Unpopular opinion: No new jobs next xpac please

[DinahDemiurge]

Instead of introducing new jobs, how about we use that effort to instead revamp the combat system in a way that allows the individual jobs to have their identities back? I believe it is more important to focus on getting the current jobs right than introducing more in a very homogenization-istic fashion for years to come.

[LittleChickenNugget]

Jobs feel like they have their identities to me minus healers.

Please SE give us Beast Master next expansion, ty.

[Nucah]

I feel Beast Master will be a limited job

[Shurrikhan]

I feel Beast Master will be a limited job

But we already got a new Gold Saucer game? Do we really need a new one so soon at the cost of dev resources elsewhere, even if it gets as cool a name as Beast Master?

@OP
I'd generally agree, but due to experience across WoW, Rift, Aeon, etc., I can't rightly be so optimistic that the delay will have the intended result. I have yet to see balance actually improve after any broad change or delay alleged to have been necessary to improve balance. More often, "No new class; too busy with balance/identity!" has led to some of the worst periods of balance and more classes somehow having even less identity than they did in the previous expansion.

[DumdogsWorld]

Please SE give us Beast Master next expansion, ty.

I feel Beast Master will be a limited job

I would like a minion master as a limited job. Then I could actually put my army of pudgy puks to good use outside of the Gold Saucer!

[Vahlnir]

Job identity doesn't really seem to be a problem, in my opinion, except for a couple. AST and SCH both seemed to lose that with Shadowbringers. More new jobs is probably going to be a given regardless. They just need to fix what many people see as broken and leave what isn't alone.

[Melichoir]

Id be fine with no new job if every job got a rework that enhanced their identity. As Ive mentioned in other threads, Im dissatisfied with DRK playstyle currently. It doesnt appeal to me and doesnt feel fun to play. It's not broken or disfunctional, just that from a purely aesthetic playstyle stand point, its bland and uninspired compared to SB or HW.

[Vahlnir]

Id be fine with no new job if every job got a rework that enhanced their identity. As Ive mentioned in other threads, Im dissatisfied with DRK playstyle currently. It doesnt appeal to me and doesnt feel fun to play. It's not broken or disfunctional, just that from a purely aesthetic playstyle stand point, its bland and uninspired compared to SB or HW.

See, I feel the opposite. When I leveled up DRK a bit post Shadowbringers I actually thought it was more enjoyable. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

[HyoMinPark]

Id be fine with no new job if every job got a rework that enhanced their identity. As Ive mentioned in other threads, Im dissatisfied with DRK playstyle currently. It doesnt appeal to me and doesnt feel fun to play. It's not broken or disfunctional, just that from a purely aesthetic playstyle stand point, its bland and uninspired compared to SB or HW.

See, I feel the opposite. When I leveled up DRK a bit post Shadowbringers I actually thought it was more enjoyable. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

Personally, the DRK I enjoyed the most was HW DRK. SB was too much Dark Arts spam (plus the loss of actually having to upkeep Darkside didn’t appeal to me), and ShB DRK is basically WAR 2.0 with Inner Delirium (minus the D.Hit Crits on Bloodspiller).


I’d like to see the developers return some of the identities certain jobs lost (e.g., BRD and its support/BRD-y-ness; AST and its Time Mage aspects, alongside a better card system). I think that can still be possible without forsaking adding in new jobs. It’s probably in their best interest that they add in a healer in 6.0—otherwise they will see an even bigger explosion than what happened pre-ShB launch when they confirmed no new healer...

[Mesarthim]

It’s probably in their best interest that they add in a healer in 6.0—otherwise they will see an even bigger explosion than what happened pre-ShB launch when they confirmed no new healer...

*raises hand*