What Weapon would a Chemist use?

[Crushnight]

Personally if Chm is coming, I'd like something like a backpack or bag, sort of like this from Big Hero 6:

https://imgflip.com/i/4ds1jw

Obviously not 1 for 1 but along the lines of a Chm is going through their bag for the item etc and a bag is unique without treading on another jobs toes.

[Crushnight]

Also hi going on 4 year old necro XD

[RitsukoSonoda]

What did they use in FFT? A single knife? Could also base them off the FFX-2 alchemist which would mean an SMG and belt full of potions to throw at people.

[frostmagemari]

Also hi going on 4 year old necro XD

Well i'll be.. You're right. I didn't even notice the date this was created when i replied. Just saw it on the front page and added my two copper.

[Crushnight]

Well i'll be.. You're right. I didn't even notice the date this was created when i replied. Just saw it on the front page and added my two copper.

Same it was only after posting I noticed XD oh well least semi relevant at least

[Soge01]

For starters, it wouldn't be a "chemist". Too much potential for confusion.

As for a weapon, why not go for broke? Give it a mortar cannon that fires potions at people and call it "grenadier" to ensure no confusion can be made as to what it is. Problem solved.

So basically these guns.

Besides the change in name, I think this could possibly reasonable work; this blew my mind a bit honestly because I've been thinking how a sort of gun slinging chemist would work out pretty well, but a grenade launching one would do even better!

[Rongway]

Pretty sure a comment was dropped by the devs a while back that they might have considered Chemist for HW but scrapped it for Astrologian.

You're thinking of Oracle.

[MicahZerrshia]

I could see something like a syringer from Fallout. Ok I want to see something like a syringer from fallout, how absolutely funny would that be.

[ElciaDeiLinus]

Likely if there were a chemist, it would be based off FFT, so the most logical weapon would be an elemental pistol- since mechanists already use guns the key difference would be these guns would use aether to create chemical reactions, which of course just like IRL can make a lot of neat effects (poison, acid, electricity, cold, heat). While potions are generally the main focus in discussions about a chemist job, since that's what they did in FFT, if we broaden it to aetherochemistry, something that exists in the game, there's actually quite a bit of potential for this class to be viable and unique.

My ideal chemist would use the gun for single target, and potions or chemical combinations for dots and aoe. If FFXIV were ever to allow it, I think it could be a dps or healer, perhaps have something like the AST sects except one is a dps and the other a healer form, and when you join DF it locks you into the heal stance if you queued as a healer to avoid abuse.

[Krotoan]

.. I'd like a potion hose with a backpack please.

Just absolutely ghosbusters II slime thrower style BLAPHTH all over my teammates.

It could spray aoe healing and lob potion blobs farther distances for targeted.

Also acid and tar debuff sprays for enemies, maybe hose them in flammable liquids to add vulnerabilities.