So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

[Vexander]

I could see Blue Mage being added with the current combat formula in mind. DPs, Tank, Healer, filling one of those roles. The idea of being a Professor of Monsters isn't mutually exclusive as others have said. The idea of it being a job-specific hunt log/sightseeing log is quite appealing to be honest. Blue Mage enabling an in-game bestiary would be fantastic. Seeing something unique like that for other jobs would likewise be pretty interesting. I'd love if Black Mages could gather information about different kinds of Voidsent. Or if Paladin was able to fight various, 'Champions,' of Eorzea, building a bit of background on characters, such as the Company of Heroes.

Obviously you can't really do something like that with every job, but I think it would still be a fascinating addition to the game and really help make the Jobs have more flavor and individuality from one another.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Dark Knight in Tactics is similar. They absorbs HP and MP off enemies with skills, didn't sacrifice HP (that I remember)

Edit: they had 2 sac HP skills, but otherwise, its a pretty good fit. Saccing HP as a tank would be a bad idea in an MMO.

[DBelmont]

Saccing HP as a tank would be a bad idea in an MMO.

Unless if they make it work as an OT mechanic were it would help make use of the extra tank HP to push dps further when NOT tanking.

[Dualblade]

I actually went reading through a bit about Dark Knights in various Final Fantasy games. On the whole most DKs don't have many HP-draining abilities (usually two at most), though some had more then that. Bravely Default actually seems to have had the most amount of such. XI also seems to be a bit higher having three from what I see either draining-HP or being dependant on damage taken. They also had a move that decreased their defense for more attack.

While XIV DK doesn't have any HP-Sacrificing moves, nothing says the devs might not add them in at some point. The more levels we get the more one SHOULD be better at their job as well as those around them, plus given how much we see healers talk about how healing by itself isn't that bad/too easy something like Darkness could be seen as a way to keep them on their toes as well...so long as it has the potency to make up for the loss of Healer DPS in the eyes of the player base.

As an aside, it would probably be a good idea to stop snipping/name-calling each other. Noone is going to see eye-to-eye when everyone is being aggressive against each other.

[AsukaHamano]

Samurai(SAM)
(*Probably beating a dead horse on this one now*)

why?
Datamine notes
NPC references after 3.5, similar to NIN
Was 1st choice over DRK

I dont mind blue mage being in the game and it would be interesting to see how they did it, but first things first, Samurai.
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[Vexander]

I'm hoping the new Jobs will still have a similar number of quests to other jobs, despite starting at a higher level. Kind of a tutorial of sorts. So the first 6 Quests are back-to-back.

Quest 1: Get the Crystal, your AF Gear, and an AF-matching weapon.
Quest 2: Learn the Job's Offensive Rotation and abilities.
Quest 3: Learn the Job's Defensive Abilities and when best to use them.
Quest 4: Learn the Job's Healing Abilities and when best to use them.
Quest 5: Learn the Job's Utility Abilities and when best to use them.
Quest 6: Learn Chainspell and how to use all Job abilities to properly use Chainspell.

Then the next Quest gives you incentive to go to Dravania on a Quest, and you do your 52, 54, 56, 58, and 60 quests.

[Reynhart]

Considering they didn't do proper 1-30 tutorial for DRK, MCH and AST, and that they struggled to keep a full fledged-story between 30-50 and 50-60, I won't keep my hopes high for that.

[Watachy]

Considering they didn't do proper 1-30 tutorial for DRK, MCH and AST, and that they struggled to keep a full fledged-story between 30-50 and 50-60, I won't keep my hopes high for that.

Everybody near me saying that the new jobs must start at lvl 50. Can anyone confirm that ?

[Reynhart]

Everybody near me saying that the new jobs must start at lvl 50. Can anyone confirm that ?

Well, they announced that their plan is to make new jobs start at 50. As for wether it's a good starting point, well...it's up for debate.

[AlphaFox]

Everybody near me saying that the new jobs must start at lvl 50. Can anyone confirm that ?

If it helps according to a slide I saw RDM can be accessed in a 2.0 area and the only stipulation is being level 50 and having stormblood, so...seems like it. Otherwise it would be an odd thing to do in my opinion rather than just letting us open it at 30.