Tank and Healer class suggestion.

[DeepbloodEclipse]

Thavnair is an island nation in the south of Eorzea known for outfits pulled right out of 1001 Arabian Nights and better known for being a nation of master alchemists. There's probably some more info you can get from googling "FFXIV Thavnair", but my guess is that there could be some excuse of Thavnair weaponizing their alchemy for some reason or another.

With Hoplite, just make sure it stays about as far off from PLD not just in terms of shield stuff and toys, but also in terms of attacks and making sure they're using their shields differently.

I can understand their alchemical developments, but according to the lore, they are not very advanced in technology, so firearms for them seems like a stretch.

As for the Difference in playstyle, hmm...well, since it uses piercing attacks it works together well with a DRG, BRD and MCH. But I'm thinking that if the Capsarius were to use the repeater, then we'd also have a healer that benefits from their defense reduction buffs, but if Capsarius uses a Launcher, I guess the grenades would register as Blunt damage.

Something I had in mind with the Hoplites tower shield is that if your teammates stand behind you, they take reduced damage as well, but then I felt like I'm ripping off TERA's Lancer class and scratched it, but do you think such a thing could work?