Thread: Aesthetical wishlist for 7.0

Skill glams.

Skill glams.

Skill glams.

When I get tired of seeing an animation I want to change it.

Originally Posted by Raikai

Summoner: The obvious path of adding Shiva, Ramuh and Leviathan as another set of gemstones unlocked with Phoenix.

You're asking for something that already is going to happen eventually. What you should be asking for is SMN "quirks", like a 1% chance on any summon to summon King Mog in instances/raids (purely visual) or Odin in open world content where he would one shot enemy mobs or deal dark dmg to fate/hunt/quest mobs exclusively.

A few just off the top of my head...

Red Mage - I'd like a bit more swordplay, even if it's something as simple as a hard-hitting oGCD thrust with a long cooldown, or perhaps an action that unlocks after completing the melee combo but doesn't have to be used as part of the combo. For name and animation, this move could be called En-(element), maybe depending on which initial finisher you use in your combo. For example, if you cast Verholy, the action unlocks as Enlight, while if you cast Verflare, it unlocks as Enfire.

White Mage -
1. Change Cure I/II/III to Cure/Cura/Curaga, that book in Gubal Library be damned. Otherwise, at least make Cure II the AoE Cure spell and Cure III the higher-level single-target, to match the naming conventions for offensive spells.
2. Dia, Glare (should be renamed as Banish), Holy, Assize, Afflatus Misery -- all great, but they don't form a cohesive and entertaining damage rotation. If SE is going to continue down the road of making tanks and healers DPS jobs with defense and healing oGCDs, healers should have more entertaining damage rotations. This is moving from aesthetics to actual mechanics, but still.

Black Mage -
1. Naming request above applies here as well, let's have Fire/Fira/Firaga/Firaja. Could also just use FFXI's naming system and let e.g. Fire be the single-target name and Firaga be AoE.
2. Add spells for earth, water and wind. Perhaps earth and water could be incorporated into the Umbral phase, and wind incorporated into the Astral phase, maybe along with a direct damage thunder spell for symmetry. I don't know the best way to do this without massive button bloat.

Summoner -
1. As others have mentioned here and elsewhere, incorporate Leviathan/Shiva/Ramuh, probably as alternative gems unlocked by Phoenix. Alternatively, incorporate them as long-cooldown nukes or utility.
2. It annoys me that on summoner, Energy Drain grants Aetherflow, while on scholar, Energy Drain spends Aetherflow. If they're going to keep Energy Drain and Aetherflow as mechanics for both jobs, they should rearrange one or the other so the same ability doesn't have opposite effects.