The far future

[winxbloom61]

Okay im posting this because 1 its just fun and 2 Its something we can go back to as things are released in the future and say ha i told you so if we were right or just feel stupid if we were wrong ;p


So ill start out with future cross-class skills with future classes/jobs i see coming (maybe)

So first Ninja
1. Bio
2. Feathered feet.
3. (maybe fire) or some kind of elemental spell
4. Blood for blood
5. Sleep

Dancer: ( i see coming out as a healer role in the future.
1. Cure
2. raise.
3. Thunder
4. Swiftcast
5. Matra

Rune Blade ( i see as a future tank)
1. Fire
2. Sleep
3. Bio
4. Provoke
5. Blizzard

[winxbloom61]

Future skills for the 3 i just listed

rouge(aka theif )/ninja
lvl one stab
lvl 5 throw
lvl 10 steal
lvl 15. Stealth
lvl 20. Venom Blades (enchantment on the blades)
lvl 25: Back stab
lvl 30. Paralization

Dancer:
Cure dance. lvl 1
Fire dance> lvl 5
Sword dance: lvl 10
Phoenix dance: lvl 15(aoe rez no more than 3 ppl)
lvl 20: Rain dance: (aoe Cure and removing one bad status
lvl 25: Blizzard dance: Freezes targets in place for short time no damage
lvl 30: Lighting dance (buff increase movement and attack speed to party memebers similer to protect just speed)

Rune blade:
Firebrand lvl 1
BLizzardbrand lvl 5
Venombrand lvl 10
Silence brand lvl 15
lvl 20: Blizzard 2 brand
lvl 25 Fire 2 brand
lvl 30: Storm brand (water and lighting dmg)

Future weapons for the 3 i listed

Dancer: ring blade (for once i pray it is a ring blade
Runeblade: I see the as the future 2 handed sword fighter for the tank roles that we all want.

[Exstal]

Okay im posting this because 1 its just fun and 2 Its something we can go back to as things are released in the future and say ha i told you so if we were right or just feel stupid if we were wrong ;p


So ill start out with future cross-class skills with future classes/jobs i see coming (maybe)

So first Ninja
1. Bio
2. Feathered feet.
3. (maybe fire) or some kind of elemental spell
4. Blood for blood
5. Sleep

1. I thought Disciple of War couldn't use Disciple of Magic skills
5. LOL

[winxbloom61]

1. I thought Disciple of War couldn't use Disciple of Magic skills
5. LOL

ninja would be the acception due the fact that a ninja isnt just a warrrior they are poison and practice ninjutsu this means in theory they could learn some magic such as bio and elemtanl spells as for spell i fingure since they are ninjas they should be able to put targets to sleep in order to stealth kill ;p

justl ike the paladin can learn cure and magic abilitys

paladins are also displiclins of war so why youd think that idk

[MartaDemireux]

Aw and here I was expecting to see a post advocating for a version of Esthar in the game or an expansion that leads into the high-tech future. Miss you Esthar.

On topic though:
I think if NIN uses STR it'll use ARC+MRD CC's and if it uses DEX it'll use ARC+PGL CC's. Either way I expect ARC to be the 15er due to previoius entries having Thief, and by extension NIN, build off of ARC/RNG. Reasoning below.

BRD uses PGL+LNC.
MNK uses LNC+MRD.
DRG uses MRD+PGL.

NIN, following that pattern, could probably end up using MRD+ARC or ARC+PGL being the only two DoW combinations unused. My best guess would say ARC+PGL but it might be ARC+MRD.

So the 3 possible classes I could see NIN using:

ARC:
Raging Strikes: Attack Power +20%.
Quelling Strikes: Reduces enmity of each attack.
Venomous Bite: Damage and DoT (this is cross-classable GLA/MRD/LNC/PGL and currently not usable on jobs which is why I think NIN would get it).
Straight Shot: Damage and Crit Rate +10% (same reason as above).
Hawk's Eye: DEX+15%, ACC+100%.

Reasoning: We see DPS increase, enmity reduction, critical hit rate increase, accuracy increase. These are pretty standard things for a NIN. The DEX wouldn't likely do anything for it (unless it affects crit rate at all) except for soloing but would be a nice tie-in for DEX usually being a NIN trait. We also see a poison which would make sense for a NIN and is already cross-classable just not for any current jobs.

PGL:
Featherfoot: Evasion +15%.
Secondwind: 400 potency cure based on attack power.
Internal Release: Crit Rate +10%.
Haymaker: Reactionary attack, slow+20%.
Mantra: Increases HP recovered by 10% AoE.

Reasoning: We see a bit of a DPS increase and some survivability (which all melee DPS have in some way). The evasion boost is the key here as it is very NIN-like.

MRD:
Foresight: Defense +20%.
Skullsunder: 100potency attack.
Bloodbath: Converts 25% of your next attack to HP.
Mercy Stroke: Off GCD 200 potency attack used on mobs under 20% HP and restores your HP if it kills the mob.
Fracture: Damage and DoT.

Reasoning: The other melee DPS use it. It offers tools for survivability, a DoT and a strong off-GCD attack.

[Sighearth]

Miss you Esthar x2

[Mahri]

Ninja needs to have their own sleep spell, and it's AoE.

That said, switch Runeblade to Red Mage, losing minimal thematics in the process but making a lot of long-time FF fans happy to see the return of their favorite swanky hat, and in a tanking role at that.

[winxbloom61]

Ninja needs to have their own sleep spell, and it's AoE.

That said, switch Runeblade to Red Mage, losing minimal thematics in the process but making a lot of long-time FF fans happy to see the return of their favorite swanky hat, and in a tanking role at that.

if red mage is added it wont be a tank it will be a branch off of acn
the diff between the 2 red mage is just basicly a caster

rune blade uses magic swords imbuning the sword with a elemtnal magic which is kinda rlly simple to do and fits as a tank role
im guessing both red mage and runeblade will be added
red mage because ppl love the classics and we kinda need another dota but red mage wont be a tank

spellblade or runeblader/mystic will be added as a tank because 1 we need 2 handed sword tanky and 2 it will draw in ppl who love magic but want to tank so casting a spell on a sword for lets say 28 mins and only one is allowed at a time makes more sense than red mage being a tank

[Synestr]

En-spells are a RDM thing though. If they did it right I could see it going right. RDM wouldn't be a tank though. Plausable possibly with stoneskin, phalanx and other goodies but I hope that isn't what would happen to it.

[MartaDemireux]

En-spells are a RDM thing though. If they did it right I could see it going right. RDM wouldn't be a tank though. Plausable possibly with stoneskin, phalanx and other goodies but I hope that isn't what would happen to it.

Enspells are only a RDM thing in FFXI. They belong to Mystic Knight in the rest of the series.