What Classes Do You Want to See Next?

[ItMe]

What Classes Do You Want to See Next?

Cannoneer baby!

[Shurrikhan]

Cannoneer, baby!

I get some gleeful giggles imagining it but... how the hell would that possibly work?

[ItMe]

I get some gleeful giggles imagining it but... how the hell would that possibly work?

Oddly enough, when I try and envision it, it usually comes out looking like a Caster?

Maybe they have a hand cannon that basically gives their ponderous attacks a cast bar.

Or have some rifles or whatever for most of their attacks, then a stance they go into where they brace themselves and not move in exchange for being able to use the cannon for mega damage.

Perhaps they can summon a legit cannon, and need to be near it to use certain skills and their gameplay isn't too dissimilar from BLM trying to not move and stay in their Laylines.

Maybe the cannoneer will be like FF11's Corsair and mainly focus on being a party buffing support ranged DPS... but they also have a frickin pistol with 6 barrels.

In FF5 it was about mixing effects together similar to chemist, where you mixed things in your cannon and got a random effect. The FF14 version would probably be something like different moves proc different effects for the cannon, and firing it does something different depending on what you stacked inside it.
Extra gunpowder + caltrops = bleed effect
Caltrops + aether crystal dust = persistent AoE damage like Salted Earth
Extra gunpowder + aether crystal dust = big single target hit
Etc (this was just a quick concept mock up)

But yeah, the sky's the limit.
There's a lot they could do.
Like, you're right. It is a silly idea and it makes me giggle too~
But I also legit want it : )

[Shurrikhan]

Oddly enough, when I try and envision it, it usually comes out looking like a Caster?

Complements of needing to load and fire an iconically immobile cannon? Whodathutit?

More seriously, though, I guess I just wonder how it'd stand against its likely overlaps in Gunner, Gambler, Corsair, Grenadier, etc.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Oddly enough, when I try and envision it, it usually comes out looking like a Caster?

Maybe they have a hand cannon that basically gives their ponderous attacks a cast bar.

Or have some rifles or whatever for most of their attacks, then a stance they go into where they brace themselves and not move in exchange for being able to use the cannon for mega damage.

Perhaps they can summon a legit cannon, and need to be near it to use certain skills and their gameplay isn't too dissimilar from BLM trying to not move and stay in their Laylines.

Maybe the cannoneer will be like FF11's Corsair and mainly focus on being a party buffing support ranged DPS... but they also have a frickin pistol with 6 barrels.

In FF5 it was about mixing effects together similar to chemist, where you mixed things in your cannon and got a random effect. The FF14 version would probably be something like different moves proc different effects for the cannon, and firing it does something different depending on what you stacked inside it.
Extra gunpowder + caltrops = bleed effect
Caltrops + aether crystal dust = persistent AoE damage like Salted Earth
Extra gunpowder + aether crystal dust = big single target hit
Etc (this was just a quick concept mock up)

But yeah, the sky's the limit.
There's a lot they could do.
Like, you're right. It is a silly idea and it makes me giggle too~
But I also legit want it : )

I'm thinking more of maybe a combination of the Flintlock and Cannoneer from FFTA2. Cannoneer was a Bangaa job that used a hand cannon that was mainly a ranged DPS that had I think a couple support skills. It's skills seemed to be based on loading specialized ammo or shells. Flintlock was a Moogle job that used a handcannon that I recall being more ranged support and used skills that seemed based on charging magical energy into the handcannon before firing it.

[ItMe]

More seriously, though, I guess I just wonder how it'd stand against its likely overlaps in Gunner, Gambler, Corsair, Grenadier, etc.

Can't overlap with them until they're in FF14 ; )

I'm thinking more of maybe a combination of the Flintlock and Cannoneer from FFTA2. Cannoneer was a Bangaa job that used a hand cannon that was mainly a ranged DPS that had I think a couple support skills. It's skills seemed to be based on loading specialized ammo or shells. Flintlock was a Moogle job that used a handcannon that I recall being more ranged support and used skills that seemed based on charging magical energy into the handcannon before firing it.

Yo that's a sick idea.
I'd play that <3
SQEX I hope you're taking notes.