The Inevitable Implementation of Red Mage

[grandm]

Because there are only 6 "Mages" in Final Fantasy. Yoshida said he wanted to use Classic Classes for Jobs

White Mage
Black Mage
Red Mage
Blue Mage
Green Mage
Time Mage

There are other Mage like Classes, but they are not "Mages" and none of them specialize in Debuffs.

did you read what i put. you even wrote what i put in your response to me. i don't think it will be redmage i think it will be timemage reason time mage is master of buffs and debuffs, redmage is a bit of everything and not just a buf/debuff specialist

[Rubicon]

Yeah obviously...since RDM's AF weapon was a Rapier.

While it was inefficient for a RDM to melee in situations where you're fighting a god or anything with an AoE ability like silence or petrify, any other time it wasn't a huge deal.

Maybe not a huge deal but terribly inefficient from a debuffing/caster standpoint. But that was XI, this is XIV. I hope for a different mechanic than having to swap 4 to 8 elemental staves per fight.

[NadienKirisame]

did you read what i put. you even wrote what i put in your response to me. i don't think it will be redmage i think it will be timemage reason time mage is master of buffs and debuffs, redmage is a bit of everything and not just a buf/debuff specialist

I would go with what grandm is saying... chances are it will be arcanist in which case they can put in time mage first. I think they would need the fencer class in the game before they can go with red mage...

The cat is bemused =-.-=

[Firon]

I would go with what grandm is saying... chances are it will be arcanist in which case they can put in time mage first. I think they would need the fencer class in the game before they can go with red mage...

The cat is bemused =-.-=

To note i am sure if they make an class they have to make an job for it as well

[Orophin]

Maybe not a huge deal but terribly inefficient from a debuffing/caster standpoint. But that was XI, this is XIV. I hope for a different mechanic than having to swap 4 to 8 elemental staves per fight.

That's almost a given considering you can't viably swap weapons in combat, especially in between every cast. The core of the game would have to be changed around where a weapon wasn't tied to a specific class/job, and I don't see that happening. Which is fine by me, 8 less inventory spots that'll be taken up.

[NadienKirisame]

To note i am sure if they make an class they have to make an job for it as well

Correct and as grandm said... arcanist would have the job time mage while fencer would have the job red mage...

the cat is bemused =-.-=

[Chinook]

Who cares about Red Mage traditions, people want to dye their base classic Red Mage armor fuschia or teal anyway.

[NadienKirisame]

Who cares about Red Mage traditions, people want to dye their base classic Red Mage armor fuschia or teal anyway.

Did you really need to bring that up here?? =>.<=

The cat is bemused =-.-=

[Chinook]

Did you really need to bring that up here?? =>.<=

Since the OP and most of the posts base themselves upon tradition, that's my official forum style opinion on the matter with a fact to support it.




That was sarcasm by the way. My personal opinion/specualtion/hope is that Red Mage will be implemented when new jobs are added, and will branch from the existing classes.

[RedAffinity]

XI's red mage was balanced spot on. The community chose to play it a certain way and that's fine as well in my opinion. I always thought SE gave us Blue Mage because the players never really embraced RDM as a front line role, and instead a flexible backline role.

Whatever the next mage class will be, either that, or a JOB variation will very likely get the debuff spells they're taking away from THM and CNJ