Is FFXIV hinting Berserker, Necromancer, and Chemist next expansion?

[Shougun]

They could "whitewash" it a bit, but we got BLU in the way it is because they wanted to stay 'true to the essence of the job' so it seems unlikely they'd steer so far what most people know a Necromancer to be or even the ones we've encountered in the game. I think what makes people buckle at the idea is that necromancy generally involves unwilling participants being turned/raised as mindless thralls and then being discarded when they've served their purpose, which could really only work well if our character wasn't such a goody two-shoes.

So while they could clean up the image and theme a bit, at that point just name it something else I feel like?

They could definitely do another darker themed job though, just let the poor dead rest!

Whitewashing would certainly be the easiest lol (it's why I didn't bring up zombies in my dark healer thread XD). Technically necromancers don't have to raise the dead to be one, certain games and history have this concept (the general definition has nothing to do with raising them), but obviously one of the more popular is skeleton army type stuff. But your response exactly what I'm trying to encourage, "well that'd be really hard... but like.. we could do this instead, has like 80% spirit of necromancer.." lol. Rather than NIEN NIEN NIEN, it's impossible. XD

Also to be clear not everyone going "eeh...." is going for the shutdown I'm arguing against (since some people might be like "bro I was just saying it's unlikely, jesus lol"), being hesitant or not for something is different than just flat out saying it's impossible like it's a waste of breath and screen space to wish for.

Also like Thief to Rogue they can make something's nature without it's name, so if someone wants Necromancer they might get much of what they wanted even if the name wasn't the same. So again why I was trying to prevent the straight bulldozing .

You bringing it up this way makes me think of the story of another game.... during the Eldritch Moon story in Magic the Gathering, the remaining Cathars invoke benevolent spirits to help protect them against the eldritch horrors that were infesting their world. So I could see a more benevolent type of necromancer being a type of pet job that summons the spirts of the departed to help them fight. Though at that point, the job would be fairly fair removed from a classic necromancer and might not even be considered the same job by the players.

And unless they think it's too spoilery, they could have characters like Hauchrafant, Ysale, and Papalymo being warriors of light we could invoke to perform greater feats

Hype idea. If they do soul magic they might not require the dead either, could theoretically have like Goku Spirit bomb where you ask for the energy of your friends. Politely of course... "I swear if you don't lend your strength Urianger I will burn your books and never listen to another poem". He'll totally help out! :3