Red Mage as possible new tank class

[Sephirah]

The only time I've ever seen a Ninja or Ninja-like class defined as anything other than a damage dealer was in FFXI.

Having it be a tank job is just ludicrous.

Specifically because they were tanks in 11 is why most people assume they will be the next tanks. Neither WAR or PLD tank by dodging/absorbing hits with shadows (sure we CAN dodge, but I'm sure a NIN would be much better at it)

I wouldn't use the T-word for Dark Knights, especially remembering that a DRK barely had more defense than a DRG or BLM in FFXI (one of the few ideas I would want them to borrow from XI).

The drain's/self heals are WAR's thing in this game, so I don't see DRk taking part in that at all. What I do see it doing is a DPS that does umbral/dark damage and kind of go from there. Even if it did sprout from GLA, I wouldn't really expect it to tank. There's other jobs that better fit the tank archetype (SAM, Mystic Knight).

I agree completely, I was saying that just because they have been "tanky" in the single player games compared to the other "classes" that aren't wearing heavy armor, they are still a Damage Dealer more than a "Tank".

Also gonna repost this from another thread

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09...expanding-fun/

We then asked Yoshida whether other classes will have access to multiple jobs, much as Arcanists can dabble in Summoner skills. He said that we'll probably see more of that in the future. There will likely be existing classes made able to branch off into other jobs, and he does consider it highly important to have variety and lots of flexibility in the game's class system. Also under consideration is the possibility of combining two jobs to form a third, such as White and Black Mages combining to form a Red Mage.

He also laughed and mentioned that there's a "high possibility" of new jobs debuting prior to future expansions.

With the current Jobs, we could maybe expect things like:
WHM+BLM = Red Mage
WHM+PLD = Mystic Knight or Temple Knight (maybe then their white magic will actually do something)
WAR+BLM = Dark Knight
MNK+SMN = Geomancer
MNK+BRD = Dancer?

Assuming NIN is there, NIN/WAR would probably be Samurai.