4TH Healer Suggestion (Alchemist)

[EtherRose]

Now before i get into this i know this has been suggested a few times but personally i would love for it to be the 4th healer and hope more light is shed on this. In Final Fantasy Tactics you had Alchemist's that could throw potions to heal/revive players. Why can't we do this in FFXIV? I would love to see an actual combat Alchemist job that is a healer that can throw different potions to heal or revive players. They could also have skills that could buff party members etc. Their weapon could be a beaker and flask kinda like how Red Mage has the sword and floating crystal. The cast animation could be them pouring something out of the flask into the beaker then throwing the beaker at said player for heals. I don't know but i would very much love this.

Another example of an alchemist class would be Ragnarok Online but without the pet.

[Hatstand]

I’d love this sort of theme for a healer. The only real hiccup would be that we already have alchemist as a crafting class. That’s why I kinda hope we get a chemist. It could share a lot of the same themes without duplicating classes.

[EtherRose]

They could do something like they did with Arcanist branching off into Scholar and Summoner. Or yes, just name it Chemist.

[official_coconut]

The class would have to be renamed to Chemist or Salve-Maker but I would rather see Necromancer or Geomancer personally.

[MPNZ]

It would help break up the aesthetic

[Ceasaria]

It could have a deep potions system (with many combinations) as the old cards system of AST, if only.

[Emeke]

I need this in my life.

[EtherRose]

It could have a deep potions system (with many combinations) as the old cards system of AST, if only.

That could be nice, or something like Ninja's mudra. Different combinations for different effects.

[Connor]

I’d also love to see a class like this. They could differentiate from Alchemist by having some sort of external medium between the user and the potions. Like a ‘magic bag’ that manipulates the aetherial content of a flask to generate different ‘spell effects’. For naming, there’s a few options they could go with to have it give the same impression without feeling like a copy of Alchemist, like Chemist, Chirurgeon, Salve-Maker, Itemist or Itemancer or something magic sounding like that lol (Item Mage?)

They could channel ‘chemists’ from previous games by having it utilise a ‘Mix’ type ability that generates different support spells depending on the aether combination, like Turtle Shell to increase defense or Bacchus Wine to increase attack. Its damage dealing flasks could turn into components for debuffing enemies in skmw wag. Maybe Mix could be a GCD skill that turns certain heal spells into the components for mixing. So the chemist would be using the aesthetically manipulated flasks for healing then Mix them for the support effects during downtime. One of the buff combinations could be a 'poison' type item that inflicts damage over time, giving them an extra DoT for damage uptime while Mixing (depending on how long it takes)

Also personal opinion but I’d prefer if a Chemist type job didn’t use some kind of giant cannon or grenade launcher. That kind of thing feels more like it should be for Machinist to me. If it’s a healer job, it kinda has to be a caster anyway, so I think something a bit more ‘magical’ would make more sense. I think the idea of a magic bag with would be pretty cool. They could make it pretty comical with things like slapping an enemy with it for auto-attack or pulling things out if that never could have fit in the first place. A magic bag would be an easy way to explain how the Chemist has an infinite amount of flasks to throw at the party/enemies lol. That’s just personal preference of course.

[Colortints]

I don't who posted it on another forum post but someone had suggested calling them a Medicus and having them be from Garlemald since they'd be using chemistry instead of magic.