Red Mage Gear - DoM or DoW?

[Radacci]

To be honest, I could see them in light disciple of war, and dps magic gear. They've got a sword, and the magic skills to match both.

so they would basically roll on str gear then....not gonna happen.

I'm guessing it'll either be Caster set (if INT based), or perhaps it'll use the Aiming set (if DEX based). I really doubt it'll use STR or MND.

it's a caster job, why would it use dex??

My money would be them going the Nin route. Int as a main stat so they share accessories with Blm/Smn and separate "of fencing" or something pieces that stylistically fit the job more than the heavy robes of BLM/SMN i.e. Nin switching up whether it shares designs with Mnk or Brd. Rdm may also need a boosted Def stat (higher than caster/lower than melee) since it may have to deal with animation locking and being in melee range.

It really just comes down to how SE envisions the class looking.

mages need to be in melee range for raid mechanics (stacking) so they should get def boost then? not gonna happen.
there's no danger in being in melee range unless you're tanking, and RDM isn't tank, so they don't need def boost.
by that logic dragoons should have the same def as tanks, because jump locks.
if you die because of animation lock, it's your own fault.

hopefully it means they will make some caster gear that don't follow the lame and boring robe+pointy hat theme.
since they are lazy they'll probably just let you use glamour instead.