Quote Originally Posted by FrankReynolds View Post
I was just being silly. I haven't looked at one of those things in (30??) years.

Seriously though, people claiming Red Mages aren't party buffers is silly. The peg is a terrible analogy, in that anything will fit in the star shaped hole if the hole is big enough. In this case, what constitutes buffing a party is a big gray area, and red fits in it pretty damn often regardless of whether red mage is a "star" at it.
Ah but if the hole is so big that any peg can go in, is it really fitting?

Regen, Refresh, Haste, Protect and Shell are all we get to enhance others. This is part of the Jack of All Trades title. It can fit in that role if a specialist is not available, the same way it can be a nuker, DD, or main heal.