Poll: Which of these FF jobs would you like to see added to XIV next? (Post ShB)

[Mimilu]

Link to Poll

I made similar polls during HW and SB.
Like with the last two times, I just do it because I think fan-opinion polls are fun. >w> ♥

During the HW poll, SAM and RDM were both in 1st and 3rd place (DNC being 2nd and BLU being 5th), while with the SB poll, DNC and BLU were both 1st and 2nd place.

Results from HW Poll
Results from SB Poll

[Mimilu]

Job Descriptions for those who don't know them:

Animist: Warriors who can borrow the primal power of animals.
Arithmetician/Calculator: Mathmaticians who use algorithms to change how spells do damage.
Beastmaster: Tamers of beasts. Sometimes tames wild beasts, sometimes summons their own.
Cannoneer/Flintlock: Bombardiers who use hand-cannons to attack and support from afar.
Chemist: Medics who specialize in using items and mixing them together for more potent and/or varied effects.
Chocobo Knight: Knights who fight alongside and even riding on top of chocobo companions.
Corsair: Pirates who fight with guns and gambling tools to strengthen allies.
Dragonkin: Reis from Tactics special job. Those with the blood of a dragon flowing through their veins, allowing them to transform into dragons.
Elementalist: Shaman who use the power of nature spirits to attack enemies with single-targeting, debuffing-elemental spells.
Geomancer: Spellcasters who harness the power of the land/planet.
Green Mage: Supportive mages with access to magical buffs and debuffs.
Gunner/Fusilier: Sharpshooters. Sometimes use only one gun, sometimes dual-wields guns, sometimes mix-and-matches guns.
Hunter/Ranger/Sniper: Upgraded Archers. Sometimes use traps, pinpoints weaknesses, and/or summons animals.
Illusionist: Wizards who can attack a wide-range of enemies with weak, elemental spells.
Judgemaster: Judges who control battles by enforcing, changing, and negating the laws of engagement.
Juggler: Clowns who throw their juggling tools to debuff enemies.
Mascot: Warriors dressed in cuddly costumes and wield dolls.
Morpher: Mages who can use the crystilized souls of monsters to transform into them.
Mystic/Oracle: Onmyoshi who bend the powers of the universe to debuff enemies.
Mystic Knight/Rune Fencer/Spellblade: Knights who can imbue their weapons with spells and/or elemental powers.
Necromancer: Dark mages that can summon the dead and wield dark magic.
Onion Knight/Memorist/Storyteller: Heroes who can use skills they've learned from other classes/jobs.
Orator/Mediator: Negotiators who use their words to buff allies and debuff enemies.
Pictomancer: Relm from VI's "Job". Artists who create portraits of enemies that mimic the original's attacks.
Psychic: Warriors who use psychic powers and the laws of physics to attack and disorient enemies
Puppetmaster: Entertainers who control and fight alongside puppets.
Sage: Learned wizards who use high-level Black and White magic.
Sword Saint: Orlandeu from Tactics special job. Peerless warriors who cannot be matched in swordplay.
Time Mage: Mages who use Time and Space/Dimension magic.
Viking: Physical Attackers. Sometimes they go berserk, use Water and Lightning ability, break enemies' defenses, and/or steal/pillage from enemies.

[Mimilu]

Jobs that didn't make the Poll and why:

Assassin: It's too similar to NIN.
Bishop and Templar: We already have PLD and WHM as Holy-users (granted, we could have a Holy-using DPS).
Festivalist: It was between this and Mascot for "X-2's character-specific gameplay" spot and I've seen more buzz about Mascot then this.
Foebreaker: Lacks flavor/theme.
Gambler: Too similar to AST and Corsair, who has more flavor/theme to it and more fan-buzz (from what I've seen, anyway).
Merchant: Do we really need a job that manipulates gil?
Mime: Can;t do anything on its own (although, maybe it could be a limited job).
Netherseer/Hell Knight and Skyseer/Sky Knight: I added these to my Big List of Jobs™ as wild cards. I didn't add them because you kind of need both (they're connected) and not seeing any fan-buzz for either.
Sentinel: Lack of flavor/theme.
Sky Pirate: Too similar to ROG and MCH and doesn't have much gameplay other then being a Thief-variant.

