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A Concentrated Discussion on New Jobs
An Informational Resource and Sanctuary for Job Dicussion

I. Foreword
II. Confirmed New Jobs
III. Party Position Distribution
IV. Weapon Category Distribution
V.Classes in Final Fantasy
VI. Developer Comments
VII. Conclusion

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I. Foreword____________________________________________________________

This isn't a post centered around any one new job, or claiming that said job will appear in an expansion pack, or a post describing a job idea I had. This is an attempt at a concentrated discussion on the possible new jobs in upcoming expansions. Essentially, I want to look at a variety of determining factors for what the new jobs could be, based on weapon category distributions, magical schools used, party position distribution and jobs appearing in previous Final Fantasy games. The intention is not to express my opinion, but to create an environment with all of the obvious material easily available to the reader, so that a healthy and contained discussion on these jobs can occur within this single thread, as opposed to spreading out all over.

I know that for now the job threads have either been nuked, moved or disappeared, so this may seem unnecessary, but I don't feel that all new job discussion is bad, as long as it has some educated thought behind it. So I created this post in an effort to bring together all job discussion into one safe zone where people hopefully won't fear being karma bombed into Timbuktu. Also, a general job discussion post would allow people with very basic opinions, ideas and insight to provide their feedback without having to feel as though they have enough to create an original post. This isn't necessarily a place to post your fully fleshed out job ideas with ability timers etc, though feel free if you wish. This is more a place for people to speculate intelligently based on all of the information before them and to collect that information in one easy to access resource. Feel free to post anything you think I missed or you feel to be improper.

II. Confirmed New Jobs________________________________________________

The following section is devoted to the announcement and discussion of any new job classes appearing in any upcoming expansion pack.

Wings of the Goddess released.

This section to be updated at the time of the next expansion.

III. Party Position Distribution________________________________________________

This section is dedicated to the current distribution of roles of those jobs already in Final Fantasy XI. This section is here to help us identify those categories that lack population, those that have excess etc, so as to help us hopefully better understand what job types would be the most likely to be introduced from a balance standpoint. This is going to be the most obvious to all of you, and although most of us know this I though it would be useful to place it here for easy reference.

Tank(2/18)

• Paladin
• Ninja

Healer(1/18)

• White Mage
• Dancer

Nuker(1/18)

• Black Mage

Support(3/18)

• Red Mage
• Bard
• Corsair

Damage Dealer(7/18)

• Monk
• Thief
• Warrior
• Dark Knight
• Samurai
• Dragoon
• Ranger

Soloist(1/18)

• Beastmaster

Hybrid(3/18)

• Summoner
• Blue Mage
• Puppetmaster
• Scholar

Distribution Reasoning
I have chosen to distribute the classes above in this manner because I feel that these are the overall roles of the jobs. In a majority (>=50%) of situations they are involved in both EXP and end game, these are the roles they are likely to play. Situational use was left out, I am well aware not all jobs have roles set in stone. I included Summoner and Blue Mage in the Hybrid role because they feature support abilities, heavy damage dealing capabilities and healing abilities. Their positions can radically vary the most. Red Mage remains in the support category despite their tendency to serve as main healers in most merit parties, because with the exception of merit PTs Red Mage is usually expected to focus on buffing and debuffing. Please note solo was not taken into account for any class other than the two Soloist classes. I chose to include Puppetmaster and Beastmaster as Soloists because although they can work well in teams their focus is on Solo play or play with groups of themselves. Dancer was added to the healer section due to healing being its primary function, despite the fact that it can arguably fill other roles. Scholar I chose to place in hybrid, though it could be easily placed in support, its ability to function as both healer, support or nuker effectively placed it in that role.

Distribution Discussion
As we can see here, the largest minority categories are Nukers followed closely by Healers, with only 1 job fitting into Nukers and 2 jobs fitting into Healers. Although Red Mage, Scholar, Blue Mage and Summoner can serve as healers, White Mage and Dancer are the only job whose entire focus is on healing. Black Mage is the only job with the main focus on dealing magical damage, although Red Mage, Scholar, Blue Mage and Summoner have access to magical based attacks, they are rubbish in comparison, more so than the equivalent healers are to White Mages.

The second minority groups are Tanks, Soloists and Hybrids, each with two, one and four members respectively. Although Warriors and Samurai can serve as tanks in some EXP situations, and Red Mages in some end game situations, the only two jobs who are expected to tank in most all situations are the Paladin and the Ninja. The only job specifically designed for soloing EXP is the Beastmaster, despite the proficiency that certain other jobs like Black and Blue Mage have discovered at soloing a small niche of enemies. The two jobs with the most ambiguous and/or shifting roles are Summoner and Blue Mage. Summoner's role shifts from Healer/Support to heavy Damage Dealer at end game. Blue Mage can play the role of a tank early, a damage dealer throughout and a decent healer/support when need be. Scholar also fits into the Hybrid role due to its ability to serve as support, healer or nuker effectively.

The Support group and Damage Dealer groups are the largest by far, with the damage dealers making up just under half of the job population. Corsair and Bard are pure support, with Corsair lending some damage dealing capabilities on the side, where Red Mage can serve as a nuker or healer in some situations they are always expected to play a support role as well, both in EXP and in end game. All of the Damage Dealing classes have fairly rigid roles in party and end game situations. Warrior and Samurai can tank in very specific situations and Dragoon can support heal, but for the most part all of these classes will be playing the roles of physical offense.

Distribution Conclusion
Demand is highest for the Tank, Nuker and Support role jobs. Tank and Support for EXP, Tank and Nuker for end game. Currently, the nuker role is taboo for party use, the current system encourages MP conservation as a whole, spent MP is wasted MP, Magic Damage is best saved for heavily armored enemies who are rarely the target of EXP groups. Magic is greatly enhanced by skillchains, which groups have little incentive for due to the fact that weaker, less resistant enemies are preferable targets.

At this point, the only nuker class; the Black Mage, sees almost no time in non Manaburn merit parties, therefore adding a second class without a system revision or addition would see little impact on the Black Mage community as a whole. If this nuker job was significantly more powerful, or significantly more effective in EXP situations there may be an outcry from the Black Mage community, but as long as it does not break Black Mage, it seems like a minimal risk. (Original post, now semi-irrelevant)

The only class belonging specifically to the healer role; the White Mage, also tends to be a taboo in parties, though less so than the Black Mage. White Mages receive spots in parties when no working group of two support jobs is available. Along the same lines of spent MP is wasted MP, White Mages do not offer abilities like refresh or convert to extend their MP pools indefinitely like a Red Mage. The addition of a new healing specific class could alienate the current White Mage community. They already have a difficult time finding merit parties, if their special position in end game was compromised there would likely be a large out cry. Without a system revision making a healing specific class more preferable than dual support jobs, an addition of a new healing specific class seems foolhardy. (Original post, now semi-irrelevant)

SE pulled a power move with the release of Dancer and it turned out quite well. Because Dancer is a TP based healer it does not push White Mage out of its end game role. In addition the ability for White Mages to now sub Scholar enhances the longevity of their MP pools allowing them to be more effective in both end game and party situations.

