Quote Originally Posted by Khalithar View Post
Saying it would be underpowered is simply not true.
That's not even what I was talking about if you read what I was saying. That said, you're taking an entirely different game and tacking it onto FFXIV. I never said it couldn't be done, on the contrary, I know it can be done, but it's more effort than you think. I'm not saying that they can't do it either but they need to make changes. Of course it can be done, but it could also be done in smarter, easier ways. Like giving DRK more offensive magic, and giving PLD more healing/defensive.

As it is, this whole idea of a BLU/RDM that uses magic is already very similar to what we have. Stick them in armor and what you got is very close to a PLD, who have Clemency, Stoneskin, and could be worked to actually be able to use Raise/Cure since they have it already. Add that and all of a sudden you got 3 frontline tanks that use Magic in some form with swords. It's just a bit silly considering the people asking for this are usually the ones complaining there's too many sword tank classes. That's why this subject is even in a SAM thread, because they can't seem to seperate these arguments, and accept that there's no Eastern Tank class, yet there's already 2 Eastern Melee, and one already uses Katanas, which is what Samurai traditionally use.