Either SMN and RDM should lose their Raise or BLM should get a Raise.

[Ceallach]

Okay, goalposts are now at "if a class has mechanics of a different role it's a hybrid."

That's not what I was getting at. It makes sense for white mages to have attack spells because it's not historically inaccurate. They had Banish and Dia for ages, for example. Besides, the red mage has always been a jack of all trades, so having elements of basically every role other than tank and physical ranged DPS makes sense.

You are very right. I apologize, the difference between the two confuses me at times; I extend that apology to Ceallach, for making such a claim without making sure.

No worries.

Nowhere have I said or implied that lore is unimportant. I have, however, stated that lore discussion isn't necessarily (and is usually not at all) the same thing as gameplay discussion.

Actually, that "it's not unimportant" bit was not clear to me. The way I see it, ignoring or disrespecting the lore (the latter of which mainly Llugen is guilty of) is tantamount to not understanding what an RPG is, or even disrespecting the devs themselves.

And if you think I'm hard on you, you should see what I do to myself when I make mistakes...