Would you like to see a job class based off of Azem's crystal?

[Soge01]

WARNING! SHADOWBRINGERS SPOILERS FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET!!!!

Azem's memory crystal has a unique magic that allows us to summon allies to assist in our greatest time of need. Like the shade of Hades during our fight with Elidibus.

So what if Azem's crystal were somehow converted into a job crystal and then strengthened by the aether of our closest allies (other than the Scions), allowing us to temporarily summon them and use their fighting skills in battle, much like how Summoner will function in Endwalker with no clunky slow pet mechanics, but a whole scene of one of our allies appearing before us and wrecking havoc on our enemies with their strongest attack or supporting us/our party members with their best status boosting abilities/spells or protecting us with their greatest shield/healing spell or ability.

Thoughts?

Also, real quick. Sorry if I just let the thread goes talk amongst themselves without me joining for the most part. I never know when to actually properly jump into a online conversation without somehow feeling like I'm alienating/not responding to another person's opinion I read before or after. Though I still enjoy reading the thoughts on the subjects I bring up for people to talk about. So...yeah. Lol!

[KizuyaKatogami]

Honestly love this idea. They can’t properly balance 3 healers, so let’s just smush all current jobs into one. Easy balance!

[Nethereal]

Honestly love this idea. They can’t properly balance 3 healers, so let’s just smush all current jobs into one. Easy balance!

The bluemage of healers. Neutral sect, synastry, benediction, sacred soil all in one.

[Floortank]

We already have the power of calling our friends into duties. It's called bribery!

[Alacran]

I see it as a straight stat boost, with some thematic skills, & summon ability. Even after Endwalker, i'm still maining Dark Knight, so having to switch to another job would irk me a bit.

[van_arn]

The job already exists. It's Duty Finder.

[Anhra]

Honestly? No.
I think at this point, we have more than enough Jobs already, if anything, squeenix should start putting more focus and effort into the existing ones, like giving us more customisation options/skilltrees/alternative playstyles.

[Soge01]

Honestly? No.
I think at this point, we have more than enough Jobs already, if anything, squeenix should start putting more focus and effort into the existing ones, like giving us more customisation options/skilltrees/alternative playstyles.

At some point, yes, I completely agree with this. But I think adding a few more classes at least is what we need to help see the current job classes eventually leading up to that.

Like, with Sage added to the trio of healers as the fourth and with the introduction of pure and shield Healer concept to seperate the Healer role into two distinct groups. If Endwalker is successful with this concept, then I think we need more of that with the job classes we already have, plus adding a few more in order to fill certain roles our current roster of classes can't at the moment. For example, with the loss of Summoner's DoT spells, this would give FFXIV team the prime opportunity to introduce a spell caster class that focuses primarily on DoT skills and status ailments.

I think after all of that, then the devs should focus on customization options, skilltrees and alt playstyles for the classes to give some variety to what we already got.

[Setesh45]

I have to join the no party.
It would be ridiculous... For once how do you summon the aether of your still living closest allies? Do you sap them leaving them half dead somewhere in the world?
How is the class different from the Endwalker summoner? It works completely the same as you described, there are no clunky slow mechanics anymore.

[Soge01]

I have to join the no party.
It would be ridiculous... For once how do you summon the aether of your still living closest allies?
Do you sap them leaving them half dead somewhere in the world?

I forgot to put in my opening post, but I thought the summoning would work like a Endwalker Summoner's where we, having the residual aether of our closet comrades stored away in our soul crystal, allows us to temporarily summon a simulacrum of sorts that performs the attack/ability/spell you summoned them for before breaking apart and dissipating until you need to call them again.

How is the class different from the Endwalker summoner? It works completely the same as you described, there are no clunky slow mechanics anymore.

That, I haven't really thought through yet. For right now, I just thought us gaining a job class some time later after Endwalker based off of Azem's supposed ability to summon his friends during his time of need would have been a cool concept and something to call back to the WoL's original/unsundered self.