RDM tanking(post your comments and thoughts on it here)

[cidbahamut]

melee/tank options

It bothers me that people keep trying to lump these together, because they are not the same thing at all.

[Stylin]

@stylin. My point is that the RDM threads that want more melee/tank options always point to this idea that RDM's are supposed to be an up front fighter as well as Mage. Yes, they can but RDM ARE supposed to do so in a "limited" quantity or quality. Saying they "suck", is a comparative statement. They suck compared to a melee job or tank job. They do a lot better than other Mage jobs. This is what game balance is supposed to be like..not a RDM that can weaponskill for 2k and drop another 4k in nukes.

When the only jobs a Red Mage can safely say they can out melee is BLM, SMN, and SCH it's not "comparative" at all.

It bothers me that people keep trying to lump these together, because they are not the same thing at all.

This too. Sure, a Red Mage has all the tools to survive, but what's the point when all the enmity tools have been nerfed into non-existence? Do you expect them to hold hate with mediocre DD?