Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
This or that game having or not having something isn't really much of an argument (But if you want to play that way, as the previous poster said, there isn't much precedent when a job only exists in not even a regular main series game, but rather a remake of one). To be blunt I think they'd be doing a lot more than one FF fan a great service by using another more famous job like blue mage, time mage, or dark knight.

The thing is Necromancers are generally evil in fantasy worlds, with the most notable exception being Diablo II, but even in that game world, most necromancers certainly are evil, only the one you happen to be able to play isn't (wholly) evil. This makes them not fit in very well in a game where you aren't really playing the bad guy.
I agree that other jobs that are much more favored should come first. Hell I love blue mage 20x more than I could ever even like necromancer. But consider this; If you gave every class in this game right now, a new job what would you give to a thaumaturge? And what I mean by this is giving more classes options in a party, because right now if you play thaumaturge and a party is looking for a healer for content your SOL. By expanding to something like this version of necromancer, the thaumaturge can opt to go with that job and easily find its way into content.