Whats with the chemist obsession?

[Nihility]

I think it's just people wanted the chemist aesthetic

They already said in an interview wayyy back that astrologian was chemist and they basically just reskinned it to fit the ishgard theme. Kind of makes the tarot cards thing a lot cooler thinking about it as getting random ingredients and working with them for different effects

and the cripple skill was probably originally akin to arm shot

and the stances were probably something cool like mixing powders or potions

astrologian is just a constant bummer lol

[wereotter]

I think it's just people wanted the chemist aesthetic

They already said in an interview wayyy back that astrologian was chemist and they basically just reskinned it to fit the ishgard theme. Kind of makes the tarot cards thing a lot cooler thinking about it as getting random ingredients and working with them for different effects

and the cripple skill was probably originally akin to arm shot

and the stances were probably something cool like mixing powders or potions

astrologian is just a constant bummer lol

Astro, if this is the case, became so far removed from chemist to be entirely unrecognizable... and it fits closer to time mage than it ever did to chemist... even the Astros from the ARR quests wear very traditional looking time mage outfits (purple robes, purple sugarloaf hats with stars and moons on them) So that being the case, chemist can still be added independent of astro and still feel different.

As far as my reason for thinking this is the best job to add, though, like others were stating, it's the most commonly used healing job not in the game already for starters. And going back to Tactics, chemist was the starting job for every other healing job in the game. Every healer had to go through being a chemist to start with. It offers the potential to do something different from the three healers already in the game, and up until a year ago, I had made the argument that it would have let them create a healer that primarily uses TP as a resource instead of MP.

[Adrameliya]

I didn't understand the obsession either, but now that I read people answers in this thread I really want Chemist too.
The whole "make potions in real time and throw it at people" would not only be funny but also very interresting. I'm not sure how Chemist worked in the previous FF, but something like Big Hero 6 Honey Lemon's abilities would be nice.

Edit : didn't read 5th and 6th pages, should have !

it's a pipe dream, but I keep saying it'd be fun if it were a healer NIN of sorts;

A = regen
A + B = instant aoe heal
A + B + C = ground target heal
A + C = reduced damage buff
B + C = vulnerability debuff
etc

Who remembers Honey Lmeon from Big Hero 6 who makes bombs by pressing the periodic table on her purse?

This is exactly what I was thinking about !

[MirronTulaxia]

It's a well known job and in terms of healers there aren't exactly any low hanging fruit left (we really ran out of them pretty much with White Mage outside of Chemist). Granted for me that's exactly why I don't want it, I want to see what they come up with. That and DoW already have three roles to their name, and a DoM tank isn't going to happen, so I'd rather they keep the divide in place.

[Seraphor]

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ea-for-Chemist

This is my idea for a Chemist.

Basically you have your basic heal, then three things you can add to it (as oGCD kinda like Dark Arts) a Regen, a Shield or a potency boost.
These can be mixed in any combination you like, but of course they cost mp, so you basically have total control over your mp:heal ratio and the freedom to use regens and shields as you like/need.

[Sylve]

Why not borrow a little from Dancer and Scholar?

Rather than Mudra style Mixing (Crap, i messed up a Mix and now the party is dead because i needed that AoE!), perhaps set it up so it works a little like Aetherflow in that you have stacks which allow the use of specified potent heals and then mix in Dancer's Steps a little. Whereby you would activate a 'Mix" command, then have a limited time to mix up several different heals which are stored as Charges similar to Aetherflow, except they'd be separated, so its not 1 charge for 6 different Heals, but a charge per Mixed Heal.

You could for example, have 10 maximum charges and you choose from Cure, Medica, Regen, Shield and any other unusual heals like Excog style trigger heal or delayed heals like Earthly Star.
Then you'd Mix 5 Cures, 2 Medicas and 3 Regens for example. Or any other config as you feel needed for a given fight. Which would allow you to use them as needed.
So you'd choose which Heals you'd like to mix and store ready for use, while having basic Cure/Medica type 'weak' heals when you dont need to use a Mixed Heal.

[Theodric]

It's a neat concept for a healer job and the game is sorely in need of a healer with different gear aesthetics to the other three.

[Lauront]

It's a neat concept for a healer job and the game is sorely in need of a healer with different gear aesthetics to the other three.

Well that, and they should also try diversify the healer gearing a bit more from their usual design... we have tons and tons of puffy white robes by this point. At least with the caster gear there's a healthier mix.

[MirronTulaxia]

It's a neat concept for a healer job and the game is sorely in need of a healer with different gear aesthetics to the other three.

Eh, can’t agree. Healers being mages is pretty fitting, and even if we get Chemist I would expect it to use the same gear. It’s pretty wasteful to make an entirely different gear category for one job after all.

[Morningstar1337]

Eh, can’t agree. Healers being mages is pretty fitting, and even if we get Chemist I would expect it to use the same gear. It’s pretty wasteful to make an entirely different gear category for one job after all.

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