Future jobs speculation: Mystic/Rune Knight thread

[Endariel]

Could do a ranged scouting. Beast master could play a lot like ranger

Ranged scouting is aiming.
They are literally the same.

[Kalaam]

And then, we finally have it: "Magical Melee DPS".

[Atmaweapon510]

While this thread was necro'd...

It's actually kind of funny that my old suggestion for Rune Fencer is basically just current SMN but in melee.

I forgot about the classic Spellblade Barrage combo, so maybe the "burst mode" for Rune Fencer would be basically "Every attack grants Greased Lightning stacks. Cash in all of your stacks for the finishing move."

RDM's combo was nice, but they keep adding more steps to it when the original was two quick hits into a slow finisher. I'd like for Rune Fencer to accelerate as they go through their combo instead for a nice Crescendo feeling.

[Kalaam]

Like a combo that gives stacks reducing your GCD as you go through that combo ? That'd be interresting, and might be a way to balance double weaving and oGCD cooldowns or something

[Atmaweapon510]

Well, you know how RDM keeps getting more and more finishing moves tacked onto their combo? So what starts as a 5.5 second combo has more than doubled into a 13 second cast sequence? This would be the opposite, Rune Fencer would get more steps leading up to their finishing move, but the more steps added, the faster the combo gets to the point that they'd be throwing out attacks as fast as Ninja casts Mudras if they keep adding more as expansions go on while keeping that finisher as the capstone of the combo that just gets more explosive with more stacks from more steps.

No other class in this game has an "accelerating burst phase" so to speak so it'd be a nice contrast to MCH and RPR that just immediately go ham when they turn on theirs.

[Mezzoforte]

Rune/mystic should be a melee DoT class. I think it could work well.

[Kalaam]

Rune/mystic should be a melee DoT class. I think it could work well.

DoT with attacks proccing from it to reapply them stronger...or with other effects on top.
So a mix of old mage's ballad/bloodletter and the Lightning BLM spells in melee

[Yubie]

All I want and hope for is another DPS job that fights alongside a controllable PERMANENT pet like old summoner. Thats my vibe and aesthetic. Scholar is fun and probably my favorite healer but I dont particularly like healing in itself.

If its a tank class I wouldnt mind it at all though.

[Kalaam]

Could be a pairing of sword+dagger. This would also allow to reuse old models from PLD and NIN for example. Something called an "athame" (ritualistic daggers used for magic rituals) or things like that.

[Kreyd]

As cool and fitting as a Whipblade would be for a scouting gear melee job, I would dig it for Thief swords (FFIX).

Also remember, all of Zidanes Dyne skills had runes in their animation.