my idea for a new mage class/job w/e u ppl call it

[Konachibi]

I like the ideas.

Needs a weaver to make the post look high quality but other than that all pretty funky.

I'm not sure the game operates with 'light' and 'dark' elements at the moment though, I think it's usually elements like wind, fire water etc., though I'm sure they could impliment them.

Dark Mage sounds much like a buffed up Thaumaturge, so if S.E decide that 1 class -> multiple jobs instead of the current 1 class -> 1 job they're doing now, a dark mage could very well be introduced in some way or another.

Light Mage, I wouldn't take an ability that's specified by time of day/weather conditions as it's too random and sometimes daytime just seems to fly by.

They both look like support types though, Dark Mage is a debuffer for enemies and Light Mage is a buffer for allies. FFXIV doesn't really have any 'proper' support types yet so they'd certainly have their niche somewhere.

[Keruvinde]

yea i guess i would ahve been better off saying "interesting abilities for thm and con" instead XD ah well

[Konachibi]

yea i guess i would ahve been better off saying "interesting abilities for thm and con" instead XD ah well

If anything it'd be better to associate it as a job. For instance Paladins are going to be made from Gladiators, so they'll have all the Gladiator abilities plus some shiny extras.

So it wouldn't be too far off to say Dark Mage would be made from Thaumaturge, have the THM's abilities plus the ones you listed.

Light Mage however would be slightly more difficult to fit into the lore with Conjurer. Perhaps when they add a new magic class something like a Light Mage could fit in more comfortably.