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

[Lauront]

My main preference would be for Necromancer. Why? Primarily because of the spells NPC necromancers, like Lord Forgal, use, i.e. darkness* spells. However, I think a compromise can be reached whereby BLM gradually gains these spells (and the similar ones wielded by the Ascians), given its Void mage origins... Foul and Xenoglossy already appear to be darkness spells.

An actual Necromancer, summoning the undead and/or Voidsent would be cool, but would be difficult to square with this game's lore given who your character is, which to me is unfortunate. They're also seem to struggle with pet design in this game, but you can always resolve this issue by having the "pets" appear as animations. It also may cause issues with the Chinese client. Nonetheless, it'd be my top pick, whether implemented as a "dark" healer (which would circumvent many of these issues) or caster dps.

I do think CHM is looking increasingly likely as a healer, and GEO as a caster dps. I believe they will blend Onmyoji/Mystic/Oracle/Elementalist elements with it, given that they have a leftover job from SB which they can build upon. I also predict Mystic Knight will be the next melee dps given the popularity of this job. I hope they tie CHM to Garlemald rather than doing what they did with GNB and adding entirely contrived lore to avoid linking the two.

Puppetmaster and Beastmaster are likelier as limited jobs. I don't really see much room for Time Mage. They should just give back AST its time manipulation elements.

*As in, the energy itself, not just "astral" state.

[StriderShinryu]

Voted Mystic Knight even if it feels a little like Red Mage sometimes already touches on a similar space. It also seems one of the most likely to actually be implemented.

A more proper ranger/hunter job would be nice as Bard basically lost my interest in the direction it took the role. You could even throw in some Beast Master elements here if you wanted to flesh the job out a little but couldn't implement Beast Master as it's own thing (or thought ranger/hunter would be too much like Bard if just left as an archery job alone). Didn't vote for it because it does feel too similar to Bard and would work better as a split job too Bard (like Summoner/Scholar) rather than being it's own thing. It just doesn't feel likely we'd ever see it implemented.

Any sort of true puppet/pet class would be very appealing (puppet master, beast master, necro, etc.) but would almost assuredly not work in 14 or, at the least, wouldn't work in any way that would be satisfying so I'd actually rather they don't make it in as a proper job. I can see Puppet Master or Beast Master making it in as the next limited job though and would almost be surprised if they didn't unless Blu is seen by the devs as a complete flop.

[Yencat]

Interesting to see the top picks of the previous polls have all been added to the game now (except for Mystic Knight)

I voted Green Mage but admittedly don't know how they'd work in the game, can't realistically see a return to Protect/Shell and Stoneskin. Chemist could be very interesting though.

[Theodric]

Chemist. Especially if it is tied to Garlemald. We're sorely in need of a new healer, too.

Geomancer would be my second choice. It'd make for a neat caster DPS.

[Yencat]

Chemist. Especially if it is tied to Garlemald. We're sorely in need of a new healer, too.

Geomancer would be my second choice. It'd make for a neat caster DPS.

Back in ARR when I still thought every class might have a second offshoot job like SCH/SMN I always thought Geomancer would've been a nice DPS caster counterpart to CNJ/WHM. Especially now it's moving towards more Light/Holy based spells.

[Adonan]

I always have and always will love the Onion Knight; the Onion Knight is my favorite class of any and every Final Fantasy game. However, if I had the choice to either implement the job as a limited job or not at all, I would prefer to keep it out of the game. The limited job thing isn't going too well, and I would prefer to not see my favorite class brought low by the concept.

[Adonan]

Interesting to see the top picks of the previous polls have all been added to the game now (except for Mystic Knight)

I voted Green Mage but admittedly don't know how they'd work in the game, can't realistically see a return to Protect/Shell and Stoneskin. Chemist could be very interesting though.

Indeed, I'm willing to bet the pattern will continue. I'm inclined to think we might actually see a chemist in the next expansion. It's not my first choice, but it would be interesting to see how they implement it.

[LauraAdalena]

I don't get this clamour for Chemist. We have Alchemist and having another class named something very similar would be confusing. Can we not? Please? Like use the ideas of it, but please don't call it Chemist.

[Esmoire]

I don't get this clamour for Chemist. We have Alchemist and having another class named something very similar would be confusing. Can we not? Please? Like use the ideas of it, but please don't call it Chemist.

Would probably be like Astrologian is, or at least was, sort of a Time Mage+. They'll probably have something that is basically a Chemist, but more. Maybe something really funky and off the wall like a Merchant job.

[Powercow]

I don't get this clamour for Chemist. We have Alchemist and having another class named something very similar would be confusing. Can we not? Please? Like use the ideas of it, but please don't call it Chemist.

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