Job mechanic idea for Chemist

[Seraphor]

Just a rough idea to outline the mechanics, potencies are definitely not balanced, so please refrain from any comments like “200 potency is not enough to compete with [healer x]” or “600 is way OP” please. But the potencies I’ve used should be enough to illustrate how each skill works and how it should be used. But any ideas for tweaks are welcome, so long as they’re not just “delete this skill and use my skill instead.”


Chemist / Apothecary

New class of field-medic that utilises aether enhanced potions to heal soldiers in battle. Its Mortar Cannon can be used to fire phials of potion at individuals, spread aetherically enhanced healing aerosols over a battlefield and can also be utilised offensively with grenades.

Uses the same idea as MCH and GNB, in that it was developed for non-aetherically gifted individuals, but the WoL can infuse the machinery with his/her own aether, thus using MP.
It is however still a caster. It has cast times, it makes use of Swiftcast for it's raise and casts Esuna. It's basically a mage that casts spells on the potions it uses, rather than on other players.

It pushes its way into the regen/shield dichotomy system by being adept at both but having to make choices on the fly between the two. It has a gauge spender that can give heals a shield, a spender that can give heals a regen, and skills that can use either of these gauge consumables (Solutions) to generate a shield or a regen, so you have full control at all times over which one you’re using.

E.g. if you’re partnered with a SCH/Nocturnal-AST, you can use Sustaining Solution to give your regular heals a regen, then use Fortifying Solution with Titrate to cast an AoE regen.
Or if you’re with a WHM/Diurnal-AST, you can use Fortifying Solution to give you regular heals a shield, then use Sustaining Solution with Distillate to cast an AoE shield.

It manages to do a lot with few buttons, which makes it both simple to play and difficult to master, which appears to be their mindset for new jobs these days.

Gauges:

Solution gauge: four icons, the first three act like AST seals in that they can be three of any of the healing solutions, the fourth just shows whether Caustic is activated.
e.g. [Conc.] [Fort.] [Sust.] ¦ [Caus.]
(if multiples of the same Solution are activated, only one of them will be used by Aetherdraught or Aethaerosol, but all will be used for Formulation)

Corrupted aether gauge: simple 1 – 100 linear gauge.
Lore-wise, by processing aether in this way you generate some ‘waste’ in the form of ‘corrupted aether’, but instead of just dumping this and destroying the environment, it’s put to use via offensive techniques that utilise the ‘Corrupted aether gauge’.


Core healing Spells + related abilities

Aetherdraught
Single target 350 pot heal. 1.5s cast, 300 MP, GCD Increases corrupted aether gauge by 10 when used with Solution.

Aethaerosol
AoE 250 pot heal. 1.5s cast, 800 MP, GCD Increases corrupted aether gauge by 10 when used with Solution.

Resuscitate
Raise analogue. GCD

Concentrating Solution
Increases potency of next Aetherdraught by 200, or Aethaerosol by 150. 400 MP, 6s cooldown.

Concentrating Solution II (upgrades)
Increases potency of next Aetherdraught by 300, or Aethaerosol by 200. 400 MP, 3s cooldown.

Fortifying Solution
Grants next Aetherdraught a shield equal to 80% HP restored, or Aethaerosol a shield equal to 60% HP restored, for 20s. 400 MP, 10s cooldown.

Fortifying Solution II (upgrades)
Grants next Aetherdraught a shield equal to 100% HP restored, or Aethaerosol a shield equal to 80% HP restored, for 30s. 400 MP, 6s cooldown.

Sustaining Solution
Grants next Aetherdraught an 100 potency regen for 15s, or Aethaerosol a 60 potency regen for 9s. 400 MP, 10s cooldown.

Sustaining Solution II (upgrades)
Grants next Aetherdraught a 120 potency regen for 21s, or Aethaerosol an 80 potency regen for 15s. 400 MP, 6s cooldown.

The idea is Aetherdraught is your base heal, you weave Concentrating Solution in before it to make it an upgraded heal e.g. Benefic II or Cure II, and you double-weave either Fortifying or Sustaining to give it a shield/regen.
There's also the possibility of triple weaving or at least banking all three solutions, in order to have a higher potency GCD heal with a shield AND a regen, which may be useful in some niche situations, saving MP and GCD's etc. However as the regen/shield would not stack with the respective regen/shield of WHM/SCH or the AST sects, then this is very limited.
This is why this would be an advanced healer. You're making on the fly decisions about your basic healing kit based on your party composition. Kinda like how AST juggles it's cards between GCD's, this does it with healing.


Healing/Mitigation abilities

Panacea
Instant single target 600 potency heal. 30s cooldown. Up to 3 charges.
Bestows the effect of ‘Dulled’ for 10s which reduces incoming damage by 5% and reduces the effective potency of the next Panacea received by 20%, which stacks up to twice.
(so 3 charges at once = 600 + 480 + 360 potency = 1440 total with 10% damage reduction)

Aegis Draught
Bestows a shield equal to 10% of targets max HP (stacks with SCH/AST shields) and 2 stacks of 'Dulled' for 10s. 30s cooldown.

Anaesthetic Nebuliser
Places a ground effect that grants party members within it 2 stacks of 'Dulled', Duration 10s. 90s cooldown.

Titrate Solutions
300 potency AoE heal with a regen for 15s determined by how many Solutions loaded. 30s cooldown shared with Distillate. 2 Charges.
1: 60 potency. 2: 80 pot. 3: 120 pot. Increases corrupted aether gauge by 20.

