What Roles would you like for Samurai and Red Mage?

[Intaki]

There's simply nothing else that isn't some obscure FF job that could be a tank after Samurai and so SE would be a bit foolish to waste such a choice on another DPS.

This is an argument you should have been making before they made DRK a tank. Now that there's already a two-handed sword user tank, I can pretty much guarantee that SAM will be a dps (if it ever gets made at all).

You're also neglecting the possibility that SE can simply create an entirely new class. They've already shown with Ravana that they're perfectly happy to not just take from the franchise mythos but to add to it as well.

[Shippuu]

This is an argument you should have been making before they made DRK a tank. Now that there's already a two-handed sword user tank, I can pretty much guarantee that SAM will be a dps (if it ever gets made at all).

You're also neglecting the possibility that SE can simply create an entirely new class. They've already shown with Ravana that they're perfectly happy to not just take from the franchise mythos but to add to it as well.

There's absolutely zero problems with two jobs using similar weapons. Black mages and White mages both use staves. Summonsers and Scholars both use books. A way a samurai would wield a sword is entirely different than the way a Dark Knight does and so that argument is entirely moot. Especially since a dual wielding Samurai is also a possibility that alone would make it distinctly differently visually than any other tank we already have.

I'm not neglecting the possibility of them coming up with new jobs unique to FFXIV, it's just highly unlikely. Not when they have plenty of options to pull from still. Them adding new jobs in expansions is almost primarily to sell said expansion. And thus by adding in popular, iconic final fantasy archetypes they capitalize on this. There's no reason for them not to. They had to with Astrologian because there simply wasn't anything to pull from. But with tanks and dps they don't have this problem. So sure, at some point we may see unique jobs. But that time won't be anytime soon.*

[kudokun3]

We need more Tanks/Healers and not DDs so I would give it a try if the Redmage becomes a Healer (or Tank whatever) and Samurai at least a Tank!

#justmy2cents