Alphinaud is becoming a Scholar

[myahele]

As someone who played Scholar in XI, and very much saw it as the mirror to Red Mage, it is oddly pleasing to have the twins play the two Jobs. Not quiet the same for XIV obviously, if anything Red Mage mirrors Astrologian while Scholar and Summoner naturally share a root.

Will he still be using Carbuncle though? I've wanted a fully fleshed out Pet Glamour system for the longest time, and Scholar getting a Carbuncle option (with something like Healing Ruby as a skill) was a part of that...

In one of the media videos,we see Alphinaud with a white carbuncle.
https://youtu.be/pKxXmaJ-iJg?t=100

I guess it makes sense of Urianger to be an AST. He always liked reading ancient text, especially ones containing prophecies and part of Astromancy is reading the stars and land to predict possible future events.

From a gameplay perspective, I expected Minfilia to be a DNC or another support dps since it seems like we like a support dps Trust npc from what we've seen so far. Though, I can see Thancred, being a dagger-user, teaching Minfilia how to use daggers since she was also gifted a dagger.

So far, Thancred is the only tank of the Scions. Hopefully in future patches we'll get more Trust npcs to choose from. The Scions are fine, but I've always been more fond of the other npcs such as Arenvald, Hoary, Ocher, etc.

[Anselmet]

In one of the media videos,we see Alphinaud with a white carbuncle.
https://youtu.be/pKxXmaJ-iJg?t=100

I guess it makes sense of Urianger to be an AST. He always liked reading ancient text, especially ones containing prophecies and part of Astromancy is reading the stars and land to predict possible future events.

From a gameplay perspective, I expected Minfilia to be a DNC or another support dps since it seems like we like a support dps Trust npc from what we've seen so far. Though, I can see Thancred, being a dagger-user, teaching Minfilia how to use daggers since she was also gifted a dagger.

So far, Thancred is the only tank of the Scions. Hopefully in future patches we'll get more Trust npcs to choose from. The Scions are fine, but I've always been more fond of the other npcs such as Arenvald, Hoary, Ocher, etc.

Hold up. Did they make the trust system and plan it so everyone is in character. Bc I saw what happened with Alphinaud against that boss fight and it was endlessly adorable.

[YianKutku]

Hold up. Did they make the trust system and plan it so everyone is in character. Bc I saw what happened with Alphinaud against that boss fight and it was endlessly adorable.

I admit as a Healer main, my first thought upon seeing Alphinaud slowly inch across the chasm was "I wonder what would happen if I Rescued him across".

[Dualblade]

I admit as a Healer main, my first thought upon seeing Alphinaud slowly inch across the chasm was "I wonder what would happen if I Rescued him across".

Unfortunately unless Alphi can switch between Scholar and Summoner you (I think?) won't be able to go in with him as a healer.

That said Minfillia does a similar thing, you could always try with her. Or troll one of the other three and see their reaction >> << >>

So looking at it, it seems Alphinaud is more of a Scholar/Summoner hybrid?

His Carbuncle, for example, seems to be playing by old Garuda-Egi rules with its attacks, rather than playing by Fae rules. He also still has access to Miasma, and I even saw him throw out Tri-Disaster.

I suppose its fitting, all things considered, plus with how Trusts work, damage is going to be on the low side, so it makes sense to buff some of their offensive capabilities (similarly, Minfilia seems to have access to a longer duration Trick Attack, plus in-combat Hide). That said, I think it's a shame to have actually given them existing Class/Job names... Given they are indeed playing by slightly different rules, it would have been a nice nod to some of the other Final Fantasy Jobs that almost certainly aren't going to be added to the game, in a similar way to how the Warriors of Darkness did things. Urianger could be an Oracle, for example, Alphinaud a Sage or Envoker. Doesn't work for all of them, of course, Alisaie is very much a Red Mage, Thancred a Gunbreaker, but for the ones who are mechanically different and unique? Would be a nice nod to Jobs we're not likely to get, they're too similar to existing Jobs, but that just makes it perfect to apply the names to the Trusts who are similar to existing Jobs, but not quiet the same.

To be fair yes he is a bit of a mix, and he isn't the only one. Thancred still has access to some of his Ninja moves like the movement ability for example, Y'shtola will probably still have access to her heals and Collective Unconscious. Urianger can also use Black Mage's teleport.