Post EW Poll: Which of these FF jobs would you like to see added next?

[Floortank]

I didn't realize there were so many jobs in ff holy cow. Will all of these eventually make it into the game?

Pretty much none of them will, and some of those in the poll aren't even Jobs, just classes the OP made up based off *hand gestures* saw Wakka do it.

Even when a "classic" Job makes it in, it often has nothing to do with whatever it was before. See also Sage, original Summoner, Dark Knight. Arguably Blue Mage. Black Mage also barely resembles what it is in other games. The list goes on.

[Shiro--Tsubasa]

I selected Morpher, because I would like a shapeshifting job. That is one fantasy that isn't really captured all that well in this game. (Gear could be what determines the monster you transform so it could keep getting new forms, but play the same)

It wasn't on the list or anything, but I would like a light element mage dps. We are the WoL, but the only light aspected jobs are in the tank and healer roles. Perhaps something like eastern themed exorcist. Lore wise it could be an order founded during the war of the magi to fight against the voidsent.

[Bissonnettzi]

Isn't ninja kind of the assassin already?

[Lieri]

Spellblade is kinda already there in RDM. But theyre not the true spellblade.

[Mimilu]

Pretty much none of them will, and some of those in the poll aren't even Jobs, just classes the OP made up based off *hand gestures* saw Wakka do it.

You’re really hyper-fixating on Blitzballer, huh. XD
I included it because I usually get one-or-two-maybe-three people who say they want it in the comments in past polls and thought it would be a fun addition. >w>
It’s not like we don’t already have a job based solely off of characters and not a pre-establish job, GNB being based off of Squall and Seifer from VIII. And it’s not like a Blitzballer-based job would be left wanting for ideas between Wakka, Tidus, Jecht, and all the trick shots and tackles in the actual mini-game.

[Mimilu]

It wasn't on the list or anything, but I would like a light element mage dps. We are the WoL, but the only light aspected jobs are in the tank and healer roles. Perhaps something like eastern themed exorcist. Lore wise it could be an order founded during the war of the magi to fight against the voidsent.

Oracle/Mystic use the power of Yin and Yang in Tactis, if your looking for something like that. There’s also Bishop if you don’t mind it not being eastern themed.

[ApolloGenX]

With the intro of dynamis, I could see a psychic.... not sure how it would work, but seems on brand.

[SeverianLyonesse]

Geomancer as a caster dps would be my first choice too, to finally get to use Flood, Tornado and Quake. But I feel like that alone isn't a solid enough case, and Yoshi P has mentioned in the past about wanting an eastern themed caster.
So I think a Mystic/Oracle/Onmyouji is far more likely and as long as it gets water spells thrown in there somehow I'm content with that.

Geo could absolutely fit in the caster archetype space we have, and I've seen some decent job concept ideas for itn but they just don't seem to be going in that direction. A large part is that we've never had a job that was already present in the game before beyond sparse one liner mentions, like "the dancers of thavnair".
Geomancer is already so rich in lore, between the four lords questline, Hien's ancestor, and involvement in the AST job quests. So I'm not holding out any hope.

Onmyouji on the other hand, just a couple of very brief, very hidden off the cuff remarks.

The GEO job fantasy generally would have been pretty cool prior to the Summoner rework.

As we have it now, though, SMN already hits on two of the three GEO elements, and does it with rock-magic. It is a "Gemomancer."

I selected Morpher, because I would like a shapeshifting job. That is one fantasy that isn't really captured all that well in this game. (Gear could be what determines the monster you transform so it could keep getting new forms, but play the same)

It wasn't on the list or anything, but I would like a light element mage dps. We are the WoL, but the only light aspected jobs are in the tank and healer roles. Perhaps something like eastern themed exorcist. Lore wise it could be an order founded during the war of the magi to fight against the voidsent.

I guess RPR is kind of a morpher ala Vincent.

I too would like a light mage DPS. I think there may be space for a reflector/mirror job, perhaps with some sort of illusion. And I think anything resembling that archetype would necessarily want to be not a healer to help differentiate itself from AST/SGE.

You’re really hyper-fixating on Blitzballer, huh. XD
I included it because I usually get one-or-two-maybe-three people who say they want it in the comments in past polls and thought it would be a fun addition. >w>
It’s not like we don’t already have a job based solely off of characters and not a pre-establish job, GNB being based off of Squall and Seifer from VIII. And it’s not like a Blitzballer-based job would be left wanting for ideas between Wakka, Tidus, Jecht, and all the trick shots and tackles in the actual mini-game.

Yeah after GNB I think it is foolish for anyone to be dismissing poster child job archetypes from FF titles. BLZ has plenty to draw from between Tidus, Wakka, Jecht, and the blitzball mini-game. And this is also why I expect some sort of Judge job from XII/Tactics may be high on the devs' priority list.

[Gethard]

I'm new here from WoW, but I already know what class I'm going to miss the most from that game - druid. I loved my druid so much.

[Shiro--Tsubasa]

I don't really consider RPR a morpher. You still maintain your base form. When you think shapeshifting you think full body transformation (kind of like WoW's druid) as your main method of battle, not a temporary burst window that doesn't really change your appearance all that much. That is why I said that fantasy isn't captured all that well in this game instead of it not existing. (Even Vincent had full body transformation, RPR doesn't. They just gain a cloak a claw and a glowy red aura).

An Illusionary mage would be a pretty cool concept for a light mage. Makes me kind of nostalgic towards my Mesmer from my Guild Wars days.