiting so long!

Well they sure have been referencing it alot in SB.
I honestly do not think there has been much interest in it up until now.
We are months away from fanfest so we shall see

[Mansion]

We are months away from fanfest so we shall see

Hmmm, I think the next Fan Fest will present the Gunblade job, because we kinda know it's there because of the trailer. We'll have to look at Yoshi-P's T shirt for any other info.
Then the mystery one should be presented in Japan Fan Fest.

[Andevom]

White Mage = Geomancer

If you recall the lore of the job from all the Conjurer quests, white magic in this game literally functions by taking the energy of the land you're on to heal others and calling on the elements of the land for their other spells like Stone, Aero, and Fluid Aura.

The problem they're going to run into with this and many other jobs people want to see is that they already exist in the game, just not under that exact name. Time Mage? Look up the lore of Astrologian. Thief? That's the base class for ninja, just under a different name. Engineer? That's more or less Machinist.

There aren't many jobs at this point they could add into the game that don't already exist in one form or another. To that end, I really hope they come up with something new rather than try to base it off of existing jobs.

Just because one job uses something one way doesn't mean they can't make another job that uses it differently. Hell, that's why Scholar and Summoner both branch off of Arcanist.

[TheHeavenAbyss]

White Mage = Geomancer

If you recall the lore of the job from all the Conjurer quests, white magic in this game literally functions by taking the energy of the land you're on to heal others and calling on the elements of the land for their other spells like Stone, Aero, and Fluid Aura.

The problem they're going to run into with this and many other jobs people want to see is that they already exist in the game, just not under that exact name. Time Mage? Look up the lore of Astrologian. Thief? That's the base class for ninja, just under a different name. Engineer? That's more or less Machinist.

There aren't many jobs at this point they could add into the game that don't already exist in one form or another. To that end, I really hope they come up with something new rather than try to base it off of existing jobs.

To be fair, they would only need to explain that Geomancers are basically ex-White Mages that decided to use their land energy magic in a different, more offensive, way. Just like how a Red Mage uses both white and black magic. Or, even if they're not ex-White Mages, they're just a different type of mage that uses the same principle.

Lore is a plastic thing. If they want to add a certain classic FF job, I'm sure they'll work with the lore to make it work in a different way.

[Mansion]

Just because one job uses something one way doesn't mean they can't make another job that uses it differently. Hell, that's why Scholar and Summoner both branch off of Arcanist.

Something the Devs swore never to do again, sadly.

I agree with the con-Geomancers side actually. I'm not so much into job lore, but even for me it felt really obvious that AST 60-70 questline was about "omg we do the same thing but with different ways, so cool" with Geomancers.
I would not mind if it was implemented as a proper FFXIV job in the end. I just feel it would be a shame to revolve around a shared concept while they could just do something completely different than "channel nature's power".