What Red Mage may be in 4.0

Oh lord, he's 16 years old and with long hair. He can afford to look like a little girl, considering the circumstances.

Around 24 seconds in, you can see him use "Throw Stone." I can also see hints of him using variations of Ultima here and there. Man, I'm so psyched.

I don't understand the obsession with this red mage thing. there's so many jobs out there... I will name a few that I would like to see next added in:

Oracle
Mediator
Arithmetician
Mime
Geomancer

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Originally Posted by Alahra

I'm calling tank for it, personally. Melee, check. Black magic for AoE aggro, check. White magic for defensive cooldowns/healing, check. It's the simplest way to cover the three things RDMs usually do in Final Fantasy games. A support DPS could work too, though (the game's first melee one, most likely), especially if they expand Bard Songs/Turrets to incorporate things like health regen.

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Support Melee DPS? Sign me up.

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Originally Posted by Warlyx

rdm could be

tank
healer
melee
caster

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Fulfils any open slot in DF. You don't know what role you'll play in any given instance until the queue pops! :D

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Originally Posted by Mature

I don't understand the obsession with this red mage thing. there's so many jobs out there... I will name a few that I would like to see next added in:

Oracle
Mediator
Arithmetician
Mime
Geomancer

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Because Red Mage is one of the first Final Fantasy jobs and it's very odd why it isn't available in this game yet. I don't think something like Mime could work in this game though.

While on the subject of Red Mage, It's better if it was a DPS and healer, but I really do not see it as a tank, ever. (although evasion tanking is exist, that could've just been something Ninja could have)
Just because it's the "jack of all trades" doesn't mean it could be a tank, especially with the tank specific gear, it doesn't look right at all. Scholar is a healer/DPS hybrid and does it very, very well so I don't see how that's not possible for Red Mage.

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Originally Posted by Mature

I don't understand the obsession with this red mage thing. there's so many jobs out there... I will name a few that I would like to see next added in:

Oracle
Mediator
Arithmetician
Mime
Geomancer

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Tbh people seem equally or moreso crazed with Samurai, which i would just rather have dancer ...
Many of the classic FF classes are believed to make their way to the game if i recall just never any timeline given

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Originally Posted by Mature

I don't understand the obsession with this red mage thing. there's so many jobs out there... I will name a few that I would like to see next added in:

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The fact that it's one of the saga's icons?

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Originally Posted by Dyvid

Cool video but nothing in it screams Red Mage.

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Isn't Red Mages just sword mages? I think that fits the bill personally, but still no sure how they'll add this class into 14 yet with this 3 role set thing. Its just to strict to BE a redmage. Dancer on the other hand....

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Originally Posted by Maero

Tbh people seem equally or moreso crazed with Samurai, which i would just rather have dancer ...
Many of the classic FF classes are believed to make their way to the game if i recall just never any timeline given

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Though, there's a lot of craze over Dancer and people who want it in the game, especially when they gave the Thavnairian outfits and the dance.

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Originally Posted by Kurogaea

Isn't Red Mages just sword mages? I think that fits the bill personally, but still no sure how they'll add this class into 14 yet with this 3 role set thing. Its just to strict to BE a redmage. Dancer on the other hand....

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Mystic Knight is sword mage. Red Mage is a swordsman that could cast black and white magic, but not really use sword magic.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

Fulfils any open slot in DF. You don't know what role you'll play in any given instance until the queue pops! :D

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I would doubt that SE is about to break the trinity system in 4.0 (atm SE don't have the resources to do something this radical maybe 5.0) , so i would curb any ideas of this happening

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Originally Posted by Warlyx

i said only a few will be happy with RDM ....other than being the 1 true hybrid job that has 4 stances..... and can be everything....

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This is what i am fearful of, even worse if SE shoehorns it into a healer/support role to fit it into the trinity system.