Red Mage (Tank) Please!

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Laziness to quote.

Red Mage can be put in, but I personally can't see it myself as a tank but not going to say it's impossible.

If you all remember, this gear is typically shared throughout the jobs save your JSE. Red Mage, is light clothing. They CAN turn this around and make them wear bulkier gear, but that would take away from what Red Mage is, right? A small detail at best. I can't say anything on abilities because there are such things as JSA, so this literally can go anywhere. As long as RDM is given a 1-2-3 for Enmity Combos, they can hold hate. Throw in some RDM oGCD stuff for DPS. Boom. Look. RDM can tank. This is how simple the style of the game is though.

Hybrids CAN work though. But it's not so IN YOUR FACE as most other games would have it. Examples? We have them in the game already, but people don't realize it. AST(Healer/Support), BRD(DPS/Support), WAR/DRK(DPS/Tank). They're there, but their definition is coded by 1 of 3 colors as well as how the game pushes them to be. HOWEVER, this game does not support someone who's nothing BUT support because it's going to leave a role short to carry out some content. Be it Healer(AST), or DPS(BRD for example if they were pure support anyway).

Hybrids cannot work in a game where all classes are designed to be one role. The only class that has multiple roles is tanks which can heal and dps well.

You don't need to be big and bulky to absorb attacks, you can be evasive and dodgey and use magic to block and absorb hits.

Honestly what makes RDM "RDM" is the "jack of all trades" which wouldnt stand out in this game, unless it was the ONLY job that could be all 3 roles. (Lets say you're a RDM job, but instead of a "job stone" you get 3 shattered RDM stones, that give either tank, DPS or Healer "stances"/abilities.

That would either be extremely OP, or extremely underpowered to the point where I would leave if I got a Red Mage in the group because i'd rather have a real DPS, a real healer, or a real tank.