New JP Interview re: Expansion

[fantasticdan]

Giving time mage elemental skill for just two spells wouldn't make much sense. They could make comet/meteor based on the sum of enfeebling and enhancing I guess, kind of like how songs work.

[Toth]

Interesting discussion here. Let's look at what the other expansions brought:

NIN - DD who became a tank
SAM - DD (TP Masters)
SMN - Support/DD who became a gimp WHM support role

PUP - DD with Solo Capabilities
BLU - DD
COR - Support/DD

This expansion really needs a new type of main healer, another solid support job (with some type of refresh please), and a new tank class. We have way too many DDs now. May I suggest:

Mystic Knight as a new tank
Time Mage as a new support job
Chemist as the new healing job

[deivi]

Interesting discussion here. Let's look at what the other expansions brought:

NIN - DD who became a tank
SAM - DD (TP Masters)
SMN - Support/DD who became a gimp WHM support role

PUP - DD with Solo Capabilities
BLU - DD
COR - Support/DD

lolDRG

[Khamsin]

Giving time mage elemental skill for just two spells wouldn't make much sense. They could make comet/meteor based on the sum of enfeebling and enhancing I guess, kind of like how songs work.

They gave RDM Divine for one spell they don't even have anymore.

[Ahnuld]

Haste/Slow/Gravity/Bind (spells they would probably get) are already enhancing/enfeebling, so I doubt they'd make a "time magic skill." If so, what would they be? A+ enhancing and A or A- enfeebling? What would meteor and such fall under?

EDIT: I also doubt they would create a time magic category/spellcasting motion. It would probably be white/black. Did time mages get silence in previous games? I think I remember them getting it in FFV or something, but I could be wrong.

I believe that spell is called Mute, which is in FFXI I think.

[Khamsin]

Haste/Slow/Gravity/Bind (spells they would probably get) are already enhancing/enfeebling, so I doubt they'd make a "time magic skill." If so, what would they be? A+ enhancing and A or A- enfeebling? What would meteor and such fall under?

EDIT: I also doubt they would create a time magic category/spellcasting motion. It would probably be white/black. Did time mages get silence in previous games? I think I remember them getting it in FFV or something, but I could be wrong.

I believe that spell is called Mute, which is in FFXI I think.

Both Silence and Mute were in FFV, but the Time Mage's version was different. That one prevented spellcasting by everybody in battle, both your party and the enemies. Think of it like a Deafening Tantara or Seal of Quiescence that affects the enemies, too. It also worked against some mobs that were immune to silence.

[Sagacious Sundi]

Why did they get something like that? Time mages screw around with how sound travels?

Also, I agree with Toth, although I suppose time mage can be switched with geomancer. Yeah, they were typically a weak DD iirc, but I can so envision them as a support job for some reason. Toth's post also makes me a bit sad since it reminds me that all 7 jobs added since the beginning have been a DD in some way or another, and we don't really need anymore DDs.

[Leroy]

Time mages were master's of Time Space magic. I guess they could create a vaccuum to stop sounds(Mute), and Accelerate time in space to launch a Meteorite at enemies.

[Toth]

Forgot about DRG hehe. I guess it mirrors PUP expansion wise (pet job for a pet job). I really hope that they won't try another one though...

Also, there a lot of other spells mentioned in the game that we can't use. For example, the ff stable 'Mini' is a forgotten spell that is cast on Ballista opponents to enter Dioramas.

[fantasticdan]

PUP - DD with Solo Capabilities
BLU - DD

You mix these up? Pup solo sucks compared to blu solo...

[Khamsin]

PUP - DD with Solo Capabilities
BLU - DD

You mix these up? Pup solo sucks compared to blu solo...

Aside from imps and such, how do BLU solo? i.e. against mobs with more HP than a couple disseverments' worth.

I always thought BLU lacked sustainability, but maybe I'm wrong.

[Bakthi]

For the most part, you go after pet mobs that, like imps, just don't have very much HP. Luckily, there are enough of those to solo most of the way to 75. I know one person who went 1-75 "solo" in this way; she had a 75 RDM 2-boxed, but she said another BLU was leveling just slightly slower than her, doing the same thing, with no 2-box.

[fantasticdan]

If you're talking about NM's and tougher stuff like wyverns, melee/headbutt/disseverment poison for majority of damage, keep shadows up with haste gear/refueling/headbutt, and debuff/cure as necessary, use cocoon if you'll be taking hits.

If you're talking about exp, I'm certain blu can out exp/hr pup at any level range, thou mostly via zerging methods, and on beastmen pets at mid level range. Mage beastmen/mobs are pretty easy to solo at any level range for blu.

[Dreampainter]

wasn't summoner added before the expansion was actually released. It had carbuncle and earth spirit back then as I remember. Pup actually solo's well at all levels, but it needs that boost SE says it wants to add if they want it to "excel at soloing". Until pup reaches drg or bst levels of soloability, it doesn't excel at soloing. I think the only problem anyone has had with blu is just that its high maintanence, like my ex-girlfriend.

[Sagacious Sundi]

SMN was added like right before the RoZ update. Or maybe it was added on the update, since it is almost always listed after SAM/NIN/DRG.

EDIT: FFXIclopedia says it was added on the update; Zoogelio added it, so it's probably right.

[LinktheDeme]

The only difference is you don't need RoZ for smn iirc

[Sho]

PUP - DD with Solo Capabilities
BLU - DD

You mix these up? Pup solo sucks compared to blu solo...

Aside from imps and such, how do BLU solo? i.e. against mobs with more HP than a couple disseverments' worth.

I always thought BLU lacked sustainability, but maybe I'm wrong.

I solo just about any exp mob that I want. >.> Just can't spam the DD spells as much. Head Butt is a broken thing.

[laverna]

If you're talking about NM's and tougher stuff like wyverns, melee/headbutt/disseverment poison for majority of damage, keep shadows up with haste gear/refueling/headbutt, and debuff/cure as necessary, use cocoon if you'll be taking hits.

If you're talking about exp, I'm certain blu can out exp/hr pup at any level range, thou mostly via zerging methods, and on beastmen pets at mid level range. Mage beastmen/mobs are pretty easy to solo at any level range for blu.

I cant see a BLU outparse a PUP before lvl 50. Most times up to lvl 60 PUP is out Parsing alot of jobs.

[laverna]

Interesting discussion here. Let's look at what the other expansions brought:

NIN - DD who became a tank
SAM - DD (TP Masters)
SMN - Support/DD who became a gimp WHM support role

PUP - DD with Solo Capabilities
BLU - DD
COR - Support/DD

This expansion really needs a new type of main healer, another solid support job (with some type of refresh please), and a new tank class. We have way too many DDs now. May I suggest:

Mystic Knight as a new tank
Time Mage as a new support job
Chemist as the new healing job

BLU is Support/DD like COR is they work almost in Oppiste

and SMN Support/DD who became a gimp WHM support role
is redunant.

[BRP]

BLU is Support/DD

Huh? Unless you mean enfeebling.