Standings of Black Mage, Red Mage, and Summoner

[Kabooa]

Oh? Well, please then by all means show me some in game reference or conversation involving Black Mages that even remotely hint as the ability to control life forces.

Mind alteration magic. Manipulation of void energy / creatures which in turn can animate a body.

Like, the actual breadth of 'Black Magic' in this game is pretty wide-reaching. -Thaumaturgy- is the art focused on destructive magic, Black Magic just amps it up to 11 while also allowing for a slew of other things.

Edit: Also, the original thread was how to shore up this 'imbalance' of the three mages, which in my opinion, is basically just crying over slightly spread out milk.

The lack of a raise, however, is a legitimate concern if DPS mages are just all going to get it moving forward (There is literally zero reason for the Red Mage to have it) Put rather simply, the Black Mage lacking a Raise-type ability is a hindrance that now no longer makes sense if DPS-type mages moving forward are going to get a version, but the primary reason they -don't- is because Black Mages don't care about MP.

Which is why a timed, cooldown, last-hurrah style ability is one method to shore this up. It prevents them from being able to just spam raise a raid, while being able to bring that utility with its own twist.