Distillate Solutions
300 potency AoE heal with a shield for 30s determined by how many Solutions loaded. 30s cooldown shared with Titrate. 2 Charges.
1: 50% of HP restored 2: 70% 3: 100%. Increases corrupted aether gauge by 20.

Formulation Field
Generates an AoE ground field based on the combination of Solutions currently loaded for 15s. 90s cooldown.
Concentrating: 15/25/30% increased healing received.
Fortifying: 140/200/250 pot shield. (Stacks with SCH/AST shields)
Sustaining: 60/100/120 pot regen heal to those who remain inside.
Caustic: 200 potency damage plus relevant DoT effect bestowed on any enemy targets who enter.
Increases corrupted aether gauge by 10 for each Solution used.
(This is your focal point, bundles your ground based or channelled heal and your Assize/Earthly Star into one. This is also the closest you get to a true 'Mix' ability, and would cement this job as the one with the best ground-based heals/mitigation)


Personal utility

Preloaded Phials
Reduces your recast to 1.5s for the next three GCDs. 120s cooldown.
(Lightspeed equivalent)

Quicksilver
Reduces MP costs on Solutions to 0, cooldown on all Solutions to 1s, and reduces cast times by 1s for the next 15s. 180s cooldown.
(This is your Sleeve Draw and Neutral Sect all rolled into one. You can rapidly bolster your heals with the additional effects, and can potentially quickly gain corrupted aether gauge for offensives.)

Recycled Phials
Removes any loaded Solutions (excluding Caustic) and recovers 800 MP per Solution. 90s cooldown.

Enplethy (corrupted aether spender)
Healing potency is increased by 30%, every healing spell or ability now costs 10 Corrupted Aether in addition to other costs. Duration: 20s. 90s cooldown.
Effect ends when Corrupted Aether reaches 0.


DPS

Aetherogrenade
Single target 160 potency damage. 1.5s cast, 400 MP, GCD

Aetherogrenade II (upgrades)
Single target 180 potency damage. 1.5s cast, 400 MP, GCD

Aetherogrenade III (upgrades)
Single target 220 potency damage. 1.5s cast, 400 MP, GCD

Aetherogrenade IV (upgrades)
Single target 260 potency damage. 1.5s cast, 400 MP, GCD

Caustic Solution
Grants the next Aetherogrenade or Formulation Field a 40 potency DoT for 21s. 400 MP. 3s cooldown

Caustic Solution II (upgrades)
Grants the next Aetherogrenade or Formulation Field a 50 potency DoT for 24s. 400 MP. 3s cooldown

Caustic Solution III (upgrades)
Grants the next Aetherogrenade or Formulation Field a 60 potency DoT for 30s. 400 MP. 3s cooldown

Napalm Grenade
AoE 120 potency damage and leaves a ground-based field for 6s that deals 20 potency damage to anything that enters. 1.5s cast, 600 MP, GCD

Chaos Grenade (corrupted aether spender)
400 potency damage to first target and 25% less damage for all other targets. Costs 50 gauge.

Hot Spurs (corrupted aether spender
Increases party’s direct hit by 20% for 15s. Costs 50 gauge. Recovers 1000 MP. 120s cooldown.


Limit Break 3: Elixir of Life
You pull out a huge glowing vial and down it, smash the rest of it onto the ground and glowing puddles of the elixir bubble up under everyone, as they glow brighter and brighter.


Skill Progression:

Lv. 1 Aetherogrenade
Lv. 2 Aetherdraught
Lv. 4 Caustic Solution
Lv. 10 Aethaerosol
Lv. 12 Resuscitate
Lv. 18 Panacea
Lv. 24 Preloaded Phials
Lv. 30 Unlocks the Solutions gauge
Lv. 30 Concentrating Solution
Lv. 35 Fortifying Solution
Lv. 40 Sustaining Solution
Lv. 44 Aetherogrenade II (Grenade Mastery I)
Lv. 46 Napalm Grenade
Lv. 48 Caustic Solution II (Corrosion Mastery I)
Lv. 50 Anaesthetic Nebuliser
Lv. 52 Distillate Solutions
Lv. 54 Titrate Solutions
Lv. 56 Concentrating Solution II (Concentration Mastery)
Lv. 60 Formulation Field (Aether Reserves)
Lv. 62 Fortifying Solution II (Fortify Mastery)
Lv. 64 Sustaining Solution II (Sustain Mastery)
Lv. 68 Aetherogrenade III (Grenade Mastery II)
Lv. 70 Aegis Draught
Lv. 72 Caustic Solution III (Corrosion Mastery II)
Lv. 75 Unlocks Corrupted Aether Gauge
Lv. 75 Hot Spurs (Purifying the Aether I)
Lv. 78 Quicksilver
Lv. 80 Chaos Grenade
Lv. 82 Recycled Phials
Lv. 84 Aetherograde IV (Grenade Mastery III)
Lv. 86 (Purifying the Aether II)
Lv. 90 Enplethy

Traits
Grenade Mastery I, II, III: Upgrades Aetherogrenade
Corrosion Mastery I, II: Upgrades Caustic Solution
Concentration Mastery: Upgrades Concentrating Solution
Fortify Mastery: Upgrades Fortifying Solution
Sustain Mastery: Upgrades Sustaining Solution
Aether Reserves: Allows 2 stacks of Titrate and Distillate Solutions.
Purifying the Aether I: Allows Aetherdraught, Aetherosol and Formulation Field to generate Corrupted Aether.
Purifying the Aether II: Allows Distilate Solutions and Titrate Solutions to generate Corrupted Aether.