Quote Originally Posted by JayCommon View Post
I would only imagine that the devs of this game actually expected potions to be at least somewhat viable, else why even put them in the game? Fan service? Having a healthy supply of potions has been a staple part of Final Fantasy for over 20 years!! They could be instant life-savers when low-intermediate levels, and have even be used to one-shot zombie boss fights!! To be relegated to an item that you instantly discard upon receiving just seems wrong.
They had this same problem in FFXI. They never fixed it.

Anyway, he's already said jobs will not be using consumables. I'm pretty sure if they add Chemist, it would work similar to (exactly?) the new system they're adding for NIN with its mudras.