The only two jobs currently holding the spot of Tank and Tank only are the Ninja and the Paladin. The use of Paladin to tank in EXP parties has become somewhat taboo, especially at higher levels, because Ninja can tank without sinking as much MP. End Game Paladins become more and more undesireable tanks for non-kiting situations for the same reason as players become more and more proficient at shadow tanking difficult enemies. There is a relative consensus against the FFXI community that an additional tank needs to be added; however, without a system revision allowing for an equal opportunity for Paladins to meat tank enemies, both end game and in EXP situations more often, adding a new tank could severely step on the Paladin's toes, regardless of whether the new tank was a meat shield or an expert at mitigating damage.

There is no real demand for Damage Dealers or Hybrids. There is a constant demand amongst some of the audience for more soloing options, they tend; however, to be for existing classes, so the demand does not really exist for another soloing job class either. Though this does not mean there is not a possibility of a job in any of these categories being added.

Afterthoughts
It seems that to prevent new jobs from stepping on old jobs toes, battle system revisions need to take place in order to allow players to choose to EXP in a TP burn style or traditional style party. SE has commented that they plan to hopefully have such a system introduced in or alongside Wings of the Goddess, that would not force players to choose this new style but allow the player a choice. By doing this, adding new jobs would not have as big an impact on existing jobs.

IV. Weapon Category Distribution________________________________________________

This section is dedicated to the current distribution of weapon classes. Hopefully by looking at what weapons classes are underutilized it may give us a hint into what class of weapons some of the new jobs may make use of, which will help us narrow the possibilities of what these jobs could be. This assumes that Square-Enix does not wish to over utilize certain weapon classes, which may be false.

Overall/Solo
Archery (1)
Axe (1.5)
Club (1)
Dagger (2.33)
Great Axe (.5)
Great Katana (1)
Great Sword (.3)
Hand-to-Hand (2)
Katana (1)
Marksmanship (1.33)
Polearm (1)
Scythe (.7)
Staff (2)
Sword (3.33)
Throwing (0)

This list is an overall distribution, which shows how many jobs use this weapon as their main offensive weapon for damage dealing. Dark Knight was split, as was Corsair. The former between SCY and GSD, the later between DAG,SWD and MRK.

Merit Party Optimum/Ideal
Archery (1)
Axe (1.5)
Club (0)
Dagger (2)
Great Axe (.5)
Great Katana (1)
Great Sword (0)
Hand-to-Hand (2)
Katana (1)
Marksmanship (0)
Polearm (1)
Scythe (1)
Staff (6)
Sword (3)
Throwing (0)

This list is an overall action list for Merit party, given the player is using the optimum weapon class for their class. Ranger was distributed to Archery, although it could go either way, I chose to place them in archery, Warrior I placed in Axe, though this may change. Although Beastmaster and Puppetmaster do not often appear in merit parties, I placed them. I placed Corsair under sword because most of their offensive actions rely on a sword, if they're taking any offensive action at all, excluding quick draw. RDM,BLM,WHM,SMN,BRD are all placed under staves as their most active main weapon to take action with.

Overall Optimum/Ideal
Archery (1)
Axe (1.5)
Club (0)
Dagger (2)
Great Axe (.5)
Great Katana (1)
Great Sword (0)
Hand-to-Hand (2)
Katana (1)
Marksmanship (1)
Polearm (1)
Scythe (1)
Staff (6)
Sword (2)
Throwing (0)

The only shift here was that Corsair was moved from Sword user to Marksmanship user, as most of their end game actions will focus on their guns quick draw abilities and their focus as far as weaponskills would certainly be on marksmanship.

Weapon Category Overview
We can see that the most popular weapon categories are the Sword and Staff categories. Because of the overwhelming power of the Elemental Staves, they often present the best choice for any job not directly engaging the enemy. Swords are the main hand choice of Paladins, Blue Mages, as well as a majority of Red Mages, Bards and Corsairs at end game. (The latter 3 often make use of a dagger in the main hand if dual wielding)

Clubs and Throwing have little to no offensive representation across all classes, with very rare exceptions. Staves have very little non magical application with rare exceptions.

Polearms, Katanas and Great Katanas see only one offensive representation each. Archery very narrowly missing that group due to it's use by some Samurai.

Axes and Hand-to-Hand see only one offensive representation in non soloist classes. The axe seeing some use as a stat weapon for Rangers. Daggers are in a similar position, they see only one full time offensive representation in Thief, though they are often chosen as stat weapons for COR and RNG. (Original post, now semi-irrelevant) Daggers now see use by Dancers as well as their main weapon of choice.

Great Sword sees no offensive representation. Great Swords are only given offensive representation at this point in time by a small amount of DRK/THFs, this combo is significantly less popular that Scythes. This could change with the 2 handed patch, but it seems unlikely. Great Axes fall into the same category as Great Swords, they see little offensive representation. Axes are more popular with warriors, the 2 handed patch has a higher chance of changing this than it does with Great Sword, due to the skill caps warrior has.(Original post, now semi-irrelevant) Great Axe and Axe are now represent evenly with a split for the Warrior class, both weapons prove useful depending on subjob.

Weapon Category Conclusion
The Great Sword seems to be an ambiguous weapon choice, of all two handers excluding staves, the Great Sword is useable by the largest variety of classes. All of the classes proficient with one are more proficient with another weapon however.

The Club is the most under used main hand weapon. No offensive class is significantly proficient with the weapon. Wands are obsolete after Lv51. This has changed slightly for certain jobs where new magical clubs can be useful for White Mages.

Throwing weapons are also greatly under used, the only class capable of making proficient use of them is Ninja, and their high expense and lack of weaponskills makes them unsuitable for consistent damage.

Polearms, Great Katanas and Katanas are specialized weapons. Each one is very proficiently used by one class. In the case of Polearms and Great Katanas they can be used as novelty weapons by one other class semi-proficiently.

(Please note, the distribution of weapons and comments here are subjective, but for the most part I find what I have written to be true.)

V. Classes in Final Fantasy________________________________________________

Alchemist
Assassin
Bard*
Beastmaster*
Berserker
Black Mage*
Blue Mage*
Calculator
Canonneer
Chemist
Corsair*
Dancer*
Dark Knight*
Dragoon*
Engineer
Fencer
Gadgeteer
Gambler
Geomancer
Gladiator
Gunner
Hunter
Knight
Magic Swordsman
Mediator
Mime
Monk*
Morpher
Ninja*
Necromancer
Oracle
Painter
Paladin*
Psychier
Puppetmaster*
Ranger*
Red Mage*
Sage
Samurai*
Scholar*
Soldier
Summoner*
Sniper
Templar
Thief*
Time Mage
Viking
Warrior*
White Mage*



Has Appeared in Multiple Games
Has Appeared in a Single Game
Has Appeared In Varying Representations
* Is a Current Final Fantasy XI Job Class

Note: As you'll notice, some jobs are marked Orange, this means they appear in only one or two Final Fantasies, or are recurring but not generally a chose able class, or seem to overlap with other classes to an extreme. I have excluded some very specific jobs from this list like Heaven Knight, Illusionist etc from the Tactics series. I have chosen to keep some jobs which people tend to feel overlap, because their roles in different games can be quite different.

VI. Developer Comments________________________________________________

This section serves as a compilation of excerpts from past interviews regarding jobs both new and old. The intention of this section is to give readers more insight into SE's design tendencies and allow them to use this information to improve their ability to speculate effectively, as well as to dispel misconceptions by those who have not read the interviews and improve the overall quality of the discussion.

