Class Idea: Machinist

[darkm0d]

I'm ok with anything Magitek. Seeing as FFVI was my first and easily favorite game in the series, nothing has me more excited for 2.0 than Magitek stuff.

While I'm not holding my breath, if I could style my personal house ala Narsh style, homygawd. lol.

[Hyrist]

I want mechanist to be in the game, but not under the premise you're designing.

I'm not sure if you realize this, but Mechanist fits a Job more than it fits a class. Unlike "Lancer" which was the name for Final Fantasy Tactic's Dragoon. Mechanist in other Final Fantasy game has had their own characters and mechanics.

When you mention Mechanist I can never get the image of Edgar Figaro with a chainsaw out of my head.


It's sense evolved around guns as a weapon, which is fine by me - and I expect it will become a branch of Musketeer and counter Musketeer's potential job class: Corsair.

[Zantetsuken]

When you mention Mechanist I can never get the image of Edgar Figaro with a chainsaw out of my head.

Edgar was one of the best mechanist incarnations in the series. And I like the OPs trap suggestion (turrets.. maybe)

Hmm... Mechanist as a Class -> Puppetmaster as a Job.... That works pretty well actually!

I could see it as part of an empire themed expansion~

[TaalAzura]

I want mechanist to be in the game, but not under the premise you're designing.

I'm not sure if you realize this, but Mechanist fits a Job more than it fits a class. Unlike "Lancer" which was the name for Final Fantasy Tactic's Dragoon. Mechanist in other Final Fantasy game has had their own characters and mechanics.

When you mention Mechanist I can never get the image of Edgar Figaro with a chainsaw out of my head.


It's sense evolved around guns as a weapon, which is fine by me - and I expect it will become a branch of Musketeer and counter Musketeer's potential job class: Corsair.

The class I'm talking about would be more like a crafting class rather than a full on class with a job soul. What if the magitek armor were to work as the class's "soul", where Machinist (or class named Engineer) would be able to use abilities named tools much like FFVI, however when equip with a Machinist soul, the use of a magitek armor would become available (along with all of the beacons and whatnot). This wouldn't make Engineer much of a melee class, however perhaps engineer has access to a single turret (or even automaton) before acquiring the soul.

[Nakiamiie]

When you mention Mechanist I can never get the image of Edgar Figaro with a chainsaw out of my head.

That's what the machinist should be like: inspired from Edgar Figaro, he is the icon of machinists.

[AliceKaye]

I think it's a really cool class idea and I would totally be into playing it, honestly.

Edit: Sorry, auto-correct on phones is stupid and there was no edit there, so I had to switch to my PC to fix it. :P

[Laurel_McFang]

Yaris, where is your animated gif from? Have been watching it for day's. Torchlight 2 has a machinist class similar in battle to what you're describing, the machinist is a melee character who can spawn heal bots, gun boats, and robotic spider mines while in battle, would love to see little Magitek eal bots and other things running around the battlefield with their survival linked to the craftsmanship of the crafting class.

[faris]

Yaris, where is your animated gif from? Have been watching it for day's.

here. I need to pull my finger out of my ass and take screens of Sendai Kamotsu's Zekkomon PV for added lulz.

[Eclipse]

Sounds fun and intense.

[Tonkra]

I like the idea. would fit into FFXIV

it reminds me of the dwarven warsmith in Lineage 2 in Lineage 2 i liked the idea that dwarves have been the only crafters in the game








siege weapon:





If there are going to be sieges in FFXIV 2.0. PvP, such a warsmith could be very useful.
(siege weapons, to rep doors, crafting chocobo armor etc.)