[Petition] We want Red Mage!

[Mhaeric]

My prediction for RDM:

Base Class: Fencer
-melee attacker with combos that focus on debuffing enemies through attacks

Advanced Job: Red Mage - dps (with a dash of support, sort of like bard)
-gains casting abilities such as a refresh spell, doublecast which does two strikes of damage animated as a fireball followed by a lightning strike, en-spells which add elemental damage to attacks, party wide haste spell

Advanced Job: Dancer - healer
-gains self-cast buffs which transfer effect to enemies attacked. These effects can be straight up debuffs or provide benefits to party members who attack while it is debuffed.
-cures which are cast using stacks earned by attacking/debuffing targets.

Edit: As an aside, since Blue Mage was brought up... I predict that Blue Mage will be a job specialization of the Shepherd class, alongside Beastmaster.

[Kaillera]

Last I checked, isn't Assassin or Elementalist another way to go?

[EvokerKeii]

My prediction for RDM:

Base Class: Fencer

Advanced Job: Red Mage - dps

Advanced Job: Dancer - healer

Edit: As an aside, since Blue Mage was brought up... I predict that Blue Mage will be a job specialization of the Shepherd class, alongside Beastmaster.

Hah. As I was thinking how RDM would be handled as a job and class, I came to the same conclusion as you just as I got to your post. RDM<-Fencer->Dancer

As for BLU, I don't know how it would work since there aren't any useful or memorable monster attacks that stand out in this game.
Maybe a few, but...I don't know if there are enough to make a whole class around.

[Kal-El]

As for BLU, I don't know how it would work since there aren't any useful or memorable monster attacks that stand out in this game.
Maybe a few, but...I don't know if there are enough to make a whole class around.

*BLU Casts Allagan Rot on Target.

Target explodes* =D

[EvokerKeii]

*BLU Casts Allagan Rot on Target.

Target explodes* =D

I stand corrected. Oh oh, also Twister.

[Kal-El]

I stand corrected. Oh oh, also Twister.

Minstrel Blast / Ariel Blast

Eruption

Mountain Buster.

I want to be a Blue Mage now

[EvokerKeii]

Minstrel Blast / Ariel Blast

Eruption

Mountain Buster.

I want to be a Blue Mage now

Ultima
/10char

[Mhaeric]

Hah. As I was thinking how RDM would be handled as a job and class, I came to the same conclusion as you just as I got to your post. RDM<-Fencer->Dancer

As for BLU, I don't know how it would work since there aren't any useful or memorable monster attacks that stand out in this game.
Maybe a few, but...I don't know if there are enough to make a whole class around.

It doesn't necessarily have to be as exclusive to monster abilities as it was in FFXI or other games, nor does it necessarily mean that every ability must be learned from a monster.

Shepherd - dps/support
-use various Calls to summon instant animal based abilities whether the animal itself, or a manifestation of it. E.g. an ability where you swing your weapon and ghostly manifestation of a raptor claw appears around it. E.g. summon a midge swarm to poison your target, etc. These are physical and cost TP. They may or may not have traditional blue mage spell names.

Beastmaster
-gains access to more lasting pet summons, effectively becoming a pet class

Blue Mage
-gains access to a handful of iconic BLU spells which are all magical and cost MP. These would be acquired by questing as per normal, but the story line would be about tracking down and 'learning' the ability from the target.
-this results in a hybrid TP/MP user

Edit: alternately, all the shepherd abilities require learning as is traditional for a blue mage. The blue mage then just becomes the ultimate version of that (like Summoner is to Arcanist), while the beastmaster chooses instead to focus on the actual animals themselves rather than their power.