2006 1UP Interview on Treasures of Aht Urhgan

1UP: The Blue Mages are something that fans have wanted for a long time based on their presence in the history of Final Fantasy. The Corsairs were a bit of a surprise, but the Puppetmaster was a really big surprise since there was never a precedent for such a job in Final Fantasy lore. How did you decide to create the Puppetmaster job class?

KO: In the beginning when we were thinking of new jobs, we were first thinking of a Necromancer type of job, where the job would be able to raise the undead. However, we couldn't have undeads running around in the morning and that would weaken the class, because they'd only be able to work at night. So from there we tried to think of something where the player would be able to use a puppet type of...slave if you will, at all times of day, and that's how we got to Puppetmaster.

1UP: You guys have obviously taken into consideration all of the job classes, as evidenced by the massive list of tweaks you mentioned at the developer panel. Which of the jobs was the most necessary to balance, and which jobs needed the least balancing?

Atsushi Okada: First, the ones we didn't think we needed to change are the Red Mages, the Ninjas, the Rangers and the Dragoons, because they had major changes recently, and we want to see how those changes pan out before we make new changes. Right now we can't really put a high ranking on which is most important to change; some of the ones we're going to be doing major changes on like the White Mage and the Paladin have big changes, but we have changes for all of them. We don't want to leave one out. So within the next few months, we'll be trying to make changes to as many jobs as possible, and see which ones need more and which ones might not need as many.

1UP: It's interesting how you [speaking directly to translator, Michael Christopher Koji Fox] brought up Beastmasters, since BSTs traditionally would train mobs to a zone, which made it easier to chain mobs safely. With the new anti-MPK measures implemented in the recent patch, that became all but impossible for BSTs. Does the dev team see a way to remedy that without opening the door for new MPK situations?

Nobuaki Koumoto: The reason that that was implemented was to stop the MPKs, which were becoming a really big problem, so we have no plans of changing it back to what it was. However, the dev team does realize that a lot of Beastmasters out there don't really like the change that was made, and so they're working very carefully to try to find something that will please everybody on all sides.

1UP: When you were designing the new jobs had it ever crossed your mind to create another job that would function well as a solo class?

Michael Christopher Koji Fox: [Laughs] They just got the stop [global online marketing producer, Arata Hanyuda steps in and makes a "no comment" sign], so we can't say too much, but that was one of the things we were thinking of when designing the three new jobs.

1UP: I know you guys are trying to promote diversity when it comes to selecting subjobs to go with mains, but if you had to suggest what sort of subs would go with the three new jobs in Treasures of Aht Urhgan, what would you say goes with what? Does a Blue Mage benefit mostly from a mage subjob or a melee sub? That sort of thing.

KO: We're going to try to balance it out as much as possible, but we would really like the players to decide which is the best, rather than for us to decide.

1UP: What were your feelings in seeing the crowd's response to the Blue Mage demonstration? It's kind of exciting to know that all the crap that the monsters have done to us over the years, we can now -- in theory -- do back to them.

KO: That was great for me.

Okada: At first I didn't really think it was going to be that popular, with the players just being able to use the monsters' abilities. But when I saw the reaction I was really surprised.

1UP: Do you think that -- and I know this is kind of a loaded question -- but do you think that any of the new jobs will put any of the existing jobs out of business?

KO: We're trying to make the jobs as original as possible, so they will not have to replace the other jobs. We want to make them as different as possible from the other 15.

1UP: So do you expect to see lots of dynamic new party arrangements?

KO: That's what we're hoping.

1UP: Is this one reason why you guys didn't actually add new jobs to Chains of Promathia? I can see how it can be too much for players. You can't expect three new jobs with every expansion since there's so much balancing -- even to the original jobs -- that takes place over the course of years and patch updates.

NK: When Chains of Promathia was first released, there were still a lot of things we wanted to adjust with the original 15 jobs. So rather than add new jobs there when the other jobs weren't adjusted well enough yet, we decided to wait and spend the CoP time to adjust those jobs. Now with the new expansion pack and a lot of new game styles (Assault and Besieged) coming out, we thought it was the perfect time to add new jobs, now rather than before.

1UP: Do you think Summoners always asking for new avatars is a little -- and I guess this is really the only way to put it -- unfair, since every other job doesn't receive a new spell or ability every time they get a new summon, like Diabolos? Moreover, all of the elements have been covered -- now you're getting to the point where you have to be more creative about your avatar selection, right?

Sage Sundi: By adding something to one job, there are always going to be 14 other jobs that are going to complain that they didn't get anything. So we have to hope that after we add one thing to one job, that we can think of other things to add to the other jobs so that everybody will be just as happy. We can't keep everybody happy though

2007 1UP Interview on Wings of the Goddess

1UP: I've noticed that the new jobs don't have many job traits, at least not as many as the previous 15 jobs have. Most of the new jobs rely on the job abilities of the selected subjob to influence how they play. Do you plan to add any abilities with content updates?

AM: When designing the new jobs, we decided that we wanted to put the focus of character development on the adjustment of the special characteristics of each job rather than trying to balance the jobs by simply adding various abilities or attributes. While we are not denying the benefits of implementing new attributes/abilities, we would first like to continue expanding on features of blue magic, the corsair's roll, and puppet attachments.

1UP: One original concern with some jobs, is that they're too powerful, like BLU and COR in particular. Some Bards and Red Mages were worried that they were out of a job thanks to the various Corsair rolls, but it's become more apparent that Corsair is more effective when those jobs are actually in the same party alongside them, especially since CORs can't enfeeble. Was this part of your grand design for COR? How would you say the other jobs fit in?

AM: During development, the aspect on which the corsair planner worked hardest was how the new job would work with other jobs with similar roles (such as bards and red mages). So far we have been pleased with how things have turned out.

2007 Allakhazam Interview on Wings of the Goddess

Pikko: Corsair, Blue Mage and Puppetmaster don't really fit a tanking position. Will there be a new tanking job?

SE: Again, we can't really say too much. But we do want to say that the new jobs that will be released will be a good balance with the jobs that are here now so there won't be too much weight on one certain type of playing style.Bold Text

Pikko: Will the new jobs that are coming in Wings of the Goddess play an important role in accessing the new areas?

SE: Acquiring the new jobs will be directly connected to the new areas. Other than that there is not much we can say right now.


Please note, more interview information will be added, I was unable to find a lot of older interviews and Q&A sessions in my brief searching tonight. If you'd like to share any that you find pertinent, please feel free to PM me or post it. I'll be sure to add it if you provide an original link.


VII. Conclusion________________________________________________

This post is intended to provide a friendly atmosphere where intelligent job discussion and suggestions and speculation can be tossed around, people can shoot ideas off of each other and speculate. Most of the Allahkazam community tends to frown upon speculation; however, if it is contained to a small area, I see no reason to be upset over it. If this is not your cup of tea please do not continue to read below, you will most likely only annoy yourself. This post is not intended to represent my opinions on possible new jobs, if I feel the need to share or discuss I will post below. I hope you have found this compilation of resources useful. Enjoy the discussion, whether or not you choose to participate in it!

Thank you for reading.

Edit(8/20/07 12:47 A.M.) Added some interviews, planning to add more when i return from my trip tomorrow or Tuesday.

(Edited, Sep 8th 2007 7:40am by RamseySylph)Switched Puppetmaster to Hybrid category.

(Edited, Sep 22nd 2007 9:41am by RamseySylph) Added Dancer and the Confirmed Jobs Section

(Edited, Occt 22nd 2007 9:58am by RamseySylph) Added Dancer flavor text and fixed a few typos.

