Quote Originally Posted by Tsiron View Post
The impression I got based on Bozja, this year's Heavensturn and the ranged DPS Role Quest was that an Eastern-themed caster might be next (an Onmyoji or somesuch). Heavensturn even made it a point to highlight that there are "good" ones too, I guess throwing shade on those we fight in Bozja?
I'm a big fan of Onmyoji as the new future caster. As far as caster weapons go, paper talismans has a lot of potential to be unique and exciting, as well as contrasting quite nicely to the other casters we have. Some examples that I think show this off very well:
- Fire Emblem Fates, the Diviner class evolves into Onmyoji--both using "scrolls" https://youtu.be/o23gCLGJ5AU?t=31
- Xenoblade Chroncles 3 dropped its announcement trailer recently, and one of the characters uses origami birds as weapons which looks badass. A couple different timestamps that show this off... https://youtu.be/t-iNpDKuYb8?t=50 & https://youtu.be/t-iNpDKuYb8?t=70

I also think it could very comfortably adopt the abandoned DoT mage elements from SMN and potentially expand on it in ways SMN never could due to it being torn between two demanding aesthetics before EW. I know SMN is a spicy topic right now, but if players who were really enamored with its old playstyle got to see those lost elements revived into a new job like this, that could be a really positive move for the magical DPS role.