Next Job/Jobs Speculation

[EdwinLi]

I will say this my Dream Job for any RPG is a Technology Mage Job

I always found it interesting what may happen if you combine Technology and Magic into one Class/Job. Sadly very few RPGs will bother creating a Technology Mage job.

However, with Yoshi-P saying he wants to introduce new Jobs that are unique to FF14 I hope greatly that he may introduce a Magitek Mage Job either a Tank or DPS.

[Sandpark]

I will say this my Dream Job for any RPG is a Technology Mage Job

I always found it interesting what may happen if you combine Technology and Magic into one Class/Job. Sadly very few RPGs will bother creating a Technology Mage job.

However, with Yoshi-P saying he wants to introduce new Jobs that are unique to FF14 I hope greatly that he may introduce a Magitek Mage Job either a Tank or DPS.

They should make a job that wears exosuits something like the game Warframe. Except here they are warframes based off of elements or physics. They have a magical shapeshifting weapon that changes depending on what frame is used. Say the frame below wields flame whips, while another frame that deals in bleeds might have a hat like Kung Lao or laced in elements that cuts enemies. Their magic would be gravity or light something spiritual woo woo-ish or based around space anomalies like black holes,etc.



The exosuits could even be built around emulating the primals in terms of aesthetics or powers, research into emulating the power of primals. But I don't know if digging into that area is wise or not.

[EdwinLi]

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Exosuit would be impossible for FF14 Job because that would overlap the Armor worn by the Tech Mage Job. At best I can see a Magitek Mage Job use a Magitek Gauntlet to create different holographic weapons to attack from Range or Melee

[Janhyua]

Please another tank and healer pleaseeeeeeeeeeee

[Kazrah]

I will say this my Dream Job for any RPG is a Technology Mage Job

I always found it interesting what may happen if you combine Technology and Magic into one Class/Job. Sadly very few RPGs will bother creating a Technology Mage job.

However, with Yoshi-P saying he wants to introduce new Jobs that are unique to FF14 I hope greatly that he may introduce a Magitek Mage Job either a Tank or DPS.

That's usually because very few RPGs go as far in-depth on the sci-fi level, opting for the same, old, safe fantasy genre. It's also a tricky thing to balance thematically between how much tech it uses, how much magic it uses and how are both of those interact.

Fortunately FFXIV does place in a reasonable excuse to implement the element of a tech-themed caster into the game lore, leaving many questions regarding the use of Magitek due to the inability to use magic and how some Garleans have figured out how to use basic spells. It would be a cool concept to do, but it'd require a lot more to flesh out.

Please another tank and healer pleaseeeeeeeeeeee

5.0, "Please look forward to it!"

[EdwinLi]

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I always assumed all the Garlean Soldiers we fight that can use basic Magic are by blood non-Garleans. As we learned in 4.0 the number of non-Garleans in the Garlean Army holds high amount due to conscription and willingly joining the Garlean Army to obtain Citizenship after 20 years of service since the only way to obtain garlean citizenship for non-Garleans is through military service from what we know so far.

Still I always call the Tech Mage Job my dream job because it is mostly a Dream in most RPG anyways due to the fantasy theme the setting is most RPGs. It has always interested me how a Tech Mage may go in Final Fantasy series since they have Megitek. Normally Machinist would focus on the Magitek skills for FF series but it never really take things into utilizing Magitek in a more mage type form. SE has the material, being Magitek, for a long time to create a Tech Mage Job and I hope FF14 may introduce it since Yoshi-P is considering introducing Jobs that are unique to FF14. It would also be a nice Garlean Theme Job as well considering Garlean Empire's constant research into advancing Magitek and with there being Garleans defecting into areas outside of Garlemald, such as Cid, the Ironwork engineers, and Lucia, they already have a lore reason for such Job to appear outside of Garlemald at anytime.

[Kazrah]

I always assumed all the Garlean Soldiers we fight that can use basic Magic are by blood non-Garleans. As we learned in 4.0 the number of non-Garleans in the Garlean Army holds high amount due to conscription and willingly joining the Garlean Army to obtain Citizenship after 20 years of service since the only way to obtain garlean citizenship for non-Garleans is through military service from what we know so far.

I forget where the information comes from, but the story was that very few Garleans had a minor affinity for magic and were able to cast spells on a very rudimentary level. It's kinda like playing this game one-handed: it's doable, but definitely leaves a disadvantage.

After thinking about, it dawned on me that Machinist is a benchmark for the "tech mage" theme. Even though the use of a gun to fire aether bullets and using aether to power turrets and other various tech toy buffs might not seem like much, but it's a step toward that theme and a pretty good example of how the themes of magic and technology can be combined.

Another possibility is the more steampunk-esque style that can be sometimes associated with Time Mage, which Alexander proved to be at least thematically possible.

[EdwinLi]

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Well thinking about it. Final Fantasy has 2 out of the 3 basic Warrior, Rogue/Archer, and Mage Job trinity covered for their series.

Machinist is the Magitek Rogue/Archer Job and Gunblade users are the Magitek Warrior Job.

They are just missing that Magitek Mage job to complete the Job trinity for Magitek Users in FF series.

[Alacran]

Please another tank and healer pleaseeeeeeeeeeee

I feel that another Tank and Healer are a given at this point, however i truly feel it will be a case of too little too late. The choice to make SAM a DPS took much of the incentive they could have used to pull people into Tanking. I do not feel anything will come close to to it's popularity/ pull people away from DPS jobs. At this point they will need a Dual gunblade wielding Sephiroth Tank job (SOLDIER?) just to help cut DF que times by any margin.

Wiess Dirge of Cerberus

[WhimsicalB]

I would love to see all the special jobs from FFX-2
Like Songstress, Gun Mage, Lady Luck, Trainer, Berserker and Mascot! =D