Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
Who here actually is speaking with a horse in this race? Who's actually hyped for Chemist for its own unique skills, contributions to groups, the healing paradigm, the game as a whole, and not just 'cuz it's a name in the proverbial hat and/or they couldn't think of anything more "different" from what we already have?
Quote Originally Posted by Cyrocco View Post
Chemist Idea
Your post totally felt like bait because I got super hyped about the Chemist idea pretty much right after Shadowbringer release. Mix is of course very iconic, but a lesser known ability was Stash, which allowed for the new item to be combined for later use, I thought the idea of a healer that didn't come with set oGCDs, and instead made it's own oGCDs for later use would be a really nice idea. But you're right, Chemist by itself has never been an identity outside of mix, so I took from what's currently available with some apothecaries, and mixed it with Garlean tech, tossed in a dash of aether, to create the Diagnosis and Prognosis style skills. From there, a bit came down to using items we haven't seen in this Final Fantasy, like aerosols from FFXIII, and Cottages from basically every other game. There are good ideas to be had with Chemist, they just require expanding on, and an over reliance on only designing a Mix mechanic seems to cripple lots of ideas.