Ladies and Gentlemen: Machinist

[SlyRoyale]

Hello, everyone! Who is up for a really crazy idea tonight?!

During a(n ongoing) discussion with another ARR on /xivg/, the possibility of making and piloting Magitek Armour became the main topic and I wonder what the game would be like if an Engineer (ENG) or Machinist (MCN) class/job was introduced. Now, this idea is still being brainstormed so it will look rough at first (I'll probably edit this post once I got some of the finer details worked out. Essentially, this is what I would like to see should the mods (or the dev team) read this thread.

1) An Engineer class that specializes in making machines for various scenarios.
2) A Machinist job (ENG main, with maybe a Corsair? sub, or other way around) where you not only make your own Reaper, Vanguard, Colossus, or Weapon, but pilot it too.

The introduction of Engineers and Machinists can bring variety to party makeup and economy to the DoH classes. For example:

-ARM can make frame parts
-BSM can make weapons and solid ammunition
-GSM can make support parts
-ALC can make fuel and liquid ammunition

Again, bear in mind that this idea is still in its rough stages, but feel free to share any thoughts and ideas you may have that could make ENG and MCN a thing. See y'all around!

[WellFooled]

I'm all for a machanist, but not sure I like the idea of piloting these colossus machines. Basically because it would be bigger and flasher than any other job in the game.

I think jobs need to be balanced, not just in numbers, but also in how epic they feel to play. If your riding around a giant robot to do combat then you're too cool to be job in FFXIV...unless all the other jobs also get something just as interesting.

Edit: I'd much rather see this idea come about in the form of Puppetmaster. In FFXI Puppetmasters could customize their automations using various parts (either crafted or rewarded from boss fights). This sounds similar to your concept of using the crafting classes to create parts for the machanist. Pets though are a lot more manageable than huge mounts.

[HumsterMKX]

Sorry OP... due to all the FATE spams and RNG lately I mis-read the title as Masochist..

(>_>...

[Marxam]

Team Fortress 2?

[Nalien]

The introduction of Engineers and Machinists can bring variety to party makeup and economy to the DoH classes.

Sadly, that's not going to happen. Yoshida doesn't want some Jobs to be reliant on ammunitions, that's why Bard has a magically endless quiver of arrows.

[reptiliane]

Sorry OP... due to all the FATE spams and RNG lately I mis-read the title as Masochist..

(>_>...

They will wear leather straps armor and will use a whip on themselves?

[Purplenum]

How about just puppetmaster?

[Altijacek]

Sadly, that's not going to happen. Yoshida doesn't want some Jobs to be reliant on ammunitions, that's why Bard has a magically endless quiver of arrows.

It can happen easily. Make ammunition infinite and make it something you can put in your offhand.