Quote Originally Posted by MaethusXion View Post
Apparently the majority of those remembering RDM are remembering only 2/3rds of the actual class. ....... Tank RDM: To me, a Tank RDM would actually be more along the lines of V's Mystic Knight.
As I recall, Red Mage was just a general all-round filler for a 4 man party in Final Fantasy. It also only had access to some of the low teir spells of White and Black and even then it was a smaller spell list (about half). A light DPS that swung between a backup nurse for the White Wiz or spell caster for the Black Wiz. The shield was just to boost its defense due to the turn based system it used.


If anything something closer to the Mystic Knight/Sword Mage/Rune Fencer would be more tanky. It also wouldn't have mush of ranged magics aside from something like scathe/ruin. If anything taking the cross skills from Thm and Acn would fill out almost all its magic spells and set it as RDM-like with offence and healing magics, and force you to choose between both cross class abilities since they are all useful to some extent. Otherwise as a tank it'll take from Gld/War cause it'll need those skills.