Unexplored Class Concepts I'd Love to See in FF14's Future

[Haseno]

A Melee Orientated Damage-To-Heal Based Healer: Either with a 1h Mace/Offhand weapons or a 2h Hammer. For the MMORPG's veterans, think of Warhammer Online's Warrior Priest

A 2h Hammer Tank: Hard hitting, slow attacks. With some great crowd control.

A Thunder/Electrocution Themed Ranged DPS Caster: A ranged DPS caster with a theme built on lightning based spells and effects. Perhaps a utility centric caster as ranged caster DPS doesn't really have a utility centric class?

A Bladed Staff Melee DPS: No explanation needed. Weapon speaks for itself.

What are some class concepts you'd love to see? Be as detailed as you like.

[Kaliesto]

Your not the only one to request a Hammer-user.

That would be a epic job to play!

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I don't think a melee healer would ever really work in a raid situation, at least not while positioning for mechanics is still a thing. Generally there are only 4 spots safe for melee, and 2 of those are taken by tanks. Most groups split 4 melee 4 ranged, 2 tanks, 2 melee dps, 2 ranged dps, and 2 healers. That would reduce group composition flexibility.

[Kranel_San]

Hammer-class is probably the next tank in 7.0.
Can't say the same for the rest, because we're way too late for a hammer-class and it would be easier to make than make up a new weapon out of nowhere

[Haseno]

I don't think a melee healer would ever really work in a raid situation, at least not while positioning for mechanics is still a thing. Generally there are only 4 spots safe for melee, and 2 of those are taken by tanks. Most groups split 4 melee 4 ranged, 2 tanks, 2 melee dps, 2 ranged dps, and 2 healers. That would reduce group composition flexibility.

Being a melee based healer doesn't mean you'd be entirely limited to melee range heals. They'd still have some castable target range heals.

[Lunalepsy]

Being a melee based healer doesn't mean you'd be entirely limited to melee range heals. They'd still have some castable target range heals.

Something like Red Mage, I suppose?

[Brightshadow]

My hopes for 7.0 are:

1.) Time Mage (Caster DPS):
Would basically function as our replacement for a damage overtime caster since the role is now vacant due to SMN redesign. Would fit TIM rather nicely since they focus around time based Magic so they would be able to put 3-4 dots on the enemy and accelerate them to deal fast damage.

2.) Mystic Knight (Scouting DPS):
Would use a whipblade and have a rune on their offhand. Would have roots to mystic knights aesthetic from FFV and can have gameplay mechanics of rune knights like how FFXI approached the job.

[Floortank]

I don't think a melee healer would ever really work in a raid situation, at least not while positioning for mechanics is still a thing. Generally there are only 4 spots safe for melee, and 2 of those are taken by tanks. Most groups split 4 melee 4 ranged, 2 tanks, 2 melee dps, 2 ranged dps, and 2 healers. That would reduce group composition flexibility.

This. Game will never see a healer who doesn't fight from ranged. If only because they're not going to rebuild the mechanics of dozens of old fights where the healer has to be away from the boss/party, such as Alex 4.

[Lersayil]

A proper long/bastard sword dps, preferably in maiming armor (since its usually the heaviest looking available to dps). My personal pick would be rune knight, but given we have RDM, I'm willing to accept something mundane without the magic.

[LisSquid]

I'm still waiting on the Geomancer that took up two expansions of the Astrologian job story.