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    Quote Originally Posted by Phoenicia View Post
    As much as I love BLU, it probably won't make an appearance in FFXIV no thanks to how it is setup to have a set number of abilities and traits on all classes.
    Still needs a lot of cleanup, but I just want to prove BLU can be in this game.
    Quote Originally Posted by Deusteele View Post
    I wouldn't mind the 4th tank being based on a similar model to WoW's Brewmaster Monk or Guardian Druid. Evasion based using either a huge health pool to mitigate bad streaks, with self-heals to supplement healers. Or a shunted damage pool that absorbs a percentage of damage taken, which then slowly bleeds the excess damage back to the player. Dancer could work as the latter, Beastmaster as the former.
    Personally, I figured SAM would get something akin to the Brewmaster's Stagger mechanic. It just seems like a natural fit since samurai armor (traditionally lamellar stuff) isn't as sturdy as plate and if we were to go by real life analogs, SAM may end up with lower native defense compared to PLD, WAR and DRK. Some adaptation of Shuffle would work for Dancer if you want to make it a tank, though you'd need additional mechanics to make it work.
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    Last edited by Duelle; 08-07-2015 at 06:35 PM.
    * The sad thing is that FFXIV turned RDM into a turret, and people think that's what it's supposed to be. It's supposed to combine sword and magic into something more, not spend the bulk of gameplay spamming spells and jump into melee for only 3 GCDs before scurrying back to the back line like good little casters.
    * Design ideas:
    Red Mage - COMPLETE (https://tinyurl.com/y6tsbnjh), Chemist - Second Pass (https://tinyurl.com/ssuog88), Thief - First Pass (https://tinyurl.com/vdjpkoa), Rune Fencer - First Pass (https://tinyurl.com/y3fomdp2)