Job Idea: Blitzer (Ranged)

[MikkoAkure]

I really want them to take risks at 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. :^)

I thought that sounded really neat until I remembered stages like M4 and E3 that can get really narrow while lots of things are going off around you. Getting lost in the sauce and falling off the stage to chase a ball might turn it into the next dragoon.

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.

We have a ton of jobs that use different genres of swords and then there’s SMN and SCH who use the exact same weapons. They may have an out because they share the same base class (for now), but then you have WHM and BLM who both wield staves. Used to be that WHM staves were typically wood while BLM were stone, metal, or bone, but that’s been thrown out the window a long time ago.

My point is that there’s wiggle room for getting “too close” to another job’s weapon. I think throwing and kicking a ball is different enough of an action to differentiate a hypothetical blitzballer from dancer.

[Mikey_R]

My problem is, without timings on things or really an overview of how you intent the rotation to look, it can be hard to visualise what you want to achieve or what you are aiming for. If this is all in the Google Doc, then I'm not going to see it as I'm not going to request access to it.

[Kandraxx]

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. (-‿◦) ~♥

I don't need to fix the game cause it doesn't make me money and I'm also not on SE's payroll. Cool emotes btw.

[YukioKobayashi]

I thought that sounded really neat until I remembered stages like M4 and E3 that can get really narrow while lots of things are going off around you. Getting lost in the sauce and falling off the stage to chase a ball might turn it into the next dragoon.

This shouldnt be much of a problem imo.
SE likes to give us abilitys to work around the weaknesses of the jobs.
BLM Triple Cast - RDM Acceleration ect. Both Abilitys can be used for either movement or a dmg gain during raidbuffs.
Giving Blitzer for example a cooldown that replaces the next 3 combo GCD's with exploding balls for increased dmg while removing the ball catching minigame could fix this. This would also increase the skill ceiling and room for optimisation for the players who seek it. Simular to BLMs Triple Cast.

[dsgawwewerfw]

let's blitz!!！

[Mimilu]

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!

The LB is loosely based on Tidus's use of Jecht Shot, with you performing a spinning kick on a giant ball of water instead of a boulder. (´∀｀)

My problem is, without timings on things or really an overview of how you intent the rotation to look, it can be hard to visualise what you want to achieve or what you are aiming for. If this is all in the Google Doc, then I'm not going to see it as I'm not going to request access to it.

Oops, sorry. I switched it so it's viewable to those with the link now. (ᗒᗨᗕ)

I don't need to fix the game cause it doesn't make me money and I'm also not on SE's payroll. Cool emotes btw.

It does the opposite, it costs you money. σ(*´∀｀*)

[AshtonCrowe]

Instead of the Tides of Fate limit break why not ask for the spin overdrive from FFX that wakka gets from doing blitzball stuff?

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[Mimilu]

Instead of the Tides of Fate limit break why not ask for the spin overdrive from FFX that wakka gets from doing blitzball stuff?

9999x5

Wakka's Slots were on my list of potential skills but I didn't think they fit thematically. Better to save it if someone wants to do a proper Gambler job. (◍´͈ꈊ`͈◍)

[Sarevok_Thordin]

This is an obvious choice but SE have been sitting on blitzball for a while now, they wanted to put the actual game itself in as a minigame but haven't said anything about it in ages.

[MikkoAkure]

This is an obvious choice but SE have been sitting on blitzball for a while now, they wanted to put the actual game itself in as a minigame but haven't said anything about it in ages.

Last year Yoshi-P yelled "NO!" when just asked "Blitzball?" in an interview ahead of DT's release. I think that means we're not getting it.

He said something along the lines that if they change it, then people will complain and if they keep it as is from FFX then he's worried that the devs would put all this time and money into it and people will play it once and never again (see Lord of Verminion).