Job Idea: Blitzer (Ranged)

[Mimilu]

Blitzer (BLZ)
Self-Augmenting and Buffing Physical Range DPS
Physical Ranged
Weapons: Blitzballs
Limit Break: Tides of Fate (Physical Range). The user creates a large sphere of water and kicks it forward, creating a tidal wave that damages all enemies within a straight line.
Inspiration: Tidus, Wakka, Jecht, and Blitzball (Final Fantasy X), Archer/Hunter/Ranger/Sniper



ENTIRE JOB IDEA OVERVIEW

TL;DR Version
• You’re Wakka from X with some Tidus and classic ranger sprinkled in.
• Hurt enemies by throwing your ball at them and splashing them with water.
• Damage is centered around weaponskills with abilities focusing on augmenting, buffs, and/or utility.
• Alter your basic single-target and AoE weaponskills, Sphere Shot and Crashing Wave, with Buster abilities to add effects to them. These altered weaponskills do not interrupt your ongoing combos.
• Self-buffs require you “score” stacks by successfully hitting a marked target with weaponskills. You can then use those stacks to use and power up strong Blitz Ace weaponskills.
• You have a 4-part single target filler combo and a 3-part AoE filler combo.

Basic Skill Breakdown
Button Count: 21(8 weaponskills, 13 abilities)

Single-Target Filler Combo
Sphere Shot > Spin Shot > Invisible Shot > Spiral Shot

AoE Filler Combo
Crashing Wave > Whirlpool > Energy Rain

Busters and Shots/Waves
Venom Buster + Sphere Shot = Venom Shot (Single Damage + Single-target DoT)
Venom Buster + Crashing Wave = Venomous Wave (AoE Damage + AoE DoT)

Blind Buster + Sphere Shot = Blind Shot (Single Damage + Single-target Blind + Reduce Damage)
Blind Buster + Crashing Wave = Blinding Wave (AoE Damage + AoE Blind + Reduce Damage)

Wither Buster + Sphere Shot = Wither Shot (Single Damage +Increase damage on target)

Delay Buster + Sphere Shot = Delay Shot (Single Damage + Add 6 seconds on Buster debuffs)

Self Buffs and Blitz Aces
Focus Mark = Scored stacks (Increase Damage done onto target) > Blitz Ace (Grants 1 Grand Slam stack)
Golden Arm = Golden Arm stacks (Decreases weaponskill recast + Increase Damage) > Golden Blitz Ace (Grants 1 Grand Slam stack)
Rallied Cheer = Rallied stacks (Increase likelihood of Direct Critical Hits + Increase Damage) > Rallied Blitz Ace (Grants 1 Grand Slam stack)
3 Grand Slam Stacks = Grand Slam (AoE damage, 4 hits)

Other Damaging Skills
Free Throw: Damage a single target and gain 1 Scored stack
Tie Breaker: Upgrade of Free Throw. AoE damage and gain 1 Scored stacks.


Buffs and Utility
Slipstream: Move to location
All-Out Defense Formation: Reduce damage party recieves
Tactical Flee: Increase party’s movement speed (battle Peleton)
Team Spirit: Increase single partymember’s damage dealt whenever user gets a Score stack
Penalty: Reduces single partymember’s damage taken and damages attackers

[Mimilu]

I've been sitting on this design since mid-EW. ο（´･ω･｀o）
If you have any thoughts, critiques, and/or suggestions, let me know.
(If you see any terms in the skill descriptions that aren't anywhere else, that's because I reworked/renamed/reworded a bunch of stuff today. Let me know and I'll correct it. (◍´͈ꈊ`͈◍) )

[Kandraxx]

Yeah, let's implement another job (read: keyboard button minigame) to keep a braindead game going instead of addressing the core problem.

How many variations of: left right left right 123 124 125 now press in a circle and back do you actually want?

[Mimilu]

Yeah, let's implement another job (read: keyboard button minigame) to keep a braindead game going instead of addressing the core problem.

How many variations of: left right left right 123 124 125 now press in a circle and back do you actually want?

What exactly is your post adding to fixing the game? ꉂ (´∀｀)ʱªʱªʱª
Of course the game is severely flawed and in a bad state at the moment. Maybe that will change, maybe it won't.
Doesn't mean I can't post idea threads. (-‿◦) ~♥

[Screbis]

Yeah, let's implement another job (read: keyboard button minigame) to keep a braindead game going instead of addressing the core problem.

How many variations of: left right left right 123 124 125 now press in a circle and back do you actually want?

Cool it will ya? I get there are problems with how many of jobs work now but that's no reason to shit on someone's idea without giving anything constructive.

Back on topic, I love all the work you put into this. I've also wanted something like a blitzer in the game. It would be hilarious to brain enemies with aggressive ball throwing.

[TakoyakiLala]

My only criticism is that there isn't enough mention of kicking the blitzball and the limit break not being the Jecht Shot where you catch and kick a literal Meteor, like how Jecht does in Dissidia Final Fantasy.

Other than that, I like it!

[MikkoAkure]

I'm all for this idea. Maybe if we get 1 more ranged phys, they can balance them out like they did the healers. We could have 2 buffers (BRD/DNC) and 2 debuffers (MCH/BLZ) and it could help lift the others up with their job identities.

We'll never get blitzball in the Golden Saucer and I think a blitzballer class makes that up to the players. I also +1 Jecht Shot as an ability.

[YukioKobayashi]

I really want them to take risks in the future. Including new jobs.
The idea of a Blitzer sounds great.
But what if they try something new and add something to the 1-2-3 combo.
Maybe let the ball bounce back towards you in a random location around you , giving you a minor potency buff in your 1-2-3 combochain after catching the ball.
Welcome to the league of Drav.... uhm... Eorzea. :^)

[CVXIV]

Physical ranged are in a rough spot currently but I've always thought having a blitzball related job would be a better implementation of it than them adding a minigame
Maybe it's just me, but if I had to choose I'd definitely want the job because I never enjoyed the minigame in X that much
Too much celestial weapon grinding for me throughout my multiple playthroughs lol

I'd love to see what a potential LB3 would look like
I feel like it'd have to be the jecht shot with how iconic it is

[Astronema]

It's hard to think up a ranged phys job now. Soldier we get an assault rifle... Too close to mch. Crossbow etc too close to bard.
Sniper or agent same problem. Anything with a drone or laser too close to sage. Mch is a too much of a coverall for any ranged firearm.
Well End up like Gilgamesh throwing weapons from a subspace wormhole at a distance.