Why is dragonfire dive described as a fire based attack?

So I just got my DRG to 50 and noticed that dragonfire dive is described as a "jumping fire-based attack". But upon testing with my BRD friend we found that it is not effected by foe requiem. So why is it called a fire based attack? There are no elemental weaknesses in this game and if it's not trying to point out that it's magic damage then why not just list it as a jumping attack? Is there a reason for the seemingly pointless addition of "fire-based" in the description?

It might just be flavour text. It is kinda fiery and flashy

Bard's Flaming Arrow is the same way. Unaffected by Requiem.

prolly flavour text at this stage, in 1.0 there werre elemental weaknesses and it actually meant something then...

If it's not flavour text then i dunno, maybe it just slipped through the cracks in the redoing of the ability descriptions

This is the exact text it was in 1.0 to describe the ability when elements acutly mattered (healing ifrit was fun).
Side note foes does not increase elemental damage as its tool tip suggests, it increases all magical dmg. This has been confirmed by the devs numerous times and honestly i do not know why they have not fixed the description text yet.

Foe Requiem only affects magic attacks. As such it only affects attacks by Arcanists, Thaumaturges, Conjurers, and their advanced classes. This can be shown to be true by the exact text of Foe Requiem as it has been modified recently to reflect what it actually does:

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Originally Posted by Foe Requiem

Reduces all enemy magic resistance by 10%. MP is drained while singing. Effect is lost if targets move out of hearing distancce, and ends upon reuse. Cannot be used with other songs.

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Enemy Magic Resistance specifically refers to resistance to magic attacks. Dragonfire Dive and Flame Arrow are not Magic Attacks, as such they remain unaffected by this ability.

The dragoon burns up in the atmosphere coming down so fast that he bursts into flames on contact with his enemy. Yet the enemy suffers no elemental damage. lol?

As is common knowledge, all fire is magical. The wood you see in campfires and fireplaces all around Eorzea is merely decorative.

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Originally Posted by Bixby

As is common knowledge, all fire is magical. The wood you see in campfires and fireplaces all around Eorzea is merely decorative.

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unfortunately this is a falsehood. Dragonfire Dive is a physical attack. As such it does not qualify for the requirement of being a magic attack for Foe Requiem.

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Originally Posted by Tharian

unfortunately this is a falsehood. Dragonfire Dive is a physical attack. As such it does not qualify for the requirement of being a magic attack for Foe Requiem.

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I think he was being sarcastic...