So as everyone knows, 5.3 has provided some hints at some possible new jobs coming in the next expansion. Of course these are only possibilities and speculation, but apothecary and necromancer are the two big ones I see tossed around a lot.
Personally, I'd like to see additional jobs branching off of the existing classes, a la scholar/summoner. It's already a system implemented they can build off of, and there are tons of ways they can re-imagine some of the classes. As someone who started off as an Archer, I'd LOVE for a job that was more bow-oriented and less song-focused. And from an RP standpoint personally don't like being railroaded into playing one class into one job. For example, going from rogue to ninja realllyyyyy isn't a progression I wanted to play from an RP standpoint and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Of course this is only a matter of opinion.
These are the ones I can think of, including the ones hinted in 5.3:
Rogue -> Thief, Assassin
Archer -> Ranger, Beast Master/Tamer, Sniper (crossbows, anyone?)
Thaumaturge -> Necromancer/Voidmage, Blood Mage
Conjurer -> Druid, Green Mage
Marauder -> Barbarian, something with a Warhammer (warlord maybe?)
Gladiator -> Raider, Swashbuckler/Duelist (like how Arcanist starts as DPS and splits into healer, this could start as a tank and split into DPS)
Lancer -> Cavalry (This could be a limited job, it's a reaaaal spitball lmao)
And then there are the jobs I've heard that would be entirely new jobs:
Alchemist/Chemist/Apothecary (the potions/poisons master)
Geomancer
Some of these jobs have history in the Final Fantasy series (from FFX-2, FFXI, etc.) so it wouldn't be outside the realm of possiblity.
In any case, I'm curious to know everyone's thoughts! What do you think of the possibility of more branches in the classes-to-jobs progression, what jobs do you think we'll see come 6.0, and/or what jobs would you like to see come in the future?
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Personally, I'd like to see additional jobs branching off of the existing classes, a la scholar/summoner. It's already a system implemented they can build off of, and there are tons of ways they can re-imagine some of the classes. As someone who started off as an Archer, I'd LOVE for a job that was more bow-oriented and less song-focused. And from an RP standpoint personally don't like being railroaded into playing one class into one job. For example, going from rogue to ninja realllyyyyy isn't a progression I wanted to play from an RP standpoint and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Of course this is only a matter of opinion.
These are the ones I can think of, including the ones hinted in 5.3:
Rogue -> Thief, Assassin
Archer -> Ranger, Beast Master/Tamer, Sniper (crossbows, anyone?)
Thaumaturge -> Necromancer/Voidmage, Blood Mage
Conjurer -> Druid, Green Mage
Marauder -> Barbarian, something with a Warhammer (warlord maybe?)
Gladiator -> Raider, Swashbuckler/Duelist (like how Arcanist starts as DPS and splits into healer, this could start as a tank and split into DPS)
Lancer -> Cavalry (This could be a limited job, it's a reaaaal spitball lmao)
And then there are the jobs I've heard that would be entirely new jobs:
Alchemist/Chemist/Apothecary (the potions/poisons master)
Geomancer
Some of these jobs have history in the Final Fantasy series (from FFX-2, FFXI, etc.) so it wouldn't be outside the realm of possiblity.
In any case, I'm curious to know everyone's thoughts! What do you think of the possibility of more branches in the classes-to-jobs progression, what jobs do you think we'll see come 6.0, and/or what jobs would you like to see come in the future?
Continue reading...