Edited, Oct 22nd 2007 7:02am by RamseySylph

Edited, Oct 22nd 2007 3:43pm by RamseySylph

Edited, May 7th 2008 8:16pm by RamseySylph

Edited, Jan 7th 2009 2:15pm by RamseySylph

Your classifications of each job are arbitrary at best.

Square-Enix reps are probably asking: "What is a nuker and how does it differ from other damage dealers?"

Tank is a job that hold hate from weaker jobs, SE designed Warrior to fit that role, therefore SE views WAR as a potential tank for low-mid levels.

Beastmaster isn't a soloist, that's just how people play them.


All of your classifications are completely arbitrary and have no real definition. They designed most of those jobs to be flexible in their function it's just that people are too narrowminded and think everything is set in concrete.

A RDM/WHM may function as a very good healer.
A BST/NIN or BST/WAR can be a damage dealer, not as good as a MNK or WAR but they still deal a decent amount of damage, which is the definition of a DD.

You listed SMN as a hybrid but it's as much fo a hybrid as RDM is. A SMN can be support or a healer or a damage dealer, same as a RDM, so why split it? BLU too can also be support, healer, damage dealer.

I said in the OP once, and I'll say it here again : Very good list, but please SE, use your imagination to create our next jobs.

Wow, Nuhn, that was the most worthless post ever. Did you even bother to read what Ramsey wrote before you went off spouting whatever crap came to mind?



Ramsey already fully explained that. Maybe if you had actually read, you'd have realized that. Since you seem to have missed it, let me quote it here for you:






Ok, genius, do you realize Ramsey was only listing jobs previously in Final Fantasy games? It's not supposed to be "original". Did you really miss that too? Nowhere is it said that all those jobs NEED to be included.

Seriously, take all your sarcastic, dumb-ass comments and go away. This was to facilitate discussion and prediction. There's no reason to barge in and be rude.

{Reposted from main forums discussion since this looks like a good place to put it as well.}


My Roommate and I were discussing possibilities of new jobs and tanks a few nights ago and we started tossing ideas back and forth. What we ended up with after a couple hours follows. I figured it was kind of interesting and this thread looked like the best place to put it, so here it is.

The idea behind it being a blood tank that held hate with job abilities that had no magic. The whole thing with no magic was because we wanted it to be dependent on a healer as well as being fairly indifferent about being silenced.

We also tried to think of what would be something that worked well with the idea of the Crystal War and that fact of massive beastman armies.


Soldier

HP Equivalent: PLD
MP: 0
Great Sword: A-
Great Axe: B-
Pole arm: B-
Evasion: C
Parrying: A-
Weapon Skill Restrictions: Cannot use Raging Rush, Full Break, Skewer, or Wheeling Thrust
Armor Selections: Medium & Heavy


Job Abilities:

Level 01: [JA]Subdue [Duration: 30 Seconds, Recast: 2 Hours]
(All enemies attacking you are intimidated on every combat action)
Level 10: [JA]Challenge [Duration: Instant, Recast 30 Seconds]
(Goads and enemy into attacking you)
Level 25: [JA]Confront [Duration: 30 Seconds, Recast 1 Minute]
(Gain Enmity and Enhances Killer effects, effect wears off gradually)
Level 40: [JA]Defiance [Duration: 30 Seconds, Recast: 2 Minutes]
(Grants Decoy status){Battle Targets attack only you, regardless of enmity}
Level 55: [JA]Rally [Duration: 2 Minutes, Recast: 10 Minutes]
(Grants Beastman Killer to party members within range. Additionally, all party members can intimidate Beastmen regardless if they are being attacked)


Job Traits:

Level 05: [JT]Beastman Killer I (Intimidates Orcs, Quadav, & Yagudo)
Level 10: [JT]Resist Damage I (-10% Damage Taken)
Level 20: [JT]Beastman Killer II (Initimidates Goblins & Gigas)
Level 30: [JT]Resist Damage II (-15% Damage Taken)
Level 35: [JT]Beastman Killer III (Intimidates Antica, Sahagin, & Tonberries)
Level 50: [JT]Beastman Killer IV (Intimidates Qiqirn & Poroggos)
Level 50: [JT]Resist Damage III (-20% Damage Taken)
Level 65: [JT]Beastman Killer V (Intimidates Lamiae, Mamool Ja, & Trolls)
Level 70: [JT]Resist Damage IV (-25% Damage Taken)

Edited, Oct 30th 2007 2:15am by Clandestine

Edited, Oct 30th 2007 2:16am by Clandestine

waw the person two comments above me thort of this

Soldier

HP Equivalent: PLD
MP: 0
Great Sword: A-
Great Axe: B-
Pole arm: B-
Evasion: C
Parrying: A-
Weapon Skill Restrictions: Cannot use Raging Rush, Full Break, Skewer, or Wheeling Thrust
Armor Selections: Medium & Heavy


Job Abilities:

Level 01: [JA]Subdue [Duration: 30 Seconds, Recast: 2 Hours]
(All enemies attacking you are intimidated on every combat action)
Level 10: [JA]Challenge [Duration: Instant, Recast 30 Seconds]
(Goads and enemy into attacking you)
Level 25: [JA]Confront [Duration: 30 Seconds, Recast 1 Minute]
(Gain Enmity and Enhances Killer effects, effect wears off gradually)
Level 40: [JA]Defiance [Duration: 30 Seconds, Recast: 2 Minutes]
(Grants Decoy status){Battle Targets attack only you, regardless of enmity}
Level 55: [JA]Rally [Duration: 2 Minutes, Recast: 10 Minutes]
(Grants Beastman Killer to party members within range. Additionally, all party members can intimidate Beastmen regardless if they are being attacked)


Job Traits:

Level 05: [JT]Beastman Killer I (Intimidates Orcs, Quadav, & Yagudo)
Level 10: [JT]Resist Damage I (-10% Damage Taken)
Level 20: [JT]Beastman Killer II (Initimidates Goblins & Gigas)
Level 30: [JT]Resist Damage II (-15% Damage Taken)
Level 35: [JT]Beastman Killer III (Intimidates Antica, Sahagin, & Tonberries)
Level 50: [JT]Beastman Killer IV (Intimidates Qiqirn & Poroggos)
Level 50: [JT]Resist Damage III (-20% Damage Taken)
Level 65: [JT]Beastman Killer V (Intimidates Lamiae, Mamool Ja, & Trolls)
Level 70: [JT]Resist Damage IV (-25% Damage Taken)


when i sore this the first thing that came to my head was a cloud,auron and leon they were all like warriors they delt the damage to most monsters and the way the guy set the job up is incredible fantastic idea must totally wicked idea.

i was thinking of a job as well but its was a bit farfetched it involves all the jobs lvls u obtain. turns into a small portion of this job im thing of so basically its like what i was going to call they alchemarian basically every other job u lvl adds to its power. so when u start off in the game its total power would ammount to 6 which would be nearly nothing and besides u would need to obtain it through advance job terms anyways so this wouldnt be possibly but it helps explain what i mean.
anyways the whole point of the job isnt to fight its to help crafters mainly every lvl helps unlock different things which u would normally need to buy or craft ur self. say u have total of 50lvls that means u can make outta thin air that perticaler item e.g. grass cloth,grass thread and so on. and they act like spells so they have massive delay times to stop unfair play. well i wouldnt mind finding out what u guys thort

I'm not sure I'd want my spells to gain AoE. I mean, honestly, how often does anyone use AoE spells? I can almost understand maybe wanting a Cure III spell to turn into a Cure III-AoE, but that just sounds like a hate fest for the poor PSY. And if you needed to sleep the trail of aggro gobs, you might as well just use Sleepga.

