Which class fantasies of base classes do you like/miss?

[KooriGraywolf]

Although admittedly one of the reasons I was drawn to FF14 was that I could play as a Black Mage, one of my favorite classes in ALL of RPG's, once I researched the original concept of Thaumaturge I thought it was quite cool. Keepers of life and death who use holy and dark magic. When the new caster for Dawntrail was announced, I was lowkey hoping that it would be something like that rather than the highly speculated Green Mage.

And even earlier than that, what initially drew me to try the Arcanist class was the focus on using mathematical geometries, and one of the arcanist stereotypes being that of a hyper-calculative strategist (in the form of K'lyhia). As a math nerd this was such a cool class fantasy for me, and it even made me consider maining that over THM/BLM. However, when you become Scholar, you turn into a war historian? I hate studying history, dude.

This thread was also inspired by a Zepla video talking about how she missed the Rogue class fantasy, and that she was happy she could realize that fantasy with the new Viper class.

To clarify a bit, I was particularly interested in talking about how the class fantasy of base classes are abandoned when you transition into a job and fulfill a different class fantasy.

What are some old class concepts you guys like, and/or wish they were implemented in a future job?