Red Mage is Range Combat? (Discussion)

[Radacci]

we've seen 6 skills - one spell combo, 1 melee skill, and ppl think that's all there is to it?
it's like showing drg heavy thrust + 4 tier combo + geirskogul, and omg drg is so bland, is that all there is to it?

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the reason it's usually not in melee range, is cause auto attack is physical, and RDM is caster, so it will do shitty AA damage like all other casters/healers (sword skills will be magical too)
this was a short demonstration of 7 skills (compared to the 30 something we'll have at lv70)
it may very well have a melee range combo, and you can use whatever combo you want, depending on range.
just because they use skills in this order, doesn't mean it's an actual combo, or that "evasive jump" is part of any combo, or that you only use 1 melee skill before jumping out.
you're just assuming shit, when you know shit.

Factually incorrect. A red Mage is a swordsman that seamlessly blends steel and spells, has access to two functionally opposing varieties of magic, and has unmatched versatility. Even the most basic definition does not leave them as a caster first and foremost, but a blend of the two disciplines, which is a concept that's betrayed by what evidence we have available to peruse. There is a reason RDM is considered a Jack of all trades, and it most definitely has nothing to do with 'Caster first, Swordsman second'.

this is FF FOURTEEN which is a fact that many seem to forget. we only have SINGLE ROLE JOBS, so RDM CANT work in the traditional sense; since it's red MAGE, it makes more sense to have it as a caster role in FF FOURTEEN.
It's a caster, that has some sword skills, again, you only seen 7 out of 30ish skills, so why are you talking about "evidence"? there's no evidence; it might just be 7 random skills in random order, leaving out a whole or multiple combos.

I'm sure they will have magic potency reduced when in melee range, RDM will be constantly moving in and out using charge and back flip ogcd skills, to build stacks, that's how I see it.

that would be really dumb, because there's many instances where you need to stack behind/front of boss.
that's like nerfing mch melee damage, because they have repelling shot....just absurd.