Hinting at New Jobs? [ Small Spoilers for Patch 5.3 ]

[Iscah]

The only problem I can see is the potential confusion because to most people those are both one in the same. They would probably have to get a bit more creative with a job name, I just don't know what they'd go with.

Which two are the same?

All three are thematically similar, but chemist/alchemist are too close to the same word for my liking.

Meanwhile my dictionary points to chemist and apothecary as synonyms, but marks apothecary as "archaic" - which of course is exactly what this game likes to go for. Its definition also leans more to making medicines over chemist's potentially broader focus.

[Kurando]

Not sure about Necromancer, but seeing as Dark and Banish spells now exist in game, shouldn't be too difficult to have them be part of a new job's toolkit. But saying that, not sure we need another caster job just yet unless it's a healer (which I'd prefer regardless of balance issues).

[Duskane]

Last boss the "Berserker" is just a reference to Guts

[Enla]

Last boss the "Berserker" is just a reference to Guts

Berserker has been a job in the FF canon since FFV actually.

[AxHell]

Not having played 5.3 yet, this is conjuring the weirdest mental images.

I'm gonna be a blitzball when I grow up!

[tdb]

The apothecary stuff seemed to have a lot of time and conversation dedicated to it if it's not meant to be a tease. It could just be intended as part of the "look at how you can help people without running off to be a hero" theme to the interactions with the kids, but the specific mention of travelling and healing people seemed like it might be intended as a setup.

Didn't we have a whole series of sidequests during 5.0 about this girl whose dad was the local healer / potionmaker at Fort Jobb but got killed during an excursion or something? The girl was all but ready to pack things up and move to the Crystarium, but eventually realized she could honor her father's legacy by carrying on his work. So Riqi-tio is hardly the first reference to healing with potions. Also brewing potions and helping sick people in a calm and peaceful way is quite different from healing acute wounds in combat, so it's not necessarily a reference to a new class. I'm not saying it can't be, just don't get too hyped about it because you may be setting yourself up for a disappointment.

[SomeRandomHuman]

I'd love necromancer be it healer or dps.

For dps I could see it being based around stacking a "cursed" debuff or so that has other commands that use stacks of the debuff to summon undead for a few seconds to do an attack or two before they wither away and flop on the floor then another that detonates the corpses in a small AoE.

For a healer I like the idea of it calling upon the deceased to protect the targets. Also the idea of a buff like Reverse making a reappearance. For those unknown to it it basically makes taking damage = heal and healing = take damage.

I dunno. There's a lot to play around with when it comes to necromancers. There's more to it than just throwing hordes of zombies at stuff(even though that usually is the most amusing imo)

[Raltar]

I prefer Apothecary. It fits the older-style language and setting that the game prefers, and sounds less similar to the existing Alchemist class.

I'd prefer Chemist since there is an actual Chemist class in several FF games and they should always be pulling things from previous FF games if they are able.

[Puremallace]

They add Necromancer and I might have a new main because that fight was very awesome.

[Shadowshinra]

It's a little less talked about but I've also thought that that trial could also once again be hinting at Mystic Knight/Rune Fencer/whatever they decide to rename that job to again/etc as it features yet another person who enchants their weapons to attack, which I admit we have had a few of like Ilberd. But MK using Maiming gear could fill that currently empty slot..