Although this does bring a new idea to mind-- maybe PSY could use Flawless Logic to have a choice between casting AoE spells and Single spells?



Or maybe this job could have a Job Ability to where you could attack with your weapon from the distance that of a mage as if the PSY is channeling the damage from his mind as he swings his Dagger or Sword? But would the damage be based on INT or STR? lol.

Done and done, also updated weapon lists and anything else necessary.

Though I agree with your placement of Scholar (Actually updated the sticky before I read your post XD) I placed Dancer's main role under Healing. It's controversial, but what else on that list isn't. My two cents on it though. Updating the original post as well, though I think at this point, until the next expansion is on the horizon, it would be best for people to respond here, as opposed to necro-bumping my original post. Though I may necro bump it with the next expansion.

this one made me think of a funny job...

Economist:

HP: (same as BLU)
MP: (same as DRK)

Guns: +B
Daggers: C
Swords: E
Clubs: E
Staffs: E
Axe: C
Throwing: +A
Parrying: E
Evasion: +A

ABILITIES:
(2:00:00) Job Finder - Lvl 1 - (allows the selected player to change their job)
(5:00) Promotion - Lvl 10 - (Selected player's stats are raised as if they gained a Level)
(2:00) Corporate Thugs! - lvl 25 - (Summons an angry moogle with random stats for 1 minute)
(5:00) Motivation - lvl 40 - (Boosts the top 3 highest stats of all party members for 3 minutes / when effect timer runs out the party will have the Slow effect for the remainder 2 minutes)
(10:00) Corporate Benefits - lvl 55 - (summons a Moogle WHM to assist the party with healing)

Traits:
MP boost I - lvl 10
Clear Mind I - lvl 15
Fast Cast I - lvl 25
MP boost II - lvl 30
Fast Cast II - lvl 40
Clear Mind II - 45
MP regen I - lvl 50
Spells Potency Inc. I - lvl 60
Stats Boost I - lvl 70
MP regen - lvl 75

Spells:
Still in the air on these but im sure if i really wanted to try i could come up with some funny ones. well thats just a comical idea for a new job.

Geomancer + Time Mage I think are going to be the next two, given the atmosphere and direction of the game.

Personally I'd like a set of "advanced jobs", jobs with a pre-requisite of having 4 of the 20 current jobs 75 in order to unlock.
(i.e. Pld, Drk, War, Sam for an A+ Great Sword job with a unique set of weapon skills, abilities, etc) (or Smn, Drg, Bst, Pup for an advanced "pet" job).

Would pay off to level jobs by "Sets" then.

I think they could add many of the old FF jobs into FFXI and make them viable.

I mean, they did it with dancer! They did it with scholar!

So what if one class seems too much like warrior or beastmaster, they can tweak them to be a bit different like scholar is from the other mage jobs.

Reading that jobs list makes me want to go play FF tactics again.

Wow haha, It's good to know the contents of this post are still controversial I guess, I think this is the only sticky I've seen RD'd this long after its inception, I'll be sure to update this to reflect the current game over the coming break for all the sticklers.

Hello everyone.

The idea of new tank job.
This name is Rikishi.
Only the man can become it.

Rikishi
Ancient soldier transmitted from country of the far east.
It has the unique culture that is not influenced by another country and approved.
Only my body is the strongest arms and a protector for the Rikishi who has a lot of techniques polished to the history.


Rikishi
HP Equivalent: A
MP: 0
STR:B
DEX:D
VIT:A
AGI:G
INT:E
MND:C
CHA:B

Skill

Kimarite:A+
Katana:D
Gerat Katana:D
Club:E
Archery:D
Throwing:B
Evasion: C
Guard Skill:B
Parrying: D
Weapon Skill Restrictions: Cannot use
Armor Selections: Clothes,Leather,and a part of metallic armor

P.S
Moreover, it thinks. By the way, is not country of far east added?

(don't focus too much on the names)

Chemist
Specializes in the use of items to cure, buff, debuff and nuke.

Skills:
Staff: B+
Club: D
(and I'd put the gun, but I'm probably the only one that sees a chemist using it...)

Some abilities that comes to mind:
Mix: Mixes 2(or more)items to create an instant effect depending on the items used. (remember Rikku in FFX?)
Items+: Doubles the potency of items for x amount of time.
Reverse: All the items will have the opposite effect for x amount of time.
Trait:
Stock: Occasionally saves the items used(more tiers as level increases).
I know this would be some hell of expensive job, even more than cor XD

Juggler
A thief like job with high AGI, DEX and evasion that wields daggers and throwing weapons.
Skills:
Dagger: B+
Evasion: A+
Throwing: A
Parrying: C

Abilities:
Smile: Grants a party member one of your abilities. [Lv 25, Recast: 5 minutes, Duration: 1 minute]
Gil throwing: Throws gil to damage an enemy(DMG formula: gilx10/or x5 if you think x10 is too much). [Lv 10, Recast: 30 seconds]
Fire eater: Fire damage cone attack. (like a breath attack) [Lv 40, Recast: 2.30 minutes]
Mimic: Grants the ability to use one of the enemy's abilities. [Lv 60, Recast: 5 minutes, Duration: 1 minute]
Acrobatics: Doubles evasion and parrying skills. [Lv 1, Recast: 2 hours, Duration: 1 minute]
Traits:
Return fire: Catches any ranged attack and throws it back to the enemy.

Morpher
A job that could do almost anything in a party.

Base Skills:
H2H: C
Evasion: C
Guarding: C
Attributes will change depending on the form taken.

Abilities:
Mutation: Transforms you in a monster whose soul has been stolen. (follows the list of souls) [Lv 5, Recast: 5 minutes, Duration: 30 minutes, Can be canceled anytime]
Traits:
Assimilation: Obtains an enemy's soul landing the final blow. [Lv 5]
Bestiality: Allows you to use the abilities of the monster you transformed into. [Lv 20, with tiers increasing allowing more powerful moves as level increases]

This is what I thought of, but there are even abilities that I'd add to existing jobs:

