XIV needs a Shaman like role for a Job

[Kranel_San]

I'm open to the idea of new original jobs or jobs that have barely been used in the entire franchise, and after searching a bit for any info regarding a Shaman job in the FF franchise or anything else related to it. I have found out that a Shaman job could possibly be either a supporter caster or a Dark arts caster similar to Necromancer but minus the Undead part.

If you're looking for something similar to WoW's Shaman then look no further than Black/White mages, as they're the elementalists.

[drtasteyummy]

No, what we really need is Warlock or a Demon Hunter.

[VeyaAkemi]

No, what we really need is Warlock or a Demon Hunter.

Isn't Reaper more or less a melee/physical equivalent to what Warlock is? Warlocks are magic users who gain their power through deals with fiends, which is what RPR does but for melee prowess.

[Shurrikhan]

Isn't Reaper more or less a melee/physical equivalent to what Warlock is? Warlocks are magic users who gain their power through deals with fiends, which is what RPR does but for melee prowess.

If you had a fire-fisted pugilist, would that be the same as a Fire Mage?

If the similarity begins and ends with "Has Pact (Edgy)", then there'd seem plenty of space more, even if that pact likely shouldn't be with Voidsent in particular. You might look instead at pacts with particular objects, for instance, or with actual demons/blasphemizations, or reframe those pacts instead to dark oaths (though then you start into that territory of "your 'hero' seems not only to leverage evil powers, but to be actually evil" that Yoshida seems so hesitant to allow any further steps towards).

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

I would either like a mystic knight dps or a necromancer. If they add any new classes to FFXIV I think 1 of them will be a new magical dps

[VirusOnline]

Fair.
I would still argue that SMN is shaman enough for the ff verse.

BUT, I would love a druid.

[Renalt]

So why not have a Shaman that is more of a buffer type support role. Have them rotate place totems that offer certain buffs for the party. For example perhaps one totem makes all auto attacks happen twice as fast much like Riddle of Wind. Also rotate the totems around much like Bards and their songs.

Then also weapon buffing as well. Also maybe as a new healer class. So they don't have many actual attacks but can keep the party alive or stronger. Also perhaps not a burst healer or a shield healer...but a sustain healer. Heals are based on regen properties. Good at keeping you topped up but not panic healing.

Just spitballing ideas. Nothing concrete and welcome to alterations or straight up rejection.

[Denji]

Shaman is a missing niche style of class in this game. Other games often have this role, but the only thing close to it is Blue Mage, and Conjurer. Nothing else really fits.

And for people who might suggest Beastmaster, I do not mean that. I mean a real shaman, but to talk about that we have to first discuss what that even is.

According to the google definition it is: "a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. Typically such people enter a trance state during a ritual, and practice divination and healing."

Astrologian does divination, and healing, but it does not fit the bill at all. Conjurer only fits the theme because it works in nature, but it is far from being a traditional shaman in an rpg.

No, I'm talking about something that has a relation to animal spirits, and primal magic. Something related to Native Americans, European druidism, and Asian mystics.

Oracle is an old job in the series that MIGHT work for that, but I don't think it quite fits. I do hope we see it someday though.

Still, nothing we have in game really nails the shaman vibe. It would be a good opportunity for a brand new job design. :L

The closest thing I could find in Final Fantasy is from a mobile spin off. https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki...rborne_Brigade) I still think it is worth exploring however.

shaman is the most neglected class in wow and only ever gets mechanics removed and/or nerfed so if you want the same experience just go main mch or mnk.