Thread: New skills in 3.0

The only skills we know to be coming are Leviathan and Ramuh pets for Summoner. Personally I'm hoping they aren't counted in the 'total' though and us SMNs actually get some new spells of our own to use. We can only have one pet out at a time so getting a new pet doesn't really count as a new skill in the way it would for other jobs...

New summons. If jobs only get Two new skills (55 and 60) then at least one new Carbuncle for Arcanist. I know Shiva isn't a true Primal, but I will be a little upset if I can't have my Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh triad, and I'm suspecting a Leviathan egi.

If we get a new carbuncle, and therefore a new Fairy for Scholar, I'm not sure how I would want that to go. Since fairies are all off healers, I can't get my Ideal of a non chocobo tanking partner for my Scholar, So I can work on my Tank co-operation while solo. Maybe one with de debuffing skills?

I wouldn't mind some sort of skill that made it worth it to swap in and out summons during a fight, but I can see why that probably wouldn't work.

I'd like to see Paladin get a legit heal spell and maybe another Cover-like ability. Maybe instead of holmgang which pulls an enemy near, an ability that pulls your ally near so you can better protect them.

Extend Paladin's Cover distance and/or let it block magic-bssed damage.

Maybe even give Paladin a third combo skill for Riot Blade that does extra damage to undead enemies, i dunno.

Originally Posted by Hayward

Job Abilities I'd like to see for 55 & 60:

Paladin:

*Knights of the Round (55). A 2nd AoE would help a lot (and yes I do know it was single-target in XI)
*Atonement (60). It would be great if this were the 3rd part of a 2nd combo sequence where enmity affected potency. (Maybe connect it to Riot Blade?)

WTB Paladin Knights of the Round ability!
Make it an upgrade to Hallowed Ground.
Invulnerability AND double damage!

Paladin needs another 3 hit combo, warrior has 3 paladin only has 1.

I havent leveled a paladin yet but my question is should the PLD have some sort of super holy death ray/shield burst/bright sword type of skill that does good bit of damage? when i think of a pld i think of a holy warrior with holy powers that can cause damage...not just blind/aggro enemies

I'd like to see Paladin get a skill which either annuls or severely reduces the damage from the next attack received. It would be immensely beneficial for the hard hitters in some fights. Also, an AoE Esuna/Leeches would be nice, or at the very least one which can remove more than one status at a time.

As for Black Mage, they haven't really left much scope for adding things due to the very mechanics of the job. That being said, It'd be nice to see a new tier of fire/ice spells which could reduce the elemental resistance of the opposing spell. It could make for some interesting tactical choices at the very least.