2.4x out -- Next coil jobs

FFXIV 2.4 is out! New content, Rogue/Ninja and the final coil of Bahamut. Hopefully this does mean that they are also on course to releasing 3.0 next year. I guess that there will be a 2.5 release at some point with more stuff for Crystal Tower before the 3.0 release? I'm under the impressions that there's supposed to be a 3rd CT before the expansion.

In any case, after 3 months of playing the same jobs, most people wanted a change so here are the new "coil 3" jobs. Primary jobs have been mixed up.

	Primary	Secondary	(Coil required)
Ascy	NIN	WAR
Holt	WHM	BRD
Kurai	DRG	SCH
Marcux	BLM	PLD
Mday	WAR	BLM
Minori	SCH	BLM
Rhela'to	SMN	NIN
Rooks	PLD	MNK

(Let me know if this is incorrect, or needs to be changed)

Current mix has:

- Tanks: 2 primary, 2 secondary

- Healers: 2 primary, 1 secondary

- Casters: 2 primary, 2 secondary

- Slaying: 1 primary, 1 secondary

- Aiming: 1 primary, 3 secondary

- DRG: 1 primary

- MNK: 1 secondary

- NIN: 1 primary, 2 secondary

 

This mix is amusing, with only 3 people interested in melee DPS and much more on ranged (BRD/BLM/SMN) DPS. I guess that's a reflection of how FFXIV does make it easier to dodge and react when you're at a distance from the boss. We do have a major problem here where only two people are currently interested in healing, with nobody choosing healing jobs for their secondary at all. If someone wants to choose healing as a secondary, let me know. Otherwise, at *some* point I'd like 1-2 volunteers to be able to take up a healing role in cases where either of our healers want to take a break. Kurai has since switched his secondary form BLM to SCH. Thanks Kurai!

 

For melee DPS, the sharing seems to be balanced now with BRD & NIN / DRG & MNK sharing accessories

 

The "primary" party is in theory, balanced with 2 melee, 2 ranged, and one of each kind of healer and tank. If we have to adjust the party for single tank, A'sanya will take on the BRD role. If we absolutely have to have a BRD for some reason in a fight, Ascy will switch to WAR while A'sanya does the spoony thing.

 

Nearly all new jobs will need to be geared up, so take a look at T6-T8 and figure out which pieces you need from which turn. We'll focus on gearing those up, and plan on using the new jobs for new content like Shiva EX. We'll *ALSO* be finishing gearing up the designated jobs from the 2.3 patch too, so if you want something, just speak up! I fully expect that we'll do enough T6-T8 to get everyone everything they want.

 

Finally, these jobs are still based on performance. If, for some reason, the job mix isn't working, we'll shuffle jobs around as needed to get something that works. Many of us are in new roles (or in my case, a new job that isn't even 50 yet), so we'll take some time to get used to the roles, learn, but if we run into walls that people can't overcome, we'll make adjustments as necessary. This is what the "coil required"  column is for, in case we have to swap jobs around from what people want to play/gear up. This column will take priority over the "secondary" gear.

 

Do let me know early if I made any mistakes in the job table up top!