Another Red Mage Tank Idea

[Mimilu]

That dosn't magcialy make them "casters" surely you are not so foolish as to realize this.. Scathe on blm is instant, doesn't mean its a "physcial" caster all of sudden.

So no, regardless of how much you deny it, they are not, anything of the sort near "casters" unless you cannot tell the difference between magic, arrows, and bullets

The majority of their damaging skills now have cast times that require them to stand still in order for them to work. How is that not a caster? Physical vs Magical is purely aesthetic.

"Melee, black magic and white magic" None of those are related to tanking. for a magic based job, Not sure what this was about. you actually proved my point further, of why they won't work as a tank.

I'm proving at least that my design at covers these points. And saying that this proves your point is a fallacy, as it does nothing to help your claim.
Paladins, for example, have always used White Magic and Melee through out the FF series. But oh, gee, the can't be tanks because clearly neither of those things relate to tanking. At least according to your logic.

As much as an opinion as saying DRK would work as a back line caster. Sometimes opinions dig into common sense.

Resorting to hyperbole proves nothing.

Avoid means stay clear of, getting away from damage. AKA evading, Shields don't make you 'get away" from damage, they reduce the incoming damage or BLOCK it entirely. That isn't "avoiding" so your own wording was your undoing.

Undoing? Sweetheart, the argument isn't about Avoidance Tank vs Mitigation Tank, it's about RDM's being a Tank, which you still haven't presented any concrete evidence against other then DPS!RDM is some sort of sacred cow to you...
So, I apologize for getting your little gaming terminology wrong.

DO you know what "stupid" even means? lack of the word is certainly correct in this situation, as if you have been paying attention to how they have been relasing the jobs you would understand why adding a 4th tank so close to the last one is it self, stupid.)

First off, it is perfectly clear that I didn't not call you stupid, I called the idea that "adding a 4th Tank is none-sense" stupid. Your name calling is uncalled for and uncivilized.
Second, Stupid: lacking intelligence and/or common sense.

Never said they would "stop adding jobs" but as i said above if they FOLLOW THE PATTERN they are going, we won't be getting a tank/healer next jobs, it will be DPS. depending on how long these 2 take. and since they hinted at sam and rdm being next, 1 or both will most likely BE DPS. the other is up for debate, (fearing SAM being tank)

You do realize that in the live letters they said that they wouldn't be adding any more jobs/classes until 4.0 (a.k.a the next expansion). So following that pattern, we got three jobs in this expansion, one tank, one DPS, one healer, we're probably going to get the same in the next, one tank, one DPS, one healer.