Quote Originally Posted by Rivxkobe View Post
Why are so many people hell-bent on wanting it to be like redmage from FFXI?

Its going to be a damage dealer, not a support.
I'm fine with some situational support abilities, much like SMN and BLM have, but I keep seeing requests for heals, and the last thing I want is for it to have tacked-on healing. Something oGCD that happens to heal self or ally while it applies a useful buff/debuff or deals damage would be okay for a niche bonus or clutch support skill, but since RDM is going to be a DPS class, any ability that consumes GCDs while failing to enhance or protect its ability to deal damage is going to be nigh-useless.

Thinking about RDM having heals brings to mind some Russian proverb I once heard about a priest needing an accordion. If we don't want DPS to be casting heals (and we really don't), we shouldn't make them part of their kits outside of the obligatory cross-class Cure/Physick for low-level hijinks or the emergency self-heal.