It looks like we have 8 jobs left

[rawker]

All tanks we have at the moment are wielding bladed weapons. Hopefully the next tank have a different weapon style.

[Ayche]

All tanks we have at the moment are wielding bladed weapons. Hopefully the next tank have a different weapon style.

Agreed. We should get a tank with a BIG ROCK, and you just bash people with the BIG ROCK.

[rawker]

Agreed. We should get a tank with a BIG ROCK, and you just bash people with the BIG ROCK.

ngl, chris "boulder puncher" redfield came to mind

[Axxion]

ngl, chris "boulder puncher" redfield came to mind

[MikkoAkure]

Considering the effort they took to separate healers into 2 types and "balance" them in two separate sub-roles, I doubt we'll ever get new healers. And then considering that there's always an equal number of healers to tanks in parties (and fewer tanks in alliance raids), it would be weird if they introduce a 5th tank but leave the number of healers permanently at 4.

Honestly, after we reach level 100 the thing the game needs most is for the gameplay devs to sit back and overhaul the whole thing for the next expansion after Dawntrail instead of getting new jobs. MCH feels disjointed, DRKs have constantly been in a crisis, SMN's overhaul fixed the class fantasy but feels a bit sanitized for lack of a better word, and the physical ranged DPS aren't balanced well against each other to give them real identities. Tanks could use a healer-level role overhaul, role abilities need to be thrown out and replaced with the previous job-unique versions for better job identity, and the melee DPS could use a bit of differentiation between them other than having different armor sets. Pets have been steadily nerfed every single expansion to the point where they may as well not exist and the devs have complained about balancing them (though after watching my Ifrit-egi slowly move to the enemy to do his stupid attack and then immediately turn back instead of attacking the next one after it dies before it gets there, I have to agree with the devs that pets don't really have a place in this game).

Uniqueness has been thrown away in the face of having now over 20 jobs to balance against each other and adding more will only making things worse, not better.


I would much rather the game concentrate on fixing and making better what we already have instead of tossing in two new jobs and leaving all the others with the same complaints people have had for multiple expansions. I think better gameplay will bring more players to the game than "level 110 and 2 new jobs". An actual concentrated effort to sit down, read, and analyze player feedback from all regions that has been out there for multiple expansions unanswered and some transparent back and forth sessions would go a very long way.

[GoatOfWar]

All tanks we have at the moment are wielding bladed weapons. Hopefully the next tank have a different weapon style.

Do we really want them to waste resources on a 5th Warrior?

[Kaixern]

Do we really want them to waste resources on a 5th Warrior?

It's fine, I'm sure they can manage.
Not like then can mess up with the tanks class identity (especially Dark Knight) in a much worse way right?.......