On Red Mage melee...

[Rayik]

How is watching for enfeebs on melee standing with my thumb up my ass?

Most melee call out what they have on them anyway, and you can be doing something else at the same time. Hell, even nuke.

And yes, I said BLU. BLU are a melee/spellcaster, and get access to all the sword-based ws RDM should. I'll admit I'm a little jealous. It's funny, the first RDM in a FF game started out with swords, the first BLU I ever saw(FF5, 6) used a staff. Irony.

[Aurara]

Most melee call out what they have on them anyway, and you can be doing something else at the same time. Hell, even nuke.

Or you could be a good mage and know what TP moves do what so you can be ready to remove the enfeeb once you see the TP move in the chatlog, like I do.

And yes, I said BLU. BLU are a melee/spellcaster, and get access to all the sword-based ws RDM should. I'll admit I'm a little jealous. It's funny, the first RDM in a FF game started out with swords, the first BLU I ever saw(FF5, 6) used a staff. Irony.

Because FFXI=every other FF game out there.

[Rayik]

Or you could be a good mage and know what TP moves do what so you can be ready to remove the enfeeb once you see the TP move in the chatlog, like I do.

And who says I don't? I never said I don't play support as well.

Because FFXI=every other FF game out there.

I'm citing the reference to where all this silly RDM melee business originated. You act like it's some totally foreign concept a bunch of us just dreamed up. I'm citing that in FF games, RDM were viable melee mages. They're broke in XI, and we're clamoring for a fix.