Nature call - [BLM/SCH Lv 50, Enhancing magic]: Grants you an elemental affinity.
Manipulation - [BLM Lv 70, enfeebling?]: Slightly change an enemy's elemental affinity(if it's supposed to be strong against an element, it becomes normal damage, if it's normal damage it becomes weakness...)
Monkey grip - [WAR lv 90, Job trait]: Allows you to wield 2handed weapons with one hand. (ok maybe it'd be too much xD)
Steal eva/atk/def/acc/TP/hell even exp! - [THF various levels, JAs]: Steals the named attribute. (I really don't know why thf doesn't have at least a couple of these! An half way JA between Aura Steal and Despoil)
Trap - [RNG Lv 65, JA]: Puts a magic trap on the ground that explodes when the enemy steps on it. Enfeebling potions can be added to the trap for an additional effect while reducing the trap's damage. (It'd be very useful to have a sleep/stun/bind trap in front of you when you pull too much hate) [Recast: 5 minutes, Duration: 15 minutes(too much?)]
Swap - [A mage job, probably WHM since it's the only one that can't recover mp]: Absorb the MP used by the enemy. [Recast: 10 minutes, Duration: 2 minutes]
Backfire - [BLM Lv 80, trait]: Occasionally casts back to the enemy a spell without spending MP.
Exorcism - [MNK LV ?, JA]: Deals heavy damage to undead. []
Duel - [RDM Lv 70, COR Lv 80, JA]: Prevents anyone from interact with you and the engaged mob(both other enemies and party members). [Recast: 10 minutes, Duration: 1 minute(I guess)]
Raid - [COR Lv 70, JA]: Prevents an enemy from using a random ability for x amount of time. [Recast: 5 minutes]
Level Down - [SCH Lv 90]: Lowers an enemy's level. [Add information that wouldn't make the ability too broken xD]
Rage - [DRK Lv 65, JA]: Increases attack with each additional hit taken. [Recast: 5 minutes, Duration: 1 minute]
Longarm(this name sucks badly) - [SAM Lv 60, JA]: Greatly increases weapon range. [Recast: 3 minutes, Duration: 1 minute]
Reaper - [DRK Lv ?, Trait]: When killing an enemy absorbs all of his remaining mp.
Dragon Heart - [DRG Lv 90, JA]: When the dragoon dies, the dragon sacrifices himself to raise him(actually a RR that sacrifices the dragon). [Recast: ]
Soul Burst - [BLU Lv 90, JA]: Transforms the user in a soulflayer for x amount of time, greatly increasing blue spells power. [Recast: 10 minutes, Duration: ]
Nageru - [NIN Lv 25, JA]: Allows you to throw anything from your inventory. [Recast: 30 seconds]
Kage: Ichi(possibly ni and san) - [NIN Lv 60(80, 99), Ninjutsu]: Creates a shadow image that deals damage to the enemy(much like the puk move that spawns clones with low hp that disappear soon).
Doublecast - [RDM Lv 80, JA]: You know what it is, a lot of people asked for this xD

And that's it, I hope you like at least some of these :3

Mystic Knight (Magical Swordsman, Spellblade, etc.)
Templar/Paragon

Magical swordsman Hero Class that enhances their weapons with powerful augmentations. Mystic Knights have two subclasses, dual wielding powerhouses called Paragons and Templars who toss aside their extra blade for a shield and more defenses.

Main weapon:
Dual Swords/PAR
Sword and Shield/TMP
Armor type:
Plate, Mail, and Half-Mail

Traits:
Lvl 5 Attack Bonus
Lvl 10 Dual Wield I PAR
Lvl 15 Magic Defense Bonus I
Lvl 20 Magical Blade I*
Lvl 25 Shield Mastery I TMP
Lvl 30 Dual Wield II
Lvl 35 Magic Defense Bonus II
Lvl 40 Fencer I TMP
Lvl 40 Split Focus** PAR
Lvl 45 Shield Mastery II
Lvl 50 Magical Blade II
Lvl 55 Magic Defense Bonus III
Lvl 60 Dual Wield III
Lvl 65 Fencer II
Lvl 70 Shield Mastery III
Lvl 75 Magic Defense Bonus IV
Lvl 80 Magical Blade III
Lvl 85 Dual Wield IV
Lvl 90 Shield Mastery IV
Lvl 95 Magic Defense Bonus V

* Occasionally deals double damage with En- spell effects
Proc chance = 10% with rank I, 20% with rank 2, and 30% with rank 3. Proc chance halves with each tier of En- spells.
** Grants the use of two separate En- spells at once, one for each weapon equipped.

 
Abilities:
Mystic Sword (lvl1) (Instant, 2 hours)
Creates magical copies of equipped weapons that fight alongside you for 30 secs.

Shout (lvl 10) (Instant, 30 secs) TMP
Adds a large amount of enmity towards targets within range of target.

Magic Sword (lvl 15) (Instant, 1 min)
Consume most recent En- spell applied and augments next attack.
Augments:
Enfire = STR+ and Burn
Enwater = MND+ and Poison
Enstone = VIT+ and Slow
Enaero = AGI+ and Silence
Enlightning = DEX+ and Stun
Enblizzard = INT+ and Paralyze
Enlight = Regen and Flash
Endark = Endrain and Heavy darkness DoT
Endrain = Darkness Spikes*

* Deals darkness damage and has an Absorption effect. Absorption adds a 10% chance to use any random Absorb- line spell.

Vanguard (lvl 30) (3 min, 5 min) TMP
Increases defense and enmity gained while active.

Frontline (lvl 30) (3 min, 5 min) PAR
Increases attack power and decreases enmity gained while active.

Magic Shield (lvl 50) (Instant, 3 min) TMP
Consumes current En-spell and performs a magical shield bash which grants a powerful, elemental buff.
Buffs:
Enfire = Attack Bonus and Blaze Spikes
Enwater = Magic Defense Bonus and Aquaveil
Enstone = Defense Bonus and Stoneskin
Enaero = Evasion Bonus and Haste
Enlightning = Accuracy Bonus and Lightning Spikes
Enblizzard= Magic Attack Bonus and Ice Spikes
Enlight = Holy Spikes*

* Deals holy damage and directs damage to MP pool.

Magic Sword II (lvl 50) (Instant, 1 min) PAR
Consumes last En-spell applied and augments next attack.

Mystic Shield (lvl 85) (3 min, 5 min)
Augments Holy and Darkness Spikes.
Holy Spikes – Decreases damage by 33% and adds a chance to replenish health.
Darkness Spikes – Increases Absorption by 90% and increases attack power.


Spells:
Lvl 5 Enthunder
Lvl 8 Enstone
Lvl 10 Cure TMP
Lvl 11 Enaero
Lvl 14 Enblizzard
Lvl 15 Drain
Lvl 17 Enfire
Lvl 20 Enwater
Lvl 20 Cure II TMP
Lvl 25 Enthunder II
Lvl 30 Aspir
Lvl 30 Enstone II
Lvl 35 Enaero II
Lvl 40 Cure III TMP
Lvl 40 Enblizzard II
Lvl 45 Absorb-MND PAR
Lvl 45 Enfire II
Lvl 50 Absorb-CHR PAR
Lvl 50 Enwater II
Lvl 55 Absorb-VIT PAR
Lvl 60 Enthunder III
Lvl 60 Absorb-AGI PAR
Lvl 65 Enstone III
Lvl 65 Absorb-INT PAR
Lvl 70 Enaero III
Lvl 70 Absorb-DEX PAR
Lvl 70 Cure IV TMP
Lvl 70 Endark PAR
Lvl 70 Enlight TMP
Lvl 75 Absorb-STR PAR
Lvl 75 Enblizzard III
Lvl 80 Drain II
Lvl 85 Enfire III
Lvl 90 Enwater III
Lvl 95 Aspir II

 
Comments:
The Mystic Knight is one of my original and most favorite ideas, of a sort. I've been toying with the idea of this job class making an appearence in FFXI ever since before Aht Uraghan. My vision was basically trying to combine a PLD and a DRK with emphasis on En- spells as that's the guiding skill associated with the job in every iteration it's been in.

After looking up more information I found that they typically have higher magical defense and that's where the idea of the magical tank came from. With the addition of Abyseea, multiple battle targets and/or quick disposal of weaker mobs are popular leveling targets. Within those battle predicaments I figured an AoE tank would be a nice addition, and thus the Templar was born.

