Chemist: Healing Job.

[Altijacek]

It's still an easy issue to fix, it should be more or less designed so that the chemist is going out of TP towards the end of the fight if they are DPSing, and even more so if they are DPSing and overhealing. Potencies can always be adjusted, and aren't set in stone.

[Dualgunner]

This is ridiculously well detailed! I love it lol. I wish I could detail my own Blue Mage suggestion like this.

[myahele]

I would have loved it if they used guns like FF 10-2 machinists; it was a fairly unique take on the weapons, but at the the same time made lots of sense in the game world.

But we got machinists :-/

[AlphaFox]

I would have loved it if they used guns like FF 10-2 machinists; it was a fairly unique take on the weapons, but at the the same time made lots of sense in the game world.

But we got machinists :-/

Well we could always get bigger or more bulky guns, rank em as Medical Guns or such xD

[WellFooled]

Chemist is one of my all time favorite Final Fantasy Classes. I'm hoping its added to the game sometime as a healer. Would make me so happy!

This is my exact reaction. Chemists were a favorite of mine in FFT and I'd love to see them in FFXIV. I also think a non-magic healing class would be a lot of fun (even if it's just in lore and not gameplay).

[DragonHunterG]

Is it more of an RP thing that's why? In the end, as far as the gameplay goes, it would still involve the same format of healing that the other magic based healers deal with. A lot of people don't want to deal with the responsibilities involved with the healing and tank roles, even if they may dabble in it. I mean, if the concept of healer doesn't appeal to you now, the odds are rather high that it wouldn't appeal to you in the long run if your perception has not changed at all about the role in general prior.

Of course, this is assuming that any future jobs fall in-line with complexity that the current ones have now for their roles... minimal lol. It would play out pretty similar to the others, just because of a necessity to simplify to be on-par with WHM/SCH/AST. Should such a healer job ever become so complex that you are full-timing your abilities and "spells" to put out the same potency of heals as others of the role, then maybe that could be interesting. Although, that also means that you're more of a liability and outright useless compared to the other jobs.

You're right, in that healing doesn't appeal to me at all at this point (leveling CNJ/WHM to get Stoneskin for my PLD was a tribulation in itself) and chances of that changing are pretty slim, but I'd certainly give it a second look with a potential job like Chemist. I guess it does have a little bit more to do with the RP aspect of it and finding a role you're comfortable in, kind of drives the ambition to get better at it gameplay-wise.

[marewa]

My other main in Ragnarok Online was always Creator.......... I love chucking potions at people.

I wish but I doubt it

Hahahahaha. Throws healing potion at someone, cuts them up with glass, throws healing potion to fix it, cuts them up with glass.

[AlphaFox]

True that RP may be a point and it's true that some people may never touch a healing class regardless of how many they make, however if a class entices people enough they may be willing to try it and may actually enjoy it. Was the cause for Dark Knight I'd wager, may not be a giant increase in Tanks but I'd say an increase is an increase. A non-magic healing class would certainly interest me, which I would kinda assume Dancer could fill that role as well if not a Chemist.

[Nicolepwned]

I think it's not, seeing as there is a lot more decision making to be made here. Potencies can be fixed, but to have really strong heals you need to use your back stock stack as well as supplement it, and a supplement is only available once every 20 seconds (kinda like dark arts is available and augments stuff).

Potencies need to be fixed, yes, but I'm mostly looking at it being to Shield AND HoT. Why bother bringing two different classes? Just bring one or two Chemists. Imo it has to be either HoT OR Shields, etc.

[Ilitsa]

Potencies need to be fixed, yes, but I'm mostly looking at it being to Shield AND HoT. Why bother bringing two different classes? Just bring one or two Chemists. Imo it has to be either HoT OR Shields, etc.

I was thinking that too, maybe make them not able to stack with eachother, or share a cd or something