Next Job/Jobs Speculation

[Yhisa]

i dont think more jobs should be added to the game tbh, because players consently complain about "raid ultility" and will scream consently if the new job replace x job

look at the state of tanks and healers..... they are consently being balanced around each other adding a 4th tank or healer will just make it a nightmare

for example we always have these issues in game

war vs pld vs drk
sch vs whm vs ast
blm vs smn vs rdm
sam vs mnk
brd vs mch

adding anymore jobs will make balancing raid dps a lot harder because people have the mentality of "bring the job not the player"

until they abolish "raid ultility" adding more jobs will just be a pain

[Ayer2015]

i dont think more jobs should be added to the game tbh, because players consently complain about "raid ultility" and will scream consently if the new job replace x job

look at the state of tanks and healers..... they are consently being balanced around each other adding a 4th tank or healer will just make it a nightmare

for example we always have these issues in game

war vs pld vs drk
sch vs whm vs ast
blm vs smn vs rdm
sam vs mnk
brd vs mch

adding anymore jobs will make balancing raid dps a lot harder because people have the mentality of "bring the job not the player"

until they abolish "raid ultility" adding more jobs will just be a pain

I really don't think the entire community should suffer no further jobs based on the proportionally small raiding community.

[RitsukoSonoda]

I really don't think the entire community should suffer no further jobs based on the proportionally small raiding community.

Agreed. More jobs means more options for all players. The people complaining will always complain regardless and the ones complaining about "raid utility" often sound like the players in MOBA's complaining about "Meta". So let that part of the community argue amongst themselves over which job is better for a role while the rest of us enjoy the variety.

[Yhisa]

also no just no to people asking for dancer to be a damage healer

if dancer is added to the game which heals base upon the damage they deal (sigh mistweaver rip off from warcraft) then all the healers would get trashed and raid teams will only take dancer because they add raid dos to make the kill quicker

but seriously if they want to add new jobs they will need to look at new role entirely take away all raid ultility from all jobs in the game and make a new role called "support" these jobs do not have high dps or high healing capabilties but what they provide is strong ultility support which helps groups

for this u may add for the new support role

geomancer, dancer, beast master, ninja

geomancer = support with earth
dancer = support with dances
beast master = support with Roars
ninja = support with ninjutsu

[Belhi]

Honestly it seems Geomancers are tied to Astologians so I don't think they will be their own Job even though they use different spells.

[dinnertime]

but seriously if they want to add new jobs they will need to look at new role entirely take away all raid ultility from all jobs in the game and make a new role called "support" these jobs do not have high dps or high healing capabilties but what they provide is strong ultility support which helps groups

The dev team already said this will never happen because it would mean they'll have to tune EVERY content to accommodate the new role.
Also Ninja as a support but not Bard? Uhh no.

[Ghastly]

Please no official support class ever please xD
Full support classes are a nightmare to balance.

I just hope they add Geomancer as a tank. We're only getting 2 new jobs and none of them will be dps so hopefully Geomancer is a tank who uses nature to protect itself and attack. They could use the elements to reduce damage taken or damage done by enemies depending on the nature spells they use.

Look at these amazing skills from FF Tactics A2....

Shining flare, venom squall, avalanche, mist storm, nature's embrace, artifice's embrace, life's embrace, earth's embrace
Embrace could be the main defense skills and the others the enmity skills

Create mist storm, unleash an avalanche.
Create mist storm, unleash venom squall

So perfect and fun

And to add even more evidence of Geomancer being added..Geomancers are also known as Taoists or Elementalists and guess which glamour we have in stormblood? Taoist dress/robe.

[RitsukoSonoda]

SE may already have an idea on new jobs based on MSQ and the AST job quest line from SB

The AST job quests show that Geomancy is a thing in game

Near the end of the current MSQ Lyse uses a weapon type not currently used by any job in the game along with her Dancer-esque attire.

[Penthea]

I just want blue mage so we can maybe get Quina/Qu artifact gear.

And more forks.

[dinnertime]

Near the end of the current MSQ Lyse uses a weapon type not currently used by any job in the game along with her Dancer-esque attire.

I reeeally doubt Lyse is foreshadowing Dancer because her Ala Mhigan folk dress. Plus some Monk weapons actually have blades plastered onto them so it's not really something unique.

There's a good chance Dancer will be one of the next jobs anyway since it's highly demanded.