Red Mage in concept is a melee & magic hybrid. The guy with a sword in one hand and magic in the other. I'll let you figure out why reducing a sword & magic hybrid to "support" is wrong, insulting, and demeaning. Seriously, if you wanted support you might as well ask for Oracle or XI's take on Geomancer...not that XIV's combat system would allow a "support" role to exist. And thank god for that.
Duelle, I am glad to see you here. I've read a number of your posts on the XI forum, and quite frankly, the fact that I haven't seen ANYTHING worth mentioning being done for Red Mage in almost 2 years since I stopped playing XI is the biggest thing that has kept me from going back. During the time I did play, I was one of the few that dared play Red Mage the way it was originally intended, and geared myself toward such ends. I fought on the front lines even against most bosses. What the playerbase has done to the job is an atrocity in my eyes.