Green mage should be a thing!

[Deusteele]

There are a few haste spells in the game, SCH and AST have group ones and WHM has a selfish one.

But if you're looking for the classic version, we had this discussion a long time ago. The answer really boils down to; Haste is brokenly powerful. To bring it over to a MMO environment as-is from single-player gameplay would require re-tuning all content around it. And since it would then part of every strategy for every boss ever, would it feel as powerful?

[Joven]

There are a few haste spells in the game, SCH and AST have group ones and WHM has a selfish one.

But if you're looking for the classic version, we had this discussion a long time ago. The answer really boils down to; Haste is brokenly powerful. To bring it over to a MMO environment as-is from single-player gameplay would require re-tuning all content around it. And since it would then part of every strategy for every boss ever, would it feel as powerful?

I wouldn't think single target Haste would be all that powerful if it came with an absurdly long cooldown and short duration. You buff one DPS one time every, let's say, 2-3 minutes and have it last 5-10 seconds. Most boss fights rarely last long enough to be able to use it more than twice anyways.

[Nyxn607]

Haste was a staple back in EQ, it was a requirement to have a bard to constantly play haste songs to help the party out. EQ also had/has a very different combat system than FFXIV, so it is irrelevant. (I just like EQ a lot, so I bring it up when I can.)

FFXIV does have a few hastes as others have pointed out, but they are not a constant buff, rather intermittent. The closest you get to a constant haste buff is the Astro's arrow. I you can constantly draw them and place them on the right job, it could be rather OP. But as the cards are RNG, and you will rarely ever get the same card more than 3 times in a row ... the haste becomes largely irrelevant in boss fights.