The next step was to balance the Paragon subclass so I decided to focus more on attack power and offensive abilities. Magic Sword was a given and at first it was just an attack that would calculate like a melee attack but deal magical damage in the form of whatever En- spell was currently applied. But the TMP needed more defensive skills and I didn't want to make two separate skills that did basically the same thing. So I changed it from just basic elemental damage to a light buff and debuff while also giving the Mystic Knight an extra attack, basically killing two birds with one stone.

The Split Focus trait may sound really over powering but instead of adding two En- spell processes with each swing it just adds a different En- spell effect to the off-hand weapon. I came up with this for two reasons, to give the PAR more offensive abilities to work with and to offset the Tier II effects of En- spells. I figured it could also add Tier II or III En- spells to offhand weapons but wasn't for sure how OP it would become.

To balance the Split Focus and Dual Wield traits, I gave TMP the Magic Shield ability. It's basically a more defensive version of Magic Sword and it opens up the TMP subclass to Holy Spikes when they learn Enlight. Holy Spikes is kind of the role defining skill for the TMP as it allows them to tank without taking direct damage.




Edited, Mar 11th 2012 6:58pm by Xechs4

Psychic
Psi-Ops/Saboteur

Light armored Hero Class that allows an adventure to use psychic energy to subdue their opponents. Psychics have two subclasses, Psi-Ops which use telekinetic powers to attack opponents at range and Saboteurs who forgo the telekinetic range for an up close and personal encounter with deadly enfeebling punches.

Main Weapon:
Knuckles and Cesti
Armor:
Cloth and some Leather

Traits:
Lvl 1 Psychic Arts*
Lvl 5 Sabotage I** SAB
Lvl 5 Astral Projection*** PSI
Lvl 10 Store TP SAB
Lvl 15 Sabotage II*4*
Lvl 20 Accuracy Bonus I
Lvl 25 Paranormal Activity*5* PSI
Lvl 30 Psychic Arts II
Lvl 35 Psychometry I*6* SAB
Lvl 40 Store TP PSI I, SAB II
Lvl 45 Subtle Blow
Lvl 50 Sabotage III*7*
Lvl 50 Psychic Arts III
Lvl 55 Magical Accuracy Bonus
Lvl 60 Accuracy Bonus II
Lvl 65 Paranormal Activity PSI II, SAB I
Lvl 70 Store TP SAB III
Lvl 75 Psychic Arts IV
Lvl 80 Psychometry II*8*
Lvl 85 Psychic Arts V
Lvl 90 Auto Regain
Lvl 90 Sabotage IV*9*
Lvl 95 Store TP SAB IV, PSI II

* Turns melee damage into non-elemental damage.
** 10% chance to inflict Attack Power Down, Defense Down, or Attack Speed Down with successful melee attacks.
*** Extends range of melee attacks to 20 yards.
*4* 15% chance to inflict Blind, Poison, Paralyze, or Sabotage I enfeeblements with successful melee attacks.
*5* Occasionally decreases the TP cost of abilities.
*6* Increases attack power with each additional enfeeblement on target.
*7* 20% chance to inflict Slow, Silence, Addle, or Sabotage II enfeeblements with successful melee attacks.
*8* Does not consume debuffs when using Clairvoyance Combustion.
*9* 25% chance to inflict Daze, Disable, Disorientate or Sabotage III enfeeblements with successful melee attacks.

Abilities:
Tenacity (lvl 1) (Instant, 2 hours)
Instantly fills and doubles maximum TP for 1 min.

Emasculate (lvl 25) (Instant, 5 min) SAB
Enhances the Sabotage trait for three minutes, increasing the process chance by 25%.

Empower (lvl 25) (Instant, 5 min) PSI
Doubles number of charges generated and increases maximum number of charges to ten for three minutes.

Psycho Bomb (lvl 35) (Instant, 1 min)
Non-elemental AoE attack.

Pain (lvl 50) (Instant, 5 min) SAB
Inflicts all Sabotage effects on target. Enfeeblement accuracy based on Sabotage process rate.

Flamestrike (lvl 50) (3 min, 3 min) PSI
Converts non-elemental damage into fire damage.

Froststrike (lvl 55) (3 min, 3 min) PSI
Converts non-elemental damage into ice damage.

Stonestrike (lvl 60) (3 min, 3 min) PSI
Converts non-elemental damage into earth damage.

Shockstrike (lvl 65) (3 min, 3 min) PSI
Converts non-elemental damage into lightning damage.

Galestrike (lvl 70) (3 min, 3 min) PSI
Converts non-elemental damage into wind damage.

Liquidstrike (lvl 75) (3 min, 3 min) PSI
Converts non-elemental damage into water damage.

Aura Reading (lvl 80) (Instant, 3 min) SAB
Enhances next Reversal Combustion or Clairvoyance Combustion. All lower charge-level buffs added when used.

Scrying (lvl 90) (Instant, 10 min)
Remote viewing of current zone.

Choastrike (lvl 99) (3 min, 3 min) PSI
Non-elemental damage has increased damage and accuracy against opponents weak against Light or Dark.


Kinesis:*
Telekinesis (lvl 20) 10% TP (instant, 15 secs)
Performs a psychic punch on target, causing non-elemental magical damage. Telekinesis is affected by Strike effects.

Psychokinesis (lvl 25) 10% TP (instant, 20 secs) SAB
Performs a psychic punch on target, causing random status effect.

Pyrokinesis** (lvl 25) 25% TP (5 secs, 1 min) PSI
Conjures flames to engulf target, causing fire damage over 10 seconds.

Cyrokinesis** (lvl 30) 25% TP (5 secs, 1 min) PSI
Conjures a mass of ice and drops it on target causing ice damage and freezes target in place for 10 seconds.

Geokenesis** (lvl 35) 25%TP (5 secs, 1 min) PSI
Conjures a mass of earth and drops it on the target causing earth damage and dazing the target. Dazed targets have lower defenses for 10 secs.

Ionokenesis** (lvl 40) 25%TP (5 secs, 1 min) PSI
Conjures a static discharge, causing lightning damage and disables the target for 10 seconds. Disabled targets cannot attack or perform any action.

Anemokenesis** (lvl 45) 25% TP (5 secs, 1 min) PSI
Conjures a wind shear, causing wind damage and disorientates the target for 10 seconds. Disorientated targets evade attacks less and take more critical damage.

Hydrokenesis** (lvl 50) 25% TP (5 secs, 1 min) PSI
Conjures a cyclone of water vapor, causing water damage and addles the target for 10 seconds.

Mind Blast (lvl 50) 25% TP (2 sec, 30 sec) SAB
Causes non-elemental damage to target. Damage dealt depends on number of enfeeblements currently on target.

Telekinesis II (lvl 60) 25% TP (Instant, 15 secs) PSI
Performs a psychic punch on target, causing non-elemental magical damage. Telekinesis is affected by Strike effects.

Divination (lvl 65) 20% TP (Instant, 30 secs) SAB
Randomly causes a flash blindness, a Dazed, a Disabled, a Disorientated, or an Addled effect for 5 secs on target.

Psychic Surgery (lvl 75) 20% TP (Instant, 5 min) SAB
Removes one random enfeeblement from every party member.

* Low expense, low damage skills used to build charges used in Combustions. Each Kinesis generates one charge.
** Shares timer.


Combustions:*
Explosive Combustion (lvl 20) (instant, 1 min) PSI
Ignites all charges to perform a powerful non-elemental magic attack. Damage depends on number of charges used.

Reversal Combustion (lvl 20) (instant, 30 secs) SAB
Ignited charges convert one enfeeblement to one buff. Requires equal number of charges and enfeeblements.
Charges:
1 – Attack Speed Boost
2 – Accuracy Boost
3 – Attack Boost
4 – Magic Attack Boost
5 – Regain

Invigorating Combustion (lvl 30) (instant, 30 secs)
Converts charges to TP.

Convection Combustion (lvl 50) (Instant, 1 min)
Psychic uses telekinetic power to propel themselves forward for a powerful attack. Uses at least one charge, max 2.

Burst Combustion (lvl 60) (Instant, 3 min) PSI
Consumes all charges to perform a Magic Burst. When used with 5 or less charges, creates a level 1 non-elemental burst. When used with 6 to 9 charges, creates a random level 2 burst. When used with 10 charges, creates a random lvl 3 burst. Burst Combustion is affected by Strike effects.

Clairvoyance Combustion (lvl 60) (Instant, 1 min) SAB
Ignited charges convert one enfeeblement to one buff. Requires equal number of charges and enfeeblements.
Charges:
1 – Regain
2 – Kick Attacks
3 – Store TP
4 – Double Attack
5 – Sabotage +5%

* Powerful spells that consume charges to use.


Tremors:*
Fear Tremor (lvl 50) (instant) (1TP/tick) PSI
Lowers non-elemental magic resistance.

Confusion Tremor (lvl 50) (instant)(1TP/tick) SAB
Increases Sabotage process rate by an additional 10%.

Terror Tremor (lvl 60) (Instant)(5TP/tick)
Reduces 10 TP on target every tick.

Meltdown Tremor (lvl 70) (Instant)(10TP/tick) SAB
Reduces targets defense. Rate reduced increases with duration.

Agony Tremor (lvl 70) (Instant)(10TP/tick) PSI
Causes non-elemental damage over time. Agony Tremor is affected by Strike effects.

Paranoria Tremor (lvl 80) (Instant)(15TP/tick) SAB
Sabotage effects gain strength and duration the longer Paranoria Tremor is in effect.

Erasing Tremor (lvl 99) (Instant)(10TP/tick) SAB
Has a chance to remove one buff from target every tick.

* Abilities that drain TP over time, occasionally generates a charge with each tick.


Comments:
I got the idea for the Psychic from DSHenderson’s suggestion that Elenie’s Psychier melee attack from range using the power of their minds. I kind of took this idea and mashed it into Aristio’s idea of a Geomancer. I liked his direction to make a kind of doppelganger of a dancer, so then I made some tweaks so that the Psi-Ops subclass would play like a black mage/dancer/monk that attacks from range.

But then I didn’t know what to do with the second subclass. This was the mage hero class and mages in general are only really known for two things, support and DD. Well there’s already a support mage hero so the only thing I could really do was to make another type of DD, or so I thought. Then I started thinking about the Saboteur role in Final Fantasy XIII. Technically speaking the Saboteur would be considered a support role since it doesn’t rely on dealing damage but making it easier for everyone to take the mob down. But I figured this role would be good as the Saboteur only really buffs itself and makes it easier to do more damage. So I tried to make it kinda like a reverse Red Mage, focusing on damage and enfeeblements instead of healing and enhancements.




Edited, May 24th 2012 12:03pm by Xechs4

Solider
Knight/Gunner

Leather armored Hero Class who specializes in techniques that overpower their enemies. Soldiers have two subclasses, Knights take up the great sword and jump into the thick of things while Gunners rely on their speedy marksmanship to take down their targets quickly from range.

Main Weapon:
Great Sword KNT
Guns GNR
Armor:
Leather and Mail mostly, some plate

Traits:
Lvl 10 Attack Bonus I
Lvl 10 Auto-Range Attack GNR
Lvl 15 Concentration I* GNR
Lvl 20 Glancing Blows I** KNT
Lvl 25 Rapid Shot
Lvl 30 Stiff Grip I***
Lvl 35 Concentration II
Lvl 40 Range Speed Bonus I
Lvl 45 Attack Bonus II
Lvl 50 Stiff Grip II
Lvl 55 Conserve Ammo
Lvl 60 Beastmen Killer
Lvl 65 Glancing Blows II
Lvl 70 Concentration III
Lvl 75 Range Speed Bonus II
Lvl 80 Blood Lust*4*
Lvl 85 Stiff Grip III
Lvl 90 Attack Bonus III
Lvl 95 Range Speed Bonus III
Lvl 99 Monkey Grip*5*

* Increases Range Attack Speed and Range Accuracy while decreasing Range Attack Power.
** Decreases amount of TP gained by additional targets when using Wild Aim.
*** Increases damage done to additional targets when using Wild Aim.
*4* Occasionally attacks 2-3 times, affects melee and range attacks.
*5* Grants ability to grasp a Great Sword in each hand.


Abilities:
Battle Cry (lvl 1) (Instant, 2 hours)
Causes all enemies to run away in fear for 15 secs. Causes after-effect status on targets to prevent linking for 30 secs.

Wild Aim (lvl 10) (3 min, 3min) KNT
Standard melee attacks gain the fan attack effect, hitting any enemy in front of the Solider, but lose attack power. Amount lost depends on number of enemies hit.

Rapid Fire (lvl 15) (3 min, 5 min) GNR
Increases range attack speed while decreasing range attack power.

Armor Break (lvl 20) (Instant, 5 min) KNT
Strong melee attack that lowers defense of targets within range.

Unlimited Shot (lvl 25) (2 min, 5 min) GNR
Range attacks cost no ammo while under the Unlimited Shot effect.

Aim: Legs (lvl 30) (Instant, 5 min) GNR
Range shot that targets opponent's legs, causing a Gravity effect.

Power Break (lvl 40) (Instant, 5 min) KNT
Strong melee attack that lowers attack power of targets within range.

Aim: Arms (lvl 50) (Instant, 5 min) GNR
Range shot that targets opponents arms, paralyzing the target.

Frenzy (lvl 60) (3 min, 5 min)
Increases attack speed but lowers defense for three minutes. Affects both melee and range speed.

Last Word (lvl 75) (Instant, 5 min)
Deals critical strikes for 30 seconds if targets are under 95% health.

Overpower (lvl 85) (Instant, 10 min) KNT
Next attack ignores targets defense.

Preemptive Strike (lvl 99) (Instant, 3 min)
Deals double critical damage on next attack if it's the first attack. Cannot use if target holds any enmity towards you.


Comments:
I kinda lost steam by the time I got to the Soldier. I got the idea from Cloudcronos, mainly cause it seemed like a nice standard melee class. The only two things I could think of for a physical DD was the standard melee and range, so I just tried to stick with those and not try anything too fancy.

For the Knight class I was thinking along the same lines as the Mystic Knight, where their main targets would be mass number of opponents or quick sessions of weak enemies. After realizing this I figured an AoE melee was something new and built the foundation around that.

The Gunner was a bit harder. I originally thought about doing a Berserker class but decided against it as the Knight was already an up close melee and there's plenty of other jobs that fill that role. So that left range and how could I come up with something that wasn't just a ranger clone. I thought about the Hunter from WoW but seeing as that was a pet class it wasn't appropriate to put it anywhere but the pet class hero. So in the end I just focused on fast shooting, low spike, high DPS Ranger. That's basically all I could do with it.