Quote Originally Posted by Ultimatecalibur View Post
You are completely misunderstanding what the Ranged Caster DpS designation means. That means the class will not be paired with a Summoner, Blackmage, Bard or Machinist in 4v4 PvP content, it will be targeted by mechanics that specifically target ranged dps in high-level endgame content and will use the long cast circle AoE lbs.
It will be the same rotation as SMN and BLM. Like how DRK was added into the PLD and WAR rotation. What is to not understand?

Yoshi-P actually made a fairly big deal about not say which Main stat the Red Mage would use during the announcement.
Because they haven't finished the job yet and not going to give details till near it's release. Just like they did with NIN, MCH, AST, and DRK. So far the only one to throw a curve ball is NIN. Adding more gear sets just to make a job feel unique is a very dumb idea and only bloats the loot tables more which are already painful to deal with.

Other option: Red Mage shares Rogue (Dex) gear with Ninja. Save for 3 sets (2 Artifact sets and the i115 crafted set), the Rogue gear is designed with a Rogue/Thief Aesthetic not a Ninja Aesthetic which perfectly fits a Fencer.
Or lets not complicate things for the sake of being complicated and unique and just give them casting gear because you know, they are a ranged caster just like BLM and SMN.

The single most potent healing spell in the game right now heals (Clemency) based on Str and Vit not Mind. Main stat is pretty much meaningless right now and is a complete holdover from 1.0.

Red Mage is a Magic Fencer not a Mage despite what a fair few players lock onto.
It is only like that because PLD is based on VIT/STR. SE isn't going to make things complicated for the sake of it. It is going to have INT as a main stat and use casting gear. It is so obvious and SE is very intent on keeping stats simple. That is why tanks got the recent update for VIT to be the primary stat.