Next healer class released should be

[Amnmaat]

I disagree, I'd rather have something more unexpected. It's rare to see mmos use plant-based classes, but this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce Green Mage as the plant-based healer. Who would bring this job to life? Female Viera (or male Viera if they're added).

[BasicBlake]

I disagree, I'd rather have something more unexpected. It's rare to see mmos use plant-based classes, but this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce Green Mage as the plant-based healer. Who would bring this job to life? Female Viera (or male Viera if they're added).

Maybe I am remembering the class wrong but I don’t remember Green Mage having anything to do with plants?

[Amnmaat]

Maybe I am remembering the class wrong but I don’t remember Green Mage having anything to do with plants?

And Warrior was not a Berserker
Nor was Summoner known as book mage

The job concept of Green Mage can be upgraded to a fit a more well rounded theme.
Green mage would:

1. Protect. It would bring back protect, but this time it could be a plant animation that surrounds the player to protect them
2. Shell. A shell made out of plants.
3. Bring the hammer weapon. Green mage had the highest physical damage, so this would allow them to add a very unique kind of mage that isn't just casting, its main rotation could be 3 hammer strikes while the rest of its skills are all magic.

[RyuDragnier]

We were going to get Chemist in Heavensward, but they couldn't figure out the mechanic properly, and it became AST. Maybe they found a way to impliment it this time.

Considering how they managed to finally fix how Mudras work after so many years, I won't be surprised if they use the new Mudra system for Chemist as their Mixing abilities.

[Deceptus]

Considering how they managed to finally fix how Mudras work after so many years, I won't be surprised if they use the new Mudra system for Chemist as their Mixing abilities.

Have always wanted that.

[Vahlnir]

Considering how they managed to finally fix how Mudras work after so many years, I won't be surprised if they use the new Mudra system for Chemist as their Mixing abilities.

I like that idea.

[elioaiko]

Chemist would make sense as its the most popular choice.

Geomancer would be a slap in the face to both WHM and AST. It would be much better as a caster DPS.

As far as Final Fantasy jobs goes, Chemist is the only healer they haven't added. Like post above said, it was supposed to be in HW and you can see how the card system could work with a similarly mix system.

Who knows what SE will do? I hope it will be something they can meet the fans halfway because going without another healer job while they add more to DPS or tank would definitely be tone-deaf.

While I can understand those wanting to "fix" current healer balance, SE will never be able to because they have shown to be quite stubborn and very dismissive. At this point, I'd rather them try to be experiment with the healers and give us something different and put flavor back in the roles. Both healer and tanks. The homogenization really hurt those roles.

[Hysterior]

While I like the idea, I don't think it fits FFXIV with Alchemist being the potion-job.
I think they'll go the Astrologian route and create a new job.

[Seraphor]

I'd much prefer a Chemist-like healer to mix up the healer aesthetic a bit.
As for how it could work, I posted a job concept linked in my sig.

GEO to me far better suits a caster DPS, especially as we already have a healer that uses wind and earth elements, and GEO as a healer would have to have the same three DPS skills every other healer does, so... Aero, Stone and an AoE attack. That's just WHM.
We don't yet have a caster DPS who can really use earth/wind/water, and we have yet to see Quake, Tornado and Flood used by a mage. These were classically Black Magic, but you won't see a healer using them.

[LolitaBansheeMeru]

I'd much prefer a Chemist-like healer to mix up the healer aesthetic a bit.
As for how it could work, I posted a job concept linked in my sig.

GEO to me far better suits a caster DPS, especially as we already have a healer that uses wind and earth elements, and GEO as a healer would have to have the same three DPS skills every other healer does, so... Aero, Stone and an AoE attack. That's just WHM.
We don't yet have a caster DPS who can really use earth/wind/water, and we have yet to see Quake, Tornado and Flood used by a mage. These were classically Black Magic, but you won't see a healer using them.

Whm no longer use elements so that's rlly true anymore..

And geo is more about using geologic effects for the elements aka storms, weather etc