Red Mage thread

[Dualblade]

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.

Past Red Mages have had healing as well as attack spells and the like so it isn't surprising that people expect/want this version to have something similar as well. On the other hand Red Mages are a mix of Black and White magic, NOT attack and healing magic. The White Mage in this game is probably one of the most offensive-styled ones due to being connected to Conjurer which also works well in making Red more offensive as well.

If they do get heals it will either be oGCD OR possibly be a GCD skill(s) that can work with the Chainspell so it can still help the big damage spell at the end. Atleast if I understood right that the Chainspells lead up to one big blast.

[Cynfael]

Past Red Mages have had healing as well as attack spells and the like so it isn't surprising that people expect/want this version to have something similar as well.

Oh, I understand why some people would be thinking along those lines; they should just remember how FFXIV gameplay actually works. Sometimes the community gets caught up in imagining how a given Job should be like its incarnation from Final Fantasy XYZ and forgets that a lot of what worked in previous entries in the franchise absolutely does not work here.