Dragoon?

[Frein]

They were Dragon Killers in XI too (just the unholy ones). Which could very well be a reason/excuse to get a Wyvern/Dragon as Dragoon. Honestly though, if it means weakening the player to get a pet I would say no UNLESS:

1) Pet can get armor to make it stronger
2) It doesn't die in ten minutes from two magical attacks and has a 2 hour recast
3) It can be controlled instead of mimicking
4) Gains useful abilities to aid the Dragoon

But I wouldn't mind an ability that called down a Dragon for some big damage or something and has a big recast (10min or more depending on damage potency).

If there isn't a pet that comes with Dragoon then some moves I'd like to see:
1) Jumps (different kinds more than just the three that XI had)
2) Breaths (of all kinds that exceed past the basic elemental breaths)
3) Dragonheart (auto-reraise from tactics)
4) Dragon Killer trait

That being said, I'm a Dragoon at heart so I'd probably play the job anyway if they only gave us 1 more dmg per hit.

I'd personally object to having a fully controllable pet. I didn't level LNC because I wanted a class where I have to pay attention to both my own character and a pet. I wouldn't mind if it was an extension of the player character and mostly just a cosmetic difference to other characters. Some abilities would simply fire from the pet rather than the dragoon and the pet would of course be unkillable and untargetable.

The FFXI dragoon pet constantly died and was originally tied to their 2 hour ability, so that was obviously really bad. They've changed the 2h thing but I still don't really like they way they implemented it there. The very concept of 2h abilities is also really bad, which brings me to another point: I don't want abilities with 10-min recasts. Powerful abilities with long recasts cause spikes in character power, which makes balancing for both PVE and PVP a bit of a nightmare. It's like how in FFXI you could stack a bunch of summoners and spam 2hs to take down a boss or dozens of enemies in a matter of seconds. This godlike power spike would then be followed by a 2h lull of insect like weakness in comparison.

Also, giving any one class a clear edge against certain enemy types will simply lead to people stacking certain jobs against certain enemy types. So assuming this proposed Dragon Killer trait does anything meaningful, you'd want to stack as many dragoons as possible when you want to kill a dragon, which would hurt other classes. Likely the roles would be reversed elsewhere and another class would reign supreme while dragoons are the pariah. It's just not good design even if the armory system slightly mitigates damage from class balance issues.

[Aurora]

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Yes! Dragoon FTW!!! Looks so dark there!

[Asherym]

I've always loved the concept of the Dragoon, from its inception in FF2 (Kain was technically the first DRG to Jump, but not the first in line), up to the massive change it got in FFXI. I loved the wyvern because it gave something to the DRG that was largely missing in the rest of the Jobs: versatility. Granted, the variations were limited or limiting in scope, but no other melee Job could be used in that way.
Would I like the wyvern back? Sure, but it's not mandatory. I'd rather they expanded on the DRG they created with Freya in FF9. A unique skillset that consisted of dragon-based magic and attacks that complimented the great attack power and Jump/High jump abilities. Freya was the most unique DRG in FF history, and deserves to have her abilities brought back to the table.
Like most, if we were to get a wyvern, I would want a level of customization: giving it an original name vice picking from a list, color selection so as not to give the idea that wyverns are inbred, and detail customization like scale style and addition of horns/spikes. I also support a method of control to make the wyvern an extension of your battle strategy rather than an afterthought.
That's just my two gil, though.

[Tyro]

100% agree with Asherym. I'd like all Freya's powers or something like that. About the wyvern i'm not so sure if I want it or not. But please, PLEASE SE, don't give us breath weapons as in FF Tactics Dragoons, all other skills are fine

Oh and DragonKiller seems cool in this game

[unnameduser]

I'm more interested to see what and if there is going to be another job to pick other than dragoons.

[Kinghoran]

I have been a die hard FF Dragoon/Lancer/Dragon Knight fan since I picked up FF Tactics all those years ago. I played FFXI for the life of the PS2 system and still do. I played hours upon hours with my faithful wyvern Eisenzahn. But, that was in FFXI, I'm playing FFXIV because it's got an incredible, and unique story, classes, jobs and races (sorta).

That being said, I have no need to see a FFXI Dragoon in this game, I would like to see Jump definitely in the Dragoon class, which might be coming eventually, but a wyvern has and should always be a FFXI iteration.

With the mutliple FF games that have come about, there should be no trouble for the dev team to create a unique Dragoon class in this game.

[KaynelD]

Personally I liked the wyvern from XI and would love to see its return. For me it was part of my identity as a dragoon. Does it need to be exactly the same as XI? No, and it probably wouldn't work with XIV. I like some of the ideas already mentioned about making it more customizable or some kind of summon. I really don't care how they do it, I just want my faithful sidekick back.

[Alaltus]

Woot





This is definitely Dragoon no doubt about it now.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

personally i do not want wyvern :|

[Belial]

personally i do not want wyvern :|

Based on the recently released SS of Dragoon in some nice armour, there is no wyvern floating in sight, just one-big ass Dragon we're attacking. I truly hope this shows that SE will not make Dragoon a pet class. I will be soooo happy if I can be a lone Dragon Knight.