Hints at new class? Maybe?

[Theodric]

I really hope not.

Why?

There's been a strong demand for it ever since the game launched and 5.0 is very likely going to take us to Garlemald. DRG had strong ties to Ishgard. SAM had strong ties to Doma/Hingashi. GUN would have strong ties to Garlemald.

[SDaemon]

Why?

There's been a strong demand for it ever since the game launched and 5.0 is very likely going to take us to Garlemald. DRG had strong ties to Ishgard. SAM had strong ties to Doma/Hingashi. GUN would have strong ties to Garlemald.

Why don't I want the job? I don't find it appealing. I've never felt gunblades were an interesting weapon. Others can demand it, no problem there. I just really hope that it isn't, so that a different job can be added. I'd take geomancer or dancer or some other original job over a gunblade job personally.

[Kradus]

Why don't I want the job? I don't find it appealing. I've never felt gunblades were an interesting weapon. Others can demand it, no problem there. I just really hope that it isn't, so that a different job can be added. I'd take geomancer or dancer or some other original job over a gunblade job personally.

Well, it doesn't have to be just one job. I think that a gunblade using class, geomancer, and dancer are all pretty feasible guesses.

[Fredco191]

They’re hyping us up for Geomancer but then we’re gonna get a different job in 5.0

[Renato]

It's probably too early for hints. A new expansion will probably come out next summer, but we likely won't get any info about it until at least E3 in June, Tokyo Game Show in September, or potentially Fan Fest 2018 in November.

If we are going to Thavnair, there's a very very high chance we will at least get Blue Mage, given its near-eastern aesthetic and the fact that Blue Mage and Blue Magic has already been name dropped several times already. I have a feeling that Alphinaud will be the Scion's Blue Mage as Alisae was the Scions' Red Mage. He wears blue a lot, and has a blue hair tie. This is the very first time we ever meet the twins. Notice both of their color schemes. It was already foreshadowed that Alisae would be the Red Mage.

Pretty sure the next job is going to be a Gunblade-themed class.
Someone also threw out the possibility that the it could be a play on a blue mage but based off of the x-2 version otherwise known as the Gun Mage. "ShadowHunter" could also be a play on Fiend Hunter which was a special skill of theirs. If your theory is correct (which would blow my f-ing mind that this was planned out so far back) This would make sense as Alphinau could possibly pick up the job from being around Shadow Hunter.

SE has been known to hint at future classes i.e - Thancred/NIN and Alisae/RDM.

I'm sure Geomancer will show up eventually but that last scene in the MSQ can't be for nothing.

[Jonnycbad]

SE has been known to hint at future classes i.e - Thancred/NIN and Alisae/RDM.
I'm sure Geomancer will show up eventually but that last scene in the MSQ can't be for nothing.

They probably didn't plan it out THAT far back. But the fact that they made Alisae a RDM sort of begs the question that if SHE got a job change, shouldn't Alphinaud--and if that, what job would he be if not the "opposite" of his sister? As the Scions have gotten more powerful through the expansions, they have gotten "job changes". Thancred was a Gladiator->Rogue->Ninja. Lyse was a Pugilist and developed more MNK-like skills, Alisae went from ACN->RDM. Y'stola went from CNJ->WHM (had a wand and now has a 2handed staff).

Geomancer is already painfully similar to CNJ/THM/RDM, casting elemental magic. It would be difficult to make them unique I think, especially the AST storyline, which says that GEO is basically just a subtype of AST.

[Iscah]

Pretty sure the next job is going to be a Gunblade-themed class.
Someone also threw out the possibility that the it could be a play on a blue mage but based off of the x-2 version otherwise known as the Gun Mage. "ShadowHunter" could also be a play on Fiend Hunter which was a special skill of theirs. If your theory is correct (which would blow my f-ing mind that this was planned out so far back) This would make sense as Alphinau could possibly pick up the job from being around Shadow Hunter.

I really can't picture Alphinaud wielding a gunblade.


On the other hand I do like the thematic idea of him becoming a blue mage vs. Alisaie's red mage.

[Coratanni]

Why don't I want the job? I don't find it appealing. I've never felt gunblades were an interesting weapon. Others can demand it, no problem there. I just really hope that it isn't, so that a different job can be added. I'd take geomancer or dancer or some other original job over a gunblade job personally.

This ^

I wasn't a fan of FFVIII anyway so I don't see the point of a Gunblade class when there's soooo many other ideas they could go with.

[Lauront]

I haven't read this whole thread, so I am just going to put my thoughts here, which may be repeating what other people have said.

1) It does look like we're headed to the Garlean Empire. It also may be that we're heading to Thavnair, if my hunch about their embassy is correct. I don't think SE would just randomly place these buildings in Kugane. It's also consistent with Garlemald playing a role up to and in 6.0.

2) I've heard it said that the devs were teasing a job in the patch.

3) We know that a job was cut from SB and was to have an Onmyoji style to it, and in an interview similarities to the Oracle job were confirmed. The last job which was cut (from 2.0) was SAM. https://twinfinite.net/2017/03/ffxiv...job-interview/

4) Yoshi-P has stated that DNC has a connection to Thavnair and they may introduce it at some point.

Taking all this, I would say gunblade or a fusion of the Oracle/Mystic/Geomancer is likely. Given that a job along the lines of the latter was cut, it reinforces my view that we will see a job along these lines emerge. There is also a niche for a more support-driven caster type job, which focuses on buffs/debuffs.

It depends on how many jobs they plan to introduce. If it's 3, my money is on DNC (Thavnair), Gunblade (Garlemald) and Oracle. If it's two, it's harder to say. Gunblade has not been fleshed out as yet, but they did tease RDM towards the end of 3.0 through Alisaie. Still, I don't think there was enough of it showcased in this patch to say it is for definite the job which was teased; I still suspect it will make it in, perhaps as a tank, and DNC as a potential healer. I have to say, I would really love a caster along the lines described by Yoshi-P in the interview, and if they intend to use the bell as its weapon, so much the better! I would definitely play that.

My personal view is there's probably enough content for a 6.0, which could include Sharlayan (which will bring BLU), the New World (maybe a beast tamer type job) and possibly some other areas which will deal with the "true" threats the world faces, so they would not be burning through jobs too quickly if they brought in 3 for 5.0.

Re the OP, I think Sage is highly unlikely, for one because there's already two staff users, and for another, because it's essentially already implemented through other jobs. It'd be a Sage in naught but name.

[Lauront]

Why don't I want the job? I don't find it appealing. I've never felt gunblades were an interesting weapon. Others can demand it, no problem there. I just really hope that it isn't, so that a different job can be added. I'd take geomancer or dancer or some other original job over a gunblade job personally.

They're not mutually exclusive. Gunblade would be "original" in FF terms as no job has actually been built around the weapon in its entirety. The only archived jobs they have left (and I am excluding one-trick ponies or jobs who've had their abilities subsumed into other jobs) are: Oracle/Mystic/Geomancer; Blue Mage; Dancer; Beast tamer. All the rest have been implemented in some fashion, or other. Regarding people mentioning blunt weapons, any of these archived jobs could serve this purpose. I'm not a GBL enthusiast myself, and would prefer the Oracle, but again, they will be adding 2 jobs, perhaps even 3, so it's not the end of the world if one of them is not to your tastes. Bear in mind part of the reason for their burn out in HW was that they had introduced 3 jobs but also the NIN was added mid-way into ARR, so they were effectively working on 4 jobs in that timespan. Maybe even 5 if SAM was in the works at that point, given that it was cut from HW.

I am more concerned, at this point, about how they are going to develop existing jobs further and perhaps work on the issues facing some of them. They have a lot of time to add new jobs and probably some are already a fait accompli (namely, the Oracle.) Working on the other 15 already existing jobs and fixing them where they're going wrong is a much bigger task. In that regard, they will need to keep some of the archived jobs for further subsumption into existing ones, as well as designing brand new abilities for them.

Assuming that I am right, i.e. that there's 2 expansions left and each could see a max of 3 jobs for a total of 6, with 3 of those being "archive" options, I'd be curious what original jobs they might come up with at this point, especially once Gunblade is in.