Thread: 4.0 Where will we go? what class (or classes) will be added

Originally Posted by Tyrius

I was hoping for a mage type of DPS we have so much physical DPS right now and only 2 magic damage dealers in SMH and BLM yet we have 2 ranged physical damage dealers as well as 3 melee physical damage dealers we need more fire and explosions!!!!!

I'd quite like;

Red Mage - melee based mage DPS, combo with swords, applies DoTs with magic (Dia?), perhaps direct damage spell like Banish, makes sense for them to have Cure too, melee ability to do damage based on DoTs (basically Fester, but Fencer...).
Dancer - Exactly what is was in Final Fantasy XI, just play up the healing is it's actually as solid as White Mage et al.
Blue Mage - mage based tank, with a counter mechanic that basically takes whatever you get hit by, and turns that into an attack for you.

As for the location... Thavnairia, that place was mentioned long before Doma (plus Doma was completely destroyed IIRC), and the Alchemist quest even has a nice little reference to Blue Mage in it, with a certain Thavnairian Alchemist...

Really want Samurai as well though... Just Red Mage (melee mage DPS), Dancer (melee healer), Blue Mage (mage tank) is far more interesting. Samurai would either be another melee DPS or melee tank, and we've got plenty of those already... If SE wants to get people trying different roles, they should try switching up the playstyle with something like a melee based healer...