4th Range DPS idea after endwalker

[Garnix]

Right, and DRK had a lot going for it being a DPS but it ended as a Tank. It doesn't mean anything really. Until they release Time Mage nothing is set in stone one way or the other. Even if they say they will not make it, they can still make it happen.
+ Gaia uses Time magic offensively.
AST indeed uses some time magic in its kit. But nothing like what Gaia does.
Time Mage was usually a support job but it doesn't mean it would be one in XIV.

[Bhearil]

Gravity for example

[ty_taurus]

What I would love to see would be Juggler

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki...ctics_Advance)

A knife-throwing job with a more devious aesthetic that's a more selfish DPS to contrast against MCH with just a small touch of support.

[LordMetal7]

What I would love to see would be Juggler

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki...ctics_Advance)

A knife-throwing job with a more devious aesthetic that's a more selfish DPS to contrast against MCH with just a small touch of support.

i don't know ninja dose that already

[ty_taurus]

i don't know ninja dose that already

Not really. Ninja has a very dull-looking, weak dagger throw to maintain DPS while at range, but it is by far not their identity. For Juggler, I was thinking making a gauge centered around gil toss, generating a "gil gauge" and spending that for high damage as well as perhaps having a large bladed ring you can throw that bounces off enemies and lands on the ground. If you pick it up or stand where it lands, you throw it again for extra damage several times in a row.

[elioaiko]

With all this talk about Time Mage, if it were DPS, the dev team would have a lot of freedom on how they design the job considering the creative space DPS roles have versus healer or tank which need to be constantly balanced around the same baseline.

And considering that Sage isn't anything like it's Tactics Advance counterpart, I would say that Time Mage could be unique in its own right.

The dev team already went out of their way to removed the time spells off of AST and have been focusing on creating space themes.

Yes it's close and often times, space and time are very linked together. But I think it could work as they can have similarlities. As long as Time Magic doesn't step into having stars and constellations as part of their sfx effects.

As for how the kit would work, in a normal rpg Time Mage is still pretty broken and you can't have the same effects in an MMO. But delayed/extended based dps kit could be interesting. Time could 100% be a dot based job with its pay off being procs with properly extended dots.

[Katie_Kitty]

With all this talk about Time Mage, if it were DPS, the dev team would have a lot of freedom on how they design the job considering the creative space DPS roles have versus healer or tank which need to be constantly balanced around the same baseline.

And considering that Sage isn't anything like it's Tactics Advance counterpart, I would say that Time Mage could be unique in its own right.

The dev team already went out of their way to removed the time spells off of AST and have been focusing on creating space themes.

Yes it's close and often times, space and time are very linked together. But I think it could work as they can have similarlities. As long as Time Magic doesn't step into having stars and constellations as part of their sfx effects.

As for how the kit would work, in a normal rpg Time Mage is still pretty broken and you can't have the same effects in an MMO. But delayed/extended based dps kit could be interesting. Time could 100% be a dot based job with its pay off being procs with properly extended dots.

Time Mage DPS is my most-wanted job to come in. I could imagine it being based around the concept of a "time wheel" that the player can pause/rewind/speed up and time-delayed magic spells. Kinda vaguely similar to what Gaia does.

[Soge01]

You had me at Laguna, OP. Loved him FF8 and was one of my top favorite characters to play as in FF Dissidia Duodecim.

Don't need to see the videos to get the jist of what your talking about. I definitely want this, or at least Machinist's main weapon reconfigured to function like Laguna's with a massive transformation gun weapon you can summon as a separate weapon, like the rest of our Machinst arsenal.

[LordMetal7]

You had me at Laguna, OP. Loved him FF8 and was one of my top favorite characters to play as in FF Dissidia Duodecim.

Don't need to see the videos to get the jist of what your talking about. I definitely want this, or at least Machinist's main weapon reconfigured to function like Laguna's with a massive transformation gun weapon you can summon as a separate weapon, like the rest of our Machinst arsenal.

Thank gooness you saw from it, dude no joke we really need a true gunner class, i'm not saying machinist sucks but yes More guns to use.

[EdwardCrow]

I would love to see a Musketeer or Corsair class based on the twin muskets used by Merlwyb.