New Class Speculations

[Beetle]

Wand+Shield Based Class. (Its probably going to be redmage and there will be a dps mode/Gause Barrel mode where a glowing sword blade comes from the wand) SE loves to reuse old model equipment for something else. GLA weapons went to Rogue. ARR had some wands that were added before 1.0 so they did plan on having wands in the game. They started replacing the old wands to staffs for WHM & BLM. I do expect wands to make a return in there new job. All the small mage shields in the game will be given to this Job. So allagan shield, levithian shield, and all low level shields and whatever I forgot to add in.

Samurai
Pretty much a given for expansion. (STR)

Completely new Job.
(Probably a INT or VIT based one) Mainly to just balance out the STATS for each Job. (Not sure but there is roughly 3 Jobs that is there main stat.)
Right so this class could be the wand class also if its main stat is INT.
Gonna say this is going to be Redmage. Probably wand+sword buffing dps with some self healing action like second wind and bio like debuff action.
Probably will replace the BLM slot in the group.

Now I think they're gonna do the samething they did in HW by releasing 1tank,1healer,1dps jobs. Then again I could be wrong. I think they will do this because noone likes playing those jobs or have their current tanks and healers maxed out and they need to refill the duty ques with them.

So, SAM (STR), RDM (INT), ??? (MND)

[Alaltus]

I think Rng would have to have some mechanics to increase the likelyhood of being hit by aoes/ reduce mobility etc. Like building it around locking yourself in place to charge up and then applying that charge to your attacks.

[AlphaFox]

So an idea I thought about (or a suggested change anyway) is for Puppetmaster, perhaps renamed as Minion Master? Let us use our minions to do the fighting however let the story line of the job give us minions (melee, range, tank) be default but allow a slot for that job where we can place our own minions into the slot. Much like the idea for Egi Glamours but seeing as we have a vast array of minions to pick from would allow for select minions we own to take its place. So example wind-up Tonberry or Amal'ja could take the place of the default melee or our Dragon Quest Golem or Wind-up Odin be the Tank. The question then comes to animations I suppose for the minions unless we had a specific reason on why they are limited. Would also give those minion fans a reason to level the class even if just for the sake of the 3 class minions.

[BiggieSmallz]

I know it doesnt fit the storyline but i would like to see a Necromancer class. But in reality i think Sam will be a tank class. We need another casting class to balance to DoM all we really got is Blm and Smn. We got plenty of melee dps right now. So if Rdm come in i think it will be an DoM. Really need another strong DoM class like Blm

[RaizeGraymalkin]

All I know is Samurai better be a damn DPS. That's all I want.

[DeadRiser]

All I know is Samurai better be a damn DPS. That's all I want.

Yoshi said that since DRK is tank, they would be making SAM a dps. So don't worry there ^^

[TaranTatsuuchi]

Yoshi said that since DRK is tank, they would be making SAM a dps. So don't worry there ^^

I do believe the quote was more like, he envisioned samurai as a damage, not that it would be a damage.

[Khalithar]

Yoshi said that since DRK is tank, they would be making SAM a dps. So don't worry there ^^

Citation needed.

[Bulwyf]

I want Samurai as a DPS STR based job. I would like to see Blue Mage as an INT dps class that learns monster attacks and provides a unique way of playing a caster.

[Jadub2k]

Considering SAM was going to be a Tank roll in FFXI which made as much sence as NIN Evasion tank, it good to see it be the way it should be lol

But dropping my 2 cents on the topic..

Red Mage (RDM) - I honestly feel if RDM does get added to the game, it might be a little watered down. You have to remember that RDM is a "Jack of all trades, master of none". But because the way the current battle system is, that might not be possible. Sure it can dabble into the current schools of magic that are currently in the game, and might be the only DPS job that can heal others (Example - Using Convert, RDM version of Cleric stance but with additional affects). Or be the only job in the game that can Multi-Role as in Queing as DPS or Healer. just a few ideas I've had in my head as of late.

Blue Mage (BLU) - Being the True Melee Mage job & with the current battle system I feel BLU would fit right in, just depends on how the devs impliment this. I honestly feel BLU done right would by far be the most customizable job in the game and what sets it apart from the other jobs.

Dancer (DNC) - Dancer I feel would fit best as a Healer Role & could possibly be the Ture DPS Healer (as in no cleric stance, not even cross class option). As a bonus If there is a BRD and DNC in the same party, they would gain bonuses off of each other (this idea spawned from FF Tactics and how Only Males were BRDs and Females were dancers but wihtout the gender lock of course lol) depending on what BRD songs are playing, DNCs would gain additional effects on certain abilities and vise versa for BRDs (trying to make this sound fun but I already know some are not gonna like it, its the forums after all lol).

Corsair (COR) - Had an idea for it for quite a long time, somewhat fleshed out as well. Like example a mix of Melee and range attack combos (Sword Main hand, Gun off hand {Merlwyb}). Questline too, May post in a thread of its own. But now that MCH is here, this is not possible (Too many Pirates in this Game not to have a pirate adventure! lol)