[Mimilu]

Current results

Total Votes: 209

1st. Chemist: 41 votes (20% of the votes)

2nd. Mystic Knight/Rune Fencer/Spellblade: 25 votes (12%)

3rd-4th. Beastmaster and Necromancer: 18 votes each (9% each)

5th-6th. Geomancer and Time Mage: 15 votes each (7% each)

7th. Puppetmaster: 13 votes (6%)

8th. Sword Saint: 7 votes (3%)

9th. Green Mage: 6 votes (3%)

10th-11th Arithmetician/Calculator and Viking: 5 votes each (2% each)

12th-15th, Corsair, Morpther, Mystic/Oracle, and Psychic: 4 votes each (2% each)

16th-18th. Chocobo Knight, Elementalist, and Juggler: 3 votes each (1% each)

19th-23nd. Cannoneer/Flintlock, Gunner/Fusilier, Hunger/Ranger/Sniper, Onionknight/ Memorist/Storyteller, and Sage: 2 votes each (1%)

24rd-29th. Animist, Illusionist, Judgemaster, Mascot, Orator/Mediator, and Pictomancer: 1 vote each (>1% each)

30th. Dragonkin: 0 votes (0%)

[tdb]

Some feedback. I haven't played most of the games these jobs are from, so I'm going by your descriptions of them.

Arithmetician/Calculator
Green Mage
Judgemaster
Juggler
Mystic/Oracle
Orator/Mediator
Support jobs (jobs whose main function is to buff allies and debuff enemies) are notoriously difficult to implement in MMORPGs in a way that's both engaging and balanced. Their effects are mostly seen through other players, which may give the support player a feeling of ineffectiveness. They would also be a pain in solo play; or if they have decent damage output of their own, the power of their buffs and debuffs will need to be limited, which diminishes the job identity. Keeping them balanced in both 4- and 8-player parties and 24-player alliances is also hard. Even if the balancing and engagement problems were solved, support would be a brand new role, so it's unlikely to happen at this stage.

Onion Knight/Memorist/Storyteller
Pictomancer
These would probably never be full jobs, for similar reasons as Blue Mage. It's just too hard to keep ability copying balanced against hundreds of different bosses and with almost 20 other playable classes. Maybe as limited jobs.

Chocobo Knight
Everyone in FFXIV gets a chocobo companion, so this class would have a hard time finding its own identity.

Sword Saint
Isn't this basically Samurai?

Illusionist
An AoE-focused class wouldn't work since bosses are mostly single targets. Illusions as a theme would be unique enough, but it'd have to be reworked into something with both single-target and AoE abilities.

Sage
Red Mage anyone?

Hunter/Ranger/Sniper
That's a whole lot of mechanics for a single class. My first impression of traps is something you throw on the ground and wait for enemies to walk over it. In most games they tend to become more like bombs which you throw at the enemies' feet and explode immediately. Also there's a little bit of conflict with Bard already being an upgraded Archer. I suppose it could be another split job like Summoner/Scholar, but adding one at this point probably is anything but simple.

Cannoneer/Flintlock
Gunner/Fusilier
These sound pretty similar to Machinist. I have nothing against another gun-wielding job if it has its own identity, but your descriptions don't really make it clear what that identity would be.

[Averax]

I have legitimately always wanted to see Necromancer twisted into a healer role.

[VictorTheed]

Beast master as a ranged physical or melee dps plz, and my runner up close 2nd would be chemist healer.

[Shori]

I have legitimately always wanted to see Necromancer twisted into a healer role.

Instant raise with no penalty but only lasts 30 seconds before they're dead again? ^-^

[SenorPatty]

Instant raise with no penalty but only lasts 30 seconds before they're dead again? ^-^

Took the words really right outta my mouth. For extra effect, you can blow them up at any time you want and inflict blight dmg to surrounding enemies.

[Esmoire]

I voted Chemist though I must say I had never considered an Ivalician Judge. That would be an idea for a really cool technical sort of fighter that can make some encounter-wide changes to assist allies or hurt enemies. It would honestly just be glorified AOE buffs and debuffs though it could still be made pretty fun and if it's a tank, one emphasizing utility would be unique.