Next Scouting Job?

[Seraphor]

An "original" job that combines Vagrant Story's Riskbreaker, with Zidane from IX's version of thief.
Double-ended Swords, and a pseudo limit break system using Dynamis powered skills.

[Iscah]

An "original" job that combines Vagrant Story's Riskbreaker, with Zidane from IX's version of thief.
Double-ended Swords, and a pseudo limit break system using Dynamis powered skills.

We're not going to have "dynamis-powered" skills except perhaps with no idea that it's what they are. (See: dancer quests in light of Endwalker.)

[linayar]

I don't know what kind of job it would be, but I want its role to be physical ranged.

And no, scouting does not fit dancer. Thematically, dancer is like the opposite of rogue/ninja, and that's what the idea of scouting is associated with. Dancer passes as aiming just by having a ranged weapon.

[Iscah]

Dancer passes as aiming just by having a ranged weapon.

That's how it got put in aiming, yes. But throwing chakrams is a very different business to shooting projectiles from a device, and arguably closer to ninja's throwing dagger skills.

Also, from what I've played of classic FF games (III and IV) where each role can wield multiple weapons, chakrams are a weapon type used by thief and ninja.

[linayar]

That's how it got put in aiming, yes. But throwing chakrams is a very different business to shooting projectiles from a device, and arguably closer to ninja's throwing dagger skills.

Also, from what I've played of classic FF games (III and IV) where each role can wield multiple weapons, chakrams are a weapon type used by thief and ninja.

There is overlap, and that is just how Final Fantasy works, and even aiming and scouting are related in FFXIV. That is why I think the next scouting job could be ranged physical. But when I think scouting, dancer just seems so wrong when you consider it's a very "attention-seeking" job.

[Alacran]

There is overlap, and that is just how Final Fantasy works, and even aiming and scouting are related in FFXIV. That is why I think the next scouting job could be ranged physical. But when I think scouting, dancer just seems so wrong when you consider it's a very "attention-seeking" job.

I honestly feel any job that would use a ranged physical gameplay style is simply an aiming job, no need to have it mixed into scouting.

That being said, a melee centric Ranger would make the most sense to me, however tying to a simple sword style Aragorn archetype seems a bit to to easy. (mind you i would love it personally but understand others may find it redundant.)

The idea of double voulge using Serge (Chrono Trigger), Darth Maul (SW), Zidane (FFIX) weapon type is also intriguing & one i would gladly welcome, what it's job would be, i have no idea though.

Reaper opened the door for a great many original & unique job & weapon styles & i truly am excited for what's to come.

Excluding the idea of Viking & Berserker...

We already have Warrior & a Viking without berserker skill & a skill name already in game, is just to unoriginal, redundant, & lazy.

[linayar]

I honestly feel any job that would use a ranged physical gameplay style is simply an aiming job, no need to have it mixed into scouting.

That being said, a melee centric Ranger would make the most sense to me, however tying to a simple sword style Aragorn archetype seems a bit to to easy. (mind you i would love it personally but understand others may find it redundant.)

The idea of double voulge using Serge (Chrono Trigger), Darth Maul (SW), Zidane (FFIX) weapon type is also intriguing & one i would gladly welcome, what it's job would be, i have no idea though.

Reaper opened the door for a great many original & unique job & weapon styles & i truly am excited for what's to come.

Excluding the idea of Viking & Berserker...

We already have Warrior & a Viking without berserker skill & a skill name already in game, is just to unoriginal, redundant, & lazy.

Zidane's double sword would be nice, but that would be melee, I think, so that might not be for a while, even if they planned for it.

Wait, so, first you say you want a physical ranged scouting job, and then you say Dancer couldn't have been Scouting because they are physical ranged?

Uh, no, reread what I posted again. There are different sentences there, so don't mix them together.

[Hasrat]

I don't know what kind of job it would be, but I want its role to be physical ranged.

And no, scouting does not fit dancer. Thematically, dancer is like the opposite of rogue/ninja, and that's what the idea of scouting is associated with. Dancer passes as aiming just by having a ranged weapon.

Wait, so, first you say you want a physical ranged scouting job, and then you say Dancer couldn't have been Scouting because they are physical ranged?

You are essentially agreeing. Dancer should've been in Scouting, and all these calls for "pirate" or "corsair" or whatever else could've/should've been Aiming since they completely fit in with the them of, y'know, needing to aim.

[Equitable_Remedy]

No other class is cool enough to share scouting gear with NIN

Maybe another aiming or caster class next.

[Haruka_R]

No other class is cool enough to share scouting gear with NIN

Damn Straight.