The Next DPS Class according to loyal fans!

[Drakeos]

Gunslinger class would be amazing dual wielding pistol DPS (no support BS) would be my fav which has alot of Stuns and Knockbacks (easy for solo play) and able to alot of AOE's and ST (high DPS) but Samurai would be my next class if it comes out (staying MCH till then)

[Drakeos]

No Mystic Knight for DPS class http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/M...inal_Fantasy_V)

[MetalheroD]

No Mystic Knight for DPS class http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/M...inal_Fantasy_V)

Isn't that basically what many people want from RDM? That's basically what *I* want from RDM, if nothing else.

[Branbrey]

100% 2 Handed Sword DPS SWORD SWORD SWORD! We need some class diversity!

[Firepower]

Well according to the questions they asked back in 2012 the jobs came in this order:



Considering they already added SMN at the release, then followed with NIN, that's pet and assassin done. MCH was the long awaited musketeer and DRK also came with Heavensward.

The only one missing is Red Mage.

I know Yoshi doesn't want to implement Blue Mage because he has said a few times he didn't think it would fit well in the tank/dps/healer department and would lead to exclusion if they were missing abilities. Yoshi also said Rogue is THF so we are unlikely to see that too

I would like to see Samurai but I dread to think how the melee wait times would suffer following on from that. I would assume Dancer would be another likely addition and following that Berserker. Beastmaster would likely just end up being SMN 2.0 and since SMN is supposed to be able to glamour their pets in future that would seem even more pointless. Geomancer would be a nice addition but it would probably get shoehorned into being a healer.

If they are going to put a pure ranged DPS in like Ranger they would need to nerf it somehow just to make sure it doesn't remove all need for any melee in the game at all, what's the point in DRG/MNK/NIN when RNG can just do the same job standing away from the enemy and not having to move away to dodge close range AOE's. My only guess would be to make damage relative to distance from the enemy and make it quite a harsh penalty, even with that I would still expect RNG to still be behind the 3 melee's in DPS, just to maintain some balance.

In my Opinion:

Next job Red Mage. Depending on what they do with this will decide Samurai's fate. They could make them Tanks (FFXI RDM's were brutal with fastcast phalanx and stoneskin and spikes) Lots of enfeebles to lower enemies attack, defensive cooldowns, magic shields, or you could make them DPS and make their EN-weapon spells do different things etc.. I would assume following RDM would be Samurai, if RDM is a tank SAM will be DPS if vice versa expect SAM to be Tank (since SAM is very popular and they will try anything to get anyone to play Tanks) Finally if they wanted to round out the 3 they would need a healer, not really my expertise but I could only guess something like a Chemist, Geomancer or Time mage, that they would have to alter to fit the job role.

The Devs also said they won't introduce so many jobs at once again so I would expect perhaps in the next expansion one at release and then one or 2 more perhaps following on at 4.1 and 4.2

[Kolsykol]

I never grew up with and played the Final Fantasy games. It's one of those series that I missed out on :P.
So I don't know what all of the different jobs/ classes are called in the FF settings.
But I'd like to see some kind of frost/ice mage. Are Black Mages considered to be in that category tho?
What I mean, is someone who '' specializes '' in it more like BLM seems to specialize in fire magic.

Not just FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE, crap my mana is out. Better throw my weak and pathetic Frost skills on my target ...... Mana back, FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE.... xD.
I'd like to see someone who actually uses frost/ ice as their main offensive skillset, and not fire.
Like I said tho, I dunno what the classes in the FF games are called. Perhaps BLM are the only ones in the series that have access to frost magic?

[Stormsoul]

I want Red Mage. Who knows if they'll even make it a DPS though.

I would assume Dancer would be another likely addition and following that Berserker. I am sure that They also said they won't introduce so many jobs at once again so I would expect perhaps in the next expansion one at release and then one or 2 more perhaps following on at 4.1 or 4.2

I can definitely see dancer happening, but we already have Berserker -- Warrior is functionally equivalent. The set from Sohm Al even lets you pretend you're wearing berserker AF! xD

[Geardagas]

Beastmaster
Puppet master
Green mage/geomancer

In that order of preference

[Alchemii]

I never grew up with and played the Final Fantasy games. It's one of those series that I missed out on :P.
So I don't know what all of the different jobs/ classes are called in the FF settings.
But I'd like to see some kind of frost/ice mage. Are Black Mages considered to be in that category tho?
What I mean, is someone who '' specializes '' in it more like BLM seems to specialize in fire magic.

Not just FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE, crap my mana is out. Better throw my weak and pathetic Frost skills on my target ...... Mana back, FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE.... xD.
I'd like to see someone who actually uses frost/ ice as their main offensive skillset, and not fire.
Like I said tho, I dunno what the classes in the FF games are called. Perhaps BLM are the only ones in the series that have access to frost magic?

Unfortunately that's Black Mage. There really isn't anything else for that category in the FF serious, and if they even attempted it the devs would be called out for ripping off WoW. As that is pretty much an archetype for the mage in WoW. Infact the entire way you describe specializing in fire or ice is how WoW worked it's mages all the way up til the Panda expansion. Not sure how they do it now.

Also everyone should keep in mind, including myself as I kinda forgot about it, Samurai has already been leaked, be it in a questionable way. So we can pretty much expect that to happen probably in the next expansion. I'd assume it will be a tank class, given that the currently released eastern class is DPS, and it's definitely not going to be a healer.

[Pison]

Also everyone should keep in mind, including myself as I kinda forgot about it, Samurai has already been leaked, be it in a questionable way. So we can pretty much expect that to happen probably in the next expansion. I'd assume it will be a tank class, given that the currently released eastern class is DPS, and it's definitely not going to be a healer.

Samurai is going to be the next healer class, calling it now. Gonna have it act like Sesshomaru from Inuyasha, where you stab things to life.