Thread: 6.0 New Job (Healer: Sage and Melee DPS: ???)

hmmm... it is hard. Maybe the new class uses a Scythe, but what classes have used scythe? I also can't see a Necro job because it still causes issues in being the warrior of light. Maybe a Geomancer using a scythe since scythes were used as agricultural tools. Beast master also been known to use Scythes, but who said it would be a beast master like the ones we have already encountered?

Originally Posted by Reaperking386

hmmm... it is hard. Maybe the new class uses a Scythe, but what classes have used scythe? I also can't see a Necro job because it still causes issues in being the warrior of light. Maybe a Geomancer using a scythe since scythes were used as agricultural tools. Beast master also been known to use Scythes, but who said it would be a beast master like the ones we have already encountered?

One of the Spectral Necromancer's lines in Heroes' Gauntlet literally has her saying "Tainted though I am, I am still a Warrior of Light." I don't think NCM (just an abbreviation I cooked up on the spot) would cause as many issues as you're fearing.

Originally Posted by Reaperking386

hmmm... it is hard. Maybe the new class uses a Scythe, but what classes have used scythe? I also can't see a Necro job because it still causes issues in being the warrior of light. Maybe a Geomancer using a scythe since scythes were used as agricultural tools. Beast master also been known to use Scythes, but who said it would be a beast master like the ones we have already encountered?

bit late to reply here, but a possible angle for melee-scythe-beastmaster could be in the vein of ranjit's Dragonslaver abilities.

Originally Posted by Covenant

Just add to it astrologian I consider a "buff" healer. Sage could have been a "debuff" healer
Think aoe slow, gravity, poison, paralyze, stun etc BTW, that was supposed to be blue mage spot in my opinion.

tbh the "debuffer-healer" idea sounds more like SCH's approach before shadowbringers when all of their non-healing abilities were completely removed--i'd certainly welcome getting those back and pruning out some of the more redundant healing options that replaced them. if that yields the "shield healer" spot to sage then i'd be fine with that, but speaking from experience being a "shield healer" with nothing else to do once people are topped up and under a warm cover is super boring, and wouldn't want another class to interhit that same problem.

Assassin is already technically what ROG/NIN already is anyway so I doubt that.

Probably some new unique Job name I guess.

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Assassin is already technically what ROG/NIN already is anyway so I doubt that.

Probably some new unique Job name I guess.

That is under the assumption they can't make the Assassin job unique from ROG/NIN. Of course we are not the developers so we can't really determine what can and cannot happen. Only speculate at this point with what hints we are given.

Originally Posted by Edax

Well, Assassin and Ninja were very different in FFTA so I suppose assassin is still possible. Assassins wielded greatbows and katanas while Ninjas duel wielded and casted spells.

I do hope it is possible to introduce Assassin as a separate job and one that brings a different path into possibilities with Job design. This will greatly open up more possibilities with new jobs in the future in the Season 2 storyline era that will begin in 6.1+ MSQ if the new Melee Job ends up being Assassin or something similar but uniquely designed.

After all, a lot of belief in FF14 future possible jobs current is restricted to the belief if a current job has a certain element adjusted into its gameplay already, X or Y job should not be possible. This has in a certain way restricted creativity on how different or what can a new job be.