Roles for Samurai, Red Mage, Dancer

[ADVSS]

Are those 3 jobs confirmed? Well if theres a Dancer it will make more sense as DPS. It will be come something similar like Bard. So a DPS with some dances (songs) to "semi" support.
So by default SAM will be the tank and RDM the healer.

logically the path of least resistance, and probably the best guess. Though id like to see a tp healer this time around, i think theyve about mp'd out their ideas for an original healer at this point. Tank role itself is very carved in stone, and i guess thatd let dancers do the mambo wandering about cheerleading while everyone else is stationary.

[otarolgam]

Samurai: DD
Red Mage: Tank
Dancer: Healer

[kaptainpancake69]

I would love if Dancers had race specific moves, just one class that makes sense. Silly dances for lala, etc.

[Powe]

Samurai: DD
Red Mage: Tank
Dancer: Healer

Dear God no, I want to be able to play Red mage( I don't tank, I just don't) honestly don't get why people are wanting red mage to be a tank, in almost all other FF games, the red mage never had the highest hp, it wasn't the heavy hitter or the greatest gealer, it was basically a way to be ready for anything and react to anything. And from those attribute I see that as a dps( could be healer but eh) it can give buffs to the whole party, I could help with healing if the healers are having a hard time, it can dps( not sure what rank it should be in the dps rank) it's something to be used as a just in case scenario, not thrown out in the front to be attacked by multiple enemies and gain all the hate.

[Xlantaa]

I don't undetand why people becomes agressive when someone suggest Samurai as tank, as if was some thing of heresy ask for it. Think on it. Samurai can be both Tank or DPS perfectly of course, but if comes both Red Mage and Samurai together in the same expasion (if that happens of course), which really will be each? And please, not with the "mage tank is new!" or "we have too much sword tanks" (btw, red mage uses sword/rapiers) and that. Please think on how the game works. Picking the current job config, what you think fit better this classes with the current job configuration?



If Red Mage or Samurai are a Tank, they will look like this image. Samurai probably won't look neither good with that, but, think on it. Between Red mage or Samurai, which one fit that gear? If you ask me, that thing fits more a Samurai than a Red Mage. A lot of people complain about the indetity of the jobs in this game, but you will allow this to red mage only in order to obtain a Samurai DPS?

Of course, still, like I said, can be both DPS, but then they won't come in the same expasion, which is not the theme of this thread (unless they put Red Mage as healer, Sam as DPS, which, can be, possible too).

I will add. This game will never put a tank in robes. Too much thigns must me changed for that.

[ShinMetsu]

In my opinion FFXIV has huge identity issues anyway when it comes to gear, it feels like every job is butchered in its appearance, it's just all kinds of messed up imo.

Pretty much none of the MNK or NIN gear has an eastern touch to it, except for AF. Most of the gear looks the same for DRG too, just very slight variances between DRG and MNK, slight variances between NIN BRD and MCH.
And Casters and Healers look alike too except for color differences.
OH AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON NIN WEAPONS. just a bunch of freaking daggers and miniature swords....

This is something FFXI did right imo, most classes had a unique look to them.


Also... xP

[Shippuu]

This is something FFXI did right imo, most classes had a unique look to them.

I had a good laugh at this. Because most classes did not have unique looks to them in FFXI outside of AF/Relic armor etc. which are themed around their jobs specifically and no different than FFXIV's AF,Mytholoy, Esoteric gear.

If you weren't wearing your AF in FFXI you were wearing a mish-mash of unmatching gear that often looked ridiculous and it wasn't uncommon to see many different jobs wearing the same pieces such as the O. Hat, Scorpian Harness, Assault Jerkin etc.






So unique

[ShinMetsu]

I had a good laugh at this. Because most classes did not have unique looks to them in FFXI outside of AF/Relic armor

[Shippuu]

It's also funny you try to use that armor as an example after saying ffxiv doesn't have job identity in armors. Because when one thinks of Final fantasy Blackmages the image that comes to mind is totally a tribal tattoo covered witch doctor...

[Welsper59]

It's also funny you try to use that armor as an example after saying ffxiv doesn't have job identity in armors. Because when one thinks of Final fantasy Blackmages the image that comes to mind is totally a tribal tattoo covered witch doctor...

Remember that he did say "unique". The Igqira set was very unique. Doesn't have to necessarily relate to the jobs cliche look in FF to be that way. I mean, we did have this as a thing before...



I still think that, at least for BRD/MCH, that was a pretty damn lackluster go.