Two Gun-Using Job Ideas

[Duelle]

For Chemist, I would think Pugilist and Conjurer. Conjurer's Cure would be a good thing for a TP based healer, seeing as they won't have any other use for MP (so long as they used Mind for healing).

This is the one point of combat design in which I am at odds with the developers. The devs have chosen to go by blanket rules for the most part, whereas I'm in favor of stat scaling per class. On that note, CHM scaling off MND would mean it shares gear with SCH and WHM, and I'm not sure I like that. I figured they'd scale differently. Like DEX when you are a musketeer or have the gunner crystal equipped increases your attack power. CHM would gain healing potency from DEX and a very minor increase to attack power, for example.

[Bishop81]

I would love to see it be a combination of DPS and Healing. A combination of guns and magic! A gun mage/witch!

Since everyone is posting off the wall ideas ...

Cleric

Base Class: ACN or whatever new gun class /w Lv 15 ACN
Fighting Style: Gun-Kata
Weapons: Dual Pistols

A fighting style based on geometrical calculations. Pet (Carbuncle) and owner will work hand in hand to deal damage, with the Carbuncle setting up patterned Aetherfields around enemies empowering the Cleric's shots against said enemies.

Maybe have the state of the Aetherfield change with each shot fired into it, the Carbuncle's job would be creating the Aetherfields and maybe alter it's state to the benefit of the Cleric.

[LlenCoram]

I've been pitching this idea at my friends. If MSK (or whatever it ends up being) is going to be a healer but it isn't magic based, then I imagine it would be something like a chemist or machinists - a class/job that combines items to make different stuff. The problem is of course SE doesn't like to use consumables for battle classes (see arrows being removed in 2.0).

One possible fix is to make it similar to how Ninja works. Give us four or five "item ingredient" actions that, when pressed in specific orders, create a buff or debuff or heal or whatever. So 1234 would be a heal, 1324 would be protect. Something like that.

Might be cool? Honestly after 4 years of waiting I just want my guns already.

[Korilynn]

Just hope they take a queue from watching Yuna in Dead Fantasy and reading Kurohime.

Also, if a healer class, they need a shoot yourself to heal yourself ability!