Chemist [Healer Concept]

[PatronasCharm]

kind of just looks like machinist with astro cards stuck on it >.>

The only ability that does any kind of buff of sort is Primeval Brew, And that’s their sort of my little FFXI Easter egg.

As far as it’s likliness to AST/MCH I mean it uses a gun that’s tied to a overheat gauge?

The buffs at the chemists disposal effect his healing brews; not party member buffs: I see where Royal Road mechanics could be it; where royal roading certain cards causes AOE effects / enhancements to cards etc. but that wasn’t entirely my entention to have it resemble that AST mechanic; a happy resemblance I guess

[Kazrah]

The only ability that does any kind of buff of sort is Primeval Brew, And that’s their sort of my little FFXI Easter egg.

As far as it’s likliness to AST/MCH I mean it uses a gun that’s tied to a overheat gauge?

The buffs at the chemists disposal effect his healing brews; not party member buffs: I see where Royal Road mechanics could be it; where royal roading certain cards causes AOE effects / enhancements to cards etc. but that wasn’t entirely my entention to have it resemble that AST mechanic; a happy resemblance I guess

I'd still try to generally avoid any special mechanics like Overheat that are already in place for another job. As for the AST comparison, as long as you're avoiding RNG elements, I wouldn't consider it that much of an issue.

[Brightshadow]

I like it, but I would rename the "Mana" they use to make items into "Ceruleum" which is their unstable refined form of aether.

[PatronasCharm]

I'd still try to generally avoid any special mechanics like Overheat that are already in place for another job. As for the AST comparison, as long as you're avoiding RNG elements, I wouldn't consider it that much of an issue.

I’ll come up with a different Mechanic that’s tied to the Hand-Cannon that’s not an “Overheat” gauge. It shouldn’t be too difficult; after work I’ll brainstorm.

And there’s no RNG tied to this job’s mechanics. Only thing would be to be sure not to overheat the gun by spamming Chemical Reactors! !

[kikix12]

I’ll come up with a different Mechanic that’s tied to the Hand-Cannon that’s not an “Overheat” gauge.

Um...It's just a name, right?! I mean, "use skill, fill bar, use different skill, clear bar" is used by like...half of the jobs in this game?!

If do want a different name, then "Residue" or something like that is an option. The stuff you add sticks to the barrel and gets in the way to the point that you can no longer shoot more or less fragile containers, but is cleared as you use hard, cold steel that brute-forces itself through it.

[PatronasCharm]

Um...It's just a name, right?! I mean, "use skill, fill bar, use different skill, clear bar" is used by like...half of the jobs in this game?!

If do want a different name, then "Residue" or something like that is an option. The stuff you add sticks to the barrel and gets in the way to the point that you can no longer shoot more or less fragile containers, but is cleared as you use hard, cold steel that brute-forces itself through it.

That is true; at the end of the day its all flavor text.

The first ability the Chemist learns is called Sticky Substance which is pretty much ejecting the residue it's built up upon use. Its a fun little skill; it binds target and such, and helps reduce the gauge by 25%.

I went ahead and did change the name to Reactor Destabilization; which is caused when using too many Chemical Catalyst Reactors, the actual Reactor that powers the abilities just destabilizes and causes the "Malfunction" status effect.

And thanks for the reply =)

[Zohar_Lahar]

I like the general concept, but as mentioned before, "Chemist" is too similar to Alchemist. I would suggest renaming it to Medic(us), to avoid confusion and to maintain better consistency with Garlemald's Latin nomenclature.

[Pastahnak]

The chemist/alchemist thing makes no sense to me, is a tank gunna get confused on if I'm a healer or crafter in a dungeon or something.

[PatronasCharm]

The chemist/alchemist thing makes no sense to me, is a tank gunna get confused on if I'm a healer or crafter in a dungeon or something.

This made me laugh, I understand where your coming from with your reply though. Thank you! I originally was like... wth would anyone want a Potion lobbing job? That doesn't sound fun at ALL! But then I started thinking about how could they sort of make a "New, Unique," Job but keep a formula similar to what we have with the current set of healers. So I started thinking and my friend and I sort of enjoyed making this gun-wielding healer that uses his gun to heal party members.

The Chemist is a healer that instead of using normal magic aether based healing it uses Potions, Salves, and Other chemical brews to heal party members with it's Magitek Weapon that uses "Mana" (cerulum*) unprocessed aether, to use the Hand-Cannon's tech; which is a Hand-Cannon, the source of where his Potions fire from.

Is it completely changing the healing formula? Not really; it's sort of coating it in a different way that isn't the general aether based healers that we currently have.

[Rinion]

Just had a quick look and a few things popped out to me. =)
1) Delude - I did a quick Google search in case I was being silly but I think you mean Dilute with this skill name.
2) Pharmacology - Whenever you give a description for this, you simply say that it increases Chemists Abilities by 20%. I'm just double checking that you mean a potency increase (based on Focused Sight seeming to be it's opposite).
3) Phoenix Raiser - I don't know if this was a simple mistake (just double checking again ^.^) but this one should really have an 8s cast time to be in line with the other Raise spells. I understand that it shouldn't take that long to aim at a dead body or punch in a salve into your hand canon compared to other potions but this is how the others work so this one should be the same.

Sorry, I know this is a little bit nit picky but based on my quick read of this thread, I kinda like your idea of Chemist. I enjoyed reading it ^.^