Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
I'd be the least surprised if it was some Healer and Caster pair specifically so Alphinaud and Alisaie could swap jobs like the other Scions.
Alisaie doesn't really need to be locked into a Caster Role. Remember Thancred went from Melee dps to Tank.

1) Isn't it kinda late in the game to introduce a new sub-role? The devs have already confirmed they're trying to even out the ones we have; assuming the current 2 Job limit, they'd need to add a new melee for five out of the next eight expansions (or nothing but melee for at least the next two) to keep up, which would be extremely tiresome with 2 year gaps between each; it would murder hype for expansions. Not to mention that melee DPS are already in the minority within raid comps, and this would increase competition for the slot.
2) Mechanically, what would a Melee Magical role even do differently than Physical Melee DPS? Ranged and Casters at least have distinct LB shapes from each other; Melee have a single-target attack, which is the big reason at least one is kept in raid comps, but it's hard to make a competitive side-grade to that. That's before getting into their role actions to boot...
3) Going back to the first point, the only job I can think of that would fit such a slot would be Rune Fencer (et al). There aren't many other jobs they could make to fill out such a role that aren't already represented by existing jobs like DRK, NIN and RDM.
The term "Archetype" would likely be a better description of what Jandor was referring to. Currently both Paladin and Dark Knight partially fall into the "Mage Warrior" archetype but I fully understand that many players want a DPS version.