New DPS Job Idea - Time Mage!

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Advent of the Time Mage

A new way to manipulate aether and magical energies has been discovered, and it is most intriguiging indeed...the ability to wield Time Magic! Unfortunately, the abilities discovered thus far do not allow large-scale manipulation of space or time to allow, for instance, large-scale time travel or inter-galactic teleportation. Yet, the microscale manipulations of the flow of spacetime create a powerful moveset for the Time Mage!


Time Mage is a DPS support-based burst-damage job whose primary function is similar (but more potent than) Bard, whereby buffs and debufffs and given to enemies and party members to tip the scales in the party's favor. Of the few ways the Time Mage does have to damage the foe, all are focused on burst damage, particularly using its deadly Armageddon Counters. Time Mage, like Red Mage, will be able to perform both Spells and Weaponskills, though Time Mage's handle on melee-based combat is vastly secondary to its magic moves.

The Time Mage wields a switchblade dagger in the mainhand, which it uses for weak close combat battle. It is most comfortable from afar, though, and wields a timepiece in the offhand to concentrate the aetheric manipulations of the time flow in the area.

Mainhand: Switchblade
Offhand: Timepiece
Attire: Magic Robes

(Armageddon Counter Meter: The main meter of the Time Mage. Must be activated (turned "on") through the use of Prophetic Blow I. A small indicator will show whether it is on or not. The Meter builds up power from 1 to 10, and each time a Prophetic Blow I, II, or III attack is dealt, there is a chance that the meter's power is unleashed all at once, resetting it to 0 and turning it off. This chance is equal to 10% times the level of the Meter. When its power is unleashed, for each level it built up, it sends an instant attack of whatever Prophetic Blow attack unleashed it. This means up to 10 attacks in quick succession of Prophetic Blow I, II, or III could pummel the target, a deadly proposition.)


~ The Job Actions ~

NOTE: In case it's not obvious, enemies and players may only be affected by one Haste/Slow at a time. A new one cast means the old is overriden.

Lv 1 Prophetic Blow I
Spell, 1.2s Cast, 2.5s cooldown, MP 250
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Activates Armageddon Counter meter or (if already activated), adds 1 to its stack (max. 10).



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Lv 2 Time Shield I
Spell, Instant, 90s cooldown, MP 360
Creates shield around target, delaying all damage taken by target for 10s, then inflicting it all at once. Can be cast on players or enemies. Certain bosses may ignore this effect. Duration: 10s
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Lv 4 Haste (NOT the same as the current Haste status)
Spell, 2.5s Cast, 120s cooldown, MP 400
Allows target's attacks and skills to execute 6% faster. Duration: 60 s
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Lv 6 Future Sight
Ability, Instant, 90s cooldown
Allows user and all nearby allies increased chance to dodge attacks until their first damage is taken. Duration: 15s Radius: 5y
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Lv 10 Slow (NOT the same as the current Slow status)
Spell, 2.5s Cast, 120s cooldown, MP 400
Target's attacks and skills to execute 6% slower. Duration: 60 s
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Lv 15 Concern of Aging
Ability, Instant, 60s cooldown
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 50. Inflicts target with temporary Blind (5s), Misery (5s), and Weakness (5s).
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Lv 18 Spacetime Parry
Weaponskill, Instant, 12s cooldown, 100 TP
Teleports to the target, delivers an attack to the target with a potency of 50, teleports to a random open place within a 1y radius of the target or another nearby target and repeats, up to four total attacks in quick succession.
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Lv 26 Prophetic Blow II
Spell, 2.4s Cast, 30s cooldown, MP 500
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Also, if Armageddon Counter meter is already active, adds 2 to its stack (max. 10).
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Lv 30 Timewarp
Ability, Instant, 180s cooldown
Envelops a designated area in a time-enhanced veil. Allows all allies within area to execute attacks and skills 2% faster, and all enemies will execute attacks and skills 2% slower. Also boosts the effects of Haste (and upgraded forms) and Slow (and upgraded) forms by 50%. Players and enemies must be inside affected area to receive boosts. Duration: 45s Radius: 5y
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Lv 35 Timed Slice
Weaponskill, Instant, 12s cooldown, 150 TP
Delivers an attack to the target with a potency of 90, and if inflicts Poison status for 10 s, then teleports backwards away from the target.
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Lv 40 Hastega
Spell, 3.5s Cast, 180s cooldown, MP 500
The entire party's attacks and skills to execute 4% faster. Duration: 60 s Radius: 15y
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Lv 45 Slowga
Spell, 3.5s Cast, 180s cooldown, MP 500
All nearby enemy's attacks and skills execute 4% slower. Duration: 60 s Radius: 15y
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Lv 50 Time Reversal
Ability, Instant, 240s cooldown
Applies Time Reversal status to target. If target dies with status, time is partially turned back, resurrecting target in a weakened state with 5% HP. Duration: 10s
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Lv 52 Apocalyptic Warnings
Ability, Instant, 60s cooldown
Adds 2 to current Armageddon Counter status (max 10). Cannot be used outside of battle. Prophetic Blow I still needs using before this to turn Armageddon Counter on.
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Lv 54 Time Shield II
Spell, Instant, 90s cooldown, MP 560
Creates shield around target, delaying all damage taken by target for 20s, then inflicting it all at once. Can be cast on players or enemies. Certain bosses may ignore this effect. Duration: 20s
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Lv 56 Curse of Aging
Ability, Instant, 60s cooldown
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Inflicts target with temporary Silence (10s), Slow (10s), Heavy (10s), Poison (20s), and Paralyze (20s). All effects may not affect every monster.
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Lv 58 Future Toil
Ability, Instant, 180s cooldown
When applied to a target player, any spells cast for the next 15 seconds require no MP (up to 600 total MP); after effect expires, for each MP saved, target is afflicted with MP Toll status for that many seconds. Ability cannot target players under MP Toll status.
(MP Toll: MP restoration is slowed by 40%)
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Lv 60 Spacetime Warp (replaces Timewarp)
Ability, Instant, 180s cooldown
Envelops a designated area in a time-enhanced veil. Allows all allies within area to execute attacks and skills 5% faster, and all enemies will execute attacks and skills 5% slower. Also boosts the effects of Haste (and upgraded forms) and Slow (and upgraded) forms by 100%. Players and enemies must be inside affected area to receive boosts. Duration: 45s Radius: 8y
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Lv 62 Prophetic Blow III
Spell, 4.8 Cast, 120s cooldown, MP 600
Cannot be executed if Armageddon Counter is not active. Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200, adds 3 to Armageddon Counter (max. 10), then activates Armageddon Counter's effect.
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Lv 64 Lv 40 Hasteja
Spell, 4.5s Cast, 240s cooldown, MP 500
The entire party's attacks and skills to execute 10% faster. Duration: 20 s Radius: 15y
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Lv 66 Lv 45 Slowja
Spell, 4.5s Cast, 240s cooldown, MP 500
All nearby enemy's attacks and skills execute 10% slower. Duration: 20 s Radius: 15y
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Lv 68 Consequence of Aging
Ability, Instant, 60s cooldown
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 120 to target and all nearby targets, then removes all statuses from all damaged enemies and inflicts a second attack to all of those enemies with a potency 40*(the total number of status effects removed by this Ability). Radius: 5y
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Lv 70 Spacetime Collapse
Spell, 6s Cast, 600s cooldown, MP 600
Can only be cast while Armageddon Counter is 8 or higher and Spacetime Warp is in effect, and affects the same designated area. A black hole opens up beneath the designated area. Instantly kills all enemies within. Bosses and other special enemies instead taken unaspected damage with a potency of 700. Removes the Spacetime Warp effect.

~ Traits ~

Lv 6 Prophecy
Prophetic Blow I becomes an Instant
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Lv 20 Enhanced Intelligence
Increases intelligency by 8

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Lv 20 Maim and Mend
Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%
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Lv 26 Second Hand
Haste and Slow have 4% added to their respective effects.
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Lv 40 Enhanced Intelligency II
Increases intelligency by 16.
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Lv 40 Maim and Mend II
Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.
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Lv 48 Back to the Future I
Halves all Spell, Ability, and Weaponskill cooldown times before Lv 48.
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Lv 60 Enhanced Intelligence III
Increases intelligence by 24
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Lv 60 Spacetime Mastery
Upgrades Timewarp to Spacetime Warp
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Lv 68 Second and Minute Hands
Haste, Hastega, Hasteja, Slow, Slowga, and Slowja have their durations lengthened by 50%
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Lv 70 Back to the Future II
Halves all Spell, Ability, and Weaponskill cooldown times from Lv 49 to Lv 70

TLDR What does the Time Mage do?

Essentially, this Time Mage primarily uses skills to reduce/nullify damage/costs for the party while speeding up their moves, while at the same time slowing down enemies and giving them statuses by "aging" them prematurely. As far as damage goes, it has a couple of Weaponskill techniques meant to combo together but mostly focuses on building up its Armageddon Counter meter with Prophetic Blow I, II, and III. They all do low damage (100, 150, and 200 potency), but when the Armageddon Counter activates (based on a random percentage), it causes a catastrophic burst of damage all at once. Overall, the Time Mage's damage output would be the lowest DPS'er job, but in short bursts could be the highest.