Poll: Which of these FF jobs would you like to see added to XIV the most?

[ErdrickLoto]

Use magics to go on the offense? Check.
Use magics as to act as the CDs/support? Possible!
Use a rapier? Hey, two/thirds of the tanks are already using swords, why not add another? At least this one is piercing!

The mix of magic types is what primarily defines the red mage, so I'm not sure how that would be "no longer a RDM" if it started using those magics to grab aggro.

[Mimilu]

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IF we are bring up tradition, DRK isn't really following much of its traditional roots either (heavy armored DPS that sacrifices it's own HP to do damage)... >w>
Then there's SCH, who traditionally have been able to use both White and Black magic and have never had a pet before.
If the Dev's want to make RDM a tank, they can. :-B
If you personally don't want RDM to be a tank, just say so. >w>

[Lambdafish]

IF we are bring up tradition, DRK isn't really following much of its traditional roots either (heavy armored DPS that sacrifices it's own HP to do damage)... >w>
Then there's SCH, who traditionally have been able to use both White and Black magic and have never had a pet before.
If the Dev's want to make RDM a tank, they can. :-B
If you personally don't want RDM to be a tank, just say so. >w>

It is not impossible for RDM to be a tank (after all DRK was, and that is the least tank-like job I can think of) but it would involve such a bastardisation of the jobs core that it would no longer be RDM anymore.

To add to this, I also did not like DRKs implementation. Soul eater doing the exact opposite of its signature function, and the job being MP drain rather than HP drain seemed off to me, but like I said, the devs can do what they like. My point is that nothing points to RDM being a natural tank, and they would need to bastardize the job (like they did with DRK and apparently SCH) in order to force it into the role, and then we get the "its not my RDM" and the "its just mystic knight" threads (mystic knight would be a far better suited magic tank btw).

The mix of magic types is what primarily defines the red mage, so I'm not sure how that would be "no longer a RDM" if it started using those magics to grab aggro.

A mix of magic types defines a lot of jobs, what defines RDM is its ability to fill the niches of BLM, WHM, and WAR (the DPS one, not the tank) as a jack of all trades between melee and magic dps, and healing, as well its ability to provide support to other players in XI. What you are thinking of is mystic knight which specialises in using a mix of magic types on itself to imbue its weapon either offensively or defensively.

[NolLacnala]

Use magics to go on the offense? Check.
Use magics as to act as the CDs/support? Possible!
Use a rapier? Hey, two/thirds of the tanks are already using swords, why not add another? At least this one is piercing!

The mix of magic types is what primarily defines the red mage, so I'm not sure how that would be "no longer a RDM" if it started using those magics to grab aggro.

Yes, let's just make every sword job ever a tank, that certainly won't make a lot of people angry

[Kazrah]

Honestly, I just want Green Mage just to see what devs would do with it.

[Lilseph]

Because traditionally RDM has no traits whatsoever that would make it viable as a tank.

As a veteran FF player (Almost 20 years playing all the titles) I'd agree with you. However, Yoshi wants to rework some concepts and I find that actually neat. Reminds me when I played Tree of Savior. Fencer was a tank, a dodge tank with some mitigation. If things are getting reworked in 4.0, I can see it as a parry and riposte, magic buffed, evasion tank for sure.

Yes, let's just make every sword job ever a tank, that certainly won't make a lot of people angry

You can have SAM as a DPS!

[Mimilu]

You can have SMN as a DPS!

But...SMN is already a DPS... >o>

[ErdrickLoto]

Yes, let's just make every sword job ever a tank, that certainly won't make a lot of people angry

I'd love that, tbh. I realize it's wrong, but I'd love it.

A mix of magic types defines a lot of jobs, what defines RDM is its ability to fill the niches of BLM, WHM, and WAR (the DPS one, not the tank) as a jack of all trades between melee and magic dps, and healing, as well its ability to provide support to other players in XI. What you are thinking of is mystic knight which specialises in using a mix of magic types on itself to imbue its weapon either offensively or defensively.

Tank is the closest there is to a "jack-of-all-trades" role, imo. Self-heals - which aren't potent but get the job done - and middling dps. They excel at staying alive, granted.

[Pheryx]

Didn't see pure thief on there so I picked chemist. Thanks to the Mudra system I think chemist could be a cool healer to play.

[Mimilu]

Current Results:

At 371 votes

1. Dancer at 65 votes (18% of the vote)
2. Samurai at 54 votes (15%)
3. Red Mage at 53 votes (14%)
4. Mystic Knight/Rune Fencer/Spell Fencer at 48 votes (13%)
5. Blue Mage at 33 votes (9%)
6. Beastmaster at 18 votes (5%)
7-8. Chemist at 17 votes (5%)
7-8. Necromancer at 17 votes (5%)
9. Puppetmaster at 14 votes (4%)
10-11. Geomancer at 13 votes (4%)
10-11. Viking at 13 votes (4%)
12. Hunter/Ranger at 9 votes (2%)
13-14. Corsair at 7 votes (2%)
13-14. Green Mage at 7 votes (2%)
15. Fencer at 3 votes (1%)