Expansion Jobs Speculation

[Sarynth]

I'm pretty set on wanting rune fencer as a tank job. Bonus points if it feels smooth like a melee dd, and isn't spamming one combo over and over *glares at 2.0 pld* As for healing what about conjurer > geomancer with geo acting as a buffer/healer that uses gound based aoes that give a heal over time, damage taken -, or ele resist up?

[Axeus]

I really REALLY hope they don't do any more branching classes, its so lack luster and silly like from CNJ to a dps just... wouldn't make any real sense. The one job I want that would make me the happiest person in the world. Dark Knight but not as a tank as a DPS stick to its nature of DD.

Hell even Blue Mage I could be down for but not as much as Dark Knight. But on the topic of what speculation is for the two expansion jobs... Healer? Chemist... Tank? Samurai (seems perfect timing right after Ninja)

[Stridentzephon]

Yoshi already said 3.0 will see a refinement of the current job system. As many have stated they see to many flaws with the branching off of current classes. They have to many weaknesses and do not fit well with the current system. They said it was easier to make the current jobs based off the classes because they built on them and didn't really effect the job as a whole.

Where say if they would make Samurai it would require 3 or 4 jobs to make. Which if you play the DoW almost all of them have one ability that Sam got in FFXI. They did say they are looking at requiring you to have 3 or 4 classes lvl'd to open up the new class tho which I see they are headed to.

[Stridentzephon]

Yoshi also stated Rogue would be Thief. Only thing left is will higher level rogue get exclusive abilities like sneak attack and trick attack.

[Jennika]

From the latest Live Letter from the Producer:


Q48: Are there any plans to implement a new role such as buffer or debuffer?

A48: We will be sticking with our existing roles (Tank, DPS, Healer) for a while. This is mainly because the matching process is much faster and it’s easier to understand for the newer players. While we are not completely ruling this out, we are currently putting an emphasis on making the game easy to understand for the new players that may start playing the game from patch 3.0.


I really hope they change their mind on this one. If they aren't going to give us new roles, in my opinion the battle system could use some new depth, or we at least need some useful character growth elements.

[HeroSamson]

I hope we get one job that is exclusive to final fantasy 14 that wasn't in other games.

A completely new job.

[ruinedmirage]

I hope we get one job that is exclusive to final fantasy 14 that wasn't in other games.

A completely new job.

"New"? I don't understand this concept. It's not in the FFXIV I was playing.

[CaptTanuki]

The new Gun Class will be a tank. I'm calling it now based off of how they are introducing Rogue. I.E. a character already in the game is that class. (Thancerd is a Rogue)

The job will likely be based off of Rhitahtyn Sas Arvina. You will use 2 Gunshields to block and attack.

He also wasn't a native of the Garlean Empire, meaning we could come across his homeland in a future expansion and learn how to fight like him there. or (Like Rogue/Ninja) Refugees from that nation could show up in Eorzea.

[Zoeila]

just a crazy though but what if the new healer is wyvern knight. think ff11 drg plus all the missing drg support skills like reis wind.

Lancet-Reduces enemy's HP and MP recovering your own
Reis wind-Casts Regen on entire party
White Draw-Restores MP of all party members
since ff11 drg was supposed to be like a falconer the weapon should be a battlestaff it can perch on

[16bitBounty]

I want a Whip class. Maybe an evasion based tank class using a whip.