Quote Originally Posted by Jonnycbad View Post
FFXIV will never get necromancer. Skeletons and undead and raising the dead is extremely taboo in Asia. So much so that all references to skeletons were removed in the Chinese version of FFXIV and replaced with something else. It's illegal in China to show any skeletons anywhere as it's disrespectful to the dead. Considering the asian market is also appealing to SE, i doubt they will let players be necromancers. This was mentioned a loooooong time ago in FFXI where they wanted to make a Necromancer, but due to pushback they had to change it to Puppetmaster. Won't happen for an online SE MMO. Fun fact, this is why we will never get a Gambler job, because gambling is seen as extremely taboo in Asia and considered very offensive (which is why Gambler became Corsair in FFXI).
Okay. Explain the DRK level 60-70 quest line.

Explain also, Gold Saucer, including the Gambler title you can claim from doing various activities there (Including, gambling on Cactpot scratch cards and the weekly Cactpot draw)

Finally, explain AST's card drawing in a way that doesn't indicate that you're gambling on what cards to draw.

Necromancer =/= raising skeletons.

There are way more nuances to "Necromancy" than just simply raising skeletons and the dead (Also, explain Raising as a mechanic and the fact that zombies exist in the game (See: The first case in the Hildibrand questline) not to mention the ALC questlines in general that have had a focus around resurrecting the dead)

Necromancy can take the form of guiding lost souls to rest. For example, Bhoots and Shiranui are both examples of souls of people that where unable to pass peacefully into the Lifestream (There's also that part in the MSQ in SB where you go through that dungeon filled with monsters created from the mad king's family/friends not to mention that area in The Lochs filled with even more lost spirits)

Then, an extension of that could be spirits coming to aid you because they wish to atone for something they did in life and so you call them and they aid you and your allies.

All the while, you draw upon dark aspected aether in order to call out to them. Meaning your skills are dark aspected, not unlike DRK who uses the Abyss to power their skills.