Red Mage (Tank) Please!

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Many people are arguing about the new jobs and I think Red Mage as a tank would be a unique concept.

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Cross-Classes
Lancer 30
Thaumaturge 15

Main Stats
Vitality
Dexterity

Main Weapon:
Rapier Wand

Lightning, Wind attacks costs TP.
Fire, Ice, Earth attacks and abilities cost Mana.


Skills:

Aero Walker
Increases Evasion Chance by 25%.
Increases Parry Chance by 25%.
Increases Parry Potency by 20%.
Caster is immune to interrupts.
Decreases damage done by 15% whilst increasing enmity gain.
Duration: Forever.
Recast: 2.5s
Costs 500 TP to cast.

Tethered Attunement:
Increases the party's HP restored by spells or actions by 20%.
Lowers the party's cast time of healing spells by 0.5.
Duration: 20s
Recast: 90s
off-gcd

Provoking Thunder:
Deals lightning damage with potency of 50.
Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time with a potency of 50 for 18s.
Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list.
Recast: 45s
Range: 30y

Earth Wall:
Reduces damage taken by 20%.
Duration: 20s
Recast: 90s

Mana Shield
12% of all damage taken harms your mana instead.
Duration: Forever.
Recast: 30s, ends when you run out of mana or click again.
Costs mana each time you are hit.
Ends when you run out of mana.

Crimson Blizzard
Deals ice damage with a potency of 140 to all nearby enemies.
Range: 8y
Increases enmity.
Recast: 2.5s.
Casting: 1.5s.
Costs Mana.

Lightning Strikes
Your next five attacks deal an additional 100 additional potency in damage.
Lasts: 60 seconds.
Recast: 30s.
Casting: 1.5s.
Costs 100 TP.

Haste
Increases Attack Speed by 50%.
Increases TP reduction by 60%
Lasts: 10s.
Recast: 60s.
Cast: 1.5s.
Costs 150 TP.

Earth Shield:
The next three attacks are absorbed.
Lasts: 20s.
Recast: 60s.
off-gcd
Costs 100 TP.

Transfer Mana:
Decreases Mana of caster by 6% every second for 3 seconds. (18%)
Increases Mana of target by 6% every second for 3 seconds. (18%)
Channeled: 3s
Recast: 90s.
Costs Mana.

Stab:
Delivers an attack with a potency of 160.
Costs 80 TP.

Impale:
Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Stab Combo Potency: 290
Increases Enmity.
Costs 90 TP.

Rapid Assault
Delivers an attack with a potency of 150.
Impale Combo Potency: 360
You cannot move and take 10% less damage during channel.
Impale Combo Potency: Further Increases damage reduction during channel to 30%.
Channeled: 4s.
Costs 60 TP.

Sieving Strike
Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Stab Combo Potency: 250
Stab Combo Bonus: Restore Mana.
Costs 60 TP.

Thieving Assault
Delivers an attack with a potency of 150.
Sieving Strike Combo Potency: 330
Sieving Strike Combo Bonus: Increases Enmity.
Each attack restores Mana and TP by a small amount.
Mana Steal Combo Bonus: Further Increases Mana and TP restoration.
Channel: 4s.
Costs 90 TP.

Living Bomb
If target dies this attack deals fire damage with a potency of 300 to all nearby enemies and spreads "Living Bomb" to them.
Fire damage over time. Potency: 100
Duration: 9s.
Recast: 30s.
Cast: 1.5s
Costs Mana.

Fire Prison
Creates a Fire Prison, dealing fire damage with a potency of 75 to any enemies who enter.
Duration: 21s
Recast: 21s
Cast: 2.5s
Costs Mana.

You could only do that if the DPS held back. Even 'proper' tanks had difficulty holding back aggro from many DPS in the late game simply because of the crazy damage they could output. Red Mage wasn't terrible in the aggro stakes, but there wasn't much enmity gear to go around for them, and they had limited strength since you would basically NEED sub war for provoke which killed some of your magical potential.

At any rate, we have 3 tanks, 3 healers, 2 casters, 2 melee DPS and 2 ranged physical DPS. Surely we need an extra melee DPS, an extra ranged physical and a new caster before we start worrying about more tanks?

We lack a Caster Tank, and a Melee Healer.

My idea is to make a Caster Tank. More or less, and no Dark Knight is not a caster tank.

I believe already Samurai will be the Melee Support.

[SlyTribal]

Many people are arguing about the new jobs and I think Red Mage as a tank would be a unique concept.

Just gonna be the first to say it, Rdm was capable/used as a tank in XI for a long time. So, XI did it first.

[Blood-Aki]

No, We were already disappointed (well i was anyway) that DRK, which should have been a DPS job was turned into a Tank. the LAST thing i want to see is a RDM tank..IF anything it needs to be a caster type.

If they are going to come up with a new tank job it needs to be something new or older game jobs, like Rune Fencer. (which would sound like a Rdm the way you are describing)

[Nektulos-Tuor]

No, We were already disappointed (well i was anyway) that DRK, which should have been a DPS job was turned into a Tank. the LAST thing i want to see is a RDM tank..IF anything it needs to be a caster type.

If they are going to come up with a new tank job it needs to be something new or older game jobs, like Rune Fencer. (which would sound like a Rdm the way you are describing)

We have Summoner, Black Mage as Caster types. So -1 for originality. We need something unique, not more of the same.

[SinisterJointss]

I would like RDM to be a support caster. My own personal opinion.

As a side note, almost ALL of your proposed abilities are so far overpowered im not sure what you were thinking lol. The creativity is there though

[Blood-Aki]

We have Summoner, Black Mage as Caster types. So -1 for originality. We need something unique, not more of the same.

And yours is original? RDM tank was already done in FFXI, so -2 for you

But if you want to put that sticker on, we already have PLD DRK and WAR as 3 tank jobs (vs 2 caster jobs) So you actually have -3, Not looking good.

[SlyTribal]

Rdm should be a Melee dps that also has spells to add into it, the Enspells being a staple. It could also work as being a support job, hopefully with enfeebles the other jobs lack.

[Welsper59]

Just gonna be the first to say it, Rdm was capable/used as a tank in XI for a long time. So, XI did it first.

Actually they weren't really capable as a tank, so much as just solo-capable. Holding threat as an RDM was next to impossible unless anyone you happened to be with did almost nothing.

[Saccharin]

I prefer a new caster.

[SinisterJointss]

Rdm should be a Melee dps that also has spells to add into it, the Enspells being a staple. It could also work as being a support job, hopefully with enfeebles the other jobs lack.

This is what I hope for but unfortunatly ARR doesnt make use of enfeebling magic at all when it comes to PvE content. A shame really. WOuld love to see raids and boss's able to be debuffed.