[Job Adjustmentｓ Manifesto] RDM

[Greatguardian]

I made one post with a very specific purpose. Separating the archetype in other media from the character class in this game. If other people like the name, like the message, or just plain like me, that's cool with me. I'm glad people like the ways in which I express ideas.

The SpankWustler analogy has nothing to do with "ruffling feathers" or antagonism. It has to do with pointing out a very real fallacy in the way people perceive the Red Mage job. If the job was named something completely different, but had the exact same traits, gear, and spells, a good chunk of this argument would no longer exist.

[Rayik]

I made one post with a very specific purpose. Separating the archetype in other media from the character class in this game. If other people like the name, like the message, or just plain like me, that's cool with me. I'm glad people like the ways in which I express ideas.

The SpankWustler analogy has nothing to do with "ruffling feathers" or antagonism. It has to do with pointing out a very real fallacy in the way people perceive the Red Mage job. If the job was named something completely different, but had the exact same traits, gear, and spells, a good chunk of this argument would no longer exist.

I disagree. Regardless of whatever the job is called, I came to the job because it was advertised to me, in-game, as a "magic swordsman." I ran around East and West Ronfaure hacking up bunnies and beetles, and casting spells. If it were identical to the other mage jobs, it would've been a staff or club, not a sword.

Yes, I was initially interested because of the FF lore of previous entries RDM's, and when I first took the job out of my Mog House I was pleased. Hacking and slashing, casting and enfeebling, I was having a blast. But, eventually I hit level 51 and those happy fun elemental staves reared their head, and if you were caught wielding a sword in a party you caught hell about it.

BRB, gotta go rub woad and warpaint all over me, so I can run around screaming "magic swordsman!"