Time Mage

[Nekotee]

Omg !
Those are far to stong spell !

The time mage would surpass all existing healer and get too much OP skill

Veil/Astra is similar to the new bard spell with less duration but aoe effect
Old = litteraly an additionnal ninja trick attack
Undo = strongest mp regem (depend of your mana comsumption)
Extend = AST copy of time dilatation but far more stronger (double hallowing ground ? Double a 1min20 AST balance card ? To make it a 2min40 DPS boost ?)
Levitate II (where is the one ?) = an OP version of the SCH sacred soil, 25% reduction is huge !
Time slip = basicaly the dark knight undead skill without penalty and healing bonus

Just that part in the spell is unfair..

And then you look at the trait...
The time mage will be able to replace all 3 heal + ninja and bard

I mean -25% casting time and mp cost ? Wtf ?! You won't need mana song then
=> faster cast, reduced mana cost + stronger heal potency... The other healer can go cry in the corner they are no more needed...

Old trait give a critical boost ? Just add dragoon crit spell ninja trick attack and a black mage will do 15 000 damage on a fire IV

Finally time leak, give mana regen... So the time mage is more than mp sufficient with that tool + undo

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The idea is good, but there is so many thing to change in order to balance this idea with the other heal

[Phiglia]

Undo = strongest mp regem (depend of your mana comsumption)
You will burn your MP, you need it!

Extend = AST copy of time dilatation but far more stronger (double hallowing ground ? Double a 1min20 AST balance card ? To make it a 2min40 DPS boost ?)
Nope, only increase enemy debuff! It can be balanced with less increase, 50% increase for exemple.

Levitate II (where is the one ?) = an OP version of the SCH sacred soil, 25% reduction is huge !
Levitate only reduce AoE damage, not direct damage and is only for 1 party member. My bad, only exist one, 1 post fixed!

Time slip = basicaly the dark knight undead skill without penalty and healing bonus
5 min CD, like benediction, it can heal only 5% or even less.


I mean -25% casting time and mp cost ? Wtf ?! You won't need mana song then
=> faster cast, reduced mana cost + stronger heal potency... The other healer can go cry in the corner they are no more needed...
Healers have 40% heal increase, you have 40% cast decrease and less mana cost since you will cast a lot more spells.

Old trait give a critical boost ? Just add dragoon crit spell ninja trick attack and a black mage will do 15 000 damage on a fire IV
I found the skill on other FF games, is here to add more spells to my idea XD! It can be balanced but i don't know how! It requirse a lot of timing.

Finally time leak, give mana regen... So the time mage is more than mp sufficient with that tool + undo
Yep, you are like BM.

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The idea is good, but there is so many thing to change in order to balance this idea with the other heal

Is just ideas, it can be balanced, but i want to be special not just another healer.

[Risvertasashi]

It is one of the more interesting writeups I've seen. I like the concept. I wonder, though: Could it, perhaps, be applied to a different job concept so the distinction is more clear?

For example, one of the future healers people say they would like to see is Chemist... maybe a delayed heal could work for them? etc etc.

The idea is good, but there is so many thing to change in order to balance this idea with the other heal

Yeah, some of the potencies and such are definitely on the high end. If SE ever were to use this idea I assume they'd balance, play test, and balance some more. So my preference is to focus on the concepts rather than specific numbers.

[Seiichi]

This is an amazing idea, i love the fact that this Healer can use Buff/Debuffs as his advantage, it can become the only Healer with a actual rotation likes DPSes, and he needs to be very precise with his team to get the maximum from most of his spells (Extend and Time Slip).

Again, i love this idea, but i think a 4th Healer is too much right now, and to balance everything of his spells it's going to be a nightmare (as we see with AST, balancing Healers is quite hard).
But if any day it comes in the game, be sure i'll play it right after it dropps !

[Risvertasashi]

Again, i love this idea, but i think a 4th Healer is too much right now

Well, remember, designing and implementing jobs doesn't happen overnight. I imagine the next new jobs we'll get will be 4.0, ie the next expansion pack.

...And I really hope SE won't let healers become the forgotten role for the next expac.

[Anova]

Overall, you have some fun ideas. I don't know how hard they will be to implement in the code, but they're interesting. Other than that though, the class needs some serious re-balancing or at least testing. I suspect this class is simply too powerful as is with the current potencies.

Your potency values seem much higher than normal. A normal 1st heal is potency 400 and the 2nd heal is potency 680. Why is your cure potency 20% higher than other healers?

Also, a 20 second stun is just not going to happen, even with a 150sec CD. As for Undo, I would want to double check the AST's MP use before committing to that. It can just be a really powerful and instant mp recovery though.

[Phiglia]

The potency are higher for a simple reason:

Maim and Mend I
Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.

Maim and Mend II
Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.

These are basic traits of Arcanist and Conjurer, a 40% free healing potency. My TM idea don't have this traits, but have 40% cast reduction and 25% mana reduction, and even with higher potency, has less healing power than the other jobs. I even changed the "Enhanced Mind" of WM for "Enchanced Piety" to decrease more the healing power.

The values of all can be changed, they are just to represent the job, of course it needs balanced, a lot of it XD

[BlakeEarhart]

You know what I'm all for this. That's a great idea to be honest. SquareEnix make this happen and you'll have my firstborn son!

[Phiglia]

Probably while leveling, 500 potency heal is a bit OP, but later on is even lower.

Physick/Cure + Both "Maim and Mend" Traits
400*1.1*1.3= 572 potency
400*1.4= 560 potency

I don't know the formula, but these are both posibles formulas and are pretty the same.

Later on I will try to transform into chemist or other healing type job since we have AST.

Wich other job can be healer? Chemist, Dancer/Bard and Geomancer? Probably Mystic?