Red Mage is Range Combat? (Discussion)

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

So one thing that comes to mind, what about the limit break? Would it be like what we saw in the story quest battle or something else all together?

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I'm assuming maybe Caster LB. But I may be wrong. Could be cool to see if they could make a magical version of the ranged LB or Melee LB though.

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Originally Posted by AlexionSkylark

I'm going to be very pissed if RDM doesn't have support healing skills.


RDMS ARE MEANT TO BE HYBRIDS

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The impression I get of RDM, in regards to XIV, is that the hybrid element will be expressed in combining ranged and melee abilities, as opposed to combining white and black magic. So in that sense the hybrid archetype of the Job would be retained. I expect it to get at least one (self)-heal though.

I mean people have to have realized beforehand that the job with how this game's mechanics work that RDM would not be one 100% in a traditional sense. I think in terms of mixing melee and ranged as a DPS is pretty much as close as you can get in keeping the tradition of RDM in the context of FFXIV's concepts.

I like this, it is a unique concept in the DoM role.

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Originally Posted by AlexionSkylark

I'm going to be very pissed if RDM doesn't have support healing skills.


RDMS ARE MEANT TO BE HYBRIDS

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They won't. Pure DPS. A hybrid job would not work in FFXIV, Yoshi P stated this in an interview. The absolute most i expect to see is that they can cross class with THM/CNJ and get swiftcast/raise/cleric stance/cure. If they're an int job like we suspect, cleric stance will work backwards and turn it into MND, thus empowering cure. At most i'd expect them to be a last effort emergency healer.

They played on the words used to describe RDM to bend it to fit the game. "They use both white and black magic" turned into "They use both white and black magic...fused together". Lest we not forget that white magic in this game is not all restorative spells.

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Originally Posted by VanilleFang

I'm assuming maybe Caster LB. But I may be wrong. Could be cool to see if they could make a magical version of the ranged LB or Melee LB though.

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I mean more like the skill itself. :3
If its not the skill we saw, the only thing that I can even imagine is like Shantottos "Play Rough" in Dissidia, just a bombardment of spells on the location.

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

I mean more like the skill itself. :3
If its not the skill we saw, the only thing that I can even imagine is like Shantottos "Play Rough" in Dissidia, just a bombardment of spells on the location.

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Well, they could always (as a nod to Twincast, which is sort of the opposite of Dualcast) give them Twin Meteor (W Meteor).

It wouldn't be too out there. The "Flare-like" spell from the footage we saw screams Pyroblast (Mini Flare, also known as Pyro in some EN translations) to me, and that was also a Twincast ability.

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Originally Posted by GMERC

Well, they could always (as a nod to Twincast, which is sort of the opposite of Dualcast) give them Twin Meteor (W Meteor).

It wouldn't be too out there. The "Flare-like" spell from the footage we saw screams Pyroblast (Mini Flare, also known as Pyro in some EN translations) to me, and that was also a Twincast ability.

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I hope it's not twin meteor. Just because I don't want another LB that blinds me everytime it goes off.

Though due to twincast I hope it's a combination of white and black magic like a fusion of holy and flare.

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Originally Posted by Averax

They won't. Pure DPS. A hybrid job would not work in FFXIV, Yoshi P stated this in an interview.

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I'm sure there will be a nod to their traditional hybrid white magic skills, they'll probably have some sort of defensive cooldown/self heal.

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Originally Posted by AlexionSkylark

I'm going to be very pissed if RDM doesn't have support healing skills.


RDMS ARE MEANT TO BE HYBRIDS

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Then you may as well start getting pissed right now. The interview that just came out today quoted Yoshi stating they are "Pure DPS." So, they will not have support healing abilities.

I for one am excited for it. Reminds me of FFTA2, in concept at least.

Rapier and magick, but looking like a very awesome Melee DPS. Very nice addition in my opinion. I'm eager to see how it evolves, skill wise. I'm also curious if it may get its own repertoire of magick to use (like Arcan magick in XII).

#hype