Red Mage (Tank) Please!

[Saggo]

Tank would be perfect with this class, because nothing really else fits a Red Mage more in this game.

We are not "shoe horning" them into a tank role, its the role that makes most sense to the game.

We'll no. It really doesn't. That role makes more sense for Rune Fencers, Mystic Knights, or Spellblades, infusing magic for defense and damage. You strip RDM down to defensive earthy stuff or whatever and it loses its identity more than DRK did being shoehorned into a tank. It'd be a Rune Fencer with a different name.

If RDM is introduced as a tank, it's because SE first wanted a tank and then shoved whatever name they wanted on it, not because of some great affinity the job has for it. It'd be even more egregious than wanting a tank and shoving a DRK.

[Yaichiro]

What if we had a red mage that can fit all role slots. For instance, the red mage is given 2 stances where the first stance is used for tanking and the other one is for healing while no stance allows you to dps. Each skill will have a different effect depending on the activated stance.

I know I am being greedy but I kinda want red mage like this.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

What if we had a red mage that can fit all role slots. For instance, the red mage is given 2 stances where the first stance is used for tanking and the other one is for healing while no stance allows you to dps. Each skill will have a different effect depending on the activated stance.

I know I am being greedy but I kinda want red mage like this.

It would be a balancing Nightmare is why. Lol.

[Reaperking386]

We'll no. It really doesn't. That role makes more sense for Rune Fencers, Mystic Knights, or Spellblades, infusing magic for defense and damage. You strip RDM down to defensive earthy stuff or whatever and it loses its identity more than DRK did being shoehorned into a tank. It'd be a Rune Fencer with a different name.

If RDM is introduced as a tank, it's because SE first wanted a tank and then shoved whatever name they wanted on it, not because of some great affinity the job has for it. It'd be even more egregious than wanting a tank and shoving a DRK.

Just because Dark knight was a dps class for FF11 does not mean it should be FF14. FF14 is its own game and can label the classes how they want. If Red Mage is done right it can be a tank class. It makes more sense than samurai tanks and they already stated that Red Mage cannot hybrid, so it has already has lost its identity. Besides the HP absorption issue in game mechanics, Dark knight still has its identity. They still use dark magic, they still wear plate, and still use giant sword weapons to slay their enemies.