NINJA...New Pet Class!

[Alaltus]

The dog could always be another battle pet like the Chocobo, after all FFVI wasn't the only FF with dog companions.

Rinoa + Angelo FFVIII
Yojimbo + Daigoro FFX
Gilgamesh + Enkidu FFXII

Not that i would be against a pet using Ninja though could quite interesting....

[Ashiee]

If for some reason Yoshi P decides to follow the FF6 route of ninja, I guess it could be a pet class? Though Interceptor only came out every once in a while, and it didn't really have to do with his job at all, more of a story thing, seeing that if you didn't get Shadow back, Relm would have control over him..... But if Yoshi P did follow the FF6 guide to ninja, it would mean we would be allowed to chuck a bunch of weapons at monsters and do massive amounts of damage... which would be awesome! (but 99% sure that isn't going to happen)

[Shougun]

The dog could always be another battle pet like the Chocobo, after all FFVI wasn't the only FF with dog companions.

Rinoa + Angelo FFVIII
Yojimbo + Daigoro FFX
Gilgamesh + Enkidu FFXII

Not that i would be against a pet using Ninja though could quite interesting....

A little bit of a wild suggestion but... you could make beastmaster a cross job/class ability set....

Like if you level beastmaster you learn how to tame and raise animals- almost a job that is also a crafting/gathering job.

You can then subslot your call ability to another class / job and call pets - however main job beastmaster would allow access to many exclusive / powerful pet skills that make it still a viable job, and perhaps you have to tame the animal completely before you can use it in other jobs.


Like I said pretty weird. . Without enough nerfing or enough comparable skills I'm pretty sure everyone would sub the beastmaster call ability though.. Perhaps if you sub the skill the pet takes up 1 party slot - so you can go solo content as a bard / wolf combo or something (but its not used in large parties as much and besides a beastmasters pet being far more powerful it wouldn't take up two slots (you and the pet)).

I only think this makes some sense because I would think the beastmaster will need a class to lead up into him, so a keeper class with the call skill- and beastmaster is the main job.

[SidRheingold]

What if we think of it as a NPC mercenary that can be hired if you just can't find an 8th member for your party?

. . . um lol.

[Ragento]

Neat idea, maybe not as a summon, but a regular cooldown skill where he comes out and attacks once. Also I believe you meant to post FFVI not FFIV.

BOOM great idea!!!!!! but instead of an ability it is Ninjas Limit Break!!!!!!!!

[xXHalloweenTrixXx]

Why would a ninja have a pet dog? x.x Doesn't seem to make much sense xD. I prefer Ninjas being a hybrid class, being able to use sub-par elemental damage skills through ninjutsu, as well as able to do some DD from behind the enemy. Possibly give them a few skills to bypass enemies that aggro as well.

[Ragento]

Why would a ninja have a pet dog? x.x Doesn't seem to make much sense xD. I prefer Ninjas being a hybrid class, being able to use sub-par elemental damage skills through ninjutsu, as well as able to do some DD from behind the enemy. Possibly give them a few skills to bypass enemies that aggro as well.

The Ninja in Final Fantasy VI had a dog, sorta like a tribute, and you just described FFXI ninja in detail lol

[Forgo]

I like the idea of nin as a pet job but I have to disagree with nin being a good tank job on FFXI, nins have no def lack true hate holding skills (minus provoke with war sub) and a good pld could out tank a nin tank if they knew how to work hate..not hating nin tanks but I have seen alot of them fail...(of course it might have been player skill rather then job at that point but hey..)

[Cedri]

So like naruto right?

[Akujin]

Just remember, Ninja was not originally designed to be a tank replacement in XI. The playerbase did that, it surprised the XI devs when they saw how Ninja was being used. Granted, now they've tweaked the job and given them gear and such to improve tanking capabilities. But originally Ninja was meant to be a DD. So even if Ninja isnt designed to be a tank class in XIV, if there's a way for the playerbase to utalize its skills to that end, it'll probably happen anyways.