Next Jobs

[Silver-Strider]

Honestly at this point I would prefer them to work on the jobs we currently have because so many of them feel so lifeless now.

[MerlinCross]

Honestly at this point I would prefer them to work on the jobs we currently have because so many of them feel so lifeless now.

Next expansion just go back to the drawing board to flesh up/tweak what we have.

That said, where’s my Nero hammer tank class?

[Kolsykol]

I still really want dual pistols.

But honestly I'd probably rather see a visual rework that updates animations and effects of our skills.
ESPECIALLY for MNK they look so outdated the basic combo.

[SeverianLyonesse]

There are only three job concepts that I think are extremely likely to happen in the next expansion or two:

* Blitzballer (Scouting or Aiming)
* Green Mage - mallet/gavel (Casting or Healing)
* Whip/Flail Job (Scouting or Aiming)

Two other slightly less likely jobs:

* Cannoneer (Aiming)
* "Judge" (Tank)

I think 6.0 or 7.0 will be the last expansion that we get two jobs. The devs will switch to 1 job per expansion and spend the resources doing some combination of the below:

1) Overhaul existing jobs to make them more distinct and well-balanced.
2) Release more limited jobs.
3) Make the 1 job per expansion be able to occupy multiple roles.
4) Develop horizontal progression in job design, most likely specs that are not job-locked (maybe role specs)

[Kolsykol]

I think a flashy and fast Chinese Sword Job would be cool.
Could even have an expansion with a Chinese aesthetic and theme to it.

[Kesey]

I'm still waiting for the jobs that already exist in lore and haven't been made available to players.

1. Geomancer - These references are all over Stormblood and the Astro quests
2. Corsair/Pirate - The admiral since ARR
3. Rune Knight or Runic Knight - Zenos learned his magic blades from Stormblood in a previous conquered territory.

[Sequora]

I think a flashy and fast Chinese Sword Job would be cool.
Could even have an expansion with a Chinese aesthetic and theme to it.

I can’t imagine we’ll get a job that doesn’t have any final fantasy connections. All of the jobs in the game are either super traditional ff jobs or in the case with gun breaker.

[Mugear_bahamut]

There are currently:

4 Tanks: 2 MT 2 OT
4 Healers: 2 Pure 2 Barrier
5 Melee: 2 Striking 2 Maiming 1 Scouting
3 Ranged: 2 Support 1 Selfish
4 Casters: 2 Crit-based 2 SpS-based(One is limited)

There are at least 5 more expansions in XIV’s main story.
They also have a pattern of adding a healer or tank at intervals.
If you think of them pairing a DPS with a Healer or Tank, it would go like this:

(The DPS slots are just examples according to their released order up until now)

7.0 OT Tank, Scouting
8.0 Pure Healer, Striking
9.0 MT Tank, Selfish Ranged
10.0 Barrier Healer, Maiming
11.0 Scouting, Blue Mage is a normal Job(Assuming it’s the Whalaqee expansion)

We end up with:

6 Tanks: 3 MT 3 OT
6 Healers: 3 Pure 3 Barrier
9 Melee: 3 Striking 3 Maiming 3 Scouting
4 Ranged: 2 Support 2 Selfish
4 Casters: 2 Crit-based 2 SpS-based


Assuming they DON'T make up a new job but instead copy from past FF games, or at least the motifs/name,
and also assuming Limited Jobs take up slots whether they may or may not become real jobs in the future, here are my predictions:

7.0 OT Tank: Judge(uses warhammer) , Scouting: Geomancer(bells, because of player request probably, can use elemental magic but without the mudra)
8.0 Pure Healer: Green Mage(rackets, the new DoT mage but a healer, give them like 8 dots then execute actions like "Fester", no oGCD healing), Striking: Viking(dual axe, relies on fast paced 2-button combos kinda like RDM, but Melee)
9.0 MT Tank: Puppetmaster(uses garlean technology and smashes stuff with giant spanner), Selfish Ranged: Cannoneer(dispenses traps and attacks with cannons, also has an RNG base like Corsair )
10.0 Barrier Healer: Chemist(potion gun, finally? Buff/debuff with potions, a much needed AST-type shield healer) , Maiming: Rune Fencer(dual swords, maiming focuses on charging their resource and go into enhanced phase)
11.0 Scouting: Beastmaster(whips, Pokemon style) , SpS-based Caster: Blue Mage(in its ultimate non-hindered form, give us that Cosmo Memory LB3 YoshiP)

[aveyond-dreams]

Don't care what the new job is, as long as it can use the mountain of scouting gear I have that has piled up over the last 8 years.

[SeverianLyonesse]

Don't care what the new job is, as long as it can use the mountain of scouting gear I have that has piled up over the last 8 years.

The only piece of gear I have is that Shisui swimming suit that I refuse to let go of.

Give me a Blitzballer Scouting job Yoshi-P. I just wanna play volleyball in Mist for the rest of my FFXIV career.