Ishgardian classes

[LiveVoltage]

Yes. Now the question is, what classes make sense? I for one think that Samurai doesn't. As much as I love samurai, as everything else related to japanese culture, it would be totally alien in Ishgard.

Well... lady Higiri is from Doma. She obviously knew how to fight. There might be other Doman's who fled and desire to bring back their fighting styles. That and since Domans have pretty much started to take up residence in Mor Dhona, they could very well aid Ishgard in its battle against the Dragon's since they are allies.

[Mimilu]

I think Dancer will show up because the dance teacher from Ul'dah's Ball Dance quest, Guillaunaux, is from Ishgard.

[JakzChurchill]

Ishgardian themed jobs, Dark Knight obviously fits that bill very well, and could possible branch off of a Templar or Temple Knight class. Lore wise being a rogue knight learning the dark arts.

Chemist would work well with the castle themes aswell for a healer.

Maybe we'll get a grittier take on Musketeer as opposed to pirate lark we've seen up until now (although that's a long shot (pun slightly intended))

Geomancer or Necromancer has a good aesthetic for the expansion.

They also mentioned a lot of Beast Tribe run areas, maybe this could lead to Beastmaster or Blue Mage. (Grasping at straws here)


Slightly off topic; I'll be incredibly surprised if we don't see Alexander as a summon at some point during the expansion.

[LiveVoltage]

Isnt Necromancer and undead more of Gridania's stick? I mean, there are cases of undead everywhere, but undead and dark magic in generally has a centrally heavy theme in the shroud and gridania in general.

If I am following what the Dev's have announced, they said they will be adding two new jobs and classes. One healer and one tank. possibly more than that though. The 3.0 build will have a heavy theme on Ishgard in general so its safe to say the a class like Dark knight will be given. Templar seems to be out of the question though because we have Paladin's and thats what Templar's are, just with another name. I think the Ishgard pope and his clergy could have some interesting lore as cleric's and healers so realistically, we could see Dark Knight and Cleric=>Bishop.

Dark knight might also get it's own base class if it doesn't share the same weapon set as Paladin.

[Balipu]

I think the Ishgard pope and his clergy could have some interesting lore as cleric's and healers so realistically, we could see Dark Knight and Cleric=>Bishop.

Dark knight might also get it's own base class if it doesn't share the same weapon set as Paladin.

Yes I also think that Bishop would fit very well with the HOLY SEE of Ishgard. I wonder, is the church still run by Lahabrea and Elidibus? If so, that could be awkward.

[LiveVoltage]

Yes I also think that Bishop would fit very well with the HOLY SEE of Ishgard. I wonder, is the church still run by Lahabrea and Elidibus? If so, that could be awkward.

At best, Lahabrea and Elidibus are advisors to the see at this moment. The pope still has complete control, but is probably being misguided by Ascian machinations.

[Balipu]

At best, Lahabrea and Elidibus are advisors to the see at this moment. The pope still has complete control, but is probably being misguided by Ascian machinations.

Complete control? Pfffff We don't know that. Patch 2.4 might shead some light on the matter. We saw an Ascian overlord in the trailer but his maks was not visible so I couldn't tell if it was Lahabrea or not.

[LiveVoltage]

Complete control? Pfffff We don't know that. Patch 2.4 might shead some light on the matter. We saw an Ascian overlord in the trailer but his maks was not visible so I couldn't tell if it was Lahabrea or not.

If I remember correctly, it was a Ascian in a white robe and another in a red mask. They may not be one and the same people though but eh... *shrugs*

Well, I retract my statement somewhat. Not complete control if he is being manipulated by Ascian's. If I recall correctly, Ascian's cant be seen by normal people so it would explain how they would be in Coerthas and manipulating the pope without the templars putting them to the sword. I could be wrong about that though and they could be there on the good grace of the pope.

[GevurahEinsof]

Templar seems to be out of the question though because we have Paladin's and thats what Templar's are, just with another name.

I can easily see Templar being implemented as a secondary job from Lancer. The lancer skillset is already fairly similar to Marauder (though less similar to Gladiator) and includes a proper pull ability with Piercing Talon, a defensive (parry) cooldown with Keen FLurry, and a mitigation/utility attack in Feint. Equipping the soul crystal or activating a tanking stance could provide increased enmity to skills such as True Thrust, Vorpal Thrust, and Full Thrust for basic single target enmity generation and skills such as Ring of Thorns and/or Doom Spike for AoE enmity. Positional requirements could be lifted while operating as a tank to allow the use of Heavy Thrust and Impulse Drive, but possibly with the additional effects being modified. Etc., etc., until a proper tank class is built.

[Sequora]

If Dark Knight is added it will more than likely be a tank class. Currently we have two tanks, two healers, two physical melee DPS, 1 physical ranged DPS, and 2 caster DPS. NIN is a melee DPS class so we'll now have three. They've said that we're getting a new tank and a new healer. I still think that the new healer is going to be chemist as the musketeer's guild has been in the game since 1.0 and we still don't have a class that uses guns. Now that leaves the tank class. I cannot imagine that SE would add another melee DPS class to the expansion after adding NIN to 2.4 before adding a new caster DPS. I'm personally hoping for a caster DPS to go alongside with ninja, and the new tank/healer in the expansion.