Part Lore, Part Gameplay Question: Why Sage & not Green Mage? Balancing the 4th slot

[ItMe]

The "Sage" we are getting doesnt look like it'll be anything like any other Sage in FF history.
It seems like they just wanted a Sharlayan themed healer.
If they had added Green Mage I imagine, like with this version of Sage, it would still have the flying nodes and little connecting it to the class it's "based on" beyond the name.

[Raikai]

The "Sage" we are getting doesnt look like it'll be anything like any other Sage in FF history.
It seems like they just wanted a Sharlayan themed healer.
If they had added Green Mage I imagine, like with this version of Sage, it would still have the flying nodes and little connecting it to the class it's "based on" beyond the name.

My thoughts exactly.

I really dislike the name Sage, though, simply because it just doesn't fit a lot of the presented aesthetic. Sage to me screams old wizard like the sages Tellah (ff4) or Strago (ff6).

The only thing in common is literally just the name. I wish they actually came up with an unique job name, like they did with Gunbreaker.

[Iscah]

I also feel like the name doesn't fit the look of the class.

It seems like they just wanted a Sharlayan themed healer.

Ironically we already have a heavily Sharlayan-linked healing class. To the point that I'm expecting we'll re-encounter a certain villain if we go there.

[ItMe]

Ironically we already have a heavily Sharlayan-linked healing class. To the point that I'm expecting we'll re-encounter a certain villain if we go there.

I know, right? It's kinda confusing lol.
And I am hoping to meet them > : )

[Wawachume]

Ironically we already have a heavily Sharlayan-linked healing class. To the point that I'm expecting we'll re-encounter a certain villain if we go there.

Now I'm wondering whether he still has the ability to manipulate time.

[Iscah]

Now I'm wondering whether he still has the ability to manipulate time.

He still has it in the AST quests, so yes.

Honestly it makes more sense now that players don't have access to time-manipulation skills. It's advanced magic and a sign of how powerful he is compared to us, and the other characters seem amazed at the sheer thought of it. It doesn't work so well when we've been casting Time Dilation or whatever it was for several levels by that point.