Calling it, next DPS Melee class: Soldier

[Bloodclaw]

I know we probably are going to see a two handed sword wielding class in the future to make a spot for DRK as the scythe is already taken by the Bostonist. So I was thinking after having just looked over at the request for a FF-VII crossover fate and it hit me; a solder in FF-VII uses very large great swords.

Just calling the class a Soldier would make a ton of sense and draw in a lot of old fans to the class right off the bat. No I don't think they will get wield super human abilities like the the FF-VII series, but simply another melee damage deal class that uses large two handed swords (Great Swords), that would later get the Dark Knight job (perhaps a-kin to Sephiroth).

So this is just my little prediction, just thought I would toss my idea out there and see if it stuck so I could say "I told you so" when it happened, and hope everyone forgot this thread by the time the job/class for DRK comes around and the class not call called Soldier.

Win/win XD

So what do you think? Am I on something or totally insane/FF7 fanboy?

[Sylari]

I don't really see it, base concept doesn't seem to tread a lot of new ground over what we have (I'm not saying you can't make it unique, I'm just saying that another heavily armored fighter with a big two handed weapons is likely going to overlap more conceptually and thematically than something like a fencer or thief would).

I always thought the easiest way to make the Dark Knight would be an offensive job for marauder (thaumaturge secondary lancer tertiary?). "Marauder" even sounds dark-knightish.

[Bloodclaw]

I don't really see it, base concept doesn't seem to tread a lot of new ground over what we have (I'm not saying you can't make it unique, I'm just saying that another heavily armored fighter with a big two handed weapons is likely going to overlap more conceptually and thematically than something like a fencer or thief would).

I always thought the easiest way to make the Dark Knight would be an offensive job for marauder (thaumaturge secondary lancer tertiary?). "Marauder" even sounds dark-knightish.

I was thinking the same, but I just can't see them wielding axes over great swords.

[Tribunus]

I was thinking the same, but I just can't see them wielding axes over great swords.

You simply make the lvl30 weapon from the job quest award a weapon that mrd can use.

[Brynmor]

Engineer. Cid will be the guy who teaches you your job abilities.

[Bloodclaw]

Engineer. Cid will be the guy who teaches you your job abilities.

If FF-T is correct, this will be the Musketeer class's Job.

[NeonC]

What was the class that the brother/sister in fft had? They were dark skinned and had a staff iirc? The one you could play had some interesting skills. Anyone know wth I'm talking about.

[Hudskie]

Rafa and Malak. they are casters afaik. we can have chemist, potions today are meh.. long cd and short duration pots. or we can have engineer. thief is also a good candidate. there is time mage, samurai, ninja, dancer. etc

[Taerra]

RDM and BLU ... nuff said ! Yes I'm bitter over this :P

[Diegobr]

This is my dream:

Every class gets 2 jobs, just like arch...

So pugilist: Monk (dps) Ninja (tank)
Lancer: DRG (dps ) something...
Gladiator: PLD (tank) RDM (support)
Marauder: WAR (tank) DKN (dps)

The subclasses needed will change. for the second job...

Anyone care to contribute for the rest?

Side comment: Any game without a 2h sword is just not complete... especialy in the FF universe, where 2h swords are so protagonist...