Scouting and Maiming Job Ideas

[DamianFatale]

Since Scouting and Maiming are now the only main job categories that have only TWO jobs each, what jobs would you give them for a third?

For scouting I would honestly pick Assassin, which hasn't been seen yet. Contrary to popular belief Shadow in FFVI was NOT a ninja even though he uses Ninja Daggers. Assassin is actually its own reoccurring thing in the game. Scouting jobs are hard to think about, and honestly I don't know if Corsair would even fit. I feel like Corsair would be a better striking job. Which also means Corsair could theoretically be next in line for 8.0. ;3

Regardless though, Scouting is a very odd archetype. It doesn't usually fit with the classic jobs in the series outside of Thief, Rogue, and Ninja. Rogue is already used, and a lot of the skills are borrowed from Thief. The steal action also isn't good for this type of MMO, despite it working well in others. It may be in the best interest for Square Enix to come up with brand new jobs in the series for scouting from now on, which would suit its out of box nature.

For Maiming, I would pick Viking. Viking uses Hammers and Axes in the series. Obviously in this case, it would only be hammers. I would take away their ability to tank, and make it purely a DPS. The jobs animations could be nordic inspired. Imagine if they had a horn ability for summoning a cool down, rune like designs in some of their spells, and a variety of interesting hammer swing animations. I think that this job would be insanely popular if it were brought to XIV. Think of it like a holy paladin, but with a northern flare, and obviously not a tank.

What would you pick? :3