Red Mages hybrid gameplay style is fairly unique, it's a shame the only "unique or innovative" job ideas you ever see from X player try to replicate it. Being a ranged melee that's more melee means the job will need to be balanced around positionals (something red mage doesn't have) if the job were more gun than melee and fell into the category of Physical ranged like bard or Mch, then the job would be able to live without positionals at the cost of damage and spending more time being a ranged. Hybrid jobs are a nightmare for balancing because mechanics that are generally better dealt with by ranged should be dealt with by