New Skill Animations

[Ghishlain]

Someone posted a video from the live stream showcasing new job abilities and skills.

AST @ 3:55
SCH @ 2:40
WHM @ 3:05

Let the speculation commence?

[EDIT] Official Video of new Skill animations can be found here, time stamps probably don't work anymore

[EDIT2]

AST @ 4:22
SCH @ 3:07
WHM @ 3:32

Live Letter Info:

*The stream shows off a video demonstration of white mage actions. Please note that all action names are tentative.

White mage is designed as a pure healer job, so we introduced additional healing abilities and other abilities which they are currently lacking.

There are abilities, such as Asylum, that creates a healing field, and a skill that can be used to attack and heal at the same time called Assize.

Additionally, Benediction was the only healing ability which can heal instantly, so we will introduce another single target instant healing ability with a lowered effect.

Furthermore, we will introduce Stone III and Aero III which will be the main attack spells, as well as new ranged DoT spells.

Aside from additional components, white mage was the only job that could increase magic defense by using Protect; however, with the addition of a third healer job, we made it so other jobs will also can use the fully buffed effect of Protect as part of a balance adjustment.

*The stream shows off a video demonstration of scholar actions. Please note that all action names are tentative..

Instead of just simply increasing a scholar's abilities, we made adjustments by adding actions that require you to really think about their use and the best time to utilize them. There are many actions which are useful during boss battles, so you may feel that it hasn’t changed much while running through instance dungeons.

New action: Indomitability
A new AoE healing action will supplement scholar’s current AoE healing strength, which may have felt a bit weak up until now.

New action: Deployment Tactics
This action will extend the effect of Adloquium and Eye for an Eye that is on the target player to other party members in range.

New action: Emergency Tactics
Instead of adding a barrier effect to Adloquium, this action will give addition healing power for the amount of the effect of the barrier.

New action: Dissipation
With this action, you dismiss your fairy in exchange for magic power.

[GideonHighmourn]

SCH sacrifice Fairy for AoE heal, it looked like ... Please don't let this be a thing!

WHM getting a Sacred Soil style defense ability, it seems. Interesting!

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

I don't think it defense, for the white mage. It looks like magic enhancing in general. Whether it works with other casters is something we'll find out another time.
Looking at the video, Aero, Stone and Holy all three look different. It doesn't make sense to me that White Mage would get 3 new damage spells together with that field. It makes more sense to me if that field enhances all spells (effect pending) being cast in the field - Which also makes sense considering they're conjurers and the lore.

[Seryl199]

Astro abilities look pretty cool, not that I can tell what they are doing. Also, looked like whm has Holy II or some such?

Edit:

I don't think it defense, for the white mage. It looks like magic enhancing in general. Whether it works with other casters is something we'll find out another time.
Looking at the video, Aero, Stone and Holy all three look different. It doesn't make sense to me that White Mage would get 3 new damage spells together with that field. It makes more sense to me if that field enhances all spells (effect pending) being cast in the field - Which also makes sense considering they're conjurers and the lore.

Sounds interesting, and a very cool idea

[GideonHighmourn]

Maybe an MP-regeneration field of some sort? To off-set the amount of MP you might be spending using the new offensive spells.

Still, seemed interesting to me!

I was just surprised it seemed like SCH sacrificed the fairy to use that last skill in the video. I hope it's effect is worth losing your fairy for a period of time/having to use SC to get it back.

[LycorisSelunis]

I don't think it defense, for the white mage. It looks like magic enhancing in general. Whether it works with other casters is something we'll find out another time.
Looking at the video, Aero, Stone and Holy all three look different. It doesn't make sense to me that White Mage would get 3 new damage spells together with that field. It makes more sense to me if that field enhances all spells (effect pending) being cast in the field - Which also makes sense considering they're conjurers and the lore.

Perhaps similar to the BLM spell which allows access to fire4 and blizzard4 that they explained?

[GideonHighmourn]

Large shell apparently does healing or increases healing?

Holy 2 heals allies and damages enemies.

Stone 3 and Aero 3 confirmed. AoE + DoTs

Magic protection from Protect being added to other classes, apparently.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

Perhaps similar to the BLM spell which allows access to fire4 and blizzard4 that they explained?

Well, the live stream just botched that idea. Apparently it is a regen field (if I heard that correctly). And they are giving white mage multiple damage spells D: Yoshi pls

[VanilleFang]

they are giving white mage multiple damage spells D: Yoshi pls

Ugh. Why? We already have, what, six? I don't understand why they think we need to waste more space on 3 new ones. Last I checked WHM was a Healer. lol

[Verdan]

RIP protshell.

We better get something GOOD outta this
We also get an ability that transmutes some damage we do into healing. Guys I think they want us to do damage? I donno? Maybe doing damage is also part of the healing role?