Job mechanic idea for Chemist

[Seraphor]

God I hate the idea of chemist having these firearm weapons, but honestly what else can they get. Just wondering how Swiftcast and Esuna will work

It's still a caster.
You're using your aether to imbue potions with magic, you're just casting the spell on the potion rather than the characters.

That's actually a big point too thinking on it. A fully ranged auto attack would be an unfair advantage. Granted I suppose they could just change it so all auto attacks for healers are ranged, just shoot little magic balls or something. But honestly the more people try to argue Chemist should do something different the less sense it makes.

I wouldn't expect it to have ranged autoattacks.
This Chemist doesn't have a gun in the common sense, it has a mortar cannon, basically a grenade launcher. You don't autoattack with grenades.
It would have melee autoattacks like any other caster. Which is no more silly than a SCH whacking something with it's book.

The point of it being mechanically oriented rather than wooden staves and flowing robes is simply aesthetic, to add a healer with a different style.