Rune Fencer 2nd new job

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Originally Posted by Daniel_Hatcher

And the job is: Rune Fencer (shame on them: Their normal term is: Rune/ic Knight.)

Buh bye RDM.

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Yeah "Fencer" is kind of odd with those very large swords in the image. Oh well, it was clear they didn't really know what Duelist or Estoqueur meant either.

Rune Fencer, just came across Twitter.

Pretty sure I heard them call it Mahou Kishi in Japanese, which would be Magic Knight or Mystic Knight.

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Originally Posted by Puck

Pretty sure I heard them call it Mahou Kishi in Japanese, which would be Magic Knight or Mystic Knight.

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It says Rune Fencer on their website so it's probably not Mystic Knight...

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Originally Posted by Scribble

It says Rune Fencer on their website so it's probably not Mystic Knight...

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Or they mistranslated it from Rune Knight. Truth be told, the name for the job in Japanese can be translated into (Rune/Runic/Magic) (Knight/Fencer). :/

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Originally Posted by Mizuharu

Or, Heaven forbid, they mistranslated it from Rune Knight. But we all know that these things never happen. Ever.

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There is a difference between a Mystic Knight and a Rune Knight. Since the official site says Rune Knight, I'd say it's a safe bet. Either way, kick in the teeth to Red Mages :D

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Originally Posted by Scribble

There is a difference between a Mystic Knight and a Rune Knight. Since the official site says Rune Knight, I'd say it's a safe bet. Either way, kick in the teeth to Red Mages :D

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How is it a kick in the teeth to RDMs? This is suppose to be a tanking job that focuses on defenses against magic. They said so when they announced the job. >.>

PLD - Physical Tank
NIN - Evasion Tank
Rune Knight(Fencer. Whatever.) - Magic Tank

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Originally Posted by Mizuharu

How is it a kick in the teeth to RDMs? This is suppose to be a tanking job that focuses on defenses against magic. They said so when they announced the job. >.>

PLD - Physical Tank
NIN - Evasion Tank
Rune Knight(Fencer. Whatever.) - Magic Tank

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There was a time when RDM was a magic tank, when not every single PLD had an Aegis. Also this takes Enspells and uses them as well, something that until now was the only real unique melee power RDM had. I have said before and will say again, RDM has no advantage over SCH/RDM except melee. As such taking away the only extra power a RDM has in melee kills that effect of it. This job kills the last 2 things RDM had left, elemental enspells & magic defense tanking.

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Originally Posted by Mizuharu

How is it a kick in the teeth to RDMs? This is suppose to be a tanking job that focuses on defenses against magic. They said so when they announced the job. >.>

PLD - Physical Tank
NIN - Evasion Tank
Rune Knight(Fencer. Whatever.) - Magic Tank

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Don't get me wrong I'm not a RDM hater. I guess I just see it as a JoaT job that doesn't really excel at any one particular thing. Rune Knight looks like a RDM with melee ability minus the enfeebles. I know SE has plans for enfeebles so maybe RDM will shine here, although Geomancer looks to have debuffs as well, but I get the feeling that if you had to choose between a RDM and a RKT for melee the RDM would get snubbed again.

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Originally Posted by Demon6324236

There was a time when RDM was a magic tank, when not every single PLD had an Aegis. Also this takes Enspells and uses them as well, something that until now was the only real unique melee power RDM had. I have said before and will say again, RDM has no advantage over SCH/RDM except melee. As such taking away the only extra power a RDM has in melee kills that effect of it. This job kills the last 2 things RDM had left, elemental enspells & magic defense tanking.

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You can't be serious with what I just read...


Looks like a fun job but if it really is going to be taking a tanking role, doesn't really affect Rdm anyway. Closer to sharing slot with Pld but even then, it's not like tanks are viable for many strategies right now that don't involve holding adds.