So how about a new gathering class?

[Ramdragn]

I see shepherd a little overwhelming since they will need housing like instances for each player. Unless they use a farm per Housing kind of system. I think an implementation of the companion chocobo with abilities for the DoL and DoH would be easier if not more feasible. Jus like a chocobo helps with healing/DPS/tanking it can help while gathering or leave a treat ability for DoH

[Mature]

Materia maker. Crashing the market 24/7 and forget Sb

[Orspeth]

Dumpster Diver !

[Spawnie]

Someone once suggested Trapper - harvests bones, hides, and meat. It'd probably work a bit more like FSH than it would MIN or BTN, though.

Though it's kind of hilarious to imagine it DOES work like MIN or BTN: a trapper walks up to a Pieste, opens up a gathering window, and starts hacking away with a skinning knife or something while the Pieste patiently waits. XD

could of been me lol but that was soooooooooooo long ago if it was me ur talking about lol id still love to see a trapper type class added tho gives other ways to collect skins/beast products

[Nazgul04]

Materia maker just made me think a bit. We already have the lore around aether trough Moenbryda. So how about an "Aether chaneller"? Depending on area and strength of the gatherspot it could give different materia. Maybe it could be even a minigame like crafting which desides the outcome of materia. As this could have a heavy inflict in materia prices, there could also be the possibility for "clear demimateria" like items. So just gil.

I think that could be a fun class if done right.
As a bonus it wouldn't mess with all the recipes for the DoH

[KikoriL]

Treasure hunter.

Bonus points if it gives us a way to actually chance at picking up what others have discarded, complete with craftsman names, materia included, etc.

[Zohar_Lahar]

Shepherd was in the 1.xx .dats but never implemented. The Shepherd's guild still exists.

Wasn't it at Falcon's Nest? (that place that will be reappearing in the expansion)