Necromancer: Discussion of the dead

[Zantetsuken]

Necromancer is just not a FF-ish 'heroic job'. Running around with corpses and skeletons as minions is what villains in a FF game do -- and we aren't villains.

Even the (non-western/non-traditional) form of Necromancer Job in FFV:Advanced serves as the exception that proves the rule.

The dev team had looked at necromancer-style play for FFXI, and that is where they came up with the more FF-thematic 'Puppetmaster'. You have a much better chance of seeing that job surface at some point in FFXIV, than you would with Necromancer.

And then there's the Chinese undead censorship issue.

Here's how I see it:

• Do you want to summon otherworldly beings? Get ready for Summoner
• Do you want to have a mindless minion that follows your every whim? Ask for Puppetmaster Job
  
• Do you want to command powerful monsters attack your foes? Lobby for Beastmaster Job
  
• Do you specifically want to play an ~~Eeeeevillll~ western-style Necromancer with hordes of grotesque undead minions? I'm sorry, but please look elsewhere, 'Final Fantasy' might not be your thing...

"but I waaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnt it..."

As far as the mechanics of the OP's proposal? It's not bad, but I can see the self-resurrection thing being quite difficult to balance. Imagine any fight where the PT spams that job... Plus it would be heavily broken in PvP.