What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

[Neomage]

Just for fun, while I'm re-installing my computer.

[Lilani]

Re: Poll: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Time mage

((I can dream, can't I?))

(((and, btw, to explain further, I have this freaky thing for clocks o-o)))

[Armando]

Re: Poll: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Geomancer. And just for kicks, Mime (whenever someone does a JA, MA or WS, so does the Mime :D).

Ok, not Magic. It would be too messy.

[Legal Fish]

Re: Poll: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

I'd like a job that would allow me to shoot myself in the face everything threads like these appear.

Er... I mean...

NECROMANCERS!11!!

[Neomage]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Icemage merged the threadews, so their is an actual poll now. Vote people, vote!

[Daos]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Would Time Mage really work? I mean, aren't most of the time/space spells (Haste, Slow, etc.) all ready used by White, Black, and Red Mages?

Anyway, are we even sure there will be a new expansion pack? Or that it will contain new classes?

[Zempten]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Somehow it seems like if SE does add jobs again it'll be something unique and unseen before.

[Jei]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

I wanna be Onion Knight with JSE Mandragora Mask.

[Malacite]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Mystic Knight (aka Sorcerer) from FF5. That job had bad ass written all over it (It's too bad too, because BLU AF this time was modelled disturbingly close to how the old sprite looks for mystic knight).

RDM be damned (enspells) I want my sword magic!

[Kholdstare]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Morpher would be somewhat interesting to see, but would probably be too similar to BLU and BST. (BST due to the fact that it's controlling animals, in a way; BLU due to the fact that you'd likely have to kill animals to get these particular forms)

Still, it'd be rather nice to see.

Also, a Juggler class would be kinda nice. It'd be the throwing DD/support that NIN should be, but isn't due to how much a stack of adequate shurikens is. Obviously, the throwing items (Knives, rings, molotovs, balls, etc.) would actually be obtainable. Also, It'd use daggers for its melee weapons. Hell, you could even give it throwing Weapon Skills.

[Wise Donkey]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

I have been pining for Geomancer and Time Mage for a while now.

I could see Geomancer using Animas for their abilities, and Time Mages could be so badass with Demi.

[Haggai]

Re: Poll: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Time mage

((I can dream, can't I?))

(((and, btw, to explain further, I have this freaky thing for clocks o-o)))

Like this?



-----------------

Geomancer would be pretty neat.

[Likibiki]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

1) Chemist. A mix of Ninja and Whitemage, yes please.

2) Gladiator. 1-handed spears, giant shields, big tanking capabilities, heavy armor, they just need something that lets them regain HP like PLD's can and we have another tank on our hands.

Apart from that, not too fussed. Animist would be nice but unlikely.

[Hantz]

Re: Poll: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

I'd like a job that would allow me to shoot myself in the face everytime threads like these appear.

Don't be a noob. You don't need a job to allow you to do that. You just need to remove the Pathos that prohibits "self-target only face shooting." Quit being lazy and find that temporary item already, use the search function, etc.

[Karinya]

Re: What jobs would you like to see added to FFXI in the next expansion?

Mystic Knight (aka Sorcerer) from FF5. That job had bad ass written all over it (It's too bad too, because BLU AF this time was modelled disturbingly close to how the old sprite looks for mystic knight).
RDM be damned (enspells) I want my sword magic!

Seconded, and I don't think RDM already having it is really a problem. RDM sword magic is only the faintest shadow of what FF5 sword mages had. So once real sword mages come back, RDM will just have a weak version of their spells the same way they have weaker versions of WHM, BLM and time mage spells. Elemental enspells II and III, enlight and endark series, and some enstatus spells too (probably including endrain and enaspir, they had them in FFV). A sword and possibly greatsword would make them a viable DD with /WAR, /NIN or possibly other subs; A enhance for the sword magic and probably no other magic skill. If they get heavy enough armor, a good selection of shields and some shield skill, tanking with Endrain might be possible (enspell effects would need to be changed to cause hate, which I think they currently don't). Or Enstun, if they get it.


As for time mage, don't forget that it's actually *spacetime* mage. They were the job that had Comet and Meteor - and could have them again. In addition, with more jobs being added, the restriction of only one job having the teleport and warp spells is becoming a pain - spacetime mages should logically have both. Haste2/Quick, Stop and maybe even Old are possibilities too (in addition to existing spells like Bind, Gravity, etc.) Hastega and Slowga are already blood pacts, but that doesn't necessarily mean they can't be added as spells - Geist Wall is basically the same as Lunar Roar, for example, and Sleepga is already a blood pact and a spell. Float, Demi and Dejeon might be tricky to implement without too much effect on balance, though. (Dejeon might be OK if it didn't work on some NMs and despawned the enemy instead of killing it, so you get no exp/loot/etc.) Finally, in FFV Regen was a time mage spell, not a white mage spell, so time mages could logically get all levels of regen - and maybe refresh too, since it's a similar concept. With say A enhancing, B enfeebling and /WHM or /RDM, it could be a quite useful support job and maybe even main healer.

For traits I would suggest Magic Extend - increases the duration of spells with a duration, which is obviously great for a job that uses a lot of buffs and debuffs - and for JAs, maybe a seal that makes your next spell cast instantly a la Chainspell?


Geomancer could be almost anything, because they've had such a variety of abilities in various games (FFV, VI, Tactics, Tactics Advance), I'm just leaning toward healer/support because that's what the game needs more of right now. Unfortunately the experience of BLU suggests that any job that can DD, will mostly DD regardless of how many other roles it can competently fill, so I suggest geomancer's nuking ability be kept